# Whitney and the Robot

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whitney-and-the-robot/138282>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 23, 2002, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whitney-and-the-robot/138282 "2002-11-23T01:18:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![rsvp9146](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@rsvp9146](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rsvp9146)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2002, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whitney-and-the-robot/138282/1 "2002-11-23T01:18:36Z")

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Does anyone remember this show from the early eighties? Im trying to figure out an old memory and I need to know if anybody has heard of it, or am i hallucinating?

It basically had to do with this nerd guy and some robot he built. it was live action.

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**Author:** ![Rhum\_Runner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rhum\_Runner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhum_Runner)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2002, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whitney-and-the-robot/138282/2 "2002-11-23T04:05:03Z")

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Are you thinking of _Small Wonder_?

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**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2002, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whitney-and-the-robot/138282/3 "2002-11-23T04:09:32Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Rhum Runner \*  
> \*\*Are you thinking of _Small Wonder_? \*\*

That was my first thought but there was actually a 1979 show called _Whitney and the Robot_  
[Link](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0309229)

Haj

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**Author:** ![Rhum\_Runner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rhum\_Runner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhum_Runner)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2002, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whitney-and-the-robot/138282/4 "2002-11-23T04:21:32Z")

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Hard to believe I forgot about that one! 🙂 I thought the OP was just asking for references to early 80s TV w/ robots, and one of the charecters was named Whitney or something…

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**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2002, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whitney-and-the-robot/138282/5 "2002-11-23T06:47:10Z")

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… and I thought, “Bobby Brown’s a robot??”

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**Author:** ![vibrotronica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@vibrotronica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vibrotronica)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2002, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whitney-and-the-robot/138282/6 "2002-11-23T17:04:08Z")

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> … and I thought, “Bobby Brown’s a robot??”

well duh…