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Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban,alt.religion.kibology,rec.arts.tv
From: kibo@world.std.com (James "Kibo" Parry)
Subject: Re: A question.....
Date: Fri, 31 Dec 1993 10:49:22 GMT

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In article <1993Dec31.091033.7660@sarah.albany.edu>, Chip Dunham <hd0022@albnyvms.bitnet> wrote: > Just a question for those of you who have been here a while. Now, I've been
> here a few weeks and have only one, so that's not too bad:
>
> WHO THE HELL IS VICKI ROBINSON?

Ever see an old sitcom, made in the eighties, called "Small Wonder"? Well, "Vicki Robinson" was the name of the little girl who was *really* a robot, but nobody noticed even though she talked like a robot and always wore the same dress. Her parents, Ted and Joanie Robinson, and her brother, Jamie Robinson, passed her off as a real little girl and always thwarted the attempts of their wacky neighbor, Brandon Brundell, and his pesky daughter Harriet The Snoop, to rain on their parade. It was a non-stop laugh-a-minute rollercoaster of zany hilarity--whenever they got near a cream pie, you knew that wacky hijinks and crazy cutups would ensue--and then the FUN would BEGIN!

Vicki Robinson was played by Tiffany Brisette, and the opening titles always read "Tiffany Brisette as VICKI THE ROBOT" just to make the premise of the show completely clear to even the stupidest children in the audience--oh, yes, it was one of those sitcoms made just for kids, like "Punky Brewster". It was filmed in front of a live audience of little kids and you can actually hear them laughing uproariously at every joke without a laugh track. No adult can actually watch this show, but little kids with an IQ of about twelve might like it.

My favorite episode is the one where Vicki swells up with gas and looks really fat, but there's also the one where the playground pusher gives her some "dope" that will make her "fly" and so she starts flying around the room. After all, she's a robot, and drugs will do that to robots.

Sadly, the show's heroic made-for-syndication run ended when the entire viewing audience grew up one day and moved on to "Out of This World", starring Maureen Flanagan as Evie Garland, the voice of Burt Reynolds as her father (who lived in a Lego cube), and Scott Baio as the handsome prince. Oh, and the wacky appearances by goofy neighbor Buzz Belmondo often carried the entire episode--he's so funny. He recently changed his name to Buzzy Belmondo. You can see him on The New Family Feud whenever one of the celebrity guests is ill.

Scott Baio also directed several episodes under his real name, "Scott Vincent Baio". He will be worth watching in the future; I hear he plans to direct a feature film which will be a remake of his earlier "Bugsy Malone", except instead of little kids playing gansters who have guns that spray whipped cream at each other, all the parts will be played by robot chimpanzees who say "bleep bleep" constantly! I look forward to movies like this because television is such tripe, while movies are always a feast for the senses.

Time for a Mentos commercial!


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