Looking Back On My Wonder Years: A Wonder Years Podcast
Angela Bowen
500 episodes
4 months ago
Hey Everyone,
Angela Bowen here, the host of She's A Small Wonder: A Small Wonder Podcast.
Well, after 6 years of covering all the episodes of the show Small Wonder, we've finally reached the end of the Series with the four final episodes of Season 4.
Today, I covered S4E21: The Tattletale, which aired on April 29, 1989.
In this episode a gossip reporter reveals Vicki's secret. I was a little surprised by this episode, because I just assumed the reporter was a woman, when it turns out to be someone who went to college with Ted and Joan. This was creative and had Harriet, Jamie and Reggie dressed like Vicki towards the end of the episode and doing a song and dance routine.
S4E22: The Strike, which aired on May 6, 1989.
In this episode Ted's union strike inspires the whole family. This episode also has a side plot of the kids in Jamie's class going on strike after their demands are not met, one of these demands is allowing the kids to bring their pets to school in a daycare situation. Interesting, Joan meets them halfway and tells them they can have a pet day show and tell once a month.
The vending machine part of their demands is a kid wish list of things they wish they could have in school.
Ted's demands from his co workers to the Union board aren't wrong, increase percentage in profit sharing and more coverage for dental as well as a pay increase. Normal things any employee would want.
S4E23: See No Evil, which aired on May 13, 1989.
In this episode Vicki's eyesight is failing, so she cannot identify bike thieves.
This was a goofy episode, Vicki wearing eyeglasses, granted it's understandable, things wear out and often need to be replaced. Ted gets Jamie a new bike, which then proceeds to get stolen in the schoolyard and Vicki has to help identify the thieves based on their voices.
This episode was just ok.
and finally the last episode of Season 4 and the final episode of the show.
S4E24: Thy Neighbor's Wife, which aired on May 20, 1989.
In this episode Joan poses as Mrs. Brindle to impress a businessman.
I hated this episode because it centered around Brandon and him trying to impress a Japanese businessman because he wants to hire a "family man" and after a fight with Bonnie who takes Harriet and moves into a hotel, Brandon is in a bind and begs Joan to pretend to be Bonnie, he even has Joan and Vicki dress in what now a days would be considered racially insensitive kimonos and delivering lines that would not pass for appropriate by todays TV standards.
Ted was written out for most of the episode for a flight to Texas, but then comes back in the last 5 minutes. Richard Christie (Ted Lawson) actually directed this final episode. He did a good job.
Well, there you have it, I hope you all enjoy these last episodes of the show and thank you so much for listening to this podcast on Small Wonder for the last 6 years.
Have a great Summer everyone!
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Hey Everyone,
Angela Bowen here, the host of She's A Small Wonder: A Small Wonder Podcast.
Well, after 6 years of covering all the episodes of the show Small Wonder, we've finally reached the end of the Series with the four final episodes of Season 4.
Today, I covered S4E21: The Tattletale, which aired on April 29, 1989.
In this episode a gossip reporter reveals Vicki's secret. I was a little surprised by this episode, because I just assumed the reporter was a woman, when it turns out to be someone who went to college with Ted and Joan. This was creative and had Harriet, Jamie and Reggie dressed like Vicki towards the end of the episode and doing a song and dance routine.
S4E22: The Strike, which aired on May 6, 1989.
In this episode Ted's union strike inspires the whole family. This episode also has a side plot of the kids in Jamie's class going on strike after their demands are not met, one of these demands is allowing the kids to bring their pets to school in a daycare situation. Interesting, Joan meets them halfway and tells them they can have a pet day show and tell once a month.
The vending machine part of their demands is a kid wish list of things they wish they could have in school.
Ted's demands from his co workers to the Union board aren't wrong, increase percentage in profit sharing and more coverage for dental as well as a pay increase. Normal things any employee would want.
S4E23: See No Evil, which aired on May 13, 1989.
In this episode Vicki's eyesight is failing, so she cannot identify bike thieves.
This was a goofy episode, Vicki wearing eyeglasses, granted it's understandable, things wear out and often need to be replaced. Ted gets Jamie a new bike, which then proceeds to get stolen in the schoolyard and Vicki has to help identify the thieves based on their voices.
This episode was just ok.
and finally the last episode of Season 4 and the final episode of the show.
S4E24: Thy Neighbor's Wife, which aired on May 20, 1989.
In this episode Joan poses as Mrs. Brindle to impress a businessman.
I hated this episode because it centered around Brandon and him trying to impress a Japanese businessman because he wants to hire a "family man" and after a fight with Bonnie who takes Harriet and moves into a hotel, Brandon is in a bind and begs Joan to pretend to be Bonnie, he even has Joan and Vicki dress in what now a days would be considered racially insensitive kimonos and delivering lines that would not pass for appropriate by todays TV standards.
Ted was written out for most of the episode for a flight to Texas, but then comes back in the last 5 minutes. Richard Christie (Ted Lawson) actually directed this final episode. He did a good job.
Well, there you have it, I hope you all enjoy these last episodes of the show and thank you so much for listening to this podcast on Small Wonder for the last 6 years.
Have a great Summer everyone!
Small Wonder S4E17: More About L.E.S., S4E18: Hooray For Hollyweird!, S4E19: Minnesota Vicki, S4E20: Vicki Doolittle
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Small Wonder S4E17: More About L.E.S., S4E18: Hooray For Hollyweird!, S4E19: Minnesota Vicki, S4E20: Vicki Doolittle
Hello Everyone,
Angela Bowen here, the host of She's A Small Wonder: A Small Wonder Podcast.
Today I covered S4E17: More About L.E.S., which aired on February 4, 1989.
In this episode L.E.S. is back, and despite Ted's assurances that the rogue A.I. program has been rendered harmless, it comes back in a big way by possessing Vicki's body as its own.
Honestly, this episode was a dud. I didn't care about L.E.S. when I first met him and I was pissed off that Ted didn't learn his lesson from the first time.
We see this same thing happen in the next episode S4E18: Hooray For Hollyweird!, which aired on February 11, 1989.
In this episode Ted's robot, Vanessa, wreaks havoc in Hollywood.
This was the episode I was most looking forward to and I kind of wish we got more Vanessa. It was nice to see Tiffany Brissette, stretch her acting legs and speak normally when she has to do a robot voice 99% percent for of the show's run. This episode was over too quickly.
S4E19: Minnesota Vicki, which aired on February 18, 1989.
In this episode To land a new promotion with the boss, Mr. Jennings, Ted invites him to dinner and a playful game of pool until Jennings starts betting the shirt off his back, and a lot more, playing against Vicki.
If we took out Brandon, this would have been a better episode, Ted's boss is a major dumb butt, he plays pool with Vicki and almost loses his house betting against her.
We don't see Brandon get fired, I wish that would have happened, apparently this episode the writer's love to crap on Ted's character always vying for a promotion he will never get because Brandon is also vying for it. Also how many bosses does Ted have, between Brandon, Mr. Jennings's son and Mr. Jennings himself. Good grief!
and an adorable episode S4E20: Vicki Doolittle, which aired on February 25, 1989.
In this episode Ted installs a new language translation device (Random Access Multiple Concurrent Linguistic Analytical Sequencer) into Vicki that enables her to understand any language, including even animals', like the boss' dog; Mrs. Jennings forces Mr. Jennings to fire Ted when Joan balks at doing uncredited work for an affair.
This was a cute episode and Mrs. Jennings gets her comeuppance, finally.
I hope you enjoy the episodes and I'll see you in June for the final 4 of Season 4 and the final 4 of the Series as we wrap up this podcast finally, 6 years later.
Looking Back On My Wonder Years: A Wonder Years Podcast
Hey Everyone,
Angela Bowen here, the host of She's A Small Wonder: A Small Wonder Podcast.
Well, after 6 years of covering all the episodes of the show Small Wonder, we've finally reached the end of the Series with the four final episodes of Season 4.
Today, I covered S4E21: The Tattletale, which aired on April 29, 1989.
In this episode a gossip reporter reveals Vicki's secret. I was a little surprised by this episode, because I just assumed the reporter was a woman, when it turns out to be someone who went to college with Ted and Joan. This was creative and had Harriet, Jamie and Reggie dressed like Vicki towards the end of the episode and doing a song and dance routine.
S4E22: The Strike, which aired on May 6, 1989.
In this episode Ted's union strike inspires the whole family. This episode also has a side plot of the kids in Jamie's class going on strike after their demands are not met, one of these demands is allowing the kids to bring their pets to school in a daycare situation. Interesting, Joan meets them halfway and tells them they can have a pet day show and tell once a month.
The vending machine part of their demands is a kid wish list of things they wish they could have in school.
Ted's demands from his co workers to the Union board aren't wrong, increase percentage in profit sharing and more coverage for dental as well as a pay increase. Normal things any employee would want.
S4E23: See No Evil, which aired on May 13, 1989.
In this episode Vicki's eyesight is failing, so she cannot identify bike thieves.
This was a goofy episode, Vicki wearing eyeglasses, granted it's understandable, things wear out and often need to be replaced. Ted gets Jamie a new bike, which then proceeds to get stolen in the schoolyard and Vicki has to help identify the thieves based on their voices.
This episode was just ok.
and finally the last episode of Season 4 and the final episode of the show.
S4E24: Thy Neighbor's Wife, which aired on May 20, 1989.
In this episode Joan poses as Mrs. Brindle to impress a businessman.
I hated this episode because it centered around Brandon and him trying to impress a Japanese businessman because he wants to hire a "family man" and after a fight with Bonnie who takes Harriet and moves into a hotel, Brandon is in a bind and begs Joan to pretend to be Bonnie, he even has Joan and Vicki dress in what now a days would be considered racially insensitive kimonos and delivering lines that would not pass for appropriate by todays TV standards.
Ted was written out for most of the episode for a flight to Texas, but then comes back in the last 5 minutes. Richard Christie (Ted Lawson) actually directed this final episode. He did a good job.
Well, there you have it, I hope you all enjoy these last episodes of the show and thank you so much for listening to this podcast on Small Wonder for the last 6 years.
Have a great Summer everyone!
