Richie Rich

I don't think that this concept is something that will ever translate well from comic books to television or movies. The Richie Rich comics were funny because they described wealth so outlandish, that when Mom went to the East Wing of the mansion, she traveled by plane. Money gushing out of oil wells and vaults so big they were measured in acres. Stuff like that.

Of course, that stuff does not translate to the real world very easily. Richie Rich may be a good comic for kids fascinated by money, since it teaches that friendship and family is far more important than money. But trying to translate that into a real-world TV show by papering the walls of Richie's bedroom with foreign banknotes just seems silly.

The concept COULD work if it were "dialed down" a bit... Like a show about a kid in an extremely wealthy family who just wants to play with other kids and is a good person, but who has to contend with things like the security guards that follow him everywhere for his protection. Or who asks his Dad for lunch money on his way out the door and his Dad hands him a $100 bill because it is the smallest bill he has. Little jokes like that would at least be believable.

But this series is completely over the top. I know that most movies and TV shows require a suspension of disbelief, but this one requires a suspension of your entire brain.

I really don't know what to say about this series. I don't even know if I can say anything pretty good about him.

Sitcom style is kind of out of date, and instead of taking that genre and creating something different and smart, they just used boring, predictable jokes.

The characters have monotonous profiles. A geeky kid, a fat dad, the blonde... The atmosphere of the series is bad to watch. I don't know how to explain it, but there's something about it that makes you don't want to watch it. The laughs in the background are short and with strange voices.

The only good thing I can say about this show is that it "entertains" younger kids.

Richie Rich is a lovable character, but it's his family that's the problem. His father is basically a couch potato with no job or aspects. The sister should be grateful they're all living in a big mansion, but all Harper does is complain. Not exactly the way a supportive sibling should behave.

I got as far as episode 5 before realizing the family never leaves the house. Richie and his friends never set foot in school. They could've built a classroom set on the same stage, but they didn't.

The worst plot is Richie converting his vegetables into energy. I mean come on that's pathetic.

The show has 0 humor and there's nothing in the plot, even when considering it's a kids sir, to carry it.

So, this show is really terrible on every level. It has that typical absurd situational humor but that's not why I'm writing this.

Let's start off with the fact that this kid becomes a trillionaire by not eating his vegetables. But the two things that get me the most are his sex symbol French maid robot slave and his walking stereotype of a 12 year old money manager. These two things do not belong in a children's show. His best (friend)?? Is a girl that spends all of his money and doesn't stop complaining. The main character himself a spoiled, selfish and suffers zero consequences for being an absolute donkey to his sister and his "help". The dad belongs in an institution of some sort for allowing all this behavior and for allowing his 11?? Year old to purchase a sexualized slave. I hate this show and it is now banned from this house.

If you took any lessons from this horribly written show they would be:

Treat everyone like your help Hold your money over everyone's head

Objectify and buy attractive slave women

If you're rich you suffer no consequences

Don't eat vegetables

Treat your family like they are meaningless