Delivery Boy Elinor Donahue as Lorraine Christopher B. Duncan as Bo Whitley Georgia Engel as Shirley Burleigh Nanette Fabray as Mildred Armstrong Mike Farrell as Jeffrey Brennan Felker as Timothy David ("T.D.") Fox Brian Felker as Timothy David ("T.D.") Fox Eddie George as himself Frank Gifford as himself Kathie Lee Gifford as herself Beth Grant as Martha Bob Griese as himself Mary Hart as herself Brent Hinkley as Delivery Man Lou Holtz as himself Monica Horan as Maureen Keith Jackson as himself Jimmy Johnson as himself Keyshawn Johnson as himself Jerry Jones as himself Vicki Juditz as Rosemary Lenore Kasdorf as Beth Fox Lisa Kudrow as Lauren A. J. Langer as Julie Lucy Liu as Nicole Wong Julio Oscar Mechoso as Martin Dick Martin as Peter Plunkett Al Michaels as himself Kathy Kinney as Mimi Bobeck Priscilla Morrill as Pamela Rizzendough Noah Nelson as Kevin Andrea Parker as Penny/Jean Tom Poston as Dr. Art Hibke, dentist / jeweler Robert Prosky as Jake "The Snake" Connelly Rob Schneider as Leonard Pierre Kraleman Pam Stone as Judy Watkins Hank Stram as himself Robin Strasser as Elaine Tewksbury Barry Switzer as himself Todd Susman as Bill Rita Taggart as Ruthanne Joe Theismann as himself Johnny Unitas as himself John Valdetero as John Dick Van Dyke as Extra Yul Vazquez as Alberto Roca Bobby Vinton as himself Terrence Howard as Johnny Williams James Pickens, Jr., as Rick Williams Doria Cook-Nelson as Pamela Alan Young as Ranger Farley Family connections Nanette Fabray, Shelley Fabares's aunt, appeared as Christine Armstrong's mother, Mildred, in four episodes. Mike Farrell, Shelley Fabares's husband, appeared as Jeffrey in one episode. Noah Nelson, Craig T. Nelson's son, appeared as Kevin, the biological father of the baby whom Hayden and Christine Fox adopt, in two episodes. He also appeared as Minnesota State football player Cody Wilson in one episode and as a delivery boy in another episode. Dick Van Dyke, Jerry Van Dyke's brother, appeared as an uncredited extra in one episode as one of Luther's distant relatives. Setting Minnesota State University In 1963 several bills before the Minnesota State Legislature were developed to create a research university at what was then Mankato State College. Representative Mike McGuire of Montgomery, Minnesota submitted an amendment that would have changed the name of the institution to Minnesota State University. During the series run, no school was officially named Minnesota State University. Separately, in 1998