Small Wonder: S122: Vaudeville Vicki and S1E23: The Real Facts Of Life

Hey Everyone, Angela Bowen here, the host of She's A Small Wonder: A Small Wonder Podcast. Today, I covered S1E22: Vaudeville Vicki or alt. title Show Biz, which aired on May 3, 1986. In this episode an aging entertainer says Vicki is his daughter. This episode was bonkers cray-cray. I think I liked my version of the plot better about the aging vaudeville actor suffering from alzheimer's who sees Vicki's picture and thinks she's his real daughter, when in fact his daughter is grown and moved away. This could have been a real lesson episode. Instead we get this guy who sees Vicki in the paper and thinks it's his real daughter Mary, who he hasn't seen since she was a baby when his ex wife disappeared with her and threatened the guy with putting his daughter up for adoption in a letter dated a year earlier. WTF! Sounds like a kidnapped child very special episode in the making, but we won't get that episode till Season 3. and I also covered S1E23: The Real Facts Of Life, which aired on May 10, 1986. In this episode Jamie attempts to educate his dad in the ways of love. Lots of S-E-X talk along with bees stinging reproduction and few mentions of storks. Don't forget if you're ever in 1986 to stop by your local library if you want to find a book to explain sex to your kids, apparently they have a lot of books on the subject as well as a pop up book according to Ted. Can you imagine a pop up version book of The Joy Of Sex. GAH! Both episodes were entertaining and fun to watch. Join me next month for the Season 1 Finale, S1E24: The Grandparents, which aired on May 17, 1986. In this episode Grandma and Grandpa Lawson learn about Vicki. Have a good weekend and please continue to be safe out there.