Hooray for Hollyweird! (Finale)
1st Aired Week of 2/9/89
Ted brings back "Bad Seed" Vanessa, who
again takes Vicki's place, locks Vicki in her/its cabinet and joins the family to
Hollywood, where Ted must repair a movie's robot while Vanessa mugs into a screen
test on the sly. Lots of inside jokes in this one. Notable is Danny Wells'
accurate portrayal of series creator Howard Leeds (H.L.).
Had the Too Good To Be True episode closed the
previous season, we would've been enjoying a "new" Vicki: a cross
between a mollified Vanessa and a perky Vicki in a much more mature, revamped
series format. Had TGTBT's series concept itself launched this season, we'd be at
the close of a year of Vanessa's antics with the elder Lawsons with a new crew of
producers and writers altogether. Vanessa's dominating the very last Small
Wonder episode was more like a cruel tease of what could've been.
Production Title: "Hooray for Hollywood"
Completed: ?
Show no: 420
Written by Jeremy Bertrand Finch and Paul Chitlik
Directed by Selig Frank
Guest Cast:
H.L.: Danny Wells
Danny: Bobby Herbeck
