Teen Angel is an American sitcom that was created by Al Jean and Mike Reiss of The Simpsons fame. The show aired on ABC's TGIF Friday night lineup from 1997 to 1998.
Teen Angel followed a high school boy, Steve Beauchamp (Corbin Allred), and his recently-deceased best friend, Marty DePolo, (Mike Damus) who, after dying from eating a six-month-old hamburger from under Steve's bed on a dare, hangs around as a kind of dimwitted guardian angel to All...
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Teen Angel is an American sitcom that was created by Al Jean and Mike Reiss of The Simpsons fame. The show aired on ABC's TGIF Friday night lineup from 1997 to 1998.
Teen Angel followed a high school boy, Steve Beauchamp (Corbin Allred), and his recently-deceased best friend, Marty DePolo, (Mike Damus) who, after dying from eating a six-month-old hamburger from under Steve's bed on a dare, hangs around as a kind of dimwitted guardian angel to Allred's character. Ron Glass played God's cousin, Rod. Maureen McCormick, who played Steve's mother, Judy, left the series halfway through its run.
Marty, as a supernatural being, would frequently break the fourth wall. One example being prior to the opening credits of the episode "Grumpy Young Men", Marty explained the absence of Steve's mother and the return of his father to the viewers.
The series was created and placed in the TGIF lineup by ABC in an attempt to capitalize on the success on another ABC supernatural series, Sabrina, the...
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