Breakfast All Day Podcast: A La Carte With Tracy Wells Tofte
These babies you see before you scarfing down cheesecake are me and one of my oldest and dearest friends, Tracy Tofte. You may know her better as Tracy Wells from when she played teenage daughter Heather Owens on “Mr. Belvedere” during the sitcom’s six-year run in the ’80s. Tracy and I have known each other since the seventh grade, having grown up together in Woodland Hills, Calif. But I had the pleasure of rediscovering her all over again during this Breakfast All Day A La Carte interview. We covered a ton of ground, including what it was like spending her formative years on television; the Michael Jackson Pepsi commercial she danced in; famous co-stars including Ricky Schroder, Kirk Cameron and Alfonso Ribeiro; her on-screen makeout with a pre-Hulk Mark Ruffalo; and making the tough transition from child stardom to adulthood. We also had to discuss the documentary “Leaving Neverland,” since she was so obsessed with Jackson when we were kids. And we trade plenty of embarrassing stories about each other. Here’s evidence that we both turned out just fine. I hope you enjoy listening to this conversation as much as we enjoyed recording it.
enjoyed this convo! it’s always fun to hear behind the scenes hollywood stories and see where life takes different people 🙂
Thanks, Trevor!
Very interesting conversation. I too enjoy hearing the insider perspective. Thank you, Tracy.
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We should learn a lesson from Jussie Smollet. We shouldn’t always believe the the victim narrative. You’re assuming that everyone that thinks Jackson is innocent has a bias because they are fans. I have never been a fan of Jackson and I find the debunking of Leaving Never land compelling. You and others who take this documentary at face value seem like you haven’t taken 1 minute into looking at the other side of this argument.
The pictures of Jackson’s privates did not match Chandler’s description. That’s why they were never used.
The maid that through Jackson under the bus was paid 20k to be on Australian show and she sued Jackson for wrongful termination.
Wade and James are appealing a billion dollar law suit against the Jackson estate…..
Do the research.
It’s funny. I’ve often wondered what happened to her and here she is, one of your closest friends. Tracy was one of my teenage crushes and this was a fun and interesting conversation. Thank you.
Thanks for listening, Dave! She’s the best and I feel lucky to have had her in my life for so long.
This was a fun listen. I watched Mr Belvedere, but it’s been so long that I don’t remember much. Do you know anything about her IMDb pic with Jared Rushton? I know him from Honey, I Shrunk the Kids and Big. Unfortunately, Disney never put out a nice Special Edition of Honey.