Small Wonder
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First Aired September 1985
Last Aired February 1989
Network Syndicated
# of Episodes: 96
Theme Song Lyrics:

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 with her sight
She's a small wonder, and she'll make your heart beat twice.
She's fantastic, made of plastic,
Microchips here and there.
She's a small wonder, brings love and laughter everywhere.


Cast

Dick Christie (I) .... Ted Lawson
Marla Pennington .... Joan Lawson
Jerry Supiran .... Jamie Lawson
Emily Schulman .... Harriet Brindle
Tiffany Brissette .... Vicki the Robot
Daryl Bartley (I) .... Warren
William Bogert .... Brandon Brindle
Alice Ghostley .... Ida Mae Brindle
Edie McClurg .... Bonnie Brindle
Paul C. Scott .... Reggie Williams

About The Show

Small Wonder was an 80s sci-fi/comedy tv show based on the Lawson family and their robot named V.I.C.I. (Voice Input Child Identicant). V.I.C.I. was the creation of the father, Ted Lawson, who was a cybernetic engineer. Vicki (as she was known on the show) was a robot designed to look like a ten-year-old girl. It was explained to neighbors that Ted and Joan Lawson were the godparents to Vicki and they took her in when her parents died. The couple also had a real child, a son named Jamie. The shows plots pretty much dealt with the children interacting with each other and the family trying to keep the truth about Vicki a secret. Vicki lived in a closet in Jamie's room, which was kind of hard to hide from Harriet Brindle, the young girl that lived next door and had a crush on Jamie, who was always peeking in. Harriet's father, Brandon, was Ted's boss who was always trying to steal Ted's ideas. Brandon's wife, Bonnie, was constanly snooping around the Lawsons' house. Jamie's best friend Reggie was also seen around the Lawson household.

Facts About the Show

  • Jerry Supiran (Jamie) is often mistaken for Billy Corgan (lead singer os Smashing Pumpkins)
  • Executive Producer Howard Leeds also worked on The Brady Bunch, Diff'rent Strokes, Facts of Life, and Silver Spoons
  • Vicki's outfit was taken from Norman Rockwell paintings
  • Ted Lawson was named for a character in the 1944 movie Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
  • The theme song was jazzed up because the audience was older than what TPTB expected to have
  • There was to be a spin-ff, Too Good To Be True, but it was rejected

    Where Else Have You Seen Them...

    Dick Christie: Molly, The Cover Girl Murders, Days Of Our Lives, Ace Crawford Private Eye, Who's The Boss?, Mama's Family

    Marla Pennington: Soap, General Hospital, Happy Days, Diff'rent Strokes

    Jerry Supiran: Mr. Belvedere, St. Elsewhere, Newhart

    Tiffany Brissette: Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin, Ewok Adventure, Parker Lewis Can't Lose, Webster

    Emily Schulman: Christy, Troop Beverly Hills, Wonder Years, ALF, Mr. Belvedere

    William Bogert: Columbo, Law & Order, Spin City, 3rd Rock From The Sun, Melrose Place, Empty Nest, Mr. Belvedere, Wonder Years, MASH, The Jeffersons

    Edie McClury: Air Bud Spikes Back, Changing Hearts, Van Wilder, Clifford the Big Red Dog, Rugrats Movie, A Bug's Life, Columbo, Flubber, Natural Born Killers, Hogan Family, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Mad About You, Golden Girls

    Paul C. Scott: Baywatch Nights, Frankenweenie

    Links

  • Small Wonder @ Yesterdayland.com
  • Remember Small Wonder
  • The Semi-Official Small Wonder Home Page
  • Small Wonder Commentary
  • Small Wonder Mirror
  • Small Wonder @ tvtome.com
  • Small Wonder @ Jump the Shark
  • Subvulture
  • Small Wonder The Inspiration for A.I.