I tracked down the show awhile ago. It was a really cutsy sitcom sort of, with some kind of on-going plot, from what I can remember. I remember the episode I watched was when the old man struggled in court to keep custody of her. I think this would be better off just making a new one. Just do a retelling of it. Instead of some stupid sequel, following in the trend of making sequels to TV shows with the characters all old and grown up now. Why is this a thing? If you're going to reboot it, just reboot it. Not whatever the hell this is.
I picked up season 1 on dvd a while back for cheap and watched most of it. Yeah it is cute a lot of the time. There is a an ongoing plot for the first season or two involving Henry trying to gain custody. First it is for a few days to try to find her parents. Then a social worker looks at the situation and she goes to a care center. She escapes and runs back to Henry. They argue in court that she should stay with him. Finally the court agrees and she stays there. I guess in season 2 Henry's photo studio burns down and he gets a medical problem. She is once again put in the care center. Henry recovers then officially adopts her. Some minor little things like Punky needs her own room were episode plots. He puts it off. She and her friend then take all his stuff out of his den and paint the room in wild colors and add furniture and an old pull cart converted into a bed. Henry finds all his stuff moved and his room painted garish colors and is angry at first, but realizes she does need the room more than him. Another short ep had her get separated from Henry at the grocery and she thinks she was abandoned again, yeah it was cute, but sometimes the acting is bad from other characters. Mainly the other kids in her class. One boy is terrible. I cringe at his acting. Also his outfit. Take a grey sweatshirt. Cut the sleeves off. Then cut off the wrist band part of the sleeve off and wear those like a bracelet. Looks stupid even for the early 80s.
Yea, so it sounds like something that could have been adapted very well for a modern audience. And, it sounds like something that has a lot of room for improvement. It sounds to me better to just remake the sitcom all together. Rather than whatever this is.
Funny thing about punky. As a kid I never knew there was a live action show! I only saw the cartoon and nbc reran it almost most of the 80s on Saturday mornings! I didn't find out till I was a adult that it was based on a live action show! So the cartoon is the one I grew up with.
Yeah it could work if remade modern day. Take a tomboyish free spirited girl taken in by single father and them learning from each other. I can see it as either sitcom or comedic drama. Just a little bit better acting on the other kids and you can make it better.
In the live action series i have on dvd there were some opening theme intros were it went animated. Not the cartoon opening but where the actors and sets become animated. I can't find a clip online. It was weird and jarring, but i liked it. ok found it https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3ubi0b
Well, I'd still recommend keeping her either an abandoned child, or a runaway. I think that was fairly important to the characters. So, that is the thing i'd keep the most. One could then make it a story about our terrible foster care system and what not. Make it a dramatic comedy. I think that works very well. Yea, I like that. I really would dig a cartoon looking like that. That'd be fun.
Fox was going to bring small wonder back in the 90s but it would star the jerk sister robot over the main one. The pilot never aired.
That doesn't look too bad, it looks quite adorable, actually. Punky is adorable there. I love that artwork. I think that works great. Just make her a foster kid living with some foster parents. I could enjoy that.
I think she's pretty. I watched both shows. I kinda remember she was a robot kid in some other sitcom. The comic artwork looks cute.
Well after watching the first episode, I wanted to like the show since it was part of my childhood but damn what a woke ass show.
