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Punky Brewster: Season 01
Running Time: 30 min.
Abandoned by her parents, eight-year-old Penelope "Punky" Brewster and her little dog, Brandon, set up a home of their own in an abandoned Chicago apartment, where they are discovered by the building's manager, Henry Warnimont (George Gaynes). A bachelor with no great love for either kids or dogs, Henry nonetheless takes a liking to Punky and Brandon, and arranges with the authorities to have the two castaways live with him -- temporarily of course. Thus begins season one of the NBC sitcom Punky Brewster, in which the wide-eyed, spunky heroine brings happiness and purpose to the life of grumpy old Mr. Warnimont -- and several others along the way. During the series' initial season, Eddie Deezen appears as eccentric apartment-building maintenance man Eddie Malvin, while Dody Goodman is seen as Punky's schoolteacher, Mrs. Morton. Both Deezen and Goodman would be gone from the series before long, but three other characters introduced this year, Punky's classmates Cherie Johnson (played by Cherie Johnson!), Margaux Kramer (Ami Foster), and Allen Anderson (Casey Ellison), would "go the distance" right to the end of the run. Likewise seen throughout the series' four seasons, both on and off the network, is Henry's upstairs neighbor Betty Johnson (Susie Garrett), a registered nurse who has been legal guardian to Cheri ever since the deaths of the girl's parents. Once past its three-part opener, "Punky Finds a Home," the series settles into a unique pattern. While most of the subsequent episodes run a full half-hour, others ("Punky Gets Her Own Room," "Gone Fishin," "Go to Sleep") run a scant 15 minutes each. This is because Punky Brewster was originally telecast on Sunday evenings, just after NBC's weekly football telecasts; whenever a game ran overtime, Punky lost half of its 30-minute time slot, necessitating a stockpile of shorter episodes. Conversely, Punky Brewster's season-one finale, "Fenster Hall," ran a full hour -- that is, it was seen in two half-hour segments over a period of two weeks. In addition to bringing the season to a lively close, this elongated episode was also intended as the pilot for a series starring Billy Lombardo as a resourceful orphan named T.C. Fenestra. Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Punky Brewster: Season 01 Cast and Crew:
 Soleil Moon Frye - (Punky Brewster) |
 George Gaynes - (Henry) |
| Casey Ellison - (Allen Anderson) |
| Susie Garrett - (Mrs. Betty Johnson) |
| Cherie Johnson - (Cherie Johnson) |
| Ami Foster - (Margaux Kramer) |
Punky Brewster: Season 01 Episodes:
Punky Brewster: Punky Finds a Home, Part 1
Punky Brewster: Punky Finds a Home, Part 2
Punky Brewster: Punky Finds a Home, Part 3
Punky Brewster: Punky Gets Her Own Room/Lost and Found
Punky Brewster: Walk Pool/Gone Fishin'
Punky Brewster: Take Me out to the Ballgame
Punky Brewster: Parents Night
Punky Brewster: A Visit to the Doctor/Go to Sleep
Punky Brewster: Miss Adorable
Punky Brewster: Dog Dough Afternoon
Punky Brewster: Bye Bye, My
Punky Brewster: Yes, Punky, There Is a Santa Claus
Punky Brewster: Play It Again, Punky
Punky Brewster: Henry Falls in Love, Part 1
Punky Brewster: Henry Falls in Love, Part 2
Punky Brewster: My Aged Valentine
Punky Brewster: I Love You, Brandon
Punky Brewster: Punky Brewster's Workout
Punky Brewster: Gals and Dolls
Punky Brewster: Fenster Hall
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