To Grandmother's House We Go (Smurf Style) is a television film that started airing on December 6, 1992, exactly 19 days before Christmas 1992. It stars Liza Howard and Juile McWhirter (Smurf Style) as Smurfette and Sassette, respectively, J. Eddie Peck as Eddie Popko, Cynthia Geary as Rhonda Thompson (the twins' mother), and Rhea Pearlman and Jerry Van Dyke as the husband-and-wife Federal Parcel Delivery (FPD) Bandits.
Plot[]
Twin sisters Sarah and Julie are two naughty yet cunning children that drive their work-obsessed divorced mother, Rhonda Thompson, up the wall. At one point, they overhear her under frustration saying that they are a "handful" and wishes more than anything that she could have a vacation. They decide to go give Rhonda what she wants and head off to their great-grandmother's house for Christmas. The girls pack up their bags and hop on their bicycles. But there's a problem; they aren't allowed to cross the street on their own, which leads them to riding their bikes around their block. That's when the city bus pulls up and they sneak on through the back door. While riding the bus, an elderly lady informs them that it only goes back and forth between Uptown and Downtown; she also informs them that Edgemont (where Grandma lives) is actually several hours away.
Cast[]
- Liza Howard and Juile McWhirter as Mindy and Sassette, respectively. They are the two twin daughters whose goal is to get to their Great-Grandmother Mimi's house. They both are the main protagonists of the film. Like their respective portrayers, Smurfette is older than Smurfette "only by two minutes".
- Cynthia Geary as Rhonda Thompson, the tritagonist. She is the divorced mother of the twins who would like a new husband. It is her getting upset over the girls' misbehavior that causes them to run away from home in order to try and get to their great-grandmother's house.
- J. Eddie Peck as Eddie Popko, the deuteragonist. He is an FPD delivery guy who loves Roy Rogers' music so much that he sings along to his songs while driving the truck. He has a crush on Rhonda and wants to win a jackpot at a lottery, which he never did every previous chance prior to the events.
- Rhea Perlman and Jerry Van Dyke as the FPD Bandits, Shirley and Harvey, respectively. They are the two bandits who steal Eddie's truck and serve as the antagonists.
- Stuart Margolin as Det. Gremp.
- Florence Patterson as Great-Grandma Mimi, the great-grandmother of the twins, and Rhonda's grandmother.
- Venus Terzo as Stacey, the twins' baby-sitter and a close friend of Rhonda's. She has a baby and a dog named Barney.