List of Punky Brewster episodes

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, and again in first-run syndication from October 30, 1987, to May 27, 1988.

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. This was done rather than joining a full-length episode in progress, because that would disappoint children watching the program, and showing it later tended to put them up at a time parents may have considered too late for their children.

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. Henry invites Punky to his apartment for dinner. In Henry's apartment, Punky tells Henry that it all started when her father walked out on her and her mother Susan Brewster, and then a couple of weeks ago, Susan said they were going on a trip. Susan, Punky and Brandon piled up in their car and drove to a shopping center in Chicago, where Susan abandoned Punky and Brandon. Punky and Brandon have been homeless ever since. In the vacant apartment, Punky always had food that she could share with Brandon, because 8-year-old Cherie Johnson (Cherie Johnson), who lives upstairs from Henry with her grandmother Betty Johnson (Susie Garrett), always brought food to Punky.

Henry's old refrigerator breaks down, so he purchases a new one. At school the next day, Mike teaches CPR to his class, but Allen acts up during the lesson and is sent to the principal's office. Meanwhile, Henry is putting the old refrigerator outside the apartment building for the Salvation Army to pick up. At home after school, Punky and her friends play a game of hide-and-seek. When it starts snowing while Henry is preparing to remove the door from the old refrigerator after buying a new one, Henry tells Punky, Allen, and Margaux to help him and Betty look for Cherie, who still hasn't been found in the hide-and-seek game. Henry and Allen are shocked to find Cherie trapped inside of the old refrigerator, but Punky and Margaux administer CPR to Cherie, managing to successfully revive her. Allen is devastated that he was unable to help, but Henry tells Allen not to blame himself, and suggests the two of them learn CPR together, having learned its value by watching the girls save Cherie's life with it.

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