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10 February 2010

"A show that is so wretched, it lives up to its name: it is truly something to behold, a marvel, a wonder. It is hateful and awful, a level of terrible rarely seen for 30 straight minutes, let alone for four seasons."
Rich at fourfour's hilarious, epic takedown of the sitcom Small Wonder.

post by: Atom Eyes at: 16:36 | 11 comments

Small Wonder was a symptom of the easy availability and low cost of cocaine in 1980s L.A

posted by The Whelk 10 February | 16:44

A satire of Small Wonder? I love it when we go out on a limb.

posted by jonmc 10 February | 16:52

When we observe the level of TV comedy writing, Mrs. B. and I like to ask each other, "Why aren't we rich?"

posted by Joe Beese 10 February | 16:54

Those animated gifs are freaking me right out.

posted by mudpuppie 10 February | 17:17

Those animated gifs are freaking me right out.

Welcome to fourfour. The peak of animated gifs may be ANTM recaps.

posted by filthy light thief 10 February | 19:11

Odd, I haven't thought of that show in years but thought of it last week watching Caprica's robot daughter.

posted by octothorpe 10 February | 19:42

God, I heart fourfour. I saw this the other night while getting my Winston fix and was disturbed, but never really saw the show when it was on. Or possibly I have suppressed all memories; entirely possible but hard to tell.

posted by notquitemaryann 10 February | 20:29

Odd, I haven't thought of that show in years but thought of it last week watching Caprica's robot daughter.

Funny thing Is when I saw this link, the first thing I thought of was Caprica. I can only hope Eric Stoltz doesn't start saying "but honey, she's just a robot!" to Trixie from Deadwood in every episode.

posted by birdherder 10 February | 20:34

Even with a mandatory preview, I fail to close the blockquote tag.

posted by birdherder 10 February | 20:36

When we observe the level of TV comedy writing, Mrs. B. and I like to ask each other, "Why aren't we rich?"

I recently was watching a TV show and thought to myself, "This is so terrible. I could do better than this." Then I thought... "So why don't I?"

posted by Orange Swan 12 February | 10:13

He beat up on the show quite well but I was just waiting for him to mention Vicki's wardrobe. Because when you're trying to pass a robot off as a real child, the best thing to do is to put her in the exact same stupid kewpie doll dress day in, day out.

posted by Orange Swan 12 February | 10:46

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