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Cherie Johnson Inspired Punky Brewster More Than You Ever Realized
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glamour.comPunky Brewster returns to NBC's streaming site Peacock in a continuation of the original. “It is surreal to us, too," she tells me, after I confide how unreal it feels to talk to her given that Punky was one of my earliest TV memories. “We so appreciate that you grew up with us.
It's magical, it really is.”Johnson isn't paying lip service. Her voice cracks several times throughout our interview as she tries to find the words to describe what it means to step back into this world.
It's not that she hasn't worked in the years since Punky wrapped—in fact, she hasn't stopped. Johnson has been a mainstay on TV, from playing Laura Winslow's BFF Maxine on 58 episodes of Family Matters to guest-starring roles on Eve and The Parkers.
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