Theme
Songs
One of the most derided aspects of Small Wonder was its Tra-la-la
theme song, especially season one's, which most all fans felt was too cloying,
"sissy," puerile and "dopesy-dainty." Giving the executive
producer his due, I will say Leeds was no songwriter! Still, it was assumed at the
pilot that only kids would be watching. There was a chance for an overhaul for
season two when the production realized we had a far greater and older audience than
anticipated and a nice jazzier new song was contracted for (which I heard hummed
rather than sung, but it had a nice beat). But the acquisition of Metromedia by Fox
Broadcasting scrambled these plans in the massive company restructuring and the
project was lost in the shuffle. The episode "caught in the middle" of
this was "Digital Love," which was to have introduced the new score and
lyrics to replace the now exhausted first-run composers' contract. Suddenly, without
any background for the teasers, the production had to hastily assemble an ad-hoc
score "borrowing" the old lyrics. It was badly implemented on this episode
before being "refined" later. She's a small wonder, pretty and bright with soft curls. *Later changed to "make your heart take flight."
(after "Smoker's Delight" for seasons three and four)
Theme 1 AIFF (438k)
Hear the new jazzier Seasons 3 & 4 theme!
Demon dear, you're packed up neat, parting's sweet, we are beat,
Written by Howard Leeds & Ron Alexander
Sung by Diane Leslie
She's a small wonder, a girl unlike other girls.
She's a miracle, and I grant you
She'll enchant you with her sight
She's a small wonder, and she'll make your heart beat twice.*
She's fantastic, made of plastic,
Microchips here and there.
She's a small wonder, brings love and laughter everywhere.
IMPORTANT: You may need Apple's QuickTime
plug-in to listen to the theme songs!
Hear the nice n' dainty Seasons 1 & 2 theme!
Too Good To Be True
Composed by Kay Beck. 1988.
(Sung to the tune of "Bye-Bye Blackbird")
Good-bye Mechminx,
You were built the perfect girl, cute in curls, skirts a-swirl,
Good-bye Mechminx.
But instead of turning out our darling angel,
We've a terrorist just born to mangle,
Now it's off to Granny's house to bite the dog and torch the mouse,
Bad Seed, Good-bye!
Cut it with your friends or group any way you want. We'll post it and give your
names to characters on a real Small Wonder script! Who knows; maybe an
agent will like it!