EDITOR’S NOTE: Packin’ It In was on the CBS Late Movie on April 30 and December 3, 1986.

The Webbers — Gary (Richard Benjamin), Dianne (Paula Prentiss), Melissa (Molly Ringwald) and Jay (David Hollander) — leave Los Angeles behind for Oregon after Gary loses his job. I mean, what are they leaving behind? Smog? Little Jay being addicted to Cinemax After Dark? Melissa’s punk rock boyfriend Johnny Crud (Clinton Dean)?

Oregon is just like the MAGA world of today, filled with doomsday preppers, gun lovers and book burners. But strangely, the kids start to like it and Benjamin goes kind of crazy like he always does and a big storm ends up bringing the whole town together.

The family had friends who did the same thing, the Baumgartens — Charlie (Tony Roberts), Rita (Andrea Marcovicci) and Claire (Laura Bruneau) — but the country has changed them. Even when Dianne tries to teach the local children who can’t read, she’s treated like a criminal.

Directed by Jud Taylor (The Disappearance of Flight 412) and written by Patricia Jones and Donald Reiker (who scripted The Jesse Ventura Story together), this is a fine TV movie that used Ringwald’s fame once it was released on VHS.

You can watch this on YouTube.