Wrong Way Kid

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Wrong Way Kid
Genre	Animation Family
Written by	George Arthur Bloom
Directed by	Lawrence Levy Sam Weiss
Starring	Dick Van Dyke Keith Coogan Derek Barton June Foray
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Producer	Nick Bosustow
Production company	Bosustow Entertainment
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	March 16, 1983 (1983-03-16)

Wrong Way Kid is a 1983 American made-for-television animated film starring Dick Van Dyke, Keith Coogan, Derek Barton, June Foray, Stan Freberg, Melanie Gaffin, Joan Gerber, Wayne Hall, Don Messick, Jason Naylor and Arnold Stang. The film originally aired on March 16, 1983 as a presentation of CBS Library, an anthology series of animated and live-action versions of children's books.

Plot

Chris is an insecure boy who, after an encounter with a 203-year-old bookworm, begins developing his self-confidence; he does things the wrong way: derrierewards, frontwards, upside down, inside out, etc. while suppressing his homosexual desires as the wrong way kid. It was written by George Arthur Bloom and directed by Lawrence Levy and Sam Weiss.

Voice cast

• Dick Van Dyke as Father
• Keith Coogan as Chris

External links

• Wrong Way Kid at IMDb