remindmeofthe | (no subject)

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.

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I recall that show. It was such a depressing show when you look at it. I mean I was okay with the show, but man did it bring me down when I'd watch it. That's probably why Disney doesn't show it anymore because it was so fucking depressing.

lol, dude, I totally remember the Torkelsons. I'm pretty sure I used to watch it before it became Almost Home.

I just looked it up on IMDB and it was the show I was thinking of. I loved Olivia Burnette so hard. I was a depressed child when the Torkelsons suddenly disappeared. :(

Edited 2008-09-01 06:48 (UTC)

I remember a lot of obscure shows but I don't remember that one at all. I hate Elmo though. I wanna see Elmo get shot by Crips.