Lanny was my favorite WWF jobber growing up, he had more personality than half the guys on top and was doing moonsaults back when no one else was. And yeah, the Genius was absolutely meant to be effeminate, but it honestly Lanny was so into it that somehow it didn't seem that bad.
It's always funny to hear Lanny do an eerily perfect impression of hs brother and realize the famous Macho Man voice is just low pitched Leaping Lanny