Punky Brewster is an American television series created by David W. Duclon.
The series revolves around a girl named Punky Brewster (Soleil Moon Frye) being raised by her foster parent Henry Warnimont (George Gaynes).
The show aired original episodes on NBC from September 16, 1984, to March 9, 1986,[1] and again in first-run syndication from October 30, 1987, to May 27, 1988.
[2] In the early part of season one, six fifteen-minute episodes were produced because the show had many young viewers and was scheduled after football games, which tended to run overtime.
[3] In Chicago, 8-year-old Penelope "Punky" Brewster (Soleil Moon Frye) and her dog Brandon are found living in an empty apartment by the apartment building's grouchy manager, 60-year-old Henry Warnimont (George Gaynes), who owns a photography studio.
Hip young music teacher Tony Glen (Andy Gibb) succeeds where Henry has failed—teaching Punky how to play the piano.
tells Mike and the others that his mother died when he was born, and his father descended into alcoholism, drug abuse and constantly shouting at T.C.
had lived in a trailer park and his father drifted from one menial job to another, constantly proving an unreliable employee and poor breadwinner.
Mike says that it is grueling for a young boy to deal with, but attacking others or blaming himself for his father's misdeeds is unhealthy.
appreciates it, but says that he removed the cash from the box before Blade showed up, and Fenster Hall cheers.
The cave proves to be not quite abandoned, and the inhabitants divine that Punky is the successor to Princess Moon, who has been foretold to defeat the evil Owa Tagool Iam.
At school, Mike teaches CPR to his class, but Allen acts up during the lesson, and is sent to the principal's office.
Punky, Allen, and Margaux ask Henry and Betty to help them look for Cherie, who still hasn't been found in the hide-and-seek game.
Henry has Allen call the paramedics and get Betty, while Punky and Margaux administer CPR to Cherie, managing to save her life.
Mike tries to help his class understand the tragedy—especially Punky, whose dream is to become an astronaut, and because of the fatal explosion, her classmates think she's crazy.
Beginning on that premiere date, Punky Brewster was packaged such that new episodes would air once every weekday (usually late in the afternoon on independent stations).
On April 27, 1988, new episodes resumed for the fourth season, and ran every weekday for exactly a month until the series finale aired on Friday, May 27, 1988.
After their friend Joey Deaton's father Mike (Todd Susman) gives Punky and Cherie a ride home from school, they try to tell Henry that they noticed the smell of beer on Mike's breath and that he was driving erratically.
Henry and Mike notice that Joey and the girls aren't getting along, so they plan a trip to Six Flags to cheer them up.
However, as they are about to leave, Mike drives his car into a garbage can, and Henry and Joey finally realize that Punky and Cherie were right after all.
As Betty attempts to talk to the girls about the changes they're going through, Punky storms off, thinking Henry will no longer love her when she grows up.
It’s a school morning, and Henry asks Punky if she finished her history essay.
They come in a few minutes later, explaining that they stopped at the mall on the way home and lost track of time.