Fred and Barney Meet The Thing/YMMV
In México the show was actually well liked and there were some rewrites as it is implied that the professor in the show transformed the thing BACK into Benjamin Grimm, but overshot it and made him a teenager. Still doesn't explain why the show's Benji is a redhead whole the original Ben Grimm is dark haired.
Depending on your view on the character; it was actually nice to see Ben "free" of being stuck in Thing form; and actually choosing to transform back to help his friends. and for whatever is worth, the show helped popularize both Aunt Petunia and his catchphrase of being "the lovable blue eyed Thing, Idol of millions"; he was only short a phrase of being The Rock before there ever was a Rock.