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Small Wonder was a sci-fi sitcom about a family who has a robot daughter. Ted Lawson, an engineer at a huge robotics firm, brings home a project that he is working on: a robot in the shape of a 10-year-old girl.
The robot was a Voice Input Child Indenticant (V.I.C.I.), but was nicknamed Vicki for... more »

Small Wonder was a sci-fi sitcom about a family who has a robot daughter. Ted Lawson, an engineer at a huge robotics firm, brings home a project that he is working on: a robot in the shape of a 10-year-old girl.
The robot was a Voice Input Child Indenticant (V.I.C.I.), but was nicknamed Vicki for short. Not only did she brighten up Ted's wife Joan, but also was a great sister to their only child Jamie Lawson. They tried to keep the fact that Vicki was a robot from the entire world, but found it difficult when their neighbors, The Brindles, started snooping around the house. What the bad part was, Brandon Brindle, the head of the Brindle family, was Ted's boss and he does his best to lie, cheat, and steal to get him further up the corporate ladder. His wife, Bonnie, was no better than he was, and his bratty daughter Harriet had a killer crush on Jamie.
Jamie, however, would rather play with Reggie, his best friend and confidant than to have Harriet chase him everywhere.
Jamie also tried to teach Vicki how to be a normal kid, but all she could do is mimic people and do things literally. Vicki also had an evil side to her named Vanessa, who was smart-mouthed, conniving and treacherous at times. But other than that, the Lawsons enjoyed four years of living with a robot and no one outside the family was ever the wiser, not even the ever-nosy Brindles.
Small Wonder ran in syndication from 1985 to 1989 and was a ratings hit. There were talks of doing a spin-off series dedicated to Vanessa named Too Good to Be True but it died in the planning stages.
Theme Song:
She's a small wonder
Pretty and bright with soft curls
She's a small wonder
A girl unlike other girls
She's a miracle, and I grant you, she'll enchant you at first sight
She's a small wonder
And she'll make your heart take flight
She's fantastic, made of plastic
Microchips here and there
She's a small wonder,
Brings love and laughter everywhere!less «

• I wonder what became of the cast after the show was over, does anybody know?

  I always wondered what happened to the cast of Small Wonder when the show was over.  I looked up Tiffany Brissette on google...more »

  I always wondered what happened to the cast of Small Wonder when the show was over.  I looked up Tiffany Brissette on google, to see what information I could find on her.  I got a shock when I learned that she was two years older, then another famous actress from the same time Soleil Moon Frye.  However, unlike Frye and other child stars, Tiffany didn't seem to have quite the work file that many other child stars did after her debut role wrapped up.  I have no knowledge of the rest of the cast either. WHAT HAPPEN TO THESE PEOPLE!less «

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  7 comments, last one Dec 10, 2008 + Add Comment

• I wrote to Shout Factory last night, and presented my idea for Small Wonder.

  I wrote to Shout Factory last night and presented my idea that they should now produce Small Wonder, now that they are done with Punky Brewster. I hope that they get back to me soon. I'll post what they tell me as soon as I get a response to my letter.

  I wrote to Shout Factory last night and presented my idea that they should now produce Small Wonder, now that they are done with Punky Brewster. I hope that they get back to me soon. I'll post what they tell me as soon as I get a response to my letter.less «

  80stvfan Last online 4 days ago
  1 comments, last one Mar 6, 2008 + Add Comment

• Small Wonder videos are quickly disappearing from Youtube, get a fix while you

  Youtube used to have a lot of Small Wonder videos for Small Wonder fans to watch, sadly they are getting pulled off quickly...more »

  Youtube used to have a lot of Small Wonder videos for Small Wonder fans to watch, sadly they are getting pulled off quickly. There are now less then 4 episodes left, half of them are in spanish or portugeuse. Get a fix while you can. I'm thinking of contacting Shout Factory, the company that did Punky Brewster, and seeing if they're thinking about doing Small Wonder as well. less «

  80stvfan Last online 4 days ago
  1 comments, last one Mar 5, 2008 + Add Comment

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  6.5 Fair

  An engineer invents a robot to become part of his family. hide « show »

  I remember watching this as a kid. Now looking back, it's easy to see its flaws, but at the time it was a semi-popular show. The shows is all about the Lawson's living with Vicki whose a robot. It seems that Ted wanted to advance his career so he made Vicki. He had a small rival in the evil nerd known as Brindle. The Brindles were very annoying. They are truly the neighbors who look like losers, whom you don't want to know.
  
  This show clearly had a young audience. We see Vicki trying to live like a kid, but we see her abnormal actions (such as her strength) which leads others to try and discover her secret. Other times like "Three's Company" is a show about the chaos that happens when things get out of hand.
  
  Acting-wise, the acting was average, very average and noneo of the actors really had long TV or Movie careers except maybe William Bogert (who already was a couple of movies). It's an ok show, I've seen worse. For fans who liked it, it's a sign of some of the more enjoyable, but off the wall shows of the 80's.

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  marvelfan89 Added Dec 25, 2006 All my reviews
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  9.6 Superb

  I love this show, I think they should make new seasons for it! hide « show »

  This is a really fun show I used to watch in my old country when I was little. It actually showed originality in someone inventing a robot and labeling its name! One episode shows the robot has feelings and that is great too.
  This show is really funny sometimes, I like Vicky's way of talking and I have a great time watching it.
  This show should have new seasons and they should start airing it again so we could all have more good times and remember those times of childhood we had while watching it.
  They should also make a movie about it for a return or something! But well that's Life!

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  miami_eagle27 Added Sep 22, 2006 All my reviews
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  9.4 Superb

  Loved the show at the time hide « show »

  I was really little when this show was on. At the time i really really really loved this show. I would make the family watch it. Even visiting my grandparents, i would make them watch it. I have no idea what i saw in it at the time, but it just struck my fancy. Now i think the show is hookie and only okay. But i use to love the little boy and his robot sister. I think it would have been wonderful to have a sister that you could turn off. At the time to me this was a great show.

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  makgambit Added Jul 20, 2006 All my reviews
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  9.8 Superb

  a great show ,wished it was still on hide « show »

  this show was great when i was growing up. i wish it was still on ,i have 4 kids and they would probaly enjoy it also.i know growing up i would have to watch this show every night it was on.i loved it .now days they don\'t make alot of good shows that kids enjoy .just to name a few some of the shows i loved are ,small wonder, punky brewster,adams family, different strokes,webster.i\'m sure you know what i\'m saying. living in the 80\'s was great.

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  crickett1980 Added Jul 17, 2006 All my reviews
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  5.9 Mediocre

  Lets make a robot girl live with a family and have crazy adventures. What? hide « show »

  Okay I saw this show when I was a kid. First I never knew that it lasted as long as it did but apparently it did. Let me say that whoever invented this show and put it on the air must have been doing some heavy time coke back in the 80s because this show was way out there. The special effects, if you would call them that, were horrible. Even if you didnt have the budget or the technology to do things dont make a fool out of yourself and do it in a crappy fashion. And lets talk about the acting. The only one that could pull of a cyborg on film was Arnold in the Terminator trilogy. This girl that played Vicky was horrible..I mean horrible. And the cheesiness. Good God, I am getting pissed just thinking about this show. And finally I will admit that if they put it on MeTv I would watch a few reruns drunk.

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  cookmefoodnow Added May 19, 2006 All my reviews