Small Wonder confirmed the age-old adage: If it looks like a ten-year-old girl and talks like a robot . . . it must be a ROBOT!
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 mechanical for the Lawson Family. With his boss and his nosy family (the Brindles) living next door, Ted, his wife Joan and their son Jamie must pass Vicki off as a real child. It is easy for Joan (Marla Pennington-Rowan), who cannot help doting on her like a daughter, but harder for precocious Jamie (Jerry Supiran), who uses Vicki to do his homework and to ward off Harriet (Emily Schulman), the annoying redheaded girl next door.
Small Wonder aired for five seasons in syndication and often reran out of order, to the chagrin of fans (not to mention the writers). All 24 original episodes are included here in their intended order. Small Wonder has withstood the test of time to emerge as a classic laser beacon of 80s culture.
Bonus Features
* Commentaries With Creator and Cast
* Original Episode Promos
* Fan Art Gallery
Buy “Small Wonder: The Complete First Season” For Only $24.05
April 15, 2008
#1
If only they would release it on bluray!
Are you people high? This show makes “Full House” look like Shakespearean theater in the round. My mom put my grandma in a home after she told her this was her favorite show. I remember her remarking, “Oh, the things that robot says!” You five star givers best be glad I am not in charge of your golden years.
April 15, 2008
#2
Why would anyone want to buy this on DVD? This show is terrible. I still have nightmares from watching this show. Please don’t put this on DVD.
April 15, 2008
#3
I give up!!! I swore that if this show was released on DVD before all of ” Leave it to Beaver” became available there was no hope for anything of quality to look forward to in the future of T.V. on D.V.D. We still wait for the rest of Bob Newhart, Mary Tyler Moore, Dynasty ,Peyton Place, Knot’s Landing, Marcus Welby and The Lucy Show .Keep this piece of junk and wait for the end.
April 15, 2008
#4
Ted keeps saying Vicki is supposed to be a secret, but he keeps working on her inner circuits in front of an uncovered window. They know they have two snoops next door. Harriet who pops up at windows, seen and unseen, in almost every episode and Bonnie who uses Binnoculars. He should know better. In the first episode Ted said everyone should treat Vicki like a real child, but unless a real child is being abused, they don’t live in cabinets. If he truly wants to treat her like a real child he should give her her own bedroom and toys. He claims to want Joan and Jamie to treat her like a real child, but when they do he reminds them she is a robot. If he wants to see how human she can become they, especially Ted, should treat her like a real child. Also the shows special effects. When there are special effects it looks like Vicki’s not even in the room. When the bed went up it was obvious some kind of machine was putting it up. I know this was the 80′s, but even shows from the 60′s had better special effects. Shows like Bewitched and I Dream of Jeannie’s special effects looks real, like they could really be happening. Small Wonder’s special effect don’t. Last
thing is when you look outside it is obvious the scenery is painted. Outside nothing nis real. On most other shows when you look outside what you see real houses and trees, etc.
April 15, 2008
#5
Folks, Shout Factory has finally did it; hot damn. Small Wonder (after sooooooooooooo many fans have asked for years) is FINALLY coming out on DVD in Feb. 2010! My sister is gonna flip when she gets her belated Christmas / really early birthday gift. Wow…it’s about damn time.