TV Series:
Oliver Beene
- Rating:
- Genre: Comedy
- Movie Type: Period Show, Family-Oriented Comedy
- Themes: Eccentric Families
- Director: Michael Spiller
- Main Cast: Daveigh Chase, Taylor Emerson, Grant Rosenmeyer, Grant Shaud, Wendy Makkena, Andrew Lawrence
- Release Year: 2003
- Country: US
- Run Time: 30 minutes
Plot
The Wonder Years met Malcolm in the Middle in this Fox network sitcom set in the early '60s. Grant Rosenmeyer starred as 11-year-old Oliver Beene, a budding intellectual and inveterate cut-up mired in a world of eccentric relatives, spiteful teachers, and mercurial females. Oliver's dad, Jerry (Grant Shaud), was a dentist who liked to spend his off-hours either drilling teeth for fun or talking about it; his mom, Charlotte (Wendy Makkena), was a neat-freak who wished she was Jackie Kennedy; and his brother, Ted (Andrew Lawrence), was a self-involved sports nut, his ear perennially glued to his transistor radio. Things weren't much better at school, where Oliver was bedeviled by venom-spouting teacher Mrs. Heller (Annie Korzen), ardently pursued by moonstruck classmate Joyce (Daveigh Chase), and studiously ignored by red-haired beauty Bonnie (Amy Castle). On the other hand, Oliver enjoyed the company of his best friends, chubby Neal (Ben Bookbinder) and closeted-homosexual Michael (Taylor Emerson). Like The Wonder Years, this series was narrated from the vantage point of the future by the leading character. Oliver Beene debuted March 9, 2003. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie GuideCast
- Grant Rosenmeyer - Oliver Beene
- Grant Shaud - Jerry Beene
- Wendy Makkena - Charlotte Beene
- Andrew Lawrence - Ted Beene
- Taylor Emerson - Michael
- Daveigh Chase - Joyce
David Cross - Adult Oliver Beene
Annie Korzen - Mrs. Heller
Amy Castle - Bonnie
Ben Bookbinder - Neal
