Bruno the Kid

I have been a Bruno fan ever since Bruce Willis did the special about his alter ego "The Return of Bruno", the harmonica player who played with well............everybody. It was a false documentary that is totally hilarious. When I discovered he had an animated series about Bruno I became the Number One Fan immediately. I faithfully recorded my Bruno the Kid daily so I could watch it at my leisure. The lines in the series were so memorable that just sitting here typing this review and reflecting upon some of Bruno's one liners just about make my sides hurt. I also liked the title tune - pretty jazzy. Bruno the Kid is more for teenagers than for the younger set (my opinion). But as an adult - well, I'm a big kid, and I just love Bruno the Kid.

I remember every weekday at 2:30pm on UPN during the summer this show came on, and I couldn't miss it. Sadly it went off once school started, and never came on again. It was one of my favorite cartoons, and I don't care if it was a vanity cartoon. Isn't every cartoon a vanity cartoon? This one was actually good. It was entertaining, exhilarating, and I loved all the gadgets he got with each mission. Not to mention all the ways Jarley told Bruno to call GLOBE at the beginning. Oh and if you are so upset about the fact that Bruno is bald, I mean if that thought haunts you so much that you lose sleep, think of it this way. Wasn't Charlie Brown also bald?

"Bruno the Kid" is a vanity cartoon if ever there was one; another outing for Bruce Willis's nickname of Bruno, this sees him as a wiseacre 11-year-old with a very large and prematurely balding head (why his parents don't send him to the doctor is never explained) who's also a secret agent for GLOBE in partnership with cultured black English agent Jarlsburg - GLOBE's high command have no idea Bruno the Kid is, in fact, a kid, because whenever our hero communicates with his bosses he sends them TV pictures of a computer-animated man who looks remarkably like... you guessed it.

In addition to his voice and likeness, Brucie executive produced (with his brother as co-executive producer) and co-wrote and sang the title song - at least with "Hudson Hawk" he left the singing to Dr. John. Exercise for Willis's ego this may be, and not exactly original - but it's fairly entertaining fare as far as this kind of thing goes, and better than some of his movies. For a truly awful vanity cartoon, see "Chuck Norris: Karate Kommandos" (which mentions the star's name nine times in the opening credits) or "Wishkid" with Macaulay Culkin.

"Bruno the Kid" is not bad. There, I said it. I enjoy any kid show that doesn't resort to selling merchandise or peddling moral platitudes. Bruce Willis may be the mastermind of the project, but it's pretty good nonetheless.

When I was a kid, I really enjoyed this and after watching it today in 2023, it's still good. In this show, Willis reminds us that not every actor has to pick up every role but create their own projects. I like the humor and I love the voices including Tony Jay as his partner. My biggest surprise is seeing Mark Hamill as Harris the Q of this series. Willis plays Bruno, a hacker kid being a spy and Jay playing his partner make an odd couple dynamic and it works bc as different as they are, they both show as spies their differences make them unique and funny to watch. Kids should watch this with laughs.