| Runtime: | 30 minutes |
| Based On: | Punky Brewster, created by David W. Duclon |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Network: | NBC |
| Num Seasons: | 2 |
| Num Episodes: | 26 |
It's Punky Brewster is a 1985–86 animated spin-off of the live action television sitcom Punky Brewster. It was animated by Ruby-Spears Productions.[1] The show uses the same premise and main cast as its parent series, but also includes a magical sprite named Glomer.[2] 26 episodes were produced over two seasons.[3]
The series featured the voices of the original Punky Brewster cast as their respective characters. A new character, Glomer (voiced by Frank Welker), was added as the "leprechaun gopher". He came from Chaundoon, a city at the end of the rainbow and possesses various magical powers. One such power was the ability to teleport Punky and her friends, Margaux, Cherie, and Allen, and at times her dog, Brandon, to any part of the Earth instantly. Some episodes included Glomer having to correct his own mistakes, as when he plays around with magic and transforms Henry into a statue of Julius Caesar.
It's Punky Brewster is the series' unofficial name (Punky when the show first premiered[4]); on the title card and in TV listings, it was simply called Punky Brewster.
In season 2, shows 4 through 13 had a first-run episode and a repeat from the first season. The series was canceled in September 1987, but reruns returned from October 1988 until September 1989 after NBC's live action pre-teen show 2 Hip 4 TV was cancelled. The show was syndicated as a revolving feature of Maxie's World during the 1989–1990 season.
Susie Garrett, who played Betty, and T. K. Carter, who played Mike, are the only regular cast members of the sitcom that did not appear in the series.
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The show was released on VHS in 1991, and several different tapes were made.
The series is available on DVD as part of the Punky Brewster DVD releases.[5] [6] [7] Each season also contains a certain number of episodes from it as a bonus feature. Due to music rights issues, "The Shoe Must Go On" is the only episode not released on DVD in the season box sets released by Shout! Factory; a song featured in that episode was "Axel F" by Harold Faltermeyer, the theme to Beverly Hills Cop.
The series was parodied in the Robot Chicken episode "But Not in That Way" (aired February 8, 2009) with Soleil Moon Frye reprising Punky Brewster, Henry Warnimont voiced by Seth Green, and Glomer voiced by Tom Kane.