*Small Wonder* was a popular 1980s sitcom about a robotics engineer named Ted Lawson who creates a lifelike android child. He brings the robot, named V.I.C.I. (Voice Input Child Identicant), or "Vicki" for short, home to live with his family. The Lawsons, including Ted's wife Joan and their son Jamie, attempt to pass Vicki off as their adopted daughter.
This creates hilarious situations, as Vicki has superhuman strength, takes everything literally, and speaks in a monotone voice. The family must constantly hide her secret from their comically nosy neighbors, the Brindles, who are always suspicious. The show's humor comes from Vicki's robotic misunderstandings of human behavior and the family's frantic efforts to maintain their cover. The show has ended, but sign up for a reminder just in case it returns.
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Small Wonder is a classic American sitcom that aired from 1985 to 1989. The show centers around Ted Lawson, an engineer who secretly builds a robot named Vicki, designed to look and act like a ten-year-old girl. Ted brings Vicki home and tries to pass her off as his adopted daughter while hiding her true identity from neighbors and friends. The series follows the humorous challenges the Lawson family faces as they teach Vicki about human behavior and try to keep her robotic abilities under wraps. With its lighthearted tone and unique premise, Small Wonder became memorable for its quirky characters and imaginative storylines. The show has ended, but sign up for a reminder just in case it returns with new episodes or special features in the future.
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When genius cybernetics engineer Ted Lawson (Dick Christie) brings home his top secret invention, a Voice Input Child Identicant or V.I.C.I. (Tiffany Brissette), life becomes anything but mechanic for the Lawson family. With Ted’s boss and nosy family next door, his family must pass off Vickie as a real child. It’s easy for his wife Joan (Marla Pennington) who can’t help dotting on her like a real daughter, but harder for his precocious son Jamie (Jerry Supiran) who uses Vickie to do his homework and ward off Harriet (Emily Schulman), the annoying red headed girl who has a crush on him. Also starring Edie McClurg (Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, The Hogan Family) as Harriet’s busybody mom.
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