Oliver Beene

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This half-hour comedy follows the life of 11-year-old Oliver Beene (Grant Rosenmeyer). It's 1962 and Oliver's world is chaotic. His dentist father, Jerry (Grant Shaud) likes to spend Sundays drilling his kids' teeth; his mom, Charlotte (Wendy Makkena) does her best to be the happy homemaker;... more »

This half-hour comedy follows the life of 11-year-old Oliver Beene (Grant Rosenmeyer). It's 1962 and Oliver's world is chaotic. His dentist father, Jerry (Grant Shaud) likes to spend Sundays drilling his kids' teeth; his mom, Charlotte (Wendy Makkena) does her best to be the happy homemaker; and his brother Ted (Andy Lawrence) has a transistor radio practically glued to his head listening to sports. Oliver's life is tolerable thanks to his friends heavyweight Neal (Ben Bookbinder) and lightweight Michael (Taylor Emerson), who is obviously gay in a time when that still means happy. The show is narrated by the adult Oliver who depicts the trials of growing up during the Cold War with a wickedly wry humor. Oliver longs for normalcy, something that's difficult when the family is practicing drills for the end of civilization. Oliver also has to contend with Mrs. Heller (Annie Korzen), a teacher who hates him; Joyce (Daveigh Chase), a classmate who thinks she's married to him; and Bonnie (Amy Castle), the red-haired girl who's out of his league. Flashbacks and flash-forwards vividly re-create the Kennedy-era '60s in this fast-paced comedy.less «

• THEME SoNG

  Does anyone know what this theme song is called?

  Does anyone know what this theme song is called?less «

  kurby123 Last online Jun 2, 2009
  6 comments, last one Jan 18, 2007 + Add Comment

• Before its time

  Don't you guys think that Oliver Beene is a way funnier show than the stuff they play now a days. Oliver beene was hillarious, i loved that episode with the talk show were his brother stood up and yelled penis into the microphone. If it was on this season i garantee it what get the recognition it deserves.

  Don't you guys think that Oliver Beene is a way funnier show than the stuff they play now a days. Oliver beene was hillarious, i loved that episode with the talk show were his brother stood up and yelled penis into the microphone. If it was on this season i garantee it what get the recognition it deserves. less «

  dmarsom Last online Dec 31, 1969
  1 comments, last one Oct 21, 2006 + Add Comment

• Favourite Charachter

  Whos your favourite charachter? My favourites are Oliver and Joyce.

  Whos your favourite charachter? My favourites are Oliver and Joyce. less «

  tvfan332 Last online 14 hrs, 8 mins ago
  1 comments, last one Aug 15, 2006 + Add Comment

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  7.2 Good

  A good show. hide « show »

  Oliver Beene is a show set in the 50s/60s about a young kid growing up in New York. Oliver Beene was a great show with hilarious episodes and although there was a few bad episodes the majority were pretty good. I can't believe that this show got cancelled after a mere 2 seasons and I am shocked that this show didn't even have more than 25 episodes. My favourite characters are Oliver and Joyce. My favourite episode would probably be the one where Oliver enters a contest that is known as the geography bee. Overall: Oliver Beene was a great show and I think it should have lasted at least 4 seasons.

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  tvfan332 Added Sep 14, 2006 All my reviews
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  9.2 Superb

  Ahhh, the sweet sixties... hide « show »

  ...when everything seemd so easy. Certainly the best era to be a kid (or teenager). And this sitcom it's just all about that.
  
  It's one of the funniest show, reminds me a little bit on "Wonder Years" which was my favoutite TV show back in the 80's when i was a child. Acting is great, every plot is a story of it's own, all in all you realy feel, like you're back in time of JFK, Cuba crisis, Rock'n'roll, racism...
  
  I really can't renember one dull moment, so that's why i gave this show such a high rate. To score even higher (>9.2)it only should have some memorable moments and a maybe a deeper plot. But despite that, i just can't believe how could they cancelled such a jewel...
  
  
  

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  Matija76 Added Jul 12, 2006 All my reviews
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  9.1 Superb

  Awesome show. hide « show »

  I like this show it was awesome. It gave me a laugh when I think back to how the sixties were like... and how I wasn't born back then. Great comedy, made me laugh everytime I watched it. I like this show it was awesome. It was clearly an awesome show that should be back on the air!!

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  kurby123 Added Mar 21, 2006 All my reviews
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  10 Perfect

  Hilarious show that appeals to all ages. hide « show »

  It's not often that you come across a show that is funny yet can appeal to all age groups. There is, of course, always the side stories to the episodes with Jerry and Charlotte in them, which appeal to adults. Then there's Ted and his storylines with Elke that appeal to late-teens, Oliver and his friends are great for everyone else.
  The colorful backdrop of the 1960's is perfect for the show and the storylines are always fresh. The only thing I could possibly say that could be improved is Oliver's relationships to Joyce and Michael. They are always there in the background for him but there's always the question of does Joyce have a crush on Oliver? In some episodes it seems so but in others it doesn't. Overall a great show.

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  Nat_mermaid Added Aug 13, 2005 All my reviews
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  8.2 Great

  A good idea for a show, unfortunately never gained the popularity it deserved hide « show »

  Oliver Beene was on paper a rather original idea - few sitcoms would take the idea of a narrated sitcom focusing on teenage experiences 40 years ago - but in the end, it turned out to be little different to any modern sitcom on TV nowadays anyway (Malcolm In The Middle comes to mind), but just less funny.
  
  But it really wasn't all that bad. During its one season run, the show covered a lot of controversial territory as well as the standard sitcom plots, and did it with style and great narration. The writing was generally good and there's no denying the talent of the actors. Unfortunately, the show wasn't consistent enough, and I suppose that led to viewers turning off from what they thought of another bog-standard, boring sitcom, resulting in cancellation.
  
  A shame the show didn't last longer - no show is at its' strongest straight away, and it was often very funny - but to be quite honest, I doubt too many people miss it. Wonder if there's any hope for a DVD set..

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  Wezzo2005 Added Aug 4, 2005 All my reviews