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  • ShoMinamimoto1 January 2013
    Marvin Marvin is a zetta horrible show. Lucas Cruikshank is just some stupid son of a digit, and his show is a pile of garbage. CRUNCH! I'll add it to the heap of horrible Nick shows.

    I gave the pilot a shot, it's just a stupid zero to me. I really put effort into not giving up, and my calculations were correct: it was not worth it. I recommend you do not waste your precious time, this show is out of it's vector. All of the jokes were cringe worthy, in a bad way, and I mean a BAD way. This is just Lucas's way of sneaking more of his garbage onto Nick after his Fred show was added to the heap, either that or Nick's way of milking out their favorite untalented actor.
  • bartallenii24 November 2012
    I usually give even the most awful shows at least one full episode before I make a judgment, but I couldn't even make it two minutes through this pile of garbage.

    The lead character is annoying, the promos made sure to show every possible toilet humor based joke, and within two minutes- I can not stress this enough- TWO MINUTES, the jokes were so side-swipingly terrible that I had to change the channel to find something that could restore my sense of humanity.

    This show makes Bucket & Skinner (which actually was kind of, sort of funny) look like a masterpiece of comedy. I urge everyone to ignore this show and hope it goes away.
  • It is not often that I say something is the absolute worst, because usually it would be seriously exaggerating, but with this show, I honestly think it could be the worst or at least equal with the worst show I have ever seen in my entire life. It is just as bad as Fred, except unlike that which started as a dumb internet show, this somehow managed to get approved for TV right off the bat. I can't imagine who would have thought it was a good idea. The idea isn't original, there is nothing funny about it, and the acting is below average as well. You can tell where it tries to be funny but fails horribly, the "jokes" actually made me cringe while watching it. The whole thing basically consists of Marvin displaying gross bodily functions and acting like an idiot, which is supposed to be explained bu him being an alien, but it gets old fast, within the first few minutes of the first episode it already makes you want to never watch it again. This show will make you fear for the future of humanity. Avoid it if at all possible.
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    It amazes me how much Nickelodeon continues to sink lower and lower. With stuff like iCarly, Victorious, and Fanboy and Chum Chum plaguing that channel, you think they can't get any worse. Well they seemed to have proved that they can sink lower in this so called comedy called Marvin Marvin.

    The show centers around an alien played by Lucas Cruikshank, yes it's FRED. If that isn't enough to drive you from this show, I'm sure the storyline will. It centers around an alien named Marvin, who is forced to leave his planet due to a war and ends up on Earth. He disguises himself as a human and lives with a family while maintaining his secret and fitting in on Earth. Does this premise sound familiar to you? It should since it's a big rip off of the hit show, MORK AND MINDY. Yes, it rips that show off and mocks it. The premise is very similar to that show with how Lucas looks like a human and fits in on Earth. Unlike Mork and Mindy where it was actually funny and memorable, this show is downright disgusting and awful. The characters are all irritating and are completely stereotyped to the max. Marvin is just annoying and gets on everyone's nerves. The teachers are harsh and cold for no reason. The jocks are jerks for the sake of being jerks. Nobody has any characteristics to them, nor are they even memorable. All of them are just flat and lifeless characters who we care nothing for because they all act like idiots. The only exception is for Pop Pop since he seems to be the only decent character and I did get only two laughs out of him. The acting is awful to say the least. While Pop Pop is okay, everyone else does such a poor job. They either underact most of the time, or overreact in some scenes. Lucas Cruikshank proves in this show why he shouldn't be acting at all. Although we are spared his chipmunk voice like in FRED, he still acts like a raving lunatic who thinks he's funny, but in reality, he's an irritating and obnoxious character who makes Johnny Test look like Superman. As you watch this show, you'll be asking where is Duke Nukem when you need him so he can shoot this alien in the head? The jokes aren't even that funny at all and some of them are disgusting. I have no problems with crude or disgusting stuff, but this is really going too far. Seeing Marvin puke out milk and cereal is NOT funny at all. It's disgusting for the sake of being disgusting. And having the dad talk to Marvin's butt is not any better either. The rest of the jokes are usually ones that are so predictable, you can see them coming a mile away. Like when the mom asks Marvin to a board game and asks him to spin first. And wouldn't you know it? He literally spins around. And then there's the laugh track that always plays at moments that aren't even funny at all. It's annoying to say the least.

    I really implore that you stay away from Marvin Marvin. It's an irritating, obnoxious, unfunny, blatant ripoff that needs to be booted off the air as quickly as possible. The only semi-decent thing in this show had to be Pop Pop, but even he's not enough to save this show. If you want a good show involving an alien who looks like a human fitting in on Earth, go watch Mork and Mindy. You'll have more laughs from that show then from this so called comedy.
  • Why is Nickelodeon obsessed with this Lucas Cruikshank loser. Fred is not funny and this dude has no talent. The fact that this dweeb got 2 of his own shows on Nickelodeon is completely preposterous. What were they smoking at Nickelodeon to green-lit this piece of turd. Bad acting, jokes, characters, and story lines. The main character Marvin is annoying as hell.

    Luckily both Fred:the show and Marvin Marvin were one season wonders. I'd like it if these two never aired in the first place. Come on Nickelodeon you can do better than this. Their programming in the last few years has been absolutely HORRIBLE!
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    Unlike Metracritic I can't give this title a zero. Literally nothing good to say about this. I went and got my 3 year old niece and 6 year old cousin. Not one chuckle all they said was "Go to iCarly (also they said Victorious, Austin & Ally, Shake It Up)" they tried to get away. I felt like I was torturing them by saying just watch one full episode. Not one good actor. Lukas Crankidiot should've stayed online as Fred. I only really saw him act almost good in the iCarly episode iMeet Fred. Never saw that person ever again. First off nothing original Not one good actor Not one good story, character, or effect My God Nick's best show in my opinion Victorious was canceled because they reached 60 episodes. What Big Time Rush was at like 59 episode yet they were renewed for 13 episodes. How to Rock canceled after one season. iCarly ended respectfully. Big Time Rush got extremely terrible and boring. Spongebob can't hold you up and neither can Marvin, Marvin. You literally have nothing good on there at all. Skip the channel. Sam & Cat hope its good.
  • Typically, with shows like this, I'll watch an episode to gage how good (or bad) it is. Yeah, I couldn't make it through an episode.. Hell, I couldn't even make it through five minutes before trying to run away from this poor excuse of a show. It is AWFUL. Absolutely AWFUL.

    The actors should be ashamed to even affiliate themselves with this.

    The episode that I just saw had to do with some Earth Day stuff and the main character (Marvin) was preparing for this before learning that his Uncle Steve was coming to visit. And who played his uncle? French Stewart. Yeah, the guy from 3rd Rock From the Sun. He must be DESPERATELY seeking work to affiliate himself with this "show". That, or/and he's blown all of his money savings and will do anything to get some money. That's the only reason I can think of for French Stewart to appear in a show like this. In all honesty, I feel sorry for him. I would hate to be him right now, as I'm sure most people would after seeing that episode because frankly, I wanted to gouge my eyes out. It was horrific and is honestly one of the worst TV shows I have ever seen in my 23 years of existence.

    And I also feel sorry for Casey Sander, who plays Bernadette's father on the Big Bang Theory (one of my favorite shows). According to IMDb, he's been in a dozen episodes in this franchise and he must be in the same boat as French Stewart. I would rather be the janitor at Wal-Mart or at a Special Kids Camp than be a part of "Marvin, Marvin".

    The kid who plays Marvin, Lucas Cruitylaodfjkdfashnk or whatever the f*** his name is, is a HORRIBLE actor. He just can't do it. And that's the worst part of the show. None of the people on the show can act. The aforementioned French Stewart and Casey Sander can (I've seen them in other stuff), so I know they're not the problem. The others are. The dude that plays Marvin must bring everyone down with him -- that, and the scripts are downright horrendous.

    The only reason that this show would be even somewhat enjoyable to watch is that the mom is kinda hot. That's about it. Other than that, I don't know what redeeming qualities people see in this. Nickelodeon has gone downhill, BAD. When I was a kid, I had All That, Hey Arnold!, Rocko's Modern Life, Doug, Rocket Power, Rugrats, Angry Beavers and many other great and enjoyable shows. But now, it appears that this network has just gone down the crapper and it has to do with shows like "Marvin, Marvin" and that Fred show, which Lucas Cruikshank also starred in apparently (didn't know that, but I assume it was horrible too).

    If I could give this show a negative rating, I would. But unfortunately, I can't and that sucks. Do yourself a favor and go rent some of the worst movies of all-time like Gigli, Movie 43, The Garbage Pail Kids Movie, Bio-Dome, Catwoman, Jack and Jill, Superbabies, or Battlefield Earth because chances are, they're 100x better than this crap.
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    This new show called "Marvin Marvin" might be just about the one of the most stupid shows I have ever seen. And trust me, I have seen plentiful stupid shows.

    It starts Lucas Cruikshank, best known as "Fred". I knew I expected stupidity when I heard it was staring him, but this was just beyond...anything.

    I turned on the television and the Pilot was on, and I watched about 10 minutes before turning it off. Here is what I caught (although I may be wrong, since I did not waste my time searching for any background info): Marvin, the main character, is apparently an alien in human form (I think?) with a real family. He decides that he will try a day at the high school where his sister (?) is attending, and then realizes he loves it. His sister warns him to stay away from her, because she does not wish to be at all associated with him (and who can blame her?). At one point in class, he began dancing on a desk to some "tunes" from some dude's cell phone. Also, when put in a situation where he was forced to make up a last name (don't ask), the best he could come up with was "Marvin". His first name.

    Let me begin real review by saying that I very much dislike Lucas Cruikshank as an actor. I hate his character Fred, who might be one of the most annoying things ever to hit television, and his character Marvin Marvin. He has almost no talent at all, in my opinion, and relies completely on voice manipulations and loud, obnoxious talking to entertain his audience. Which he fails to do anyway.

    This show, from what I saw, will prove to be one of Nickelodeon's biggest failures. The acting is terrible, the characters are terrible, the storyline is terrible, the whole show is terrible.

    I will not be watching this show EVER again, and I would advise you all to spare yourselves the agony as well.
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    After cancelling Victorious and creating Marvin Marvin, Nickelodeon is officially dead! I hope they will just air Dan Schneider's Shows they were the only shows worth watching for! Marvin Marvin is literally gross when you watch this make sure you live from another planet so you can understand why he's snotting in milks and still drinks it, puking cereals and milk and still eats it! I can't believe what kind of garabage NICKELODEON has turned into! It was better off without MARVIN MARVIN! Shows like Drake and Josh, Big Time Rush, iCarly and most especially the no. 1 show on nick Victorious should be back (PS. BTR'S LAST SEASON IS SEASON 4) I kinda notice that BTR, Drake and Josh, iCarly,Spongebob,Fairly Odd Parents and Victorious were the only shows with 3 million viewers and above now all left from that shows are Spongebob Squarepants and Fairly Odd Parents are the only ones left for Nickelodeon to live, oh yeah I forgot Sam and Cat too, Sam and Cat will be the ultimate life-saver of Nickelodeon when they air!
  • Nickelodeon is doing more awful shows. What's wrong with them. This is a channel for kids, but what they're doing is putting so stupids shows. They think that comedy for children is silly. And this show is in the top of the list of the worst shows. The jokes are fools. I've seen few episodes, to know that this show is crap. The acting is terrible, the characters are fools and the plot is awful. We have an alien boy that joins to a normal family. This alien is so stupid and silly that he cant understand how is the human life. Also the "abilities" that he have because of being and alien are so stupid and kind of weird. So really, i could say that this is the worst show that Nickelodeon have created. Don't watch this show, is just awful
  • parkerwwatt11 June 2021
    Only once in a lifetime will you find a show that will truly make you question everything you once thought to be true. I once thought that Breaking Bad was a good show, but now I have seen the true error in my ways. It pales as a low budget mediocre show in comparison to Marvin Marvin. However unfair the comparison may be, the point still stands. I am shocked and appauled to see such negative reviews to a gem such as Marvin Marvin, and I hope that amazing titles such as these are able to thrive in the future.
  • Honestly, it wasn't actually that bad. When I first watched the first episode I found it pretty funny and interesting. After that, I watched a few more and several episodes and finally came to a conclusion.

    Firstly, the actor Lucas seems to be a great actor to me. I'm surprised on how he could still smile so innocently and childish-like. His playful behavior seems so enjoyable to look at. But sometimes, he can be kind of inconsiderate of others too.

    The other actors weren't all that bad, either. Some of them acted really well, It made me enjoy the episode a lot overall.

    I think that some people just don't like it because they focus more on the bad parts rather than the good. It's not that bad if you actually focus on some of the parts more carefully.

    There were some parts that fascinated, frustrated and gave me a lot of feelings. Overall, it's not that bad.
  • ...but this is just ridiculous. Yet another Nickelodeon sitcom that has nothing to show for itself, but that it's utter crap. This show makes Out of Jimmy's Head (which was awful) look like gold. I have nothing personal against Lucas Cruikshank, but the truth is if he's starring in something, odds are it's going to be terrible like the Fred series (although his cameo in iCarly (way better than this) was a little funny). The idea that an alien tries to adapt to life on earth idea has been used over and over (Sym-Bionic Titan, Invader Zim, American Dad which are all better than this pile of garbage). I can live with the idea, but that doesn't excuse how terrible the acting is. Like I said before nothing personal against Lucas Cruikshank, but the things he stars in are just awful. Now does he have potential? Maybe. Is he using that possible potential? No. Can he do better? Definitely. So Lucas, calm down, stop being all annoying and/or squeaky voiced, and actually use your talent that you (might) have and ditch this crap you've been working on for something better.
  • Marvin Marvin doesn't even deserve a rating from me at all.

    It is so hard to really like this show. However you felt about any other shows on Nickelodeon before, Marvin Marvin makes them appear more well done and more like the people involved in the other shows were really putting effort into what they did, and I even believe that and can give those people kudos to that. But just the way Marvin Marvin is written, and the way they direct Lucas Cruikshank makes me believe otherwise.

    Let me start off with this: I love Nickelodeon. I grew up with a lot of it. Not to state I'm a 90's kid but I loved Rugrats, CatDog, Angry Beavers, Hey Arnold, SpongeBob, Fairly Odd Parents and Jimmy Neutron. I never saw the live action shows like Kenan & Kel and All That but for what they were when I did take a look, they were pretty good. The Amanda Show was alright too. I liked any of the movies that was made from that network. I grew up more with live action shows like Drake & Josh, Zoey 101, iCarly, Victorious, True Jackson VP and a bit of Big Time Rush. How to Rock got better for me and Bucket & Skinner was enjoyable as well and Ashley Argota, I believe, had an even better role than she had as a side character on TJVP. I can enjoy most things. And for some shows that may be criticized, I can look deep into the shows and really look at the characters and see either how much better they get as "people" over time, or can see more to the characters and thankfully good things about them that make me keep watching. There maybe really subtle messages in a show I'll find that I really like. For comedies, I like actually looking at a comedy and I don't always like when they have a message that's literally in your face like a PSA. I'll understand why something is funny and I can laugh to that. But here in Marvin Marvin, it's hard to look deep into the characters and find good things about them or find any positive messages without Lucas being on the screen for a majority of the half hour.

    The only way anybody can watch the show again after one episode is if they could pretend the show is not about Marvin and instead it was about, say, the family, or even Marvin's supposed-to-be sister. I saw a little bit of the pilot episode and although I do hate that at one point they build up her ambition of being journalist so she can meet Rob Pattinson because he's in Twilight, I do think they at least made her out to be like how many teenage girls are in this day and age. In fact, in the episode I did watch all the way, the family scenes were more decent when Lucas wasn't on the screen. So for me, the real problem with this show is just Lucas. I don't know why Lucas keeps taking such obnoxious roles. Like, really, what was he thinking? The other problem is how Marvin is written. Stupid doesn't always mean funny. There's a limit to how much you can get away with making something stupid funny. Would it have been insulting to make Marvin sound really intelligent and even ahead of our time that the people around him just see him as a nerd?

    I'm sure Lucas is a nice guy in real life but he can do so much better than this and we deserve better shows than this. This might very well be the Garbage Pail Kids of television and I hope all the other actors can get a chance to shine in something else because chances are Marvin Marvin is not going to be that show that allows them to do so.

    I'm not going to tell anyone what they should watch instead of this show like all the other people, just find something else to watch if you can't take this. And if you can manage to like this show, more power to you. But Marvin Marvin is to me the one show that shows that no other show on Nickelodeon was as bad as people thought.
  • OK, this is awful. It was cancelled after 14 shows because it's that bad. It consists of flat jokes and canned laughter. If you're looking for a good kids show stick to Adventure Time kids. The casting is awful as it features cheap actors that will never make it. The jokes are cringe worth and not forgetting the main character, Marvin. Marvin is a awful actors but he's best known as Fred from youtube who is now the worlds biggest sellout. He is so annoying and there's no reason at all to laugh at this show. If nickelodeon took a dump while eating cat food... It would be this show. Although Nickelodeon is strugglig to make quality shows this was the all time low. They need to put more time in to their ideas. STAY AWAY KIDS.
  • bebydiva137 January 2013
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    Awful! bad jokes, bad actors...I do not know who the hell gave permission on Nickelodeon to air this show, worst thing on TV and the guy who plays Marvin, should get some acting classes, for the name of the art! With today society with need more oriented family-values shows, not that crappy thing of one bad nasty joke after another. -----------SPOILER ALERT------------

    I saw "Marvin" pouring a bucket of chocolate down his throat ... really good...eating junk food and wasting food really nice!!! a good example for the kids!!NOT!!! Nickelodeon my advice to you,either fix it or shut down that crappy show.

    Please!!
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    look, it's a big call, but this is seriously the most horrific thing i have ever seen. It's that bad.

    I have never been to the point where i was angry that i watched something bad, but man this is something. Marvin Marvin stars former YouTube "celebrity" Fred (can't remember his name, i'm going to keep it that way for his safety so i don't go out for his blood) and he's an alien. That's the premise. He's culture and traditions are the exact opposite the human race, thus providing us with our source of "comedy".

    I didn't even finish the first episode. I genuinely got to about the 5th minute and just turned off my TV. To be completely honest, i wasn't even angry, I was disappointed. Humanity has stooped to the level where Nickelodeon deems this as sufficient entertainment.

    The acting is terrible, the premise is terrible. There are NO redeeming factors for watching this show. You would honestly be better off watching a blank screen, I sincerely mean that.

    Do not watch this "thing", Save yourself.
  • When I first saw the ads on Nickelodeon, I figured that this show would be garbage. But, I didn't think it would be this bad. Everything about this show is awful in so many ways. Let's start with the acting - beyond awful. Lucas Cruikshank was incredibly annoying as Marvin. Actually, calling him annoying is like calling Bin Laden a jerk - it's true, but it's not enough to call them that. Every one else in the show is bad. All the children actors are bad but are not as annoying as Marvin. Also, the adults overact as well. They act like everything is the most serious thing ever. Also, the plot of the series is something we've probably seen numerous times before. In fact, this kind of sounds like it could be a drama on ABC family. For that to happen, get rid of all the actors, get better writers, lose all the bad comedy, get good actors, have a back story and make the characters at least a little likable. While I was watching this, all I was thinking was "We're they reading this script?" Probably not. I mean if the adults were doing this for their kids or something, that's fine. Kids will probably enjoy this, but do know what these kids are into these days? I can only think of two positives about this: 1. it does teach that nobody should be judged for anything - but that could work if it wasn't so annoying and it probably focused on a real issue. Can't Nickelodeon do a show about a family raising a gay son or lesbian daughter? Or be raised by two moms or two dads? It's real, it's current and it would be interesting and give credibility to Nickelodeon. But no, Nickelodeon has to give this show to Fred just to keep him relevant. The other positive is that with this new show for Lucas Cruikshank, Fred: The Show is canceled. Then again after watching this, it made me want to watch Fred videos willingly and I would never do that - EVER! If you thought Nickeloden was dead before, they are officially dead now.
  • Oh my god, this show is one of the most embarrassing blemishes on Nickelodeon, right next to Breadwinners, Fred the Show and the Thundermans! The fact that it even got past pitching is beyond me!

    First of all, the plot. It's about an alien who lands on earth to live with a human family? Sound familiar? Oh yeah, it basically rips off Mork and Mindy, but updated it for teens in the 21st century.

    Second of all, guess who they chose to play Marvin, of all people? They chose Lucas Cruikshank, the same person who gave the world that shrieking monstrosity Fred Figglehorn! At least he isn't running around screaming his head off like a deranged toddler.

    Honestly, why is it that Nickelodeon went and axed all its good quality shows like Rugrats, Victorious, Wild Thornberrys and Avatar: The Last Airbender, and commissioned s**t like this. The characters in this monstrosity of a show have about as much depth as a toddler's paddling pool, the humour is just intended to make you sick and the message of being yourself gets undermined by the lame attempts at jokes.

    Honestly, I think the world didn't feel like it lost much when Marvin Marvin was cancelled and Lucas left Nickelodeon. To quote the immortal words of Star Trek, "Beam me up, Scotty and take me away from this train wreck!"
  • Okay, so this show had a creative premise going for it. Sure, the formula has been done in shows like Mork & Mindy, ALF, and My Favorite Martian, but this was during a time when all of the Nick sitcoms were literally about some kid becoming famous or training to become famous (iCarly - Girl that's famous on the Web; Victorious - Girl that's training to become famous), so this was a breath of fresh air for Nick. But they had to ruin it with one thing: FRED as the title character. Yeah, Lucas (or Fred) figured he raped our ears enough, so he moved on to other acting jobs. But man, is he annoying in this one! His annoying voice is what killed it for me. And now, since it's canceled, Lucas is a nobody again.

    Overall, this show is bad, but it's not as bad as AwesomenessTV or Henry Danger. It at least tries to make jokes, but the jokes come off as bad, like butt humor. Hey! At least they're trying. At least they're going for a kind of humor! Even if it is disgusting humor like butt jokes.
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    There are some not so funny, and commonly used Nickelodeon jokes that are used in this show, and really are this is the only reason I didn't give Marvin Marvin a ten. After reading all the hate comments, I think the only reason people are bashing this, is because Lucas Cruikshank is Marvin. Although I was a Fred fan, I still could easily see why so many people hated it, but they cancelled Fred, and he doesn't even make videos anymore, and now that he has this show, I think people should give it a chance, because its not Fred, its Marvin Marvin. As Marvin, Cruikshank is the perfect person for the role. He actually pulls off a believable alien. He does some things that make the show really funny. He has really good movements and facial expressions, which actually make him even better for the role. Some lines are really funny too, and Cruikshank gives really good effort for his actions, like when he dumps the whole bowl of chocolate on his face, or when he eats all the lettuce and pickles and stuff. I would recommend Marvin Marvin to anybody from ages 5-15, and it is a really good family show too, with some meaningful messages. Altogether, I know I will be tuning into Marvin Marvin as long as it is running, and I hope you do too.
  • One day, the producers, writers, and everyone else that helped cover up Dan Schneider's sex crimes against children at Nickelodeon HQ gathered around to wonder "What if we tried Fred again, but made him an alien this time?" What happened was a short-lived comedy show with terrible comedy, annoying characters, and the annoying hyper-expressive over-acting that's become par for the course with Nickelodeon and Disney channel shows these days.
  • This show isn't funny when I first saw it I thought it was fine because lucas (creator of fred channel) was on it but after seeing it again it's not funny nothing about it is good! Don't watch it! Watch Invader Zim it's the best nick show with an alien in it. (back when nick was good) watch it on hulu