Punky Brewster Season 1Play It Again
| Punky Brewster | |
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| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created past | David W. Duclon |
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| Opening theme | "Every Time I Turn Around" performed by Gary Portnoy |
| Country of origin | U.s.a. |
| Original language | English language |
| No. of seasons | four |
| No. of episodes | 88 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | David W. Duclon |
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| Camera setup | Videotape; Multi-camera |
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| Picture show format | NTSC |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | September sixteen, 1984 (1984-09-16) – May 27, 1988 (1988-05-27) [one] |
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| Related shows | It's Punky Brewster |
Punky Brewster is an American sitcom telly series about a young girl (Soleil Moon Frye) beingness raised past a foster parent (George Gaynes).[2] The testify ran on NBC from September 16, 1984, to March 9, 1986, and again in syndication from Oct 30, 1987, to May 27, 1988.
Punky Brewster spawned an animated spin-off, Information technology'southward Punky Brewster. The serial featured the original bandage voicing their respective characters. The cartoon was produced by Ruby-Spears, and aired on NBC from September fourteen, 1985, to December half-dozen, 1986.
In 2020, NBC confirmed a 10-episode revival to air on its Peacock streaming service. Frye returned, as did original bandage member Cherie Johnson.[3] The revival premiered on February 25, 2021.
Synopsis [edit]
Penelope "Punky" Brewster (Soleil Moon Frye) is a warm, funny, and bright child. Her father walked out on her family, and so her mother abandoned her at a Chicago shopping center when they were shopping for groceries, leaving Punky alone with her canis familiaris, Brandon. Afterwards, Punky discovers a vacant apartment in a local building.[4]
The edifice is managed by Henry Warnimont (George Gaynes), an elderly, widowed lensman with a grouchy streak. Punky hits information technology off with immature Cherie Johnson (played past Cherie Johnson), who lives in Henry'south edifice with her grandmother, Betty (Susie Garrett). Betty works as a registered nurse at Melt County Hospital. Henry discovers Punky in the empty apartment beyond from his.[4]
The relationship between the two blossoms, despite red tape from social worker Randi Mitchell (Talia Balsam), who ultimately rallies to Henry's side. The state forces Punky to stay at Fenster Hall, an emergency shelter for orphaned and abandoned children, until their day in courtroom. The courtroom approves Henry's wish to get Punky'south foster male parent. Henry legally adopts her in the 2nd season.[5]
Punky's other friends are geeky Allen Anderson (Casey Ellison) and spoiled rich girl Margaux Kramer (Ami Foster). During the NBC run, Punky's teachers were regularly seen, in the first season, cheerful Mrs. Morton (Dody Goodman) and in the second flavour, hip Mike Fulton (T.G. Carter). Mike formed a close relationship with Punky and her friends, and was also portrayed as a social crusader of sorts.
During the get-go season, Margaux's socialite mother (Loyita Chapel) appeared on a recurring basis, as did kooky maintenance man Eddie Malvin (Eddie Deezen). Eddie disappeared after the kickoff several episodes.
Beginning in 1984, NBC aired the sitcom on Sundays. Because the prove had many young viewers and was scheduled subsequently football games (which tended to run long), six 15-minute episodes were produced. This was done rather than joining a full-length episode in progress, then as not to disappoint children watching the programme.[half-dozen]
Flavour 2 (1985–1986) [edit]
The second flavor'southward February ii, 1986, episode introduced the first installment of a five-office storyline. In the five-role episode "Changes", Henry's downtown photography studio was destroyed in a burn, and for a fourth dimension, he seemingly would not be able to recover from the backwash and resume his career. As a result of his stress, Henry ended up hospitalized for a bleeding ulcer.
During that time, Betty and Cherie made arrangements for Punky to stay with them until Henry recovered. Anybody'due south stability was halted when bureaucratic social worker Simon P. Chillings (guest star Timothy Stack) showed upward, plant out well-nigh Henry's condition, and deemed the worst; he found Betty unsuitable to care for Punky considering Punky would not have her own room. Chillings likewise felt that Henry was unfit to be Punky'southward legal guardian in the long term due to his wellness, historic period, and uncertain financial futurity. Chillings made Punky a ward of the state still once more and she returned to Fenster Hall.
Punky's efforts to escape from Fenster included a trick pulled by Margaux, in which she dressed up and pretended to be Punky. Despite advocacy from Mike Fulton, Chillings placed Punky with a new foster family, the fabulously wealthy Jules and Tiffany Buckworth (Robert Casper and Joan Welles), the latter of whom did non take kindly at all to Punky'south working-form playfulness. Things gradually returned to normal. Henry, back on his feet following surgery, opened up a glitzy new studio at the local mall; in the procedure, he reunited with Punky. At the conclusion of the story arc, Henry officially adopted Punky.[7]
The last episode of the second season was notable for centering on the very recent, existent-life Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. Punky and her classmates watched the live coverage of the shuttle launch in Mike Fulton's class. Later on the blow occurred, Punky is traumatized; her dreams of condign an astronaut are crushed. Her teacher Mike then brings over old NASA astronaut Fizz Aldrin to visit Punky.[viii] NBC cancelled the show shortly after.[9]
Syndication [edit]
After two seasons, NBC saw that Punky Brewster and its chief Sun night stablemate, the four-year-quondam Silvery Spoons, could non compete as strongly as they hoped against CBS' juggernaut lx Minutes, and cancelled both programs.[ten] [11] Similar many cult-favorite sitcoms of the fourth dimension, Punky Brewster was revived for syndication (as was Silver Spoons). Production on Punky went undelayed, and its third season began shooting on schedule. While the prove was in production throughout the 1986–87 flavour, it did not return to the air via syndication until Oct 30, 1987.[12] Outset on that premiere date, Punky was packaged such that new episodes would air every weekday (normally belatedly in the afternoon on independent stations). The entire third season (1986–87) aired in the five-days-a-calendar week format through December 7, 1987.
By the syndicated run, the storylines had clearly started to mature. Many more of Punky and Cherie'due south friends were seen (although about only fabricated a handful of invitee appearances each), with Margaux becoming their comic foil and source of friction. Early in the third flavour, Allen moved abroad to Kansas with his mother, post-obit his parents' divorce. As Punky herself neared junior high, her advanced 24-hour interval-glo and multicolored attire, along with her pigtails, segued into more traditional teenaged styles, and her declaration of, and reliance on "Punky Power!" gave mode to the realization that intelligence, mutual sense, and a stiff will tin get one out of any problem. More of her dalliances with boys entered the stories, with the ones she chased and those that tried to pursue her. Punky's spunk and vivacious attitude toward life did remain though, cheers in part to the sunshine brought in by the nearly important man in her life, her adoptive dad.
Henry's photography studio at the mall connected to see much success, then much that by the end of the third flavor, he received an offer from the magnate of Glossy'southward, a photo-studio franchise, for a $100,000 buyout of Warnimont'due south, which likewise included the offer of Henry becoming manager of the Glossy's location. Henry accepted, but presently found that his creativity and business style were not being appreciated past his new employers. He quit Glossy's, but so decided to give into Punky and Cherie'due south dream to run their ain teen hangout/burger establishment, and invested into another mall belongings, which ended up being splashed with equally much color and originality as Punky's bedroom. All involved, which fifty-fifty included Betty and Margaux, unanimously decided on christening it "Punky's Place". Into season four, much of the activity connected to accept place at the mall, with Henry, Punky, and her friends' efforts to proceed their new restaurant adrift and the many teenage misadventures which passed through at Punky's Place.
From December ten, 1987, through Apr 24, 1988, reruns from the third flavor aired in the weekday Punky Brewster syndication package. On April 27, 1988, new episodes resumed for the 4th season, and ran every weekday for a month until the series finale aired on May 27, 1988.
The final episode, "Wedding Bells for Brandon", features Brandon falling in love with Brenda, a golden retriever that belonged to one of Henry and Punky'due south neighbors. Their whirlwind romance culminated in a hymeneals in the courtyard, which was attended mostly past other neighborhood canines.
According to Cherie Johnson, "Wedding Bells for Brandon" was not intended to be the series finale; that item episode came along in the midst of the 1988 Writers Social club of America strike.[xiii]
Episodes [edit]
Bandage [edit]
Clockwise from bottom-correct: Frye, Sandy, Johnson, Garrett, Gaynes, Ellison and Foster (center)
Main [edit]
- George Gaynes equally Henry Warnimont
- Soleil Moon Frye as Penelope "Punky" Brewster
- Susie Garrett as Betty Johnson
- Cherie Johnson as Cherie Johnson
- T. K. Carter as Michael 'Mike' Fulton (season 2)
Recurring [edit]
- Ami Foster as Margaux Kramer
- Casey Ellison every bit Allen Anderson (seasons ane–ii, guest star season iii)
- Eddie Deezen equally Eddie Malvin (season i)
- Dody Goodman as Mrs. Morton (season 1)
Production notes [edit]
The show was produced by Lightkeeper Productions, and NBC Productions during the network run. NBC was not allowed to co-produce the series when it moved into syndication, due to and then-existing FCC regulations regarding network involvement in syndicated TV programming. Thus, they made a syndication deal with Coca-Cola Telecommunication to co-produce two more than seasons of episodes, plus U.S. syndication rights to the NBC-era episodes. Thus, Sony Pictures Television holds the domestic television rights, while NBCUniversal Syndication Studios holds international boob tube and worldwide home video & streaming rights.
Reruns of the series were broadcast in the United States on The Family Channel from October 3, 1993, to September 20, 1996.
Theme song [edit]
The theme song for Punky Brewster is "Every Fourth dimension I Plow Around," written past Gary Portnoy and Judy Hart Angelo and sung by Portnoy.
Origin of the proper name [edit]
NBC programming chief Brandon Tartikoff named the serial after a girl he had a crush on in his ain childhood: an older tomboy named Peyton "Punky" Brewster. Before the series aired, NBC tracked her down (by this time, she was married and named Peyton Rutledge) and secured her permission to utilize her name for the atomic number 82 character. Rutledge was even hired to do a cameo in 1 episode equally a teacher at Punky'due south school (in the opening scene of the episode titled "The Search", aired Nov 10, 1985) so that both the real and fictional Punky Brewster could exist on screen at the same time (the instructor even comments "Punky Brewster? Strange name!"). She is credited at the cease of the episode as Peyton B. Rutledge.[14]
Punky's domestic dog is named Brandon, after Tartikoff himself. The canis familiaris's real name was Sandy. Sandy originally shared the part with his brother, but Tartikoff decided that Sandy was meliorate for the part.
Home media [edit]
All four seasons take been released on DVD in Region one by Shout! Factory, as well as separate discs that consist of six to eight episodes of the serial. All season releases likewise contain episodes of the spin-off cartoon, It's Punky Brewster.[15] [16] [17] [18]
Mill Creek Entertainment also released three "Best-of" collections of the series.
| DVD Proper noun | Ep# | Release Dates | |
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| Region ane | Region 4 | ||
| Season One | 22 | June 1, 2004 | April xiii, 2011 |
| Season Two | 22 | February eight, 2005 | July 1, 2011 |
| Flavor Three | 22 | July 25, 2006 | N/A |
| Flavour Four | 22 | February 26, 2008 | N/A |
In Region 4, Umbrella Entertainment has released the first two seasons on DVD in Australia.[19] [20] These releases do not comprise episodes of the animated It's Punky Brewster.
Spin-offs [edit]
Fenster Hall [edit]
The final episode in Season 1, titled "Fenster Hall" (aired March 31, 1985), was a failed try to create a spin-off of Punky Brewster. Information technology was originally a one-hour episode, but was cut into two shows for syndication. This crossover episode marked the debut of Mike Fulton; T. K. Carter was the intended star of the Fenster Hall spin-off. Mike's history as a longtime resident of Fenster was explained, since he had been an orphan from birth and had been shuffled around to many foster homes before permanently staying at Fenster from the time he was seven. At present equally the chief boys' counselor, Mike was saddled with helping new, tough street kid T.C. Finestra (Billy Lombardo) fit in with his grouping of regular charges, later an incident in which T.C. broke into and stole from the bedroom of Punky Brewster. Punky had a confrontation with T.C. after following him to a shady lair kept by street thug Blade (James LeGros), who had taken T.C. under his fly and was instruction him how to rob. It was there in which Punky learned of T.C.'s situation, and brought him home to Henry earlier it was decided that he would exist better off at Fenster.
The master focus of the episode was on Mike and T.C.'s learning to trust and look out for each other, while many other denizens of Fenster were introduced who would take also comprised the bandage of the spin-off. Mike's boss was Rita J. Sanchez (Rosana DeSoto), and his other boys, who he treated as if they were his ain sons, were aspiring heavyweight boxer Lester "Sugar" Thompson (Martin Davis), sugariness little Dash (Benji Gregory), nerdy intellectual Lyle (Gabriel Damon), who supposedly did Mike's tax forms for him; and huge, hulking Conan (B.J. Barie). When Fenster Hall did non transpire as a regular series past the time of NBC's 1985–86 upfronts, T.1000. Carter then continued his office as Mike Fulton on Punky Brewster the following season, at present serving as Punky'south fourth grade teacher.
It's Punky Brewster [edit]
Information technology'due south Punky Brewster!, an animated spin-off with the original cast appeared on NBC on Saturday mornings.[1] [21] The cartoon was produced by Ruby-Spears. It ran from September xiv, 1985, to December half dozen, 1986, for a total of 26 episodes. Nevertheless, through reruns, information technology remained in the regular Saturday-forenoon lineup through the 1988–89 season.[21] The serial was later syndicated by Claster Television every bit office of a package featuring the DIC series Maxie'southward World (the "lead" programme), and Beverly Hills Teens.
Revival [edit]
In June 2019, UCP appear plans for a new Punky Brewster serial starring Soleil Moon Frye. The series revisits Punky equally a unmarried mother of three "trying to get her life back on track when she meets a young girl who reminds her a lot of her younger self."[22] The series also features Cherie Johnson, returning to the role named after her, equally well as Freddie Prinze Jr. equally Punky'southward ex-married man.[23] In early 2020, NBC confirmed the revival consisting of a 10-episode first season that will air on its new streaming Peacock network.[3] The revival premiered on Feb 25, 2021.[24] In August 2021, the series was canceled afterwards one season.[25]
Come across likewise [edit]
- List of blithe spin-offs from prime time shows
- Little Orphan Annie, a comic strip series featuring a young daughter with foster dad, and friends
References [edit]
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- ^ a b "Punky Brewster'southward First Scenes". NBC. Archived from the original on 2021-12-11. Retrieved July xv, 2008 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Punky Brewster – Season One : DVD Talk Review of the DVD Video". DVD Talk . Retrieved Feb 22, 2016.
- ^ "Truncated 'Punky' episodes". The Free Lance-Star. BH Media. Baronial iv, 1984. pp. Television–3. Retrieved February xiii, 2013.
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- ^ Margulies, Lee (February 19, 1986). "'Punky' Deals With Shuttle Tragedy". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved August 22, 2010.
- ^ O'Hallaren, Nib (March 2, 1986). "Her evidence may be a flop but Soleil Moon Frye is riding loftier on the wave of popularity". New Straits Times. Media Prima. pp. two, xv. Retrieved December 22, 2012.
- ^ Kelley, Beak (November 8, 1985). "NBC'Due south Problem: WHERE TO PUT Two NEW SHOWS". Dominicus-Sentinel. Tribune Publishing. p. 8E.
- ^ Rothenberg, Fred (May xv, 1986). "NBC ADDS SITCOMS TO FALL LINEUP". The Boston Globe. Affiliated Publications. p. 52.
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- ^ "Yep, Virginia, There is a Punky Brewster". Mental Floss. September 20, 2011. Archived from the original on October seven, 2012. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
- ^ "Punky Brewster DVD news: It'due south a Punky press release". TVShowsOnDVD.com. 2006-05-05. Archived from the original on 2016-03-11. Retrieved 2016-02-22 .
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- ^ "It's Punky Brewster – Season 1 Review". TVShowsOnDVD.com. 2004-05-thirty. Archived from the original on 2016-03-eleven. Retrieved 2016-02-22 .
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- ^ "PUNKY BREWSTER (Serial 1) – Umbrella Entertainment". Umbrellaent.com.au. 2011-04-thirteen. Archived from the original on 2015-04-04. Retrieved 2016-02-21 .
- ^ "PUNKY BREWSTER (SERIES ii) – Umbrella Entertainment". Umbrellaent.com.au. Archived from the original on 2015-04-04. Retrieved 2016-02-21 .
- ^ a b Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle (2003). "Punky Brewster (Situation Comedy)". The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946–Nowadays (Eighth ed.). New York: Ballantine Books. pp. 968–69. ISBN978-0-345-45542-0.
- ^ Andreeva, Nellie (June 4, 2019). "'Punky Brewster' Reboot Starring Soleil Moon Frye In Works At UCP".
- ^ Davis, Todd (November 21, 2019). "Cherie Johnson Opens Up Near 'Punky Brewster' Reboot, Business Ventures Exterior Acting".
- ^ Ramos, Dino-Ray (January six, 2021). "'Punky Brewster' Revival Sets Premiere Date, Peacock Reveals First Look". Deadline Hollywood.
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External links [edit]
- Punky Brewster at epguides.com
- Punky Brewster at IMDb
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punky_Brewster
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