Episode
Small Wonder: Grandpa Lawson's Visit
Overview
Ted has the unenviable task of explaining to his unwary Vicki-doting father, who bitterly lost his job to automation, that his new lovely adopted granddaughter is really a robot.
Details
- Series
- Small Wonder
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 24
- Air date
- 1986-05-17
- Runtime
- 21 min
Episode context
Grandpa Lawson's Visit is Episode 24 in Season 1 of Small Wonder. It aired on 1986-05-17. The runtime is 21 min.
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