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I never watched Webster, but I'm certain it sucked. There should be an arranged fight between Gary Coleman and Emmanuel Lewis, cage match style and to the death. How many times are people going to suckered into watching diminutive actors play "cute" characters with no real substance or entertainment value?

Like I said, I never saw the show, but I'm 99.99% certain it sucked bigtime.

Emmanuel Lewis was 12 when this show started and 16 when it ended, and throughout its run he played the character as a 5-year-old.

Yuck.

I remember watching this show as a kid. However, it was very "unrealistic". In my opinion, most sitcoms (if not all) are "unrealistic".

Of the characters on the show, Uncle Phillip was, by far, my least favorite.

I honestly don't remember any of the Cousin Nicky episodes, so I can't comment on them.

Late last night, I read on Wikipedia that Alex Karras and Susan Clark are/were also married to each other in real life.

The "TV Guide" cover you are thinking about, I believe it was actually a Mad Magazine or Cracked magazine cover.

Sylvester P. Smythe. That's the full name of the CRACKED Magazine mascot.
Anyway, remember loving this show when I was 5, but stopped watching not because of anything the show did, but because "Misfits of Science" was on at the same time, and I just liked that show a whole lot better. Watching him in syndication now, it's one of those things that were awesome when you were 5, but simply grow out of.

I seem to remember them finding the previous owners of the house still living in some as-yet-undiscovered apartment. I guess it was supposed to fit right in with the dumb waiter and the ladder behind the clock. Unless I dreamed this.

It seems to me I recall seeing that shot somewhere too, but I'm damned if I remember where. So if you're crazy, then we're both crazy together.

Sounds almost like it might've been cheezy enough to have been some kind of 'TV Guide' promo ad.

Anybody know?

I swear that I remember a publicity photo of Alex Karras holding Emmanuel Lewis in the palm of his hand, and Lewis was "pretending?" to be asleep, all curled up in a little ball like some house cat. Please, somebody find this photo, so I know I'm not going crazy!

'Webster'. Oh-mah-freakin-GAWD. That thing was not human. I'm convinced of this.

This show jumped from day one. The Burger King commercials were cute. But all Lewis, all the time? its just sick and twisted. Don't get me started on his petty attempts to act confused or sad. Talking like Cindy Brady wasn't foolin anyone either. At least Arnold was sassy and somewhat intelligent. This kid is a 16 year old, playing a 7 year old who acts like a 3 year old.

I actually liked the episode where he explained why he called Katherine Ma'am. It was really the only one I liked, I didn't watch more than two or three episodes, I couldn't stand it.

Day One. The scripts were bland, but the sticking-point was the inescapable fact that -all questions of age aside- Emmanuel Lewis/'Webster' was one of the creepiest 'children' in TV history.

At what point did ABC pull the plug on this show? For some reason, I don't remember this happening. Thanks!!!!!!

I remember an episode where Maam and George found webster and a girl friend of his naked together. He said he thought they should be in theier "birthday suits" haha. Who abandoned this little orphan, Rick James?

They ended up having a heart to heart about how that was wrong. Hell yeah it was wrong. The litlle girl was five years old, and Emmanuelle Was sixteen!! LOL!