Back in 1984, a seven-year-old girl named Punky challenged goliath 60 Minutes in the ratings race with a half-hour sitcom that showed American audiences were ready for child-friendly evening programming. Soleil Moon-Frye stars as the abandoned little girl with an indomitable spirit who, with her faithful dog Brandon (named after NBC executive Brandon Tartikoff), brings light and laughter into the life of a grumpy, old building manager (George Gaynes). Both a touching portrait of her makeshift family and a joyful ride through her childhood adventures, Punky Brewster was a 1980s benchmark in fun, innocent television for kids.
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Tennessee Tuxedo and his Tales: The Complete Collection
Tennessee, a wise-cracking penguin, and his dimwitted pal Chumley resided in the Megalopolis Zoo, where they were constantly scheming against zookeeper Stanley Livingston and his assistant Flunky in an attempt to raise the quality of zoo life.
