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It's a Gas

A digestion feedback problem with Vicki's polynucleotide processor generates nitrous oxide gas that brings laughs to anyone near her, but not to Vicki herself -- just as Ted's boss is about to visit about lay-offs.

Release Date: Sat, Sep 07, 1985

Country: US
Language: En
Runtime: 21
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Tiffany Brissette
Victoria "Vicki" Ann Smith-Lawson
Jerry Supiran
Jamie Lawson
Emily Schulman
Harriet Brindle
William Bogert
Brandon Brindle

Season 4:

Big J, Private Eye
Episode 1: Big J, Private Eye (Jul 23, 1988)
Prompted by Ted and his class to get his school reading assignment going, Jamie videos a book report based on a 1940s P.I. named Rick Savage.
School Monitor
Episode 2: School Monitor (Jul 30, 1988)
On their first day in junior high, Vicki becomes a hall monitor and Jamie tries to avoid Harriet for a dance while vying for a class fox. Meanwhile, Ted prepares to host a cybernetics conference.
More About L.E.S.
Episode 3: More About L.E.S. (Aug 06, 1988)
L.E.S. is back, and despite Ted's assurances that the rogue A.I. program has been rendered harmless, it comes back in a big way by possessing Vicki's body (chassis?) as its own.
Game Show
Episode 4: Game Show (Aug 13, 1988)
The Lawsons enter a game show to get back at the Brindles for trying to kick them off the eligibility list.
Jailbirds
Episode 5: Jailbirds (Aug 20, 1988)
Jamie and Vicki are arrested for spray-painting a wall -- and its owner's $60 shirt.
I Dream of Vicki
Episode 6: I Dream of Vicki (Sep 18, 1988)
To keep his company's presence in an Arab country, Ted lets its visiting young ruler draft Vicki into his harem.
Golddigging Ida
Episode 7: Golddigging Ida (Sep 25, 1988)
Joan's doctor father drops by to visit and Ida Mae smells a plump husband. Meanwhile, Vicki vies for school cheerleader.
It's a Gas
Episode 8: It's a Gas (Oct 02, 1988)
A digestion feedback problem with Vicki's polynucleotide processor generates nitrous oxide gas that brings laughs to anyone near her, but not to Vicki herself -- just as Ted's boss is about to visit about lay-offs.
SuperSuds
Episode 9: SuperSuds (Oct 09, 1988)
While playing with Jamie's chemistry set, Vicki creates a potent laundry detergent that Ted -- and Brandon -- leap to market themselves.
Battle of the Sexes and Robot
Episode 10: Battle of the Sexes and Robot (Oct 16, 1988)
Ted, Jamie and Reggie go macho on an all-male fishing trip-- tailed by a slighted and competitive bevy: Joan, Vicki and Harriet.
Vicki and the Skyjacker
Episode 11: Vicki and the Skyjacker (Oct 23, 1988)
Fly-shy Brandon bribes the Lawsons' company to fly with him on a company job on a plane that is hijacked for Cuba.
Luke and Ray
Episode 12: Luke and Ray (Oct 30, 1988)
To help a withdrawn and bitter classmate cope with leukemia, Jamie and Joan help set up a play on fighting disease.
Vicki's Glasses
Episode 13: Vicki's Glasses (Nov 06, 1988)
Jamie regrets putting Vicki on guard duty for his pricey new bike when her eyes start to malfunction in a schoolyard of prowling thieves.
Double Dates
Episode 14: Double Dates (Nov 13, 1988)
Jamie winds up handling two dates on the same night, blind to the fact that one of them is Harriet in disguise.
Vicki's Expose
Episode 15: Vicki's Expose (Nov 20, 1988)
Benny, an old college chum of Ted and Joan's is up to his same trashy school paper tricks in a big city rag now, fabricating a tabloid feature which by sheer chance ""exposes"" Vicki as a robot just as she's about to join a fashionable clique of girls.
Doolittle Vicki
Episode 16: Doolittle Vicki (Nov 27, 1988)
A new language translation device (Random Access Multiple Concurrent Linquistic Analytical Sequencer) installed in Vicki enables her to understand any language...even animals, like the bosses' dog. Mrs. Jennings forces Mr. Jennings to fire Ted when Joan balks at doing uncredited work for an affair.
Radio Show
Episode 17: Radio Show (Dec 03, 1988)
Ted prepares for a robotics interview on a local radio talk show while Jamie looks for an idea for a class play.
Pool Shark Vicki
Episode 18: Pool Shark Vicki (Dec 10, 1988)
To land a new promotion with the boss, Ted invites him over for dinner and a playful game of pool -- until Jennings starts betting the shirt off his back and a lot more playing against Vicki.
Singing Telegram
Episode 19: Singing Telegram (Dec 17, 1988)
Ted's singing telegram birthday greeting makes him pine back to his ""youthful years"" with a surfboard and prompts Jamie to start a singing telegram for schoolmates -- and competing with Reggie.
The Rip-Off
Episode 20: The Rip-Off (Jan 05, 1989)
While on a company vacation at a health resort, Jamie, Vicki, Brandon and Harriet see a burglar hitting their residence -- each with a different eyewitness account.
My Favorite Martian
Episode 21: My Favorite Martian (Jan 12, 1989)
While Jamie tests out Ted's new laser projection system in Vicki's eyes, unwary Brandon glimpses her projection of a movie's flying saucer and calls the Air Force to investigate.
Hooray for Hollyweird!
Episode 22: Hooray for Hollyweird! (Feb 09, 1989)
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.
See No Evil
Episode 23: See No Evil (May 13, 1989)
Jamie regrets putting Vicki on guard duty for his pricey newJamie regrets putting Vicki on guard duty for his pricey new bike when her eyes start to malfunction in a schoolyard of prowling thieves. bike when her eyes start to malfunction in a schoolyard of prowling thieves.
Thy Neighbor's Wife
Episode 24: Thy Neighbor's Wife (May 20, 1989)
To help Brandon get promoted to a job in Japan, Joan pretends that she's his estranged wife and that Vicki and Jamie are their kids.

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