14-year-old Scott Melrod (future Spiderman star Tobey Maguire) is a freshman at Taft High School. He lives at home with his father, Walter (Ray Baker), overbearing mother, Beverly (Nancy Lenehan) and older sister, Nina (Sarah Koskoff), who is a senior at Taft.
Scott is lazy, not easily motivated and perceived as something of a loser.
His parents often compare him to his confident, over-achieving cousin Larry (Kevin Connolly). He is taunted and called “Smellrod” by his gym teacher . . .
However, viewers see another side of Scott – his daydreams, wherein he is always a really cool guy and a hero to everyone – like a teen Walter Mitty.
Stories in this Fox series followed Scott as he fantasised his way out of the embarrassing situations he always seemed to encounter at school and home.
Scott Melrod
Tobey Maguire Beverly Melrod
Nancy Lenehan Nina Melrod
Sarah Koskoff Walter Melrod
Ray Baker Larry O’Donnell
Kevin Connolly
Episodes
Pilot | Hair Scare | Choir Mire | Stone Moan | Stripe Gripe | Pyrrhic Lyric | Book Crook | Vacation Tribulation | Whatta Sloppy Photocopy | Royal Toil | Thief Grief | Garage Barrage | Date Bait
His parents often compare him to his confident, over-achieving cousin Larry (Kevin Connolly). He is taunted and called “Smellrod” by his gym teacher . . .
