Punky Power: An Unofficial Punky Brewster Podcast

Hey Punky Peeps, I’m your host Angela Bowen and welcome to another episode of Punky Power: An Unoffical Punky Brewster Podcast. Today I’ll be discussing S2E15: Girls Will Be Boys which aired on January 12, 1986. In this episode Punky receives a remote-controlled race car as a gift. She wants to take it to the racing track, but they do not allow girls to compete there. Time for my Brandon Tail Wag Episode Rating: I’m giving it 3 out of 5 Brandon Tail Wags 1. For Punky going undercover to compete in a boys only race. 2. For Mike coming to Punky’s aid when henry doesn’t want her to compete in the race and wants her to be more like a girl. 3. For Henry coming around at the end of the race and telling her he’s proud of her. I knocked two Tail Wags off. 1. For Henry in the beginning telling Punky she cant have the car because she’s a girl and forbidding her to race and focus on being a girl and not a tomboy. 2. For the high amount of sexism in this episode from Henry, Allen, Richmond and his Dad. It was g