Out of this World and into 7th Heaven

All right friends, time for another early 90s sitcom update. I write about the oft forgotten but nevertheless good "Out of this World" starring Evie Garland who is half alien (her father is the alien one) allowing her to freeze time by pressing the tips of her fingers together and "gleep" fake objects into existence. Evie is joined by Donna Garland, her mother, Mayor Applegate and Chris her surfer boyfriend. I bet you didn't know that the voice of Evie's alien father was Burt Reynolds! In fact you couldn't have known because Burt Reynolds requested that his name be left off the credits because he was only a doing a favor to the directors. The show ran from 1987 to 1991 and it was a good show- yes, it was annoying never getting to see Evie's father and Donna could be unnecessarily whiny sometimes but all in all it was a good premise and an entertaining cast of weirdo characters. Where are they now? Well as the cheesy title of this blog would imply, Evie, real name Maureen Flannigan played Matt's girlfriend on a couple seasons of the Aaron Spelling god-loving hit show 7th Heaven- she had short hair but looked exactly the same and Evie's boyfriend Chris, real name Steve Burton has really hit it big playing a regular on General Hospital as Jason Morgan (and coincidentally, or not? Evie's mom, Donna has also been in a couple of stray episodes in the early 2000s). Obviously this show must have also been the inspiration for Sabrina the Teenage Witch, starring Clarissa because it's almost the exact same premise but with some added estrogen thrown in. Anyway I think that covers it, admit it you're nostalgic too for the days when neon pink lights and leather jackets with studs were basically the zenith of special effects and plaid shirts over turtlenecks were ultra cool. Ahh the early 90s- I can't get enough.