Small Wonder - Was That Real?

One of the worst shows of all time?
Small Wonder is an American comedy science fiction sitcom that aired in first-run syndication from September 7, 1985, to May 20, 1989. The show chronicles the family of a robotics engineer who secretly creates a robot modeled after a human girl, then tries to pass it off as their adopted daughter, Vicki.
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[@dodaTiffany]

Honestly, the little girl is a pretty good actress. The way she keeps a straight face while saying monotone/robotic lines, she kind of makes the character work.

[@danielgreenwood793]

normally you have to work extra hard to keep child actors from going full monotone robotic

[@moaningconservatives1616]

Daniel Greenwood nowadays not back then

[@4diamondz318]

The girl who played the character "Vicky", she IS a small wonder and I most wonder what she's up to now?

[@ElvenPrince]

@@4diamondz318 she lived at my grandparents place for a bit. She was pretty nice.

[@albertogarcia9250]

I guess he is analyzing the series from a millennial perspective, that is why perhaps the dialogues and the situations acted out may seem strange to the new generations. This is not the only show from the past that shows weird situations or strange dialogues to many young people.

[@AnonymousDragonWolf]

The audience groaning to the pun is what made it brilliant. Everyone KNOWS puns are bad, and to have the audience acknowledge that is fucking genius!

[@LavishButtocks]

"Hi Jamie!" "Hi, Harriet." *SLAM* Honestly, that's pretty damn funny.

[@memeboi6942]

*laugh track*

[@albertmccarthy7232]

That was a funny thing

[@FrenchPaul1988]

That show doesn't look too bad - campy and ridiculous at points, but it seems to have some funny stuff going on at times. There must definitely be much worse out there as far as sitcoms go.

[@BoozyBeggar]

It's great. Cheesy and great. The 80s had shows which still contained a lot of 1950s morality and aesthetics, and if you grew up with it, the nostalgia only makes it better as an adult. Also Harriett is the greatest character in the show.

[@gregoryreese8491]

Hardly, I recognize camp, this show was not "camp" bad; this show was depressingly, please just kill me, this country is fucking doomed, bad.

[@joreathacrowder8654]

This show was pretty funny, And entertaining as a kid.

[@KayMayhem777]

YOOO My NIGGLE did dude is BUGGIN if he thinks this was bad show!!! I like how his followers are like: YES SIREE MASTER HEE HEE HEE! who's taste is straight TRASH🤦🤦🤦

[@miloubear5614]

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[@KCohere33]

I watched Small Wonder every day after school. Ahhh, memories.

[@yeemcgee8149]

"Vicky can't see us honey" *YOU CANT HIDE. WHATS INSIDE*

[@mitchfletcher2386]

Yee McGee I AM NOT A WEENIE!!!

[@Lesbianlichen]

I didn't realize people didn't like this show. I used to watch this every day after school, still holds up IMO.

[@joreathacrowder8654]

Kinda sad.

[@danfuby]

I enjoy Watching this show than Mash and that show reruns all through the 90s

[@MechaJutaro]

Pretty amazing to think also; TGWTG remarks that this show wouldn't fly in "the more PC environment" of 2015. Imagine trying to get something like this greenlit TODAY, in '22

[@lasarousi]

Sorry to hear that I hope therapy helped.

[@nodorog448]

I watched it back in syndication. Granted i was 2-6 back when it originally aired, so I watched it when I was like 7. It was harmless enough. Entertainment for a child. Now The Charmings was horrific. Snow White and Prince Charming wake up in 20th century and try to be a suburban family, complete with the Evil Queen as the mother-in-law. Lasted 21 episodes across 2 seasons, and the first actress playing Snow White quit after 6 episodes.

[@NickZephyr]

Hey guys, apparently the kid who played Jaime in the show is now HOMELESS and blames a stripper he dated at 18 for stealing his money. What a world.

[@123darkelf]

Sadness all around and hidden deep in the darkness..

[@ChachiTelevision1979]

LaceeLasers I remember hearing the rumor that he's actually Billy Corgan, but of course that's not true. However, it seems the homeless story is more likely true unfortunately. I hope he picks himself up.

[@SharkBait19904]

LaceeLasers He dated a stripper what did he think was going to happen. That's one of the 2 places you don't meet girls to date. The two places are a Strip Club and A Bar.

[@espurr4043]

LaceeLasers Kind of like how the main antagonist of The Wizard is now a registered sex offender.

[@NickZephyr]

Espurr 404 ... nice.

[@JazGalaxy]

I feel like there is an amount of irony in the shows intro that you aren't giving it credit for. Even by 80's standards, the opening is cheezy. I think this is supposed to be contrasting the then-modern 80s sitcom against a 50's sitcom introduction to highlight to irony of the characters being an ordinary family... with a robot. I kind of wish situation comedies would come back into fashion. I think the concept of an everyday family living in a bizarre situation is kind of endlessly charming. A everyday happy family on the moon. An everyday happy family during the apocalypse. And everday happy family on a pirate ghost ship. Keep em coming. I'll watch every one of them.

[@SpiderandMosquito]

What you're looking for is a "fantastic sitcom". Situational comedy but with a bizarre, genre fiction twist. I agree, it's untapped potential

[@DinosaurFan88]

Honestly, I'm surprised he didn't mention Heil Honey, I'm Home among those other choices for worst sitcom of all time.

[@greenleafwater]

***** I still can't believe they actually aired that.

[@eliotmccann2589]

HHIH was cancelled after the first episode was broadcast, but I believe one full season was made- but not seen.

[@ChachiTelevision1979]

***** Cinema Snob did a Heil Honey I'm Home review.

[@DinosaurFan88]

Chachi Shapiro I know, I meant merely in passing as he also mentioned Rob and that Geico caveman show.

[@ChachiTelevision1979]

***** Good point. I guess the reason why the Cavemen show and Rob are in a different league from Heil Honey is because the former two had bad executions while Heil Honey's premise alone could have only worked as a four-minutes sketch but was attempted to be drawn out as a long-running sit-com. It is definitely in a class of its own badness. I don't think it's merely because it's Hitler -- there are tons of comedies that use Hitler as the punchline (most Mel Brooks comedies, Danger-5, etc), but this one went for the easiest jokes and would probably draw a blank very, very early within the series, which is why it was just so horrible.

[@sylvaranti5046]

You know, personally? From what I saw of the series from the clips that were shown in this video, I think I can see the charm. Albeit, the cast doesn't look like they're anything fantastic, but the little girl playing the robot? She really seems like she'd be the one that made it good. Call me crazy, but her performance just seems really well done. I would honestly watch this show purely to see what she could do with her role. And the robot in general just seems like a very likable character.

[@Czah5]

I have to admit, I remember enjoying this show as a kid. 80's were a different time and I found this particular niche entertaining.

[@TrollBreaker]

Can I consider this a prequel to My a Life As A Teenage Robot?

[@superdude4178]

no

[@arielfangirlmendez]

Actually the show did get inspired to do this nicktoon 😜

[@Sheparddd15]

More like I am Frankie

[@jaycerrito3142]

Or the TX as a little girl

[@arthas640]

That... actually makes me want to watch this sitcom now

[@amazingblackpeople]

After watching nearly every episode, I've come to the conclusion that this show, while cheesy, was actually pretty damn good, and the actors were certainly talented. But the way they treated Vicki makes me sad..

[@DuelaDent52]

Heck, I don’t see what Worst Of lists he saw that said this was one of the worst sitcoms ever.

[@behindthescenesphotos5133]

They are inconsistent with how they treat Vicki. In some episodes they're (usually the mother) telling her how much they love her like their own daughter, and in one episode the father casually says he'll replace her with a new-improved model. If she is an appliance to help around the house with no self-awareness, conscience, emotions, etc... that's one thing. But they played it like she had feelings some of the time when she would cry, joke, experience jealousy, or do things that weren't programmed.

[@EdmondDantes224]

@@behindthescenesphotos5133 I was re-watchng Small Wonder recently because of this video, and one thing that struck me is the dad is kind of a jerk. In the exact same episode, he will one minute say he wants to test Vicki's ability to be human-like, then in the next minute deny she has feelings and tell his wife not to treat her like a child. Like, what the heck is this guy's problem? If you want her to learn, you treat her like a child, period.

[@PioneerGrrrl]

Dad is a computer programmer (which was 'big bucks' in the day) so he develops a robot They put her in the same dress for every single episode and keep her in the son's room. Neighbors and pretty much everybody else never question this.

[@LadyOnikara]

That was pretty normal in the 80's.

[@sophiaortiz800]

That part when Jamie said the jock got cancer, I was completely shocked at how the mother responded. She said 'Oh' like she didn't even care. That was messed up, and I know it shouldn't be a big deal, but how it was said just makes it kind of hard not to think about how messed up it sounded.

[@FC_mania]

"Hi Jaime" "Hi Harriet" *Door slam* That was funny.

[@Gnator8t4]

It looked like the show got really bad. They couldn't leave good enough alone.

[@pixel5708]

You mean gutanav?

[@user-sh9ux1xe8v]

Gnator8t4 i dont get it, what was the joke that they booed at

[@AllyGatorAnimator]

"You couldn't leave Gutenav alone." Gutenav (the kids name) sounds like "good enough" "You couldn't leave good enough alone." The fact I have to explain it pretty much justifies it being booed.

[@authoralysmarchand4737]

In another sitcom, that line could have worked. For me, as a kid-fan of the show, it was over by season 4. I could suspend disbelief on a lot of things, but I couldn't ignore a robot aging.

[@edgyspaceunicorn7215]

Wait... I'm sorry but i still don't understand it? Well, this prooves its a bad joke i guess?

[@megamarsonic]

5:22 - 5:32 Wait she can talk like a normal human being too? Then what's with the robot voice?

[@veganvintagegeek935]

Remember episode one were Ted said she can be used as a tape recorder, programmed to imitate others. And to evolve like Data on the TV show Star Trek the Next Generation.

[@Janiyahdes]

VeganVintageGeek Cool thanks

[@CanItAlready]

It would only have lasted so long. At some point the producers & writers would have had to make a choice: 1)Vicky goes through puberty--what on earth kind of "upgrades" does "Dad" give her? *shudders* or 2) Vicky never grows up. That only works in cartoons. Maybe they were really just spoofing 80s sitcoms the entire time, including that annoying habit of suddenly going so dark and serious sometimes. Has anyone ever forgotten the bike shop episode of Diff'rent Strokes? *shudders again*

[@moaningconservatives1616]

CSharp well in the first episode ten Dad stated she will grow so it’s the first option

[@mitchfletcher2386]

CSharp What, you mean the one they mentioned in the first Family Guy episode?

[@kstarnovagal6672]

+Mitch Yeah that’s what FG was parodying, but the actual episode was really touching up on stranger danger and how kids should speak up.

[@marclytle644]

All I know is I am never going in THAT bike shop!

[@NavySharkz]

The actress that played Vicky was on an episode of the Wonder Years not too long after Small Wonder went off and she was going through puberty! Confusing times for a young me.

[@bobbatcher6021]

Odd fact about Small Wonder: I'm not sure of the exact details, but the show idea originated from the robot girl's real life parents. She would walk around the house imitating the sound of her voice when she talked through a fan; and it sounded like a robot.

[@McFlingleson]

I distantly remember seeing this as a really little kid, and I'd always halfway suspected it was a dream or something.

[@tishamac529]

Cant believe you didn't include the scene where Vanessa (VICI 2.0) rips Joan's dress off her body after refusing to make lunch.. It was so bizarre and momentarily dark.

[@behindthescenesphotos5133]

The one where Ted took Vicki's head apart for repairs and had her uncovered robotic face hanging on the wall talking was unnerving to a five year old. Joan: Vicki, is that you? Vicki: It ain't Punky Brewster!

[@adiahaalexander9359]

I used to love this show so much as a kid

[@MidnightSonnet]

I loved this show growing up. It was really funny and I adored Vicky. Even as a kid, I admired how great an actress the kid who played her was. She seemed to always put in 100% every episode. I don't remember season 4, as I probably stopped watching it after a year or so. But I will always remember it.

[@tylerdenaro639]

My favorite part of the review is when the nostalgic critic smiled at the camera during opening credits of Small Wonder because he's a funny guy. 👍😂☺

[@DoctorWhoKage]

Jamie: *opens door* Girl: "Hi, Jamie!" Jamie: *slams door shut*

[@redlion517]

The inspiration for "My Life as a Teenage Robot"?

[@arielfangirlmendez]

redlion 517 Yeah that's the one

[@Bworms1980]

I've loved this show since I was a child. I had no idea it was hated. When the internet first became popular, I was searching all over for copies of the episodes.

[@OmegaRockman]

I know this was mentioned on the version on the main site, but this show seems to be kind of a knockoff of Akira Toriyama's Dr. Slump, which is a comedy manga/anime about a genius inventor creating a little robot girl and trying to keep it a secret from everyone in town. I have the movie set released by Discotek and judging from those films the series is actually quite hysterical. Kinda juvenile, but it has a goofy charm.

[@RatedRKO269]

OmegaRockman I thought the same. Just like Slump, except not funny.

[@billybarnett9518]

It might just be a coincidence too though, Nick and Disney both premiered a cartoon about a talking dog going to school around the same time.

[@user-dw5ns8ul3k]

Expect, you know, Dr. Slump is bat shit crazy kind funny. I think it is just a coincidence.

[@lauravturner]

That opening is giving me 'Nam style flashbacks to "Too many cooks"

[@therealmckoy6772]

"it takes a lot to make a stew"

[@ChachiTelevision1979]

Small Wonder was one of the go-to sit coms for me and my siblings growing up. I started watching it again in recent years and, as Doug pointed out, it really is just a bizarre concept with an even more bizarre delivery.

[@tomakalinus]

Thanks, N.C., for an actually objective and balanced review. I have nostalgic affection for the show, because I was just the right age when the show premiered. I was into geeky stuff, and I was the same age as the actress playing VICI (Tiffany Brissette), so I had a crush on her. As an adult, I can tell how massively cheesy the show is, and I can't defend its many flaws. Still, the level of hatred and vitriol that people aim at the show frankly mystifies me. It really was just cheesy and generic in the way many '80s sitcoms were. I know it's faint praise, but there really *are* a lot of worse shows out there. I think you hit the nail on the head: There's a tonal mismatch going on that leaves viewers more frustrated than bored. Keep up the great work!

[@Larry_Ibarra]

This show has a 7.1 on IMDB. So apparently there's a lot of people who don't think this is the worst or even one of the worst sitcoms ever.

[@jasonguinn2435]

I totally forgot about this show until I started watching the review. I remember watching this as a kid and enjoying it. Thanks for helping me remember this show, truly forgotten gem.

[@markjacobs3337]

I liked the show. The review made me start watching it on KZbin

[@butchdeadlift10]

Confession; she was my childhood crush.........before Wednesday Adams took my heart, then Jubilee, then Sailor Jupiter, Ryoko, R Dorothy Wainwright, Aisha Clan Clan.............etc

[@JazGalaxy]

butchdeadlift10 I have to laugh at how you graduated from real people to cartoons... I remember thinkign Vicki was cute, too, for some reason. Also that girl from taht show where she could stop time...

[@butchdeadlift10]

JazGalaxy (I say this with a joviel shrug) The real crushes became the people I met while the TV crushes of course became more what I watched which was scif/cartoon stuff. (though after the ETC bit I am sure I was drooling over 7 of 9 from Voyager for a year or two) I think I may have had 1st crush before Small Wonder while I was in kindergarden and it was the buck tooth squirrel girl from The Littles. If I had a time machine I would have made little me watch more Baywatch.

[@JazGalaxy]

butchdeadlift10 I had a definite crush on Futura from the Real Ghost Busters and Ukyou Kuonji from Ranma 1/2, but I think the voice actresses are what I was really attracted to. They both have an attractive gravel to their voice

[@iisanulquiorrahara8]

+butchdeadlift10 Aisha Clan Clan, as in from Outlaw Star? Never thought I'd have memories of that show coming back into my head XD My favorite girl from that show was always Suzuka, to be honest.

[@bloodlustshiva1]

+butchdeadlift10 Yeah, I remember crushing on the girl from this show when I was younger, but the only other two from that list I was into was Ryoko and Aisha. Funny to think that most of the shows I watched didn't have any female leads I was attracted to, even though I found them interesting, like Cowboy BeBop, Ghost in the Shell, Gargoyles, and Tailspin (Tail Spin?) to name a few.

[@uriel7395]

The worst(or best depending on your perspective) is "Heil Honey, I'm Home!" A show about Hitler and his wife. It had one episode, and for some reason Hitler has a Boston accent.

[@josielpontocom]

Maybe, by the producers perspective, Boston is very close to Austria

[@NewSuperAvenger]

If Doug's gonna do I, Robot in the future, he's gotta reference Vicki. There's an AI called VIKI and is the villain of the movie. He can put two and two together and call it the sequel that never was.

[@DragonslayerProd]

He did not.

[@OjamaIndigo]

That gutanav joke was almost hilarious in a bad way.

[@ianfindly3257]

That OPENING THEME actually sounds allot more 1950's like than 80's like! THIS show ran on SYNDICATED tv, not network ( something this guy failed to mention in his ranting ) and weird shows like THIS ONE tended to do better and last longer in THAT format, thus accounting for it's longevity. I'd say "Hariett" was also a bit reminiscent of the Gladys Kravitz character from Bewitched - particularly in how she would get nosy and witness in amazement weird things pertaining to the girl being a robot ( exemplified at 2:29 ). Speaking of "Harriett", I never got WHY she had such a crush on that pudgy and less than handsome boy.

[@pheonix5597]

Viva!

[@utoobisgarbage5210]

Ranting? Seemed like normal reviewing to me dude. You got ear problems?

[@ianfindly3257]

Well I don't think so. Not that I'm aware of anyway.

[@ellielindsay8507]

@@ianfindly3257 he just rants about silly things for fun. That's the whole point of the character.

[@crederules]

A great show for the NC to review for "Did That Really Happen" would be Unhappily Ever After.

[@hoaxslayer4244]

I actually laughed when I got the Gutenaf alone joke.

[@josieldeassis]

I never got this joke. Can you explain please?

[@vooshmoozik6185]

@@josieldeassis basically a pedophilia joke

[@devonmolina5200]

@@vooshmoozik6185 What? I thought the joke was that Gutenaf sounds like "good enough", so him saying "you couldn't leave Gutenaf alone?" is a pun.

[@vooshmoozik6185]

@@devonmolina5200 that"s just my interpretation

[@juasmaster]

@@devonmolina5200 Still didnt get it...why is "leave good enough alone" a joke? its some kind of reference or something or im to chilean to undertand it.

[@EmirJYanshu]

But you have to agreed that this was way better than A.I.

[@monsterhunter66]

Just barely

[@pikapo16]

A.I. is a really under appreciated film if you ask me. Most people who hate the ending with the blue fairy imo don't seem to fully understand it. Honestly I think it's a lot deeper than it usually gets credit for. Plus Small Wonder and A.I. aren't even worth comparing seeing how one is a cheesy tv show, the other a sci fi flick. Only thing they both have in common is a robotic kid

[@victorkenarsy3024]

Small wonder was stupidly hilarious. One of my favorite shows ever.

[@blazinbuds173]

Why do I want to watch this show now what is wrong with me???

[@EmirJYanshu]

I started watching it after seeing this video lol

[@krookyj]

I'd love to see a WTR on Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi.

[@chenstormstout9456]

krookyj that was an odd little show

[@krookyj]

Chen Stormstout Agreed.

[@lunad27]

Ah, my first venture into anime, at least sort of. I still have the DVDs. Without those, I'd probably forget I watched it so much.

[@NEETKitten]

Holy shit I almost forgot that show existed.

[@theskyrax670]

krookyj yeah

[@terrybennett4053]

The main reason this show lasted 4 years was the fact it was a show that was in Syndication. That means most places it was just Saturday or Sunday afternoon filler so it's ratings really were not that big of a deal.

[@ejay1118]

The robot could suddenly pick up other people's mannerisms and dialects, and the little girl was pretty good at that.

[@nasholston5112]

Bizarre show but the child actress is kind of funny

[@ixionpetrescu4852]

Unpredictable, innocent, good hearted, full 80's, lovable, sarcastic, out there, goofy, unforgettable, what more do you want in a show?, what else do you want to see?, well... in my case... is seeing Doug Walker getting his dinner served by Vicky. ; )

[@YuniorGamboa]

I would still watch this sitcom

[@thecinematicmind]

What That Real has to be the best new series since the commercial videos! Fantastic work!

[@h193013]

I’ve actually watched some episodes online and I quite like it. Also they kept Vicki a secret because the dad was still perfecting her and wanted to present to the world when she’s ready

[@munthermunther2281]

It's one of the best shows of my childhood .. till now I watch it eagerly .. I can't understand how u judge it like this .. it is only fantasy .. like other famous fairy tales like Snow White .. Cinderella .. Santa Claus .. they r fascinating, unreal though .. we must take it like this .. by its charm and magic just like kids do

[@kill_kat6454]

One thing that will always remain timeless is your videos and nothing will ever change my mind

[@broEye1]

I'd love to see a WTR of Noozles. Saw only part of that cartoon as a kid but it stuck with me for decades. Something about a child-oriented cartoon that involved xenophobia, eternal solitary incarceration and parallel worlds doomed to annihilate one another on account of mankind's mistreatment of the Earth.

[@neoasura]

Why does this remind me of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles?

[@TheSefirosu200x]

No... Just, no. TSCC was amazing. Like, Terminator 2 with the awesomeness dial turned up to 11. This show... No. Just, no.

[@sparkydoodle696]

+TheSefirosu200x Wish they continued it

[@arielfangirlmendez]

neoasura Actually my life as a teenage robot did remind me of this show

[@LeoPryce]

You should do "That 80's Show"! Yup 80's! It's only 13 Episodes long.

[@NinjaTyler]

Gregoria Chant studio executives never learn that you cant shit out follow up/spin off shows based on your big hits , they always bomb, Everytime.

[@rushmaverick1923]

It worked for shows like Moesha, The Parkers, Everybody Loves Raymond , and The King of Queens.

[@NinjaTyler]

Rush Maverick yes, but those were exceptions, the vast majority always flop

[@Jar0fMay0]

In the past it worked. Back in the 60's and 70's the companies did it all the time with some success unlike today.

[@chayden153]

NinjaTyler the first spinoff of pretty little liars only lasted a season and a half.

[@ApocalypticJoker]

i still believe that when the line "Gudenuv alone" is said, the audience is more like an "awwww, that's sad" as opposed to "omg that was a terrible joke"

[@ThatDudeWithBoobs]

This review is 5 years old now, but I still get the Small Wonder theme song stuck in my head.

[@thenarrator6846]

This actually looks like a good show

[@lilacsunset9194]

It might be

[@shaider1982]

It was. 👍

[@redcurrantart]

No. No it was not.

[@ryangreen6255]

@@redcurrantart We'll just agree to disagree. 😁😁😁

[@ryangreen6255]

As a child of the target age, I enjoyed it.

[@bijibadness]

did he really watch the _entire_ series!?

[@53subscribersnovideos35]

2:06 The neighbor thinks she's a righteous dude.

[@NJGuy1973]

The sportos, the sluts, the motorheads, the dweebs, the dickheads, they all adore her.

[@tasuki199]

Did they really take this one down on you? Well I'm happy you replaced it. This show was strangely one of my favorites while growing up in the 80s. It fell into that awesome around dinner time slot. Cartoons are over. Prime time hadn't started. The news is about to start... Small Wonder! And the live action Punky Bruster. Then what was that weird show with the 2 guys... One of them had a funny Arminian accent? Then lastly... NIGHT COURT! I don't know why but my little clinical 1980s sarcastic mind loved Night Court more than ALF! .... Wow. We were lucky growing up when we did. TV and movies really turned to shit just as we became teens. Thank God for Anime!!! XDDDD

[@geraldgrenier8132]

the one with "Arminian accent" was "Perfect Strangers" who was meant to be from a Mediterranean island, Mypos

[@J-Rad-]

i love night court!

[@seanross4052]

Mypos? I always thought it was Meatbos. Like some weird mispronunciation of Meatballs.

[@LadyOnikara]

I was so nuts for Night Court. I loved the tall bailiff dude. Such a cool guy!

[@joshuahuq]

1:38 Thank god they didn't pull that crap in "Solar Opposites!"

[@Larry_Ibarra]

"...Vicki goes up and plays the piano at a slightly _unrealistic_ level." You've clearly never heard an Asian kid play the piano.

[@snakehands]

Small Wonder was great!

[@LordTommyB]

Was That Real: Loonatics Unleashed. kthnxbye

[@MissAshley42]

I watched the hell out of Small Wonder, but not necessarily because I liked it. It was just on at a time when nothing else better was on.

[@badbadworld00]

i can give u the site that the show ison i never seen the show but i see the ad of the show and i dont know what time b on so now im almost done watchen season 1 so far its ok show when i finish it ill let people know how it is is it bad or not

[@KOTEBANAROT]

I laughed way too hard at that stupid fucking "hug life" pic

[@mar10g0m3z12]

Thanks NC, I really needed this today.

[@HannahZiad]

Omg i never knew there was a show like that !! I love the idea so much 😍😍 i dont know why you would hate it ! I want them to bring it back !!

[@mercedesserrano1079]

I love Vicki and Harriet 💟🌎

[@petercastillo2752]

did this girl never grow in four years?

[@ExplorHits]

Actually they solved that question in the very first episode: Ted showed how she can grow bigger so she wouldn't stay small as time pass by

[@NinjaTyler]

James Hewlett a wizard did it

[@elijahpadilla5083]

I think the question was more directed towards the fact that she was roughly the same height throughout all the clips NC used, including the ones from earlier seasons.

[@MarsGundam]

Cheesy? Definitely, but as a kid I'd be lying if I didn't say that when this show was on I was watching. Nearly all the shows that were directed toward a family audience or children had a HIGH cheese content in the 80s. I think that's why so many people look back so fondly on them. Even if you say, "That show was so cheesy and terrible, I don't know why I watched it.", the show had an effect on you because you clearly can remember it. People say the same thing about Full House, yet there is enough nostalgic popularity around the show that 20 years later it gets a sequel series. Shows like Small Wonder stay with us cause in the end all they wanted to do was entertain, whether the shows charm came from it's cheesiness or just the absurdity of the general concept it's a show a lot of people remember whether they liked it or not. Oh, lastly I was convinced as a kid the neighbor girl's hair was a giant wig. Also the girl who played Vicki grew up to be hot.

[@niceguy60]

When I was a child I was actually impressed with what I saw every time we got a look at Vici inner workings. As a a adult with a degree in Electrical engineering I now look at the same scenes and systematically take what I see apart.

[@Scuddles]

I thought it was a fever dream, the show was a blur to me growing up. When I was older I thought, "Did I watch a show about a robot girl?"

[@Stathio]

Not gonna lie, this looks genuinely hilarious.

[@Savagewolver]

He should check out Samurai Pizza Cats.

[@gr8darklord604]

I like that show

[@thatonebritishidiot3037]

what the fucking fuck?!

[@YuniorGamboa]

Matthew Bane oh yeah I remember that, especially the inteo

[@YuniorGamboa]

intro*

[@gamephreak5]

Apparently, if rumors are to be believed, they originally had the script from the original Japanese show translated and ready to record the episodes with, but the English dubbing studio really did loose the script so they had to make it up as they went along. And apparently the guy who sang the intro was really drunk when he recorded it.

[@eseetv9341]

The neighbor was in the elvira movie and planes, trains, and automobiles. The ultimate nosy neighbor.

[@michaelversace456]

When they added her singing to playing the piano I lost my shit. It was exactly what would happen in that situation and I laughed my ring off.

[@xgray2012]

Please do...Ozzy & Drix!!!!

[@ECL28E]

Xaviergray87 Seriously, they had a smoking episode, a puberty episode, a heart disease episode...

[@xgray2012]

ECL28E Oh...that would be funny to watch in a "Was That Real?!?!?" episode. XD

[@masonallen3961]

That would be great.

[@slugdoom5373]

Neo-Xgray87 he did

[@tokusaturider2559]

I loved Small Wonder! Its freakn' adorable!

[@666Vampirefromhell]

"Hi Jamie." "Hi Harriet." *slams door* Ok, that was funny.

[@NoahDaBoii]

For people like me who didn't understand the Gutenaf joke, I'll do my best to explain it. "Gutenaf" sounds a lot like "good enough", so when he says "you couldn't leave Gutenaf alone" it sounds like he's saying "you couldn't leave good enough alone", which used to be a more popular phrase back then. It basically means "you couldn't have let it be". In a nutshell, they named the character Gutenaf to make way for a little pun.

[@Somebody9666]

What did he say?! I played back how many times i don't know, but i really can't hear what the dude says. Him with the other robot. Could someone else hear or know what he says? Help please.

[@Numaticin]

+Gaming Galaxies Oh fuck... That's bad.

[@user-sh9ux1xe8v]

dang3race2 i dont get the joke, what is it

[@brandonpage7087]

Yeah, exactly, the audience groan was only added because the boy robot's name was gudanov, & they named him this, solely because they wanted to make the bad pun joke, you couldn't leave good enough alone. I don't get what's so hard to understand about that.

[@juasmaster]

@@brandonpage7087 Still didnt get it...why is "leave good enough alone" a joke? its some kind of reference or something or im to chilean to undertand it.

[@andressotil4671]

What's even weirder is that Nickelodeon Latin America remade this show a few years back

[@Astolfo2001]

Really? That actually happened?

[@tapoemt3995]

To think, Vicki is now 46 years old. Like smoke through a keyhole...

[@e.e.-tv1683]

It was the 80s. Life lessons were learned via death and or crippling of a person you knew personally. End it on a joke to to keep depression at bay.

[@yaknophonics]

They were getting us mentally prepared for AI.

[@sperrin]

Maybe it's just me, but when the intro to the theme tune began, I was singing Sesame Street.

[@giuseppeianniello1998]

Did you know that the actor Weirdo Turning His Head And Smiling At Nothing was nominated for a Golden Globe for his performance as Weirdo Turning His Head And Smiling At Nothing

[@Morgil27]

A scientist created a robot daughter, who does all these obvious robot things, yet nobody realizes she's a robot? That's the fucking premise of Dr. Slump!

[@mjmpb11]

Pllzzzz make more of these!

[@adj789]

You want to do obscure? do On the Air by David Lynch, only 3 episodes made the air but if you search KZbin there' 7 episodes and it's really weird slapstick only David could do

[@todo1904]

adj789 I found 22 episodes

[@dancepiglover]

Bring this back, Critic. There are still other shows to talk about. Such as a short-lived cartoon called "Fish Police."

[@luckystar9279]

I want to watch this now

[@wokycookie]

The joke where the audience groaned. I didn't get it, let alone hear it. Can someone explain it to me?

[@wokycookie]

rattis That... Oh my god.

[@juasmaster]

@@rattis Still didnt get it...why is "leave good enough alone" a joke? its some kind of reference or something or im to chilean to undertand it.

[@icecreamhero2375]

I love this show

[@mikemacdee6390]

Audience rejecting a joke happens a few times an episode on Gary Unmarried, hilariously enough.

[@chuckjunious]

"You couldn't leave good enough alone" thats fucking funny lmaoooo!!!