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Title: Small Wonder Post by: HappyGilmore on August 07, 2007, 10:24:02 PM If anyone remembers this show, tell me it wasn't the best thing, ever.
Small Wonder was a show about an inventor who invented a robot that looked and acted like a human kid. http://youtube.com/watch?v=ukSvjqwJixw I've heard it called the worst show ever. It may in fact be, but I still liked it and watched it quite often in syndication in the mid '90s. Title: Re: Small Wonder Post by: Shadow on August 07, 2007, 11:14:24 PM Ten seconds of this show was all it took to plunge my mind into the very depths of madness and despair. Needless to say, I never watched it again. :wink:
Title: Re: Small Wonder Post by: felgekarp on August 08, 2007, 03:38:22 AM I'd rather watch Small Wonder than ALF any day.
Title: Re: Small Wonder Post by: Mr. DS on August 08, 2007, 05:54:49 AM Yes indeed I remember this show. It was on at an odd time on Saturdays in my local area. No one ever thought it was odd this girl spoke in a robot voice for several years.
Title: Re: Small Wonder Post by: Raffine on August 08, 2007, 10:23:14 AM :bouncegiggle:
When Andrew was considering a seperate television category I mentioned this show and the bloody, gaping wound in inflicted on me many, many years ago. So, presenting another installment of THE BEST OF RAFFINE: I like the idea of a television thread. The best example of a truly bad series I can think of was a 80's sitcom called Small Wonder. It was all about a "wacky" scientist who invented a robot that looked just like a little girl. For some reason it was all a big secret. I have a special hatred for this series: at the time it was on I was commuting weekly a long way through rural Alabama (in my Datsun B210 Honeybee mentioned in another thread). The crappy radio only picked up one station: a local ABC TV station radio simucast. My commute coincided with the broadcast of Small Wonder. I spent many Friday nights driving through dark, deserted Alabama countryside with only the gang from Small Wonder as company. I can still her that girlbot's monotone, droning voice when I close my eyes... :buggedout: ([url]http://members.surfbest.net/smallwonder@surfbest.net/Photos/Promo1.jpg[/url]) Oh. So that's what they looked like. Some wounds never heal. Title: Re: Small Wonder Post by: HappyGilmore on August 08, 2007, 10:35:59 AM I loved Small Wonder.
It's still a horrible show, nonetheless. But yeah, I loved the fact that like, she never ate or drank, but then the actress went through puberty, so the dad "Made some modifications" so she could age, eat and drink. No Charles in Charge, but it was fun. :teddyr: Title: Re: Small Wonder Post by: Oldskool138 on August 08, 2007, 10:45:19 AM Didn't Seth Green play the annoying neighbor kid who didn't know she was a robot...or something like that?
Title: Re: Small Wonder Post by: Mr. DS on August 08, 2007, 11:18:44 AM I hated the kid who played the brother. Just something about him that was disturbing.
Title: Re: Small Wonder Post by: HappyGilmore on August 08, 2007, 09:32:19 PM Didn't Seth Green play the annoying neighbor kid who didn't know she was a robot...or something like that? No. The annoying neighbor was a girl. She was in Troop Beverly Hills. Clunker that was too. Only good part of Troop Beverly Hills was Kellie Martin. Title: Re: Small Wonder Post by: felgekarp on August 09, 2007, 07:53:06 AM I remember the episode with Jesse Ventura in and he didn't believe she was a robot until via the miracle of dodgy special effects she carried him across the room :teddyr:
Title: Re: Small Wonder Post by: MrMari on August 10, 2007, 09:18:45 AM This show was on ALL the time. Typical 80's syndicated sitcom. Lots of bad jokes and tons of canned laughter. This had to be the single most annoying cast in TV history. The brother, the neighbor, the parents, all of them were ANNOYING!
(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1171/1072131004_6586be342b_o.jpg) I tried to find some pics of Tiffany all grown up but I could only find this one. Whats with the creepy uber-nerd next to her? (http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1257/1072131540_91d6183894_o.jpg) And this is just classic. I would love to see this episode. (http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1415/1072125272_a6489ba0f2_o.jpg) Title: Re: Small Wonder Post by: HappyGilmore on August 10, 2007, 10:24:35 AM Ah, the smoking/drug episode. Fun times that was. :bouncegiggle:
I don't think anybody in that cast has worked again. I think just the red-headed mom in that picture. I've seen her in stuff. Title: Re: Small Wonder Post by: Mr. DS on August 10, 2007, 10:57:09 AM I don't think anybody in that cast has worked again. I think just the red-headed mom in that picture. I've seen her in stuff. Edie McClurg who pops up here and there in movies. My favorite, when she was the secretary in Ferris Bueller's Day Off. [youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Zy-IdWHd4c Title: Re: Small Wonder Post by: MeanStreaka4337 on August 10, 2007, 07:02:02 PM I still loved that show despite it's cheesiness.
Title: Re: Small Wonder Post by: HappyGilmore on August 10, 2007, 10:04:58 PM I don't think anybody in that cast has worked again. I think just the red-headed mom in that picture. I've seen her in stuff. Edie McClurg who pops up here and there in movies. My favorite, when she was the secretary in Ferris Bueller's Day Off. [youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Zy-IdWHd4c She still acts. The rest disappeared. She was great in Ferris Bueller. I loved that there was a rumor that Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins was the brother on this. He was like, 17/18 years old at the time. Title: Re: Small Wonder Post by: voltron on August 12, 2007, 09:02:28 PM Loved it in the 80s. I don't think it'll hold up now though. My dad used to call it "Queer Wonder".
Title: Re: Small Wonder Post by: HappyGilmore on August 12, 2007, 10:25:40 PM The Small Wonder intro/theme music.
Sadly, worse than I remembered. But, I still loved the show. http://youtube.com/watch?v=ukSvjqwJixw Title: Re: Small Wonder Post by: Susan on August 13, 2007, 10:16:13 PM I'd rather watch Small Wonder than ALF any day. [youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8Kyi0WNg40 Title: Re: Small Wonder Post by: Yaddo 42 on August 14, 2007, 11:47:57 PM Hated this show, was so glad it went away, and couldn't believe something so annoying lasted as long as it did.
Mr.Mari, that guy has tons of photos with (mostly minor) celebrities online. You used to find tons of links to his photos on IMDB. One of the saddest things I ever saw online was a link I found through memepool (I think)to a Small Wonder fansite. The guy was obsessed with both the actress who played the robot and the robot character itself. There was a long essay/ramble detailing the guy's fantasy for later seasons of the show. It was a bizarre space opera type storyline, not sure what it had to do with a cheap stupid 80s sitcom. There were also a section where he wrote about the actress' later career, apparently she got religion IIRC. He even had a picture he claimed was of her running in a marathon, except the woman in the photo had her head down. It could have been anyone. Creepy. Title: Re: Small Wonder Post by: Raffine on August 15, 2007, 12:45:15 PM Quote He even had a picture he claimed was of her running in a marathon, except the woman in the photo had her head down. It could have been anyone. HEY! THAT PHOTO IS TIFFANY! I WAITED FOR FIVE WEEKS TO GET THAT SHOT! AND GEORGE LUCAS PROMISED ME V.I.C.I WILL BE A CHARACTER IN THE NEXT STAR WARS FEATURE! Uh, I mean, ha ha! What a loser... Title: Re: Small Wonder Post by: HappyGilmore on August 15, 2007, 09:01:29 PM You have to love the cheap graphics they had used as well. Vicki the robot would cry, and badly animated water would go shooting out of her eyes like a waterfall.
Ah. Where's the dvd's for this crapfest? Title: Re: Small Wonder Post by: Pacman000 on July 20, 2018, 05:05:09 PM You have to love the cheap graphics they had used as well. Vicki the robot would cry, and badly animated water would go shooting out of her eyes like a waterfall. Awhile back Sony dug out some of their less-successful series & began to show them on Antenna TV. I saw a little bit of this show & didn't like it. I did not, however, see her cry. Is there a clip of that; it sounds funny, like a live action cartoon. I can almost picture the premise working if it was more like a cartoon...Ah. Where's the dvd's for this crapfest? |