sentences:  When the show was spun off into "Almost Home" the next year, two of the five children were inexplicably written off the show, including Metchik's character.Since then, Metchik has had several guest-starring roles on television, as well as various roles in movies, his largest role being that of Alan Gray in the 1995 movie "The Baby-Sitters Club", the adaptation of the popular novel series.He has also had various voice roles, including a recurring role of Jack Pumpkinhead Jr. in several straight-to-video "The Oz Kids" films, and that of Ithicles in the 1997 Disney movie "Hercules".