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04x18 - Hooray for Hollyweird!

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.

04x18 - Hooray for Hollyweird!

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Oh Vikki while I'm doing this we just

squeeze some orange juice please squeeze

some orange juice Thanks

you'll always be my main squeeze but use

the regular juicer alright mom what's

dad doing in the garage everybody your

attention please I have something to

show you

I'd like you to meet the new and

improved Vanessa Oh No

say hello Vanessa hello family it's so

good to see you again dad not home again

yep and she's better than ever

robotic Lee she's a big improvement over

Vicki she cannot make her own decisions

form her own opinions she practically

human head don't try to know what

happened the last time that you brought

her home but she tied us up and tried to

burn the house down

oh that kids sorry for what happened

last time I can assure you it will never

happen again you see honey I fixed that

character flaw in her personality mode

and mom you're even prettier than I

remember you Oh

oh my thank you and Jamie you've turned

into quite a hunk since I saw you last

well I've been lifting weight I just

love that pinafore it's so you see what

I mean honey ever since I fixed her

she's just like a sweet lovable kid she

does seem delightful but I still don't

know how I feel about having her around

the house

Joanie nothing can happen I can switch

her off at any time

she's got an emergency off switch on the

top of her head just like Vicki here

I'll show you Vanessa could you come

here please

certain

daddy Vanessa what do you think about

rock and roll music rock and roll

see what I mean really turns me on

I love rock and roll thank you would you

grab that please oh oh mr. Jennings how

are you uh-huh uh-huh you mean tonight

well love sure no problem

yeah oh no you can count on me sir yeah

and thank you for the opportunity bye

well don't just stand there start

packing packing for what we're going to

Hollywood

seams are making a TV movie about a

robot and it broke down so they called

United robotronic Stu send out an expert

to fix it and the boss picked me really

why are we gonna see all the movie stars

what's the movie star a movie star

someone who works a few hours a week

same words that someone else and then

gets paid a fortune then they're on

lifestyles of the rich and famous movie

star sounds like a good thing to be all

go to Hollywood and become a star you're

not going anywhere until I'm finished

testing but I want to become a star I

want to be on lifestyles of the rich and

famous all right - no way I said I'm

going any questions daddy daddy you

remember that little character flaw you

fixed them

[Music]

I'm going to leave wooden nobody can

stop me do that if I were you daddy

well actually the the truth of the

matter is Vanessa you uh you don't have

what it takes to be a big star yes I do

I'm smart I'm talented and I'll step on

anybody who gets in my way you got me

there but in order to be a big star you

have to be in top physical condition

right guys I'm in better shape than

Arnold Schwarzenegger and stronger too

oh really I bet you can't bend over and

touch your toes without bending your

knees of course I can watch way to go

dad

Ted I have had it with Vanessa she's got

a bad seed in her circuits I want you to

dismantle her forever

Joanie look we got a plane to catch I'll

put her in Vicki's cabinet until we get

back huh come on let's start packing

school Vicki Hollywood here we come come

on

there you'll be nice and cozy till we

get back Vanessa

Oh Jaime pack it nice and neat okay okay

hey not now Harriet I'm busy packing

packing where are you going

Hollywood they have got to do some work

out there and he's taking us with him

Jaime you can't go to Hollywood

beautiful gold diggers will throw

themselves at you and take you for every

sense you got that's my job what are you

doing Harriet I'm gonna stay with you

until you leave in that case I'm leaving

you just don't appreciate me hey maybe

if I hang up all his clothes he will no

way will I do this after we're married

yes everything goes into this cabinet

Vicki what are you doing in there Vicki

Vicki I'm not Vicki I'm Vanessa Vanessa

oh I get it

when you go to Hollywood the first thing

you do is change your name when high

become a big movie star

I'm gonna call myself Azusa I love you

what will happen to me if you go frankly

Tallulah I don't give a darn told Jamie

I'll see him later see ya here's looking

at you kid

humans are really weird

maybe they taste good

you're supposed to be in the cabinet

Vanessa well I'm not and do what you're

told we're going to switch clothes and

have some fun switch clothes is that fun

more than you know you stupid antiquated

robot

this is perfect Vicki those inferior

humans would think that I'm you and

you're me are we having fun yet Vanessa

not yet first step into the cabinet are

we having fun yet not yet I have one

more thing left now we're having fun

look out Hollywood

here comes Vanessa

[Music]

what do you think mr. Lawson well Danny

you can tell your producer that this

robot is in almost useless condition

tell HL a bad news not me you tell him

better he should fire you hi oh hi hi hi

listen this is mr. Lawson the robot guy

glad to meet you kid hey Cho this is my

family here good to see you well Lois

even uh how much is it gonna cost me to

fix the robot well HL that depends on

how much you wanted to do do everything

it's just art on my movie oh it's gonna

be great seat it's about this man

scientists in this robot mind I'll tell

it it's gonna be great it's about this

mad scientist who builds this robot

monster that terrorizes everyone in the

village until finally the town people

burn the castle down with their torches

between Robocop and Frankenstein first

roll the Hollywood kid steal from the

very best gonna be called oh I dreamed

up a very original title well this time

you and your stupid titles yeah HL I can

fix your robot should only cost you

about six or seven thousand dollars

thousand that's an arm and a leg what

can you give me for six or seven hundred

just alike Lawson give me a couple of

minutes to think about this hey chill I

got a great idea we forget about the

robot hire an actor dressed up like a

robot what are you an idiot here's what

we'll do

well forget about the robot hire an

actor dressed up like a robot

that's why I get the big bucks

mr. HL when's this gonna be on TV it's

gonna be on aged Oh mm-hmm

so you uh like monster movies huh kid oh

yeah my favorite yeah Vicky - I I guess

all kids love huh

hey chill that's it we ain't a movie -

kid audience and get a kid to play the

robot what are you an idiot

here's what we'll do we'll get a kid to

play the robot I named the movie at a

kid audience where am I gonna find the

kid I'll make her a star I want to be a

star

hey chill listen to that she sounds just

like a robot she could be the kid I'll

decide who the kid is the star of my new

movie is that girl

[Music]

small wonder we'll return after these

messages

[Music]

well so mom and dad I want your daughter

to be a kid monster in my movie that's

that's a very flattering HL but sorry no

way oh we don't want her to work she's

only a child well so a Shirley Temple so

was Elizabeth Taylor what was Minnie

Mouse I'm afraid not hm Oh lost it look

uh I'll build the whole thing around her

I'll call it Robo kid she'll be a movie

star I'll work a few hours a week same

words that someone else thought up then

they make a fortune then I'll be on

lifestyles of the rich and famous well

it doesn't work for me

sorry HL the answer is an unequivocal no

excuse me

that's not equivocal I don't know idiot

right Lawson if you need me I'll be over

on stage eight let's go idiots well if

they're not gonna use the robot I guess

my works are done can we look around a

little before we go well sure as long as

we're here this might be my last chance

yeah real Hollywood studio time old like

you and Dad let's go grandma

man this dungeon is fresh it looks so

real

yeah too real gives me the creeps

come along ego we must give the prisoner

his daily meal and t*rture what this way

[Music]

a chain-smoker don't you just getting

caught up in the act

fat chance turkeys I'm going to be a

star and you can't stop me what I said

I'm going to be a star dad that's not

Vikki that's Vanessa Vicky's home in her

cabinet where she belongs

I fooled you humans Vanessa listen I

order you to open this door right now

with you out of the way I'm going

straight to the top we're trapped in

here yeah we're gonna end up like that

guy on the wall just take it easy is a

big studio lots of people walk by and

I'll see ya so just don't panic okay

okay okay

Oh Oh terrific

so this set is gonna look great when

it's finished only in a more big spider

webs big spider webs what are you an

echo what are you an echo and it brings

well we need more brains oh you need

more brains all right mr. HL I'm ready

to be a movie star

my parents change their minds oh okay

that's great look look here here there's

a script now you study this for a couple

of hours and then we'll give you a

screen test okay ready when you are HL

no no no kid so you're supposed to read

so you'll know the part I already read

it I know all the parts all the parts

how I've got two charge-coupled

photoreceptors in a molecular matrix

bubble memory parallel processing system

that explains it okay let's try this

from the top Danny you get over there

you're the mad scientist that kid right

up here on the slab all right get me go

fly it on the stack it's alive it's not

it's alive hey kid look don't pad your

part just say what's in the script not

remember your Robo Stein you're a you're

a kid robot that won't be hard to

remember okay great from the top here we

go but and I change

she's alive she's she's alive yes I'm

going to be but you're not kid that was

terrific

kid you're fabulous you're just wrong oh

absolutely absolutely as soon as soon as

you get your parents to sign this

contract my parents have to sign this

before I can become a star oh yes that's

right a miner needs their parents

permission now that's not gonna be a

problem is it oh that's great that's

great well we start work tomorrow and

what a scene yeah you're gonna love it

see he's pissed

don't come here I'll tell it you see you

trap these peasants in a dungeon and you

pull this red lever and the walls closed

in crushing everybody inside huh sounds

like fun see you tomorrow

HL baby ain't your baby I like that

maybe not

Ted where are all these people that were

gonna come and get us out of here

well it's Hollywood honey maybe they're

all doing lunch I'll accept him hello

family Vanessa all right you've had your

fun to open a store daddy you're not

giving the orders here I am and I order

you and mommy to sign this contract so I

can become a star well what if we don't

if you don't you won't get out of this

dungeon alive listen you can't scare us

you're walking erector set yeah you

can't scare him

that's better okay there Garrett's side

[Music]

what are you doing just having a few

laughs I said it's styrofoam how much

could it cost to fix Wow well there's no

money in the budget for styrofoam what

who's responsible for hiring this set

record you Rho who asked you wait I got

it and you I'm gonna sue you for every

cent your father's got and you're fired

you can't fire me I'm a star I'm going

to have my name in lights

oh yeah well lights out baby

he's which drawing we go home I've seen

enough of Hollywood yeah me too

yeah same goes for me well Vanessa as

they say fame is a fleeting thing

[Applause]