Punky Power 2009
October 14, 2009 8:48 PM   Subscribe

Sometimes, there just aren't words: Punky Power 2009. (For those having no idea what's being referenced, linkage.)
posted by WCityMike (31 comments total)

This post was deleted for the following reason: Poster's Request -- loup



 
20 years later. Still younger than her, still enamored.

yet, it was hard to hear her half the time and killing the mic when she would scream.
posted by djduckie at 8:54 PM on October 14, 2009


ustream wanted me to "Connect with Facebook" to see the video. No thanks. Here's another link of (I assume) the same video in case anybody else finds that off-putting.
posted by dammitjim at 9:03 PM on October 14, 2009


Imagine my disappointment when it wasn't the Punky I had hoped to find
posted by freq at 9:09 PM on October 14, 2009


Imagine my disappointment when it was.
posted by mazola at 9:17 PM on October 14, 2009 [5 favorites]


Facebook Connect?
Fuck That.

(thanks to dammitjim for the alternative link.)
posted by dunkadunc at 9:26 PM on October 14, 2009


20 years later. Still younger than her, still enamored.

Ditto.

Also, I'm hoping that the explanation link was for the benefit of those who didn't grow up on American television... not because this might be too old for some of us to remember. That would make me feel bad.
posted by Avelwood at 9:53 PM on October 14, 2009


Huh. I didn't get a facebook connect prompt. Mac Safari.

I have a Punky doll that came with a bandana that you wrap around your knee. It also came with a bunch of stickers from the Punky cartoon. I know she had a dog, but did they introduce some sort of Gizmo-esque alien friend later?

Ah yes. Glomer!

The early days of ebay were magical times ... ... there's a bandana on her knee!
posted by mrgrimm at 9:57 PM on October 14, 2009


After two seasons, NBC felt that Punky Brewster and its principal Sunday night stablemate, the four-year-old Silver Spoons, could not compete as strongly as they'd hoped against CBS' juggernaut 60 Minutes...

?
posted by Iridic at 10:04 PM on October 14, 2009


After two seasons, NBC felt that Punky Brewster and its principal Sunday night stablemate, the four-year-old Silver Spoons, could not compete as strongly as they'd hoped against CBS' juggernaut 60 Minutes...

I can't decide if that venn diagram would be awesome, or totally fucking creepy.

Also, she clearly should have filmed that video from inside a refrigerator.
posted by Uppity Pigeon #2 at 10:15 PM on October 14, 2009 [7 favorites]


Also, she clearly should have filmed that video from inside a refrigerator.

Oh. That's just wrong.
posted by hanoixan at 10:17 PM on October 14, 2009


All you need to do is hit the 'Cancel' button and the video plays – no Facebook connection necessary.

Not for me. I just got a big black box. dammitjim's link worked, though.
posted by delmoi at 10:52 PM on October 14, 2009


Insolent pouting rictus.
posted by Henry C. Mabuse at 11:25 PM on October 14, 2009


Cocaine is a terrible drug.
posted by The Light Fantastic at 12:46 AM on October 15, 2009 [3 favorites]


Punky Brewster! Just about all I can remember from watching on Saturday mornings living in Sydney is the episode where they arrest (?) Henry and Punky laments "They can't arrest him - he's old, he eats prunes!". Eating prunes remains my benchmark for "being old".
posted by patricio at 2:45 AM on October 15, 2009 [1 favorite]


I'll follow her if she does Steam Punky Brewster.
posted by sien at 2:54 AM on October 15, 2009


Oh thank God... I thought you said PUPPY Power.
posted by CG at 3:25 AM on October 15, 2009


I knew I would never be the same again when I read this news many moons ago -- Soleil Moon Frye has Breast Reduction Surgery. As a teenager of nearly the same age let me tell you this blew my mind. Warning! The following statement was made by a teenage male rife with hormones -- boyzone as you can get -- "What? A hot girl? REDUCING DAS BOOBABE?! How is that even possible?! NOOoooo!!"

(Bonus! Pic of her and Eddie Furlong in '91! Awww!)

So, thanks Punky Brewster. Thanks for being a super cool TV star. And thanks for introducing the words b_____ r_________ to teenage males across the country.

And wish they would have had a audio mixer on her mic for this clip, but it was still sweet.
posted by cavalier at 4:23 AM on October 15, 2009


OMG she totally went there

(I think she used some variant of the phrase "I'm going to go there" around 73 times in this clip)
posted by caution live frogs at 5:09 AM on October 15, 2009


Dang, beaten to the b---- r-------- comment.
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 5:35 AM on October 15, 2009


20 years later. Still older than her, still want to hit her with a stick.
posted by Cat Pie Hurts at 5:38 AM on October 15, 2009


Surely I'm not the only one who found this video poorly done. Interesting idea, extremely poor execution. Boring. Four minutes, something seconds of Punky Brewster ad lib talking about pretty much nothing? A much better and more entertaining video would be a now-adult Soliel recreating the Punky Brewster opening credits with the theme song in the background.
posted by mrbarrett.com at 6:10 AM on October 15, 2009 [3 favorites]


Ohhhh .. she was Punky Brewster. I thought "why is this annoying lady doing a half-hearted imitation of Punky, and what makes this special?"

Because of all this, I found out that she Soleil Moon (who I first read as Sailor Moon Frye - it's early) had a medical condition (which makes me feel bad about some of my high school feelings towards her), and she has two daughters with "kids of Hollywood-types" names. Have there been any children from parents of some renown, who go on to live a dull life despite their drastically unique names?

Still, she is the second thing I think of when I hear Soliel Moon, which is weird.
posted by filthy light thief at 6:50 AM on October 15, 2009


In the opening credit sequence her right pant leg is rolled up. Is she a hipster or not? If so, what happened to her fixie?
posted by Antidisestablishmentarianist at 6:54 AM on October 15, 2009


Antidisestablishmentarianist - I don't think fixies have anything to do with it. Probably more because she's brokeskies.
posted by Cat Pie Hurts at 7:04 AM on October 15, 2009


I didn't really need to learn that I'm five years older than Punky Brewster this morning.
posted by nanojath at 7:29 AM on October 15, 2009


has two daughters with "kids of Hollywood-types" names

Given her own name I think that there is a chance her naming choices were not Hollywood-influenced. Someone relays to me names of kids she works with and they are worse than "Poet" with no connection to Hollywood at all.
posted by mikepop at 7:55 AM on October 15, 2009


Adding, now that someone named "Obama" has become president, I think all bets are off and we'll see an even greater spike in "interesting" names.
posted by mikepop at 7:56 AM on October 15, 2009


Possibly interesting trivia note: Soleil Moon Frye's brother was the kid in Dio's The Last in Line video
posted by The Gooch at 9:01 AM on October 15, 2009


Wow. 30 years to nurture a crush; 4 minutes 30 seconds to be cured of it.

That was expeditious.
posted by bicyclefish at 9:58 AM on October 15, 2009 [2 favorites]


Dang, beaten to the b---- r-------- comment.

Why don't you want to type out 'breast reduction'?
posted by delmoi at 11:24 AM on October 15, 2009 [2 favorites]


Because I did it first as sort of a joke and CD was following it! Pish!
posted by cavalier at 11:45 AM on October 15, 2009


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