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01x15 - The Camping Trip

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Small Wonder". Aired: September 7, 1985 – May 20, 1989.*
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Chronicles the family of a robotics engineer who secretly creates a robot modeled after a human girl, then tries to pass it off as their adopted daughter, Vicki.

01x15 - The Camping Trip

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the cake what the cake is almost done

five four three two one built-in timer

what would I do without my pretty robot

you'd have a burnt cake oh it's

beautiful

you'd be proud of your first cake Vicky

here take it out that's it now I'll show

you how to frost put it down put it down

no keep forgetting that a robot takes

things literally hi girls

what what happened to cake I guess I

wasn't very explicit with Vicky oh I

said tour was put it down dummy dummy oh

honey you're always saying your floors

are clean enough to eat off of honey let

her do that

Vicky clean up the cake we've got more

important things to discuss here Oh such

as such as with Jamie away at this

weekend on his camping trip it'll be the

first time we've been alone in years I

know so why don't we get away too huh

you know there's that romantic little

resort up at Pine Lake even if the trout

aren't biting I will be

Wow

come on all right Reggie hi Vicki let's

no a second honeymoon girl

Jamie's in his room red Thanks

I'm afraid I have some bad news for him

what's that our camping trip is off my

dad has to work this weekend so you

can't take us oh no you must be terribly

disappointed Reggie I try to keep a

stiff upper lip stiff upper lip that's

really me you'll be crushed so am i

there goes our second honeymoon hey

Jamie

you all packed for the camping trip of

God news the camping trip is off

what are you sure positive no way he has

to work it will break his heart if he

ever knew only gold capping so he can

act macho you're right when you have

parents you've got to make sacrifices

give me back that dollar Gabe so you can

come with me sorry I never let

friendship get in the way of business

sure take vitamins you'll grow anyway

the important thing is we will have to

go camping right no fresh air and no

healthy exercise right the only hockey

will do it's a refrigerator and bat

yeah our little hearts are broken we'll

try and get over it well guess what you

guys are still gonna go on that camping

trip this weekend it's not nice to toy

with the kids feeling your father is

gonna take all of us you Reggie Vicki me

isn't that wonderful

[Laughter]

honey look they're speechless it's just

such a wonderful shock the reaction

hasn't hit our brains yet right but mr.

Lawson do you know anything about

camping reg reg reg I come from a long

line of campers when I was a kid my

grandfather Jedediah taught me

everything there is to know about

wilderness survival they used to call me

Grizzly Lawson your grandfather told me

it was because your snoring woke up all

the Bears you don't have to take us

camping

don't forget your bad back I have a bad

back you could get one Jamie look don't

worry about me yeah we're going camping

and that's it honey come and help me get

that camp stove out of the garage boy I

can smell the bacon and eggs frying

already wait dad you're not planning on

doing the cooking are you well sure why

not don't you remember what happened

when you tried to barbecue in the

backyard what's it mean honey who it

wasn't that bad was it not at all your

eyebrows grew back very quickly there's

not a straight man left in America

camping yes that's it we're stuck

what do you mean we know your parents

not mine

I could get out of it you wouldn't I was

gonna go and it was your parents that's

because I paid you a dollar okay so I

owe you a dollar it's gonna cost you two

dollars yeah one for going with you and

Worf reading your dad's cooking

[Music]

John what on earth you're doing with all

those boxes of food supplies for the

camping trip better safe than sorry

why don't we just take the refrigerator

take the refrigerator Vickie c'mere I

want you to scan this book and put it in

your memory bank in my memory bank

camper survival and first aid manual I

want her program just in case in case of

what

snake five broken limbs concussion

poisoning frostbite

like a fun weekend if we live that's

right did Jamie tell you about it no I

heard it through the grapevine

what grapevine the one outside Jamie's

bedroom window

Harriet you really shouldn't do that

no but what'd your mother say if she

knew that you were snooping around that

thing I learned it from her what are you

reading Vickie campers survival and

first aid manual

oh you mean how to get rid of all kinds

of pests no there's nothing in here

about you

she's just making a joke honey listen

Harriet we've got a lot more packing to

do before we leave so if you'll excuse

us please

I don't think so this poor deprived

child has never been camping isn't that

sad yes that is sad

who is the child me Oh Harriet you

something else

Ted no all right she can come camping

with us thank you but only if your

parents say that it's all right why

don't you go ask them now I already did

they even packed for me why am I not

surprised me gone they could go away for

a second honeymoon I'll be right back I

resent them going on our second

honeymoon yeah well if I was married to

her mother I'd fish

I wish my dad wouldn't let Harriet come

with us

I got carsick before I even got in the

car hey if it's gonna get dark screw

your father through the camera all right

starving we've been walking over an hour

since we parked the car I'm so hungry I

can eat a pine cone how about you Vicki

eat a pine cone no no no no Vicki funny

kid

hey hey hey why don't we set up camp

right here huh I mean we don't need

tables and benches and barbecue pits and

showers and all that stuff do we yes

come on it'll be more fun this way

trust me let's get unpacked okay Reggie

you gather some rocks for a fire break

yep Harriet you unpacked and utensils

okay Jamie you and Vicki unroll the tent

right here boy isn't this fun Joanie

would you like me to do try not to panic

what why would I panic do you have any

idea where we are

of course I know where we are where

we're lost we're gonna use the old

survival technique of marking our trail

I did I did mark the trail with popcorn

and Harriet ate them roughly yes roughly

roughly we're in North America popcorn

[Music]

how about that

you know the instructions look so

complicated but you did a beautiful job

I know honey it was nothing I they're so

easy a child could have done it a child

did do it so now kids don't know we're

lost do they no I didn't say w*r they

want to frighten them I'm sure there's

no monster in the tent

it's probably nothing at all Vicki go

see what it is honey I'm kidding it's a

joke all right Vicki follow me really

I'm still kidding you it's just a baby

yeah but it went like this Jamie you can

let it go now I don't know maybe we

should keep it till we taste dad's

cooking there'll be enough out of you

wise guy okay dad okay

we're gonna need some more wood for the

fire so Jamie you and Reggie take Vicki

and go in that direction and I'll go in

that direction gotcha come on Vicki

Harriet you make up the beds in the tent

okay okay but what if that vision comes

back then he can make up his own bed

listen I'm gonna go look for some help I

mean there's there's got to be a forest

ranger some campers out here somewhere

dan it's gonna be dark soon

what if you get lost how can I get lost

when I'm already lost just be careful

okay don't worry I mean what could

happen I don't know

not you you could fall off a cliff I'll

be mauled by a lion or me fall into an

old mineshaft

I'll go first thing in the morning I'm

just down there Vicki pick up someone

pick up some wood little pieces of wood

Vicki okay okay boy I knew this camping

trip was gonna be the pits Tommy oh God

what's the matter Vicki I smelled

something

uh-oh maybe it's a skunk I hope his tail

is importing at us it is not a skunk

I smell chili dogs chili dogs

I think she got Mountain fever if she

says she smells him she does her micro

sensors are never wrong what I mean

she's got a nose like a bloodhound

are you sure Vicki this smell is

definitely chili dogs with onions it's

coming from that direction zoo in a

snack bar we're safe from dads cooking

but we better not tell him about this

he's having too much fun playing Indiana

Jones this is our little secret Vicki

got it got it come on let's get over

there and pick out yeah heartburn see

here we come

[Music]

hmm good stuff huh huh

and you guys hardly ate anything well I

guess we're just too excited about being

here to eat right Reggie this right mr.

Lawson

call me grizzly they think you need

anything at all I do not eat she means

she's a light eater well you ate Harriet

uh how'd you like my baked potatoes or

the big one those were the big black

lumps little black lumps were the stakes

come on guys we got to get this stuff

cleaned up before we hit the sack we

don't want to attract any ants

pardon me Jamie kidding honey you know

Ansel eat anything thank you very much

dear come on everybody come on kid Oh

why don't you get everything all ready

we can turn in huh a lot of food going

to waste there yeah

mr. Lawson yes Eric it's early in the

morning here

oh yes it'll be a bright sunshiny

morning right that's what I was afraid

of I like to sleep late good night

[Laughter]

that was crickets crickets yeah they say

they make that sound by rubbing their

hind legs together nothing to worry

about

back to sleep everybody Hey come on girl

guys what are they rubbing together now

okay okay nobody nobody panic nobody

panic nothing nothing to worry about

here except my zippers stuck you're

being stalked by a mountain lion don't

be silly honey that's not a mountain

lion don't tell me it's a cricket with a

bad cough that's either a lion or a

second honeymoon my best dress I wanna

look nice when they find our bodies yeah

let me help you out of that thing no no

no Jamie don't rip it it's rented

there's something I'd better tell you

not now Jamie all right listen everybody

to stay close together stay right here

all dad's gonna protect you from that

mountain lion I'll protect you from

those monkeys to monkeys and elephants

so far did we walk I wonder what else is

out there I know what's out there what

is you in a snack bar where Jamie and

Reggie picked out on chili dogs this is

our little secret

there's a snack bar nearby and you guys

let me eat my horrible cookie honey the

important thing is that we're not lost

lost

we're sorry lost Oh grizzly here

well we'll talk about that in the

morning right now there's something much

more important to do with that

see if that snack bar still open okay

let's get hey wait wait for me guys

[Applause]

she's the small wonder lovely and bright

and soft words she's a small

a childlike of you girls she's a miracle

and I grant you she take you to a new

site she's that small

[Music]

[Applause]