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Series creator Lynn Montgomery claims to have gotten the name "Torkelson" from a real life Steven Floyd Torkelson, who had showed her his bug collection, and shared his first kiss with her thirty years earlier. [3]
Series creator Lynn Montgomery claims to have gotten the name "Torkelson" from a real life Steven Floyd Torkelson, who had showed her his bug collection, and shared his first kiss with her thirty years earlier.
Series creator Lynn Montgomery claims to have gotten the name "Torkelson" from a real-life Steven Floyd Torkelson, who had shown her his bug collection and shared his first kiss with her 30 years earlier.
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- 1991-09-21
- Comedy, Drama, Family
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Series creator Lynn Montgomery claims to have gotten the name "Torkelson" from a real-life Steven Floyd Torkelson, who had shown her his bug collection and shared his first kiss with her 30 years earlier.
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Living in Pyramid Corners, a fictional suburb of Vinita, Oklahoma, Millicent Torkelson (Connie Ray) did what she could to survive financially, after her husband, Randy (Gregg Henry) left the family. Randy later returned and was seen in several episodes, and the two parents ended up divorcing. The pilot episode deals with Millicent being so far in d...
Main cast
1. Connie Ray as Millicent Torkelson 2. Olivia Burnette as Dorothy Jane Torkelson, Millicent's daughter 3. Aaron Michael Metchik as Steven Floyd Torkelson, Millicent's son (Season 1) 4. Anna Slotky as Ruth Ann Torkelson, Millicent's daughter (Season 1) 5. Lee Norris as Chuckie Lee Torkelson, Millicent's son 6. Rachel Duncan as Mary Sue Torkelson, Millicent's daughter 7. William Schallert as Wesley "Boarder" Hodges (Season 1) 8. Perry King as Brian Morgan (Season 2) 9. Jason Marsdenas Gregory...
Recurring cast
1. Paige Gosney as Kirby Scroggins (season 1) 2. Michael Landes as Riley Roberts (season 1) 3. Ronnie Claire Edwards as Bootsie Torkelson (season 1) 4. Alyson Kiperman as Dreama (season 1) 5. Mother Love as Kitty Drysdale (season 1)
Notable guest stars
1. Comedian Drew Careyguest starred in the Season 1 episode "Say Uncle", in what was his very first appearance in a TV sitcom. 2. In the Season 1 episode "Return to Sender", William Schallert was reunited with former co-star Patty Duke, who had played his daughter in The Patty Duke Showalmost 30 years earlier, from 1963-1966. In this episode, Millicent wanted to reunite Boarder Hodges (Schallert) with his granddaughter that he had not seen in over a year. Duke played the widow of his late son...
Series creator Lynn Montgomery claims to have gotten the name "Torkelson" from a real-life Steven Floyd Torkelson, who had showed her his bug collection, and shared his first kiss with her thirty years earlier.
The Disney Channel aired reruns of The Torkelsons and Almost Home on their weekday and weekend lineups from January 1994 to late 1999. All Disney Channel advertising for the shows packaged both seasons under The Torkelsons name; however, when the Almost Homeepisodes aired in circulation, the title was never altered in the opening credits. The Disne...
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They lived in a big rambling house in Pyramid Corners, Oklahoma. The name for the show came from a real Steven Floyd Torkelson who shared his bug collection and a first kiss with a little girl named Lynn Montgomery. She grew up to create the show some 30 years later.
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Montgomery created and wrote the sitcom, The Torkelsons [2] and Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle. [3] [4] Her work on "The Radish Cure" episode of Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle earned her recognition at the 47th Writers Guild of America Awards.
