Oh Vikki while I'm doing this we just
squeeze some orange juice please squeeze
some orange juice Thanks
you'll always be my main squeeze but use
the regular juicer alright mom what's
dad doing in the garage everybody your
attention please I have something to
show you
I'd like you to meet the new and
improved Vanessa Oh No
say hello Vanessa hello family it's so
good to see you again dad not home again
yep and she's better than ever
robotic Lee she's a big improvement over
Vicki she cannot make her own decisions
form her own opinions she practically
human head don't try to know what
happened the last time that you brought
her home but she tied us up and tried to
burn the house down
oh that kids sorry for what happened
last time I can assure you it will never
happen again you see honey I fixed that
character flaw in her personality mode
and mom you're even prettier than I
remember you Oh
oh my thank you and Jamie you've turned
into quite a hunk since I saw you last
well I've been lifting weight I just
love that pinafore it's so you see what
I mean honey ever since I fixed her
she's just like a sweet lovable kid she
does seem delightful but I still don't
know how I feel about having her around
the house
Joanie nothing can happen I can switch
her off at any time
she's got an emergency off switch on the
top of her head just like Vicki here
I'll show you Vanessa could you come
here please
certain
daddy Vanessa what do you think about
rock and roll music rock and roll
see what I mean really turns me on
I love rock and roll thank you would you
grab that please oh oh mr. Jennings how
are you uh-huh uh-huh you mean tonight
well love sure no problem
yeah oh no you can count on me sir yeah
and thank you for the opportunity bye
well don't just stand there start
packing packing for what we're going to
Hollywood
seams are making a TV movie about a
robot and it broke down so they called
United robotronic Stu send out an expert
to fix it and the boss picked me really
why are we gonna see all the movie stars
what's the movie star a movie star
someone who works a few hours a week
same words that someone else and then
gets paid a fortune then they're on
lifestyles of the rich and famous movie
star sounds like a good thing to be all
go to Hollywood and become a star you're
not going anywhere until I'm finished
testing but I want to become a star I
want to be on lifestyles of the rich and
famous all right - no way I said I'm
going any questions daddy daddy you
remember that little character flaw you
fixed them
[Music]
I'm going to leave wooden nobody can
stop me do that if I were you daddy
well actually the the truth of the
matter is Vanessa you uh you don't have
what it takes to be a big star yes I do
I'm smart I'm talented and I'll step on
anybody who gets in my way you got me
there but in order to be a big star you
have to be in top physical condition
right guys I'm in better shape than
Arnold Schwarzenegger and stronger too
oh really I bet you can't bend over and
touch your toes without bending your
knees of course I can watch way to go
dad
Ted I have had it with Vanessa she's got
a bad seed in her circuits I want you to
dismantle her forever
Joanie look we got a plane to catch I'll
put her in Vicki's cabinet until we get
back huh come on let's start packing
school Vicki Hollywood here we come come
on
there you'll be nice and cozy till we
get back Vanessa
Oh Jaime pack it nice and neat okay okay
hey not now Harriet I'm busy packing
packing where are you going
Hollywood they have got to do some work
out there and he's taking us with him
Jaime you can't go to Hollywood
beautiful gold diggers will throw
themselves at you and take you for every
sense you got that's my job what are you
doing Harriet I'm gonna stay with you
until you leave in that case I'm leaving
you just don't appreciate me hey maybe
if I hang up all his clothes he will no
way will I do this after we're married
yes everything goes into this cabinet
Vicki what are you doing in there Vicki
Vicki I'm not Vicki I'm Vanessa Vanessa
oh I get it
when you go to Hollywood the first thing
you do is change your name when high
become a big movie star
I'm gonna call myself Azusa I love you
what will happen to me if you go frankly
Tallulah I don't give a darn told Jamie
I'll see him later see ya here's looking
at you kid
humans are really weird
maybe they taste good
you're supposed to be in the cabinet
Vanessa well I'm not and do what you're
told we're going to switch clothes and
have some fun switch clothes is that fun
more than you know you stupid antiquated
robot
this is perfect Vicki those inferior
humans would think that I'm you and
you're me are we having fun yet Vanessa
not yet first step into the cabinet are
we having fun yet not yet I have one
more thing left now we're having fun
look out Hollywood
here comes Vanessa
[Music]
what do you think mr. Lawson well Danny
you can tell your producer that this
robot is in almost useless condition
tell HL a bad news not me you tell him
better he should fire you hi oh hi hi hi
listen this is mr. Lawson the robot guy
glad to meet you kid hey Cho this is my
family here good to see you well Lois
even uh how much is it gonna cost me to
fix the robot well HL that depends on
how much you wanted to do do everything
it's just art on my movie oh it's gonna
be great seat it's about this man
scientists in this robot mind I'll tell
it it's gonna be great it's about this
mad scientist who builds this robot
monster that terrorizes everyone in the
village until finally the town people
burn the castle down with their torches
between Robocop and Frankenstein first
roll the Hollywood kid steal from the
very best gonna be called oh I dreamed
up a very original title well this time
you and your stupid titles yeah HL I can
fix your robot should only cost you
about six or seven thousand dollars
thousand that's an arm and a leg what
can you give me for six or seven hundred
just alike Lawson give me a couple of
minutes to think about this hey chill I
got a great idea we forget about the
robot hire an actor dressed up like a
robot what are you an idiot here's what
we'll do
well forget about the robot hire an
actor dressed up like a robot
that's why I get the big bucks
mr. HL when's this gonna be on TV it's
gonna be on aged Oh mm-hmm
so you uh like monster movies huh kid oh
yeah my favorite yeah Vicky - I I guess
all kids love huh
hey chill that's it we ain't a movie -
kid audience and get a kid to play the
robot what are you an idiot
here's what we'll do we'll get a kid to
play the robot I named the movie at a
kid audience where am I gonna find the
kid I'll make her a star I want to be a
star
hey chill listen to that she sounds just
like a robot she could be the kid I'll
decide who the kid is the star of my new
movie is that girl
[Music]
small wonder we'll return after these
messages
[Music]
well so mom and dad I want your daughter
to be a kid monster in my movie that's
that's a very flattering HL but sorry no
way oh we don't want her to work she's
only a child well so a Shirley Temple so
was Elizabeth Taylor what was Minnie
Mouse I'm afraid not hm Oh lost it look
uh I'll build the whole thing around her
I'll call it Robo kid she'll be a movie
star I'll work a few hours a week same
words that someone else thought up then
they make a fortune then I'll be on
lifestyles of the rich and famous well
it doesn't work for me
sorry HL the answer is an unequivocal no
excuse me
that's not equivocal I don't know idiot
right Lawson if you need me I'll be over
on stage eight let's go idiots well if
they're not gonna use the robot I guess
my works are done can we look around a
little before we go well sure as long as
we're here this might be my last chance
yeah real Hollywood studio time old like
you and Dad let's go grandma
man this dungeon is fresh it looks so
real
yeah too real gives me the creeps
come along ego we must give the prisoner
his daily meal and t*rture what this way
[Music]
a chain-smoker don't you just getting
caught up in the act
fat chance turkeys I'm going to be a
star and you can't stop me what I said
I'm going to be a star dad that's not
Vikki that's Vanessa Vicky's home in her
cabinet where she belongs
I fooled you humans Vanessa listen I
order you to open this door right now
with you out of the way I'm going
straight to the top we're trapped in
here yeah we're gonna end up like that
guy on the wall just take it easy is a
big studio lots of people walk by and
I'll see ya so just don't panic okay
okay okay
Oh Oh terrific
so this set is gonna look great when
it's finished only in a more big spider
webs big spider webs what are you an
echo what are you an echo and it brings
well we need more brains oh you need
more brains all right mr. HL I'm ready
to be a movie star
my parents change their minds oh okay
that's great look look here here there's
a script now you study this for a couple
of hours and then we'll give you a
screen test okay ready when you are HL
no no no kid so you're supposed to read
so you'll know the part I already read
it I know all the parts all the parts
how I've got two charge-coupled
photoreceptors in a molecular matrix
bubble memory parallel processing system
that explains it okay let's try this
from the top Danny you get over there
you're the mad scientist that kid right
up here on the slab all right get me go
fly it on the stack it's alive it's not
it's alive hey kid look don't pad your
part just say what's in the script not
remember your Robo Stein you're a you're
a kid robot that won't be hard to
remember okay great from the top here we
go but and I change
she's alive she's she's alive yes I'm
going to be but you're not kid that was
terrific
kid you're fabulous you're just wrong oh
absolutely absolutely as soon as soon as
you get your parents to sign this
contract my parents have to sign this
before I can become a star oh yes that's
right a miner needs their parents
permission now that's not gonna be a
problem is it oh that's great that's
great well we start work tomorrow and
what a scene yeah you're gonna love it
see he's pissed
don't come here I'll tell it you see you
trap these peasants in a dungeon and you
pull this red lever and the walls closed
in crushing everybody inside huh sounds
like fun see you tomorrow
HL baby ain't your baby I like that
maybe not
Ted where are all these people that were
gonna come and get us out of here
well it's Hollywood honey maybe they're
all doing lunch I'll accept him hello
family Vanessa all right you've had your
fun to open a store daddy you're not
giving the orders here I am and I order
you and mommy to sign this contract so I
can become a star well what if we don't
if you don't you won't get out of this
dungeon alive listen you can't scare us
you're walking erector set yeah you
can't scare him
that's better okay there Garrett's side
[Music]
what are you doing just having a few
laughs I said it's styrofoam how much
could it cost to fix Wow well there's no
money in the budget for styrofoam what
who's responsible for hiring this set
record you Rho who asked you wait I got
it and you I'm gonna sue you for every
cent your father's got and you're fired
you can't fire me I'm a star I'm going
to have my name in lights
oh yeah well lights out baby
he's which drawing we go home I've seen
enough of Hollywood yeah me too
yeah same goes for me well Vanessa as
they say fame is a fleeting thing
[Applause]
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04x18 - Hooray for Hollyweird!
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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.
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.