Today, in TV Bingo, we take a look at Out of This World.
You know the concept, I use a TV Bingo card (one for dramas and one for sitcoms) and I’ll go through the episodes in order and see how quickly I hit a bingo. In case you don’t know how bingo works, the idea is that you mark off a box (in traditional bingo, someone will draw ping pong balls with numbers and letters on them like a lottery machine) and when you check off five boxes in a row (whether left to right, up and down or diagonal) then that counts as a “bingo.” Here, we’ll be going episode-by-episode and seeing whether they match any of the boxes on our bingo card. When we hit five in a row, that’s a “bingo”!
Today, based on a suggestion from my wife, Meredith, we take a look at the science fiction 1980s sitcom, Out of This World, about a teen who discovers that her father was an alien and that she now has the ability to freeze time. Hijinks, as you suspect, ensue.
Let’s take a look!
The whole concept of the series was paranormal, so I’ll check that box off right away.
Season 1’s “The Nightmare” was a dream episode.
Season 1’s “Dueling Mayors” guest-starred Charles Nelson Reilly as himself.
Season 1’s “The Russians Are Coming” has Donna Pescow also play a Russian spy.
Season 2’s “Guess Who’s Coming to Earth” has Evie’s grandfather from space visit.
Season 2’s “Whose House Is It, Anyway?” has Kyle pretend to still be injured so he can continue to live with Evie and Donna.
Season 3’s “Evie Goes for the Gold” has Evie have a crush on her gymnastics coach.
Season 3′ “A Kinder, Gentler Mayor” has Donna surprisingly elected as Mayor.
Season 4’s “Forget Your Troubles” has Donna get amnesia.
Season 4’s “Marlowe Vice” sort of had a robbery.
Season 4’s “Stump Your Neighbor” is a game show episode.
I guess it didn’t make it!
Feel free to suggest other shows for me to cover in future TV Bingos at brian@popculturereferences.com!
In today’s era, the “Evie had a crush on the gymnastics coach” could very easily have gone into “Very Special Episode” territory…
I’m totally writing about another episode that would have been received VERY differently had it been done today!
I was always just curious how Burt Reynolds was on board with voicing the dad. Was it a favor to someone? Was it to keep his SAG card without having lots of Hollywood work? It seemed to predate stunt casting and it was just a syndicated show, right? Did he have a big share of the profits? Did Dom Deluise produce it?
This bingo card has left me with a lot of unanswered questions.
I recall an episode that would qualify for the “trapped” square. I believe that it was season 1’s “The Illness”. Evie gets sick with an alien virus (measles with blue dots, IIRC) and word leaks out. Reporters besiege the house and Evie has no choice but to freeze time until she recovers since her powers and heritage were secret. Evie, along with her mom and uncle, are stuck in the house with dwindling food and the air going stale.
I’m going off memories of a show I haven’t seen since it first aired so I may have fudged some details.