Loin de ce monde (1987–1991)
"Out of This World" (original title)

The series revolves around Evie Ethel Garland, who is the daughter of Troy and Donna Garland. However, Troy is an alien from the planet Antereus. As a benefit of her half-alien parentage, ... See full summary »

Stars:

Donna Pescow, Maureen Flannigan, Burt Reynolds

2 wins & 12 nominations.

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
Donna Pescow	...	Donna Garland (96 episodes, 1987-1991)
Maureen Flannigan	...	Evie Ethel Garland (96 episodes, 1987-1991)
Burt Reynolds	...	Troy Garland / ... (95 episodes, 1987-1991)
Doug McClure	...	Kyle X. Applegate (81 episodes, 1987-1991)
Christina Nigra	...	Lindsay Selkirk (78 episodes, 1987-1991)
Joe Alaskey	...	Beano Froelich (63 episodes, 1987-1991)
Steve Burton	...	Chris Fuller (58 episodes, 1987-1991)
Buzz Belmondo	...	Buzz (56 episodes, 1987-1991)

Storyline

The series revolves around Evie Ethel Garland, who is the daughter of Troy and Donna Garland. However, Troy is an alien from the planet Antereus. As a benefit of her half-alien parentage, Evie develops three powers as the series progresses. She can pause and un-pause time, "gleep" objects into existence, and can transport herself from one place to another. Troy is living on Antereus and is never seen, but Evie talks to him via a crystal cube. Evie is thirteen at the beginning of the series and lives with her mother in Marlowe, California. Visitors to the Garland home include Donna's brother Beano Froelich; the mayor Kyle Applegate, a former actor; Lindsey Selkirk, Evie's best friend; Chris Fuller, Evie's boyfriend; and Buzz, who tends to take things literally. Episodes usually revolve around Evie getting herself out of a situation that she has caused.

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Plot Keywords:

california | mayor | crystal | alien | teleportation | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Family

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 September 1988 (France)

Also Known As:

Loin de ce monde

Filming Locations:

Paramount Ranch - 2813 Cornell Road, Agoura, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bob Booker Productions, MCA Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min (96 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

During the second season, actress Donna Pescow became pregnant. Since it could not be explained how her character became pregnant while her husband was away fighting a war, Pescow was filmed using only close-up shots or position so that something was hiding her pregnancy.

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Quotes

Donna Garland: Dreams come from one of two things. Either fears or... something else.
Evie Ethel Garland: Sex.
Donna Garland: Yes. I'm assuming yours are about fears, or we'll both be having nightmares.

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Connections

Spoofed in Robot Chicken: Executed by the State (2012)

User Reviews

Cuter Than Sabrina

You've got a very pretty blonde, blue-eyed girl with special powers but she can't use them to wreak venegance on her cruel classmates. No, I'm not talking about that Wiccan air-head, I'm talking about Evie Garland. Cuter, prettier and funnier, she paved the way for everyone else and was all but forgotten for the effort. Maureen Flannigan had a certain amount of charm and irresistable, dare I say it, magic; she was the Maureen McCormick of the Eighties. Donna Pescow was her cute mom and Joe Alaskey was her enjoyable uncle. His absence from the show was one of the signs of the end. The late Doug McClure played the whimsical town mayor in the series, but as the series went on, he just seemed to get more stupid and annoying. The show suffered a lot as the scripts became more contrived, and the series ended with an unsatisfactory plotline dangling - a poor end to a once great show. I wish Flannigan much better.