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Small Wonder

  • Small Wonder is also a novel by Barbara Kingsolver.
  • Small Wonder Records is an independent UK record label that specialised in releasing records by punk rock bands.


Small Wonder is a sitcom from the 1980s. The story is based on the life of a suburban family consisting of a robotics engineer, his wife, their son and a robot created by the engineer who is passed off as their adopted daughter. As the robot daughter slowly learns human behaviour, albeit with a straight face, conducive situations for humour are generated. The half-hour show ran from September 16, 1985 to 1989, making it the first sitcom that Fox put into production. It was created by Howard Leeds , whose other credits include The Brady Bunch, Diff'rent Strokes, The Facts of Life, Silver Spoons, and The Ghost and Mrs. Muir .

Characters

  • Ted Lawson (Dick Christie ), father and engineer.
  • Joan Lawson (Marla Pennington ), mother.
  • Jamie Lawson (Jerry Supiran ), son.
  • Vickie (Voice Imput Child Indenticant) Lawson (Tiffany Brissette ), robotic daughter.
  • Harriet Brendle (Emily Schulman ), nosy neighbor with a crush on Jamie.
  • Brandon Brendle (William Bogert ), Harriet's father and Ted's boss from stealing Ted's ideas.
  • Bonnie Brindle (Edie McClurg ), Harriet's mother.

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