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remindmeofthe) wrote2008-08-31 08:21 pm
remindmeofthe) wrote2008-08-31 08:21 pm
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Hey, does anyone remember a show called The Torkelsons? It lasted twenty episodes in 1991, then was repackaged as something called Almost Home, which was a baffling decision that involved moving the family to Seattle and erasing two of the five Torkelson children from existence. Most of its viewership, such as myself, came from when the Disney Channel picked it up in the mid-nineties and aired it non-stop.
Anyway, that's not my point. My point is that, in 1991, someone in the marketing department was clearly smoking the finest crack available, because the episode I am watching right now (god bless you, YouTube) has the mother, Millicent, hallucinating Elmo out of sheer exhaustion. Yes. That Elmo. WTF is this? Were they trying to boost The Torkelsons's ratings? Or was this at around the time that Elmo came into existence and this was part of some sort of multi-show promotional thing that, when taken out of context, loses all logic and cohesion?
Either way, this is the weirdest canon crossover ever.
Anyway, that's not my point. My point is that, in 1991, someone in the marketing department was clearly smoking the finest crack available, because the episode I am watching right now (god bless you, YouTube) has the mother, Millicent, hallucinating Elmo out of sheer exhaustion. Yes. That Elmo. WTF is this? Were they trying to boost The Torkelsons's ratings? Or was this at around the time that Elmo came into existence and this was part of some sort of multi-show promotional thing that, when taken out of context, loses all logic and cohesion?
Either way, this is the weirdest canon crossover ever.