Agreed. At least Luke had some really funny moments along the way, even if they were usually in the physical comedy category. Manny was a useless character from start to finish. He made just about every scene he was in worse.
And the new kid, Joe, was well on his way. I just can't believe anyone finds that kind of too-adult dialogue out of a little kid to be funny, and yet they fell hard right into that same trap other shows so often fall into.