Small Wonder 

The zany adventures of a suburban family, their next-door neighbors, and an innovative robot designed to look like a human child.

Creator:

Howard Leeds

Stars:

Richard Christie, Marla Pennington, Jerry Supiran

2 wins & 13 nominations.

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
Richard Christie	...	Ted Lawson 96 episodes, 1985-1989
Marla Pennington	...	Joan Lawson 96 episodes, 1985-1989
Jerry Supiran	...	Jamie Lawson 96 episodes, 1985-1989
Tiffany Brissette	...	Vicki the Robot 96 episodes, 1985-1989
Emily Schulman	...	Harriet Brindle 96 episodes, 1985-1989

Storyline

Father Ted Lawson creates a robot, VICI (played by Tiffany Brissette). The family--Ted, Joan and Jamie--keep VICI's identity secret, and pretend that she is their daughter. Harriet, their nosy and annoying neighbor, has a crush on Jamie and plans to marry him. Her dad, Brandon Brindle, is Ted's boss; Brandon stole credit for Ted's ideas.

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Plot Keywords:

android | dress | inventor | robot | family secret | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Family | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

TV-G

Did You Know?

Trivia

Candace Cameron Bure, Taylor Neff and Heather O'Rourke all auditioned for the role of Vicki.

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Goofs

Despite being "made of plastic, microchips here and there", the robot and her costume grew from season to season to accommodate the actress. However, in the season 4 episode "School Monitor", there was an explanation given by the father, who put in a special chip that enabled her to grow to avoid suspicion from friends and neighbors why she never grew and remained the same age.

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Quotes

[repeated line]
Joan Lawson: That makes sense.

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Connections

Featured in SexTV: Remote Control: Romancing the Robot/Hajime Sorayama (2005)

User Reviews

The greatest show ever

Small Wonder is the greatest TV show EVER!!!!! (except for Cop Rock of course).

For the love of God, will someone release this on DVD? Then I can finally die a happy man.

And Emily Schulman, if you are out there. I am single... shoot me an email babe. I think I am the man for you. I have many 'Jamie-like' qualities.

And what about a Small Wonder video game? How cool would that be? You can build your own VIKI.

I freakin love this show. Ted Lawson is my hero.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 September 1985 (USA)

Also Known As:

Small Wonder

Filming Locations:

Metromedia Square - 5746 Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

The Small Wonder Joint Venture, 20th Century Fox Television, Metromedia Producers Corporation (MPC)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min (96 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1