# Has Anyone Seen This Show? (or, I Swear I'm Not Making This UP...) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 14, 2000, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-seen-this-show-or-i-swear-im-not-making-this-up/41184 "2000-11-14T19:04:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![teppei](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/58956e/32.png) [@teppei](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teppei)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2000, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-seen-this-show-or-i-swear-im-not-making-this-up/41184/1 "2000-11-14T19:04:47Z")
_Out of This World_. It was an eighties sitcom that had a theme htat started with: - Would you like to swing on a star Carry moonbeams home in a jar And be better off than you are Or would you rather go to Earth _Out of This World_ is about this half-alien teenager named Evee who could freeze time by pressing her 2 index fingers together, among other powers, and talked to her dad, Troy, each episode through a crystal cube resting on one of its corners. Most of the series revolved around Evee abusing her powers to create all kinds of wacky mischief. I promise you, this show existed, and no one believes me. It’s even in syndication, but whenever I look for it to prove it, I can’t find it. Has anyone else seen this show? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2000, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-seen-this-show-or-i-swear-im-not-making-this-up/41184/2 "2000-11-14T19:26:08Z")
OK, so you feel better (and I’m not at all happy that you reminded me of this show) but yes, it DOES exist. And yes, I actually watched a few episodes. Thank you. Now I’m going to need another six months of therapy. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2000, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-seen-this-show-or-i-swear-im-not-making-this-up/41184/3 "2000-11-14T19:29:19Z")
Course I’ve seen it. It was a bloody jackal of an 80s sitcom. If these cultural orangutans still don’t believe you, send them the following [link](http://www.stileproject.com/politics.html). MR ---
**Author:** ![cblackhand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecc23a/32.png) [@cblackhand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cblackhand)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2000, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-seen-this-show-or-i-swear-im-not-making-this-up/41184/4 "2000-11-14T19:30:30Z")
That is very odd. I was just thinking of this show the other day and couldn’t come up with the name. I enjoyed it at the time, of course I was a lot younger and stupider then. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2000, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-seen-this-show-or-i-swear-im-not-making-this-up/41184/5 "2000-11-14T19:31:06Z")
I remember watching the premeire episode, then I never saw it again. The talking to her dad through the cube was what jogged my memory. ---
**Author:** ![TheNerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@TheNerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheNerd)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2000, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-seen-this-show-or-i-swear-im-not-making-this-up/41184/6 "2000-11-14T19:44:13Z")
I loved that show! Mostly because I had a crush on Evie. She was _hot_, or so I remember. ---
**Author:** ![ThreeLeggedBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b4bc9f/32.png) [@ThreeLeggedBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThreeLeggedBob)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2000, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-seen-this-show-or-i-swear-im-not-making-this-up/41184/7 "2000-11-14T20:14:39Z")
Don’t know that one, but as far as I know, I’m the only person who remembers the cartoon “Dodo, the Kid from Outer Space”. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2000, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-seen-this-show-or-i-swear-im-not-making-this-up/41184/8 "2000-11-14T20:25:41Z")
TLB: I remember “Dodo, the Kid from Outer Space” (And I’m sure that’s the spelling). It used to run about 7:30 AM on the NYC channel back in the 1960s. Do YOU remember “Commander Bleep!”? Even earlier. How about “Space Angel”? ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2000, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-seen-this-show-or-i-swear-im-not-making-this-up/41184/9 "2000-11-14T20:55:01Z")
Not only do I remember it, but, being the absolute complete and total nerd that I was then (and still am), I thought “Holy crap! This is going to be so cool” and proceded to daydream about the show for a week until it premiered. It was 5th grade and I just kept thinking “You can stop time with your fingers? Aliens? Wow, I can’t wait to see this thing!” I don’t think I did any work that week. Then I saw the show. siiiiiiiiigh…what a disappointment. But I still have the memories of what it could have been. Anyone here remember Small Wonder? It was about a girl robot who talked in a complete monotone and did really stupid things that only a sitcom robot would do. Fortunately for her, no one seemed to catch on that she was extremely weird because the whole robot thing was supposed to be something only the family knew about. I even remember the theme song. ---
**Author:** ![Critter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/77aa72/32.png) [@Critter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critter)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2000, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-seen-this-show-or-i-swear-im-not-making-this-up/41184/10 "2000-11-14T21:14:19Z")
Oh my god! You beat me to it…yes, I remember Small Wonder. What an awful, awful show. Why did I watch it? In fact, if it were on in syndication still, I would probably watch it now too. There is something about that show. Hey, does anybody remember what robot V.I.C.I.'s initials stand for. I suppose I could do a web search, but that wouldn’t be much fun now would it. ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2000, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-seen-this-show-or-i-swear-im-not-making-this-up/41184/11 "2000-11-14T21:19:37Z")
If I’m not mistaken, both _Small Wonder_ and _Out of This World_ were produced by and first shown on Ted Turner’s WTBS, the “Superstation.” At least, that’s the only place I ever saw them. ---
**Author:** ![Gundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Gundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gundy)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2000, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-seen-this-show-or-i-swear-im-not-making-this-up/41184/12 "2000-11-14T21:26:53Z")
Of course I remember Out of this World and Small Wonder! They were shown on the Fox station here in Chicago, back-to-back. And god did they suck. Two shows that I remember that no one else seems to: on Fox - “The Adventures of Beans Baxter”? Or, show called “Probe” (hee hee) with Parker Stevenson as a crime-solving scientist (the crime-SOLVING boat) on ABC? ---
**Author:** ![Gundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Gundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gundy)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2000, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-seen-this-show-or-i-swear-im-not-making-this-up/41184/13 "2000-11-14T21:30:31Z")
Grr – now I have the Small Wonder theme song floating through my head… She’s fantastic Made of plastic Microchips here and there She’s a smaaaaall wonder Brings love and laughter everywhere! ---
**Author:** ![Bubble\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c0e974/32.png) [@Bubble\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bubble_Girl)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2000, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-seen-this-show-or-i-swear-im-not-making-this-up/41184/14 "2000-11-14T22:18:18Z")
I remember the show. I made sure when it was on I was in front of the TV. You just don’t see quality TV shows like that anymore. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ladybug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@ladybug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladybug)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2000, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-seen-this-show-or-i-swear-im-not-making-this-up/41184/15 "2000-11-14T22:19:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by teppei \* > \*\*_Out of This World_. > > \<–snip!–\> > > Has anyone else seen this show? > \*\* I remember that show now! I just looked it up on [IMDb](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0092423) to see when it ran (1987-1991, if you’re curious :)). Now I have the theme song stuck in my head. Doo doo doo doo doo doodoo doooooooo … ---
**Author:** ![teppei](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/58956e/32.png) [@teppei](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teppei)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2000, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-seen-this-show-or-i-swear-im-not-making-this-up/41184/16 "2000-11-14T22:21:45Z")
cool beans! I’m not insane! I did try to go to that link, Maeglin, but, after 15 minutes, all that loaded was a banner of a naked woman rubbing herself. Are you sure you linked the right site? ---
**Author:** ![little\_bit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/258eb7/32.png) [@little\_bit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/little_bit)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2000, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-seen-this-show-or-i-swear-im-not-making-this-up/41184/17 "2000-11-14T22:46:41Z")
I seem to have this problem alot. I remember something I saw on TV as a child & everyone thinks I made it up. The worst one is [“Simon In The Land Of Chalk Drawings”](http://www.fortunecity.com/lavender/tombstone/890/simon.htm). Everyone seems to think Mike Meyers made up that song about the boy who does drawings. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2000, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-seen-this-show-or-i-swear-im-not-making-this-up/41184/18 "2000-11-14T23:00:23Z")
Wasn’t the dad on _Small Wonder_ also the dad on _Alf_? Poor bastard. He got typecast as the father of horrendously obnoxious non-humans. Of course, so did Bob Sagat, but he deserved it. Even as a small, dumb boy I hated _Small Wonder_. For some reason, I still saw several episodes. My favorite part was the little robot bratling’s ability to speed up film. ---
**Author:** ![Wicked\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/2acd7d/32.png) [@Wicked\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wicked_Blue)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2000, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-seen-this-show-or-i-swear-im-not-making-this-up/41184/19 "2000-11-14T23:15:50Z")
The dad on Alf is now on Norm…I pretty sure his name is Max Wright, but I’m too lazy to look it up right now. The dad on Small Wonder was someone else. I remember really hating that little red-headed neighbor girl with the freckles and annoying voice on Small Wonder. I have a show no one else remembers too. It was about 2 teenage space aliens. They were kind of Bill and Ted-like, and one of them played **Boner** (nice name ;)) on Growing Pains. They were always chasing women, but were also dumb as a box of rocks. I believe it was on UPN. Anyone??? Rose ---
**Author:** ![Lux\_Fiat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bc79bd/32.png) [@Lux\_Fiat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lux_Fiat)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2000, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-seen-this-show-or-i-swear-im-not-making-this-up/41184/20 "2000-11-14T23:38:31Z")
> [@](#): > > I have a show no one else remembers too. It was about 2 teenage space aliens. They were kind of Bill and Ted-like, and one of them played Boner (nice name ) on Growing Pains. _They Came From Outer Space_. The aliens were named Bo and Abe, and were played by Dean Cameron and Stuart Fratkin, respectively (God bless the idmb). They can also be seen in the sublime movie _Ski School_ (that, I didn’t have to look up). And yes, I’ve seen _Out of This World_, and immediately thought of _Small Wonder_ as another horrendous sitcom just like it. Although _Small Wonder_ was worse. It was, and remains, to my mind, the absolute worst show ever put on television. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-seen-this-show-or-i-swear-im-not-making-this-up/41184.md?page=2)