All of a sudden it came to me, and I thought maybe it was "Are You Afraid of the Dark" on Nickelodeon. It turns out it was "Salute Your Shorts" from the same channel. he is Zeke the Plumber! Here is a viddy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cj6CizbdHWI
And I was thinking it was a true horror forgotten classic haha.