Out of the Blue
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Often thought to be a "Happy Days" spin-off, which it was, this series featured an Angel named Random (Jimmy Brogan) who came to Earth to help an aunt (Dixie Carter, "Designing Women") deal with the gaggle of nieces and nephews she got stuck with after their parents died.
Last Episode
01x09 Double Jeopardy Aired: Dec. 16, 1979Random's heavenly diplomacy is put to a test when he attempts to show the merits of being twins to Jason and Shane, who have tired of being carbon …
Series Fun Facts
- The pilot was not broadcast; it ran less than 20 minutes and was retooled as "Random's Arrival." In the original pilot, The Boss Angel was male and Aunt Marion wasn't included.
- This show was an ill-fated attempt by ABC to further cash in on spin-offs of Happy Days. At the time, both Laverne & Shirley and Mork & Mindy were huge successes, so the idea was to use the…
[show]This show was an ill-fated attempt by ABC to further cash in on spin-offs of Happy Days. At the time, both Laverne & Shirley and Mork & Mindy were huge successes, so the idea was to use the Mork motif to create a one-off, other-worldly character (Random) on Happy Days, then spin him off as the center of a new show. Robin Williams even guest-starred as Mork in the pilot, but it still wasn't enough to get the show jump-started.
[hide] - Star Jimmy Brogan discovered the show had been canceled by reading about it in The New York Times.
