Out of this World is an 80's sitcom (originally aired from 1987 to 1991). It is the story of Evie, a girl who's father is an alien. Because of Evie's alien heritage, she has magic powers. Her father, voiced by Burt Reynolds, lives on the planet Anterias. She can speak to him only through a large crystal cube that she keeps in her bedroom. She lives with her mother in Marlow, California.
Every episode of Out of this World is centered around Evie. Which is quite OK with me because Evie was pretty cute (as was her best friend). All of the other characters are almost completely one dimensional. This is also one of those shows that suffers from severe lack of sets. Almost all of the action of this show happens in the kitchen, the living room, Evie's bedroom, or the local burger joint.
This show is extremely repetitive in all aspects. Each episode has a moral to the story (most of them involving not misusing Evie's magic powers). Everything always works out alright by the end of the episode, and Evie has once again learned a "valuable lesson." This show did do one rather unusual thing. Instead of "aging" slowly like most TV teens do, Evie aged a little faster than normal, going from 13 years old to 18 years old in less than 4 seasons.
Evie has a wide range of powers. The first and foremost of which was the ability to "stop time" by touching her fingers together. She could then touch other people and wake them up so they could move in null-time also. Evie can also teleport herself and others. She can change shape, levitate, and make objects appear from nowhere. Other powers (rarely used) include time travel, duplication of herself, clairvoyance, and clairaudience. Evie has the ability to use most of her powers on not only herself, but on other people and inanimate objects as well.
Cast
Donna Pescow as
Donna Garland
Maureen Flannigan as
Evie Ethel Garland
Doug McClure as
Mayor Kyle Applegate
Burt Reynolds as
Troy Garland of Anterias
Christina Nigra as
Lindsey Selkirk
Steve Burton as
Chris Fuller
Buzz Belmondo as
Buzz
Produced By
Bob Barker Productions
Directors
Scott Baio
Bob Claver
Michael Dimitch
Selig Frank
Jeffrey Ganz
Stan Harris
Russ Petranto
Jack Regas
Renny Temple
Episode Guide
Season One
- Evie's Thirteenth Birthday
- Playing With the Power
- The Nightmare
- Till Then
- Evie, Get Your Basketball
- Every Beano Has His Day
- Evie and the Young Astronauts
- Fifties Mom
- Dueling Mayors
- Baby Talk
- Beano's New Diet Clinic
- Uh, Oh... Here Comes Mother
- The Anniversary
- To Tell the Truth
- Pen Pals
- Broadway Danny Derek
- Mosquito Man: the Motion Picture
- The Russians Are Coming
- AKA: Dad
- The Illness
- The Box Is Missing
- Boy Crazy
- The Three Faces of Evie
- I've Got a Secret
Season Two
- Evie's Birthday Wish
- Blast From the Past
- Career Crunch
- Should Old Acquaintance Be Forgot?
- Evie's First Kiss
- Princess Evie
- Old Flame
- Guess Who's Coming to Earth
- Go West, Young Mayor
- Close Encounters of the Nerd Kind
- The Incredible Hunk
- Pupil's Court
- Evie's Two Dads
- The Secret of Evie's Success
- Honest Evie
- Evie Goes to Hollywood
- Two Many Evies
- Futile Attraction
- Beano the Kid
- Queens for a Day
- The Amazing Evie
- Whose House Is It, Anyway?
- Frisky Business
- Star Dog
Season Three
- Evie's Sweet Sixteen
- Cinderella Evie
- Bring Me the Head of Donna Garland
- A Froggy Day In Marlowe Town
- Eviegeist
- Evie's Driver's License
- Evie Goes for the Gold
- Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow
- Around the World in Minutes
- It's A Cruel World
- Evie / Stevie
- The Rocks That Couldn't Roll
- One In a Million
- Four Men and a Baby
- Evie's Double Trouble
- The Garden of Evie
- Evie's Magic Touch
- Cowboy Kyle, Man of Granite
- Evie's Secret Admirer
- Evie's Yuppie Love
- Diamonds Are Evie's Best Friend
- A Kinder, Gentler Mayor
- My Mother the Con
- Goodbye, Mr. Chris
Season Four
- New Kid on the Block
- My Little Evie
- Forget Your Troubles
- A Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Read
- Evie's Guardian Angel
- Best Friends
- I Want My Evie TV
- Come Fly With Evie
- Roomies
- Evie's High Anxiety
- Evie's False Alarm
- Marlowe Vice
- Evie's Latin Touch
- My Mom, and Why I Love Her
- Heck's Angels
- Would You Buy a Used Car From This Dude
- Evie Nightingale
- All About Evie
- Mayor Evie
- Stump Your Neighbor
- Evie's Three Promises
- Too Late for Evie
- Educating Kyle
- Evie's Eighteen