Synopsis
The television version starred Kevin Meaney as Buck, a slob who drinks, smokes and is named the guardian of Tia, Miles, and Maizy after his brother and sister-in-law, Bob and Cindy, die in a car accident. However, in the movie, Bob and Cindy (who are, naturally, alive and well) ask Buck to babysit because they have to travel from Chicago to Indianapolis to visit Cindy's father that just had a heart attack.
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