Vicky & Vetaal | |
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Genre | supernatural Sitcom |
Created by | Nikhat Bhatti |
Written by | Swanand Kirkire |
Directed by | Suraj Rao |
Creative director(s) | Nikhat Bhatti |
Starring | Damandeep Singh Baggan (voice) Vishal Malhotra Dev Kantawala Kritika Sharma |
Country of origin | India |
Original language(s) | Hindi |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | Narendra S. Kokbankar |
Producer(s) | Prem Krishen Sunil Mehta |
Cinematography | Selina Sheth |
Editor(s) | Afzal Shaikh |
Running time | 20-22 minutes (per episode) |
Production company(s) | Cinevistaas Limited |
Distributor | Disney India Media Networks |
Release | |
Original network | Disney Channel India |
Picture format | 576i |
Original release | 6 October 2006 – 17 March 2007 |
Chronology | |
Related shows | Vicky Aur Vetaal |
Vicky & Vetaal is an Indian supernaturalsitcomseries which premiered on Disney Channel India. The series is produced by Cinevistaas Limited was launched on 7 October 2006 as the first major original production of the network,[1] and Disney's first locally produced live action Hindi language series.[2] The show was planned to be the first of a string of five local productions due to get released within a year's span, and was followed by Dhoom Machaao Dhoom, Agadam Bagdam Tigdam, Break Time Masti Time and Nach to the Groove.[3]The series stars Dev Kantawala as Vicky and Vishal Malhotra as Vetaal. The series also re-aired on Disney XD, Jetix[4] and Hungama TV.
Contextual translation of 'tamil katturai about computer robot' into Tamil. Human translations with examples: tamil, robot patrri tamil.
A reboot series Vicky Aur Vetaal premiered on Disney Channel on 15 November 2015 with different cast.[5]
The show is based on the Baital Pachisi collection of tales about the semi-legendary King Vikram, identified as Vikramāditya, and the Vetala, a huge vampire-like being.
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Synopsis[edit]
The main characters of the series are Vicky (Dev Kantawala), a brave and intelligent sixth standard boy and Vetaal (Vishal Malhotra), a friendly but foolish ghost whom only Vicky can see. Vicky released Vetaal accidentally after Vetaal had been hanging from a tree in a graveyard for 300 years and since then their fate has been tied together (much to their dismay) and they have to go along together everywhere followed by 'Paddu', Vetaal's living book of magic. The episodes mostly revolves around mishaps in Vicky's life and Vetaal's brave but foolish attempts to save the day often leading to additional troubles for Vicky.
The series is primarily a comedy series with stand-alone episodes. It was one of the favourites among kids hosted by Disney channel at that time.[citation needed]
Cast[edit]
- Vishal Malhotra as Veetal
- Dev Kantawalaas Vicky Sharma
- Girish Pardeshi as Anil Sharma (Vicky's father)
- Pubali Sanyal as Shikha Sharma (Vicky's mother)
- Jai Thakkar as Sid
- Yash Shah as Ashish
- Shivani Joshi as Meghna
- Kritika Sharma as Sanjana
- Suhail More as Jumbo
- Swapnali Kulkarni as Sabha
- Aakansha Kapil as Malika Ma'am
- Kenny Desai as Principal Kapoor
- Damandeep Singh Baggan as the voice of Paddu (the spell book)
Characters[edit]
Vicky[edit]
Vicky Sharma. played by Dev Kantawala, is a sixth standard boy. He is very naughty boy who likes to play pranks on others. He is tormented by the schoolbully Sid (portrayed by (Jai Thakkar) in the first episode and Vicky challenged him to visit a graveyard and touch a peepal tree. Although he accepted the challenge, but was very scared and to make other worse, he chooses heads in the toss and wins, meaning he goes first. Vicky then reveals to the viewers that it was actually a coin with two heads. He scares Sid by setting many scary things like his skeleton model 'Bonu'. Vicky wins by touching the tree, but everything ends there as he wakes up to find it was a nightmare. However, it wasn't a nightmare. Vetaal, the vampire and his spellbook Paddu get a new home, that is Vicky's home and from then onward they live together. He is usually blamed for things which are actually done by Vetaal as he is the only one who can see him.
Vetaal[edit]
He is a vampire, who likes drinking milk and not blood. He never can control his powers. He usually does things completely wrong and ultimately gets help from Paddu to get the things right. He is a nutcase with a liking for Vicky's teacher Mallika. He is portrayed by Vishal Malhotra.
Paddu[edit]
He is Vetaal's living spellbook. He usually helps to undo the wrong things done by Vetaal. He usually uses weird and awkward slang terms like Chips ke khaali packet, (Empty packet of chips), and Chamgaadar ki doom, (Tail of a bat). He often releases a fart. He is a computer generated image and is voiced by Damandeep Singh Baggan.
Siddheshwaran Khanna (Sid)[edit]
He is the son of Principal Mr. Ayushyamakarand Khanna (Ashu Sir), the principal of Vicky's school, and is the school bully. His whole family of four: Siddheshwaran, Ayushyamakarand (his father), Neelamkeshwari (his mother), and Anshulmanthan (his brother). All have very big names as their family thinks it is a sin to keep small names. He usually calls Vicky 'Icky Vicky'. He has two sidekicks, brothers named Manan and Chirag. He is very afraid of scary things. He usually bullies Vicky and his friends Rishi and Megha. He is occasionally seen teaming up with Vicky. He is played by Jai Thakkar.
References[edit]
- ^Nimisha Tiwar (7 October 2006). 'Contemporary values & kids. Blah?'. Times News Network. Retrieved 15 May 2007.
- ^Shilpa Bharatan Iyer (29 September 2006). 'Disney launches first Indian TV series'. Variety Asia Online. Retrieved 15 May 2007.
- ^Staff (28 September 2006). 'Disney targets five local productions; to kick off with 'Vicky Aur Vetaal''. Indiantelevision.com. Retrieved 15 May 2007.
- ^'Jetix unveils content line-up for July'. 4 July 2008. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
- ^'Sadhil Kapoor bags a show on Disney'. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
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Small Wonder | |
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Genre | |
Created by | Howard Leeds |
Directed by | Peter Baldwin John Bowab Bob Claver Dick Christie Linda Day Selig Frank Leslie H. Martinson |
Starring | Tiffany Brissette Dick Christie Marla Pennington Jerry Supiran Emily Schulman |
Theme music composer | Rod Alexander Howard Leeds Diane Leslie |
Opening theme | 'She's a Small Wonder' |
Ending theme | 'She's a Small Wonder' (Instrumental) |
Composer(s) | George Greeley Ed Lojeskie |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 4 |
No. of episodes | 96 (list of episodes) |
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Executive producer(s) | Howard Leeds |
Producer(s) | Budd Grossman Bruce Taylor |
Camera setup | Multi-camera |
Running time | 22 minutes |
Production company(s) | The Small Wonder Venture Metromedia Video Productions |
Distributor | Metromedia Producers Corporation (1985–1986) (season 1) 20th Century Fox Television (1986–1989) (seasons 2-4) |
Release | |
Picture format | 480i |
Audio format | Monaural |
Original release | September 7, 1985 – May 20, 1989 |
Small Wonder is an American comedy science fictionsitcom that aired in first-run syndication from September 7, 1985, to May 20, 1989. The show 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.
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Premise[edit]
The story lines revolve around V.I.C.I. (an acronym for Voice Input Child Identicant, pronounced 'Vicki'), an android in the form of a 10-year-old girl. Vicki was built by Ted Lawson, an engineer/inventor for United Robotronics, in an effort to assist handicapped children. Lawson takes the robot home so that it can mature within a family environment. Vicki's features include superhuman strength and speed, an AC outlet under her right arm, a data port under her left arm, and an access panel in her back. Despite this, the Lawson family initially tries to pass Vicki off as an orphaned family member whom they eventually legally adopt as their daughter.
The Lawson family tries to keep the robot's existence a secret, but their disagreeable neighbors, the Brindles, keep on popping up at the most unexpected moments — especially nosy next-door neighbor Harriet, whose father happens to be Ted Lawson's co-worker. The show's humor frequently derived from Vicki's attempts to learn human behavior, her unprecedented echolalia, the robot's literal interpretation of speech and the family's efforts to disguise the robot's true nature.
To explain child actress Tiffany Brissette's aging during the show, the series' producers had Ted give Vicki an upgrade in the series' third season. He aged her face, dressed her in modern clothes, and allowed her to eat and drink. The food passed through her naturally and the drink cooled her internal system.
Characters[edit]
The cast of Small Wonder during the first season
- Ted Lawson (Dick Christie): Jamie's father, Joan's husband and Vicki's creator. A robotics engineer who originally created the Vicki robot as a domestic servant with a female child's appearance.
- Joan Lawson (Marla Pennington): Ted's wife and Jamie's mother. Joan, more than anyone else on the show, regards Vicki as a real person.
- Jamie Lawson (Jerry Supiran): The 10-year-old son of Ted and Joan.
- Harriet Brindle (Emily Schulman): The nosy neighbors' daughter who has a crush on Jamie.
- Victoria 'Vicki' Ann Smith-Lawson (Tiffany Brissette): A robot modeled after a real human girl. The robot was a Voice Input Child Identicant (V.I.C.I.), but was nicknamed Vicki. She has realistic hair and skin. She possesses superhuman strength and speed and runs on atomic power. Vicki has an access panel in her back, an electric socket in her right armpit, and an RS-232 serial port under her left armpit. Vicki's artificial intelligence is not perfect; she is incapable of emotion, speaks in a monotone voice and interprets most commands literally. She does manage to blend into the real world to a point. Vicki attends school, and no one but her family members and a few trusted friends know her secret. Occasionally Vicki had rare abilities that seemed to only appear in one or two episodes, such as elongating her neck to reach a door's peephole, shrinking her size to become as small as a doll or making herself ten feet tall to get noticed by everyone. Somehow, she could also channel enough electricity through her hands to jump-start a car (or with more control, restart a person's heart after suffering a coronary). One recurring theme was that Vicki had a super-powered learning system which enabled her to improve something such as a new detergent or to greatly increase the gas mileage of cars, which Jamie often saw as a chance to get rich quick, only to find her improvements were not perfect. Vicki lives in a cabinet in Jamie's bedroom, and becomes more human-like over the course of the show.
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Recurring[edit]
- Brandon Brindle (William Bogert): Harriet's father. Becomes Ted Lawson's boss after stealing Ted's ideas. Also a neighbor to the Lawsons.
- Bonnie Brindle (Edie McClurg): Harriet's mother and Brandon's wife. Written out after the second season after McClurg joined the cast of The Hogan Family, though Bonnie appears one more time in a third-season episode.
- Ida Mae Brindle (Alice Ghostley): Brandon's outspoken, know-it-all sister, who is nearly identical to his wife Bonnie.
- Reggie Williams (Paul C. Scott): Jamie's best friend and sometimes rival.
- Jessica (Lihann Jones): Jamie's sometime girlfriend.
- Warren Enright (Daryl Bartley): Jamie's sometime school friend.
- Vanessa (Tiffany Brissette): Evil robot who looks identical to Vicki, but does not speak in a monotone. (Seen in seasons 3 and 4)
2009 reunion[edit]
On January 14, 2009, on Fox's The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet, Tiffany Brissette appeared in-studio as a guest for a 'Where Are They Now?' segment; unbeknownst to her until the segment began, Dick Christie, Marla Pennington, and Edie McClurg were all present via satellite. Fond remarks and memories were shared about Brissette in the very brief segment. On the show, Brissette stated that she was living in Boulder, Colorado, and attending nursing school.
Reruns and international airings[edit]
After the series ended, the show entered weekday rerun syndication on many stations across the United States and continued until 1996. After that, the show had not aired anywhere in the country until January 10, 2015 when Antenna TV began airing the series on weekends, which continued until May 27, 2017. The network resumed airing the show on September 9, 2017. It was removed again after March 31, 2019.
In the United Kingdom, the show was screened regionally on the ITV from January 1986 until late 1988. Only the first two series were shown. Sky One also broadcast the series in full from 1988 to the early 1990s on . In Italy, the show appeared in the mid-1980s on Italia 1 network and was titled Super Vicky. In France, the series was shown as Petite merveille on Canal+, starting in November 1985. In Spain, the show was broadcast on Antena 3 Televisión as Un robot en casa in December 1995. In India, China, Pakistan and other Asian countries, Small Wonder was syndicated on local TV stations and the Star TV Network in the mid-1990s. In Latin America, the show appeared on Rede Globo and, later, TV Record in Brazil and was called Super Vicky. It also aired on VTV (Venezolana de Televisión) in Venezuela between 1987 and 1990, Canal 13 in Argentina, Bogotá local network Canal Capital in Colombia, Teleantillas in the Dominican Republic and Frecuencia Latina in Peru, where it was called La pequeña maravilla. In the Philippines, it aired on GMA Network in the mid-1980s, and on ABC in 1992. In Saudi Arabia, it was aired during the '80s as a daily family show during the month of Ramadan on Saudi TV (Channel 2). In 1994, it was aired in India on Star Plus first in English then in Hindi the same year most of the time, until 1998 and in Tamil in Star Vijay in the beginning of the 2000s. It aired in Pakistan on Network Television Marketing. In Indonesia, it was aired on TVRI. It was aired on many TV stations in Middle East as well, such as Saudi TV Channel 2 and Iraq TV Channel 1, with Arabic subtitles and called الاعجوبة الصغيرة. In Germany the show was broadcast on ProSieben in 1990 (with several reruns in the early 1990s) and was titled Vicki. In 1986, it aired in Thailand on Channel 9 at 9:00 p.m. after the evening news.[1]
Awards[edit]
Year | Award | Category | Recipient |
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1986 | Young Artist Award | Best Young Supporting Actress in a New Television Series | Emily Schulman |
1987 | Exceptional Performance by a Young Actress in a Long-Running Series, Comedy or Drama |
Episodes[edit]
Home releases[edit]
Shout! Factory has released the first two seasons of Small Wonder on DVD in Region 1.[2][3]
DVD Name | Ep# | Region 1 |
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The Complete First Season | 24 | February 16, 2010 |
The Complete Second Season | 24 | June 22, 2010 |
See also[edit]
- My Living Doll. Howard Leeds, producer of Small Wonder, also produced this 1964-1965 sitcom starring Bob Cummings and Julie Newmar with the same premise as Small Wonder (except the gynoid is an adult female and the lead male character takes custody of the robot as opposed to building her).
- Not Quite Human, a series of novels in which a scientist creates an android, passing him off as his son, telling only his daughter the truth. The series was made into several TV movies for the Disney Channel.
- Karishma Kaa Karishma, the Indian television sitcom remake.[4] The series aired on STAR Plus.
- Dr. Slump, where a crazy Japanese inventor makes an android daughter so he can become closer to a local teacher he is in love with.
- A.I. Artificial Intelligence – also known as A.I., is a 2001 American science fiction film written, directed, and produced by Steven Spielberg, and based on Brian Aldiss's short story 'Super-Toys Last All Summer Long'. The film stars Haley Joel Osment, Jude Law, Sam Robards, Frances O'Connor, Brendan Gleeson, and William Hurt. Set sometime in the future, A.I. tells the story of David, a childlike android uniquely programmed with the ability to love.
- Bahu Hamari Rajni Kant — The Indian television series in which a scientist named Shaan Kant creates an android for his boss and names it RAJNI (Randomly Accessible Job Networking Interface), who eventually becomes his wife Rajni-Kant and makes a good impression on his family. The truth about her is known only to Shaan and his friend Dev.
- Yo Soy Franky and I Am Frankie - The Colombian children's telenovela and American re-make has a teenage android named Frankie Gaines created by a robot scientist who wants to see how she does in high school, and has to keep it a secret from the general student body. Other androids are developed by rivals who also appear at the school.
- D.A.R.Y.L. - 1985 American science fiction film about a government-created 'Data-Analyzing Robot Youth Lifeform'.
References[edit]
- ^'กระทู้ย้อนอดีต....มีใครจำ 'วิคกี้ หนูน้อยคอมพิวเตอร์' ได้บ้างครับ' (in Thai). pantip.com. 21 September 2007. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
- ^'Small Wonder - Shout! Factory Inputs the Official Press Release for The Complete 1st Season'. Archived from the original on 2014-02-24.
- ^'Small Wonder - 'Shout! Select' DVD Release for The Complete 2nd Season: Packaging and Date!'. Archived from the original on 2014-02-24.
- ^'Adorable robot girl of Karishma Kaa Karishma'. TribuneIndia. March 9, 2003.
External links[edit]
- Small Wonder on IMDb
- Small Wonder at TV.com
- Small Wonder at epguides.com
- Small Wonder at Retrojunk
- Small Wonder at TV Acres
- Small Wonder at BoingBoing
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