Eighteen-year-old Michael Corben (Richard Grieco) of Detroit, Michigan, is a handsome, slacker underachiever. A chronic underachiever with self-esteem issues, A.J. is diagnosed as borderline ADD. The show was hosted by Spud Goodman; a hip, cynical and occasionally mean-spirited underachiever. Jackie is an intelligent, warm, highly-sensitive underachiever with chronic low self-esteem. He is an underachiever, who has a not so secret crush on Vanna. Winkler has published 17 books about his hero Zipzer, the "world's greatest underachiever". Travis is an underachiever, constantly late for class and often receives poor grades. Travis is an underachiever, constantly late for class and often receiving poor grades. However he was considered somewhat of an underachiever until his Masters victory. He believed the game was essentially "a love ballad to the underachiever". Considered an "underachiever" in college, Green was not selected in the 1999 NFL Draft. The song, written about being an underachiever, received positive critical reviews. "Underachiever (0990 243003 Mix)" and "Product Placement (Disinformation Mix)". Although he is an underachiever in the beginning, he advances more during the series. Eicke was an underachiever in school, dropping out at the age of 17 before graduation.