The teen of the title of this odd ABC sitcom was Marty (Mike Damus), a happy-go-lucky adolescent who met a sudden demise after eating a six-month-old hamburger he found under his pal Steve’s bed on a dare.
Transported to a place with white fluffy clouds and bright sunlight, he was given feathery wings and sent right back to Earth to be a guardian angel for Steve (Corbin Allred), and hopefully, help make the dorkiest kid in school a little cooler.
Marty’s new powers were awesome – he could make the school bully bang his own head against a locker, or summon up President James Monroe to help in a history exam – but if he got too smart-alecky he would be called on the carpet by his boss, the Head (Ron Glass), a disembodied cranium who popped up in unlikely places, and who explained that he was not God, but “God’s cousin, Rod”.
Judy (ex-Brady Bunch star Maureen McCormick) was Steve’s single mom, Katie (Katie Volding) his bubbly little sis, Aunt Pam (Conchata Ferrell) a disgruntled postal worker, and Jordan (Jordan Brower) the coolest kid in school – who, with a little help from Marty, became Steve’s friend.
Teen Angel – like You Wish – was created as a way to capitalise on the success of the supernatural ABC sitcom Sabrina the Teenage Witch. It lasted just one season.
Marty DePolo
Mike Damus Steve Beauchamp
Corbin Allred Judy Beauchamp
Maureen McCormick Katie Beauchamp
Katie Volding Jordan Lubell
Jordan Brower Aunt Pam
Conchata Ferrell The Head
Ron Glass
