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02x08 - Who's the Boss?

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Small Wonder". Aired: September 7, 1985 – May 20, 1989.*
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Chronicles the family of a robotics engineer who secretly creates a robot modeled after a human girl, then tries to pass it off as their adopted daughter, Vicki.

02x08 - Who's the Boss?

Post by bunniefuu »

that was terrific I don't think I'll

ever outgrow these jungle pictures Vicky

okjung it's a jungle in here to clean up

this mess no problem mom did you pick on

my things please oh no you don't clean

them up yourself

you've gotta learn some responsibility

young man a simple good morning would

have handle this come on I'm just

getting in the mood for our Mexican

cruise next weekend three days two

nights of heaven I can do that dance oh

you can okay wise guy show me

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it's a good thing your head wasn't in it

dad

thanks a lot welcome yeah I think this

hat seen its last dance you can throw it

away

no way as much as I'm looking forward to

our cruise let's not put our cargo

before Elmore so we can't go this is a

cancellation honey come on we are numero

uno on the waiting list huh and the guy

said they always have a cancellation I

can hardly wait relaxing all day by the

pool shop Zenon mariachis margaritas

shopping and strolling around the deck

with me with a wind blowing through my

hair

shopping in Cabo San Lucas I'm going out

to sh**t some baskets back up the bus

here shrimp oh now I want you to pick

everything up again put it back where it

belongs then I want you to go out to the

front take the trash cans out and rake

the leaves off the lawn

okay everybody tells me what to do

that's one of the joys of parenthood

well looks like and what everything

around here what are you to do so not

much just cook and clean and soul and

market and the phone bill the gas bill

the electric bill make the car payments

make the mortgage payment you ask a

simple question I could let them turn

off the electricity turn off the gas

take away the car how can I pay for them

I'm just a kid

grown-ups are supposed to pay for those

things and kids are supposed to enjoy

them it's like the law of supply and

demand yeah you demand and we supply

janie we expect all your chores to be

done by the time we get back to shopping

that's right

Oh Jaime yes one more thing very

important if a mr. Willis from a travel

agency calls tell him to hold the cabin

we'll be back by 4:00 got it yeah have a

good time shopping Oh dad don't forget

your loving son who loves surprises

especially bicycles I thought they'd

never leave come on Vicky let's play

some basketball on the double

I'm the double how did the Globetrotters

do that like this show us

[Laughter]

that's using your head hi guys hey

Reggie hey Becky have I got a surprise

when you stare from my place next

weekend

my dad has tickets to see get this the

boss in concert the boss

you mean Bruce Springsteen I don't mean

my mother

awesome Springsteen I saw him on

television

born in that us mom and dad will let you

go right Jamie are you kidding I can

talk them into anything the big J plays

them like a violin listen I have to go

run an errand for my mom come over my

house in an hour

you're going down sure catch you later

catch you later goodbye Harriet wait

what time you coming out for the

Springsteen concert how'd you know about

that her magic told you I just have to

have my year up against your game if I

had two tickets to that concert and we

were the last two people on earth I'd

still take someone else only my pride

keeps me from resenting that remark

exactly I don't have any

I gotta go there's the phone can't we

stand back the program from the concert

Thank You bunny color and he'd also like

one of those great big wall pictures of

Bruce wearing a t-shirt a bandana and

sweat hello I'm here to go back you can

have free safety autograph it for me

will you stop flapping your lips no mr.

Willis yeah I got it they should call

you back by 1:00 o'clock at the latest

yeah okay fine

can I start clapping my lips again

Harriet I've never met a woman who could

talk non-stop like you you must have

been born mouth first how do you like

that kid he didn't put the trash cans

out front he didn't rake the leaves

Jamie Jamie is not here he left a

message on my tape recorder all right

what's the message push my Start button

she's rewinding I'm over at Reggie's

hanging out see you later

and when he gets back I'm gonna be

hanging out in his bedroom with a

ping-pong paddle play a couple of sets

on his behind

then his behind will have to stand at

the concert what concert boy in the USA

Springsteen that's enough

put Jamie's things in his room please

put things in room

did you tell Jamie he could go to a rock

concert no well neither did I and I'm

not so sure I like the idea have you

ever seen the kids that go to those

things they got that they got though the

weird makeup and the orange hair and in

the real long ear rings I never let her

daughter bars go out looking like that

I'm talking about the guys I don't know

honey I think he's I think he's too

young for a rock concert he said he

could talk you into anything

the big J plays like a violin oh it's

Jascha Heifetz i want to talk to you

sure take me to the Springsteen concert

I said I couldn't go until I did all my

chores and check with you guys see how

responsible I am so can I go please

please leave me money for popcorn yeah

I'm sorry honey the kid plays me like a

violin looking forward to a great

weekend if we get lucky with the travel

agent he called he said he wanted you to

call him back by 1:00 at the latest by

1:00

didn't you tell him to hold the cabin

we'd be back by 4:00 oh I forgot gonna

trade that ping-pong paddle in for a

two-by-four maybe he didn't give it away

what's happening to you lately

well mr. Willis hi this is Ted Lawson

yeah do you have some good news for us

yeah yeah but we just got home I but no

I understand thanks anyway

no Kevin no cabin he would have held it

for us but when we didn't call back he

gave it to somebody else I'm really

sorry dad

yeah are you gonna have the whole

weekend to think about how sorry you are

because if we're not going on that

cruise you're not going to that concert

no way that's your punishment halt

about-face Vicki about body and just

where do you think you're going send me

to my room and I'm being punished yeah

but before you go to your room you're

gonna go outside you're gonna take the

trash out and then you're gonna rake the

leaves

now move it hawk Vicki go keep an eye on

Jamie and don't do his tours for him

[Music]

[Laughter]

Jamie honey he has to learn to handle

things like an adult he can't throw a

tantrum every time he wants something

you're right honey but I wanted to go on

this cruise I had my heart set on it I

know I'm good

[Laughter]

[Music]

sometimes I wish I was the boss around

here everyone's always telling me what

to do everyone's always telling me what

to do yeah but you're a robot you know

sometimes I wish my parents were robots

too boy would I tell them what to do

well it's time for bed good night Vicki

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I don't think I'll ever outgrow those

jungle pictures me neither

[Laughter]

[Applause]

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I'm really getting in the mood for my

Mexican singles cruise next weekend

don't put Elkhart out before el so

boss can't wait

disco dancing girls happy hour girl

moonlight strolls on the deck girls so

many girls so little time some baskets

[Music]

there'll be no playing until this room's

clean the leaves are red from the trash

is taken out now move it orders orders

orders everybody tells us what to do yes

if mr. will is from the travel agency

calls be sure to tell them I'll be home

by 4:00 home by 4:00 have a good time

shopping don't forget your loving robots

who like surprises especially chocolate

microchip ice cream

[Laughter]

[Music]

I read I've got big news

next Saturday we're all gonna see the

boss big deal we see Jamie every day not

your boss the boss Lawrence Welk

Lawrence Welk Wow totally awesome when I

think of Lawrence Welk my circuits go a

1 and a 2 Jamie will let you go

Hwanhee you kidding we play the big Jay

like a violin 6 catch you later

lawrence welk concert if you're the last

human on dirt we'd still take a robot

you can bring me back a program

I want expensive programs in Qatar they

have to buy but of those creepies blog

coaches of lawrence welk wearing a

t-shirt a bandana and sweat backstage

have Larry baby autograph it for me dear

hearing it you are wonderful a wonderful

[Laughter]

how do you like those robots they didn't

take out the trash and they didn't rake

the lead they didn't put those things

away either

robots Ted and Joan are not here they

left a message on my tape recorder

playback in their cabinet with a circuit

breaker if their circuits that broken

then we won't be able to go to the

Lauren swap concert lawrence welk

concert have you seen the people I go to

those things ladies with blue hair the

men in their polyester suits and white

socks

[Laughter]

hi boss robots you get your robots over

here there's no way you're going to that

lawrence welk concert and that's final

we can talk you into anything we play

you like a violin if that travel agent

never calls he called he said to call by

one or you lose the cabin by one it's

four o'clock if I'm not going on that

Cruise and you're not going to that

concert oh gee boss you're not getting

off that easy

about-face very funny about everything

now March yourselves outside and rake up

the leaves and take the trash out go you

didn't pay the electric bill

I better call them hello hello the

phone's dead you didn't pay the phone

bill and here is the bill for the

mortgage you didn't pay that either we

will lose our home we will lose our

cabinet they'll sell us for scrap metal

to Japan we'll come back as he Toyota

I'm supposed to pay for those things

you're the boss what a dream I just had

turned into a terrible nightmare

well everything's just fine now it sure

seemed real

you guys were robots like Vickie and I

was the boss and I had to support you I

dream that every night it was awful

being a grown-up is tougher than I

thought

I'm glad you appreciate that is Vickie

okay well I'm sure she is let's check

Vickie you okay sorry okay

[Laughter]

[Applause]

[Music]

lovely choo-choo

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