• 1977
  • TV-Y
  • 30m
ABC Weekend Specials

Summary A youth anthology series focusing primarily on adaptations of children's literature. View more details

  • 1977
  • TV-Y
  • 30m

ABC Weekend Specials

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Frank Welker Janet Waldo Hal Smith Willie Tyler

All cast & crew

7.7

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Genres : Adventure Comedy Fantasy Animation Family

Release date : Jan 28, 1977

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Production companies : American Broadcasting Company (ABC)

Summary A youth anthology series focusing primarily on adaptations of children's literature. View more details

Details

Genres : Adventure Comedy Fantasy Animation Family

Release date : Jan 28, 1977

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Production companies : American Broadcasting Company (ABC)

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Episodes

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Episode 1 • Jan 28, 1977
Valentine's Second Chance
The story of a reformed safe cracker named Jimmy Valentine who risks endangering his newly formed status as a respected citizen when he is asked to free a youth from a time-locked safe.
Episode 2 • Mar 25, 1977
The Haunted Trailer
Sharon (Lauren Tewes) and Mickey (Monie Ellis) are teenage sisters who discover that their motor home is haunted by four pesky male ghosts and join forces in their efforts to rid their home of the unwanted guests.
Episode 3 • Apr 15, 1977
My Dear Uncle Sherlock
A 12-year-old amateur sleuth (Robbie Rist) teams with his detective uncle (Royal Dano) to find the culprit who robbed a wealthy old recluse.
Episode 4 • Apr 29, 1977
Homer and the Wacky Doughnut Machine
A mechanically minded youngster accidentally converts his uncle's malfunctioning doughnut maker into a nonstop producer.
Episode 5 • Sep 09, 1977
The Winged Colt
A young boy travels out west and encounters a magical winged-horse
Episode 6 • Oct 21, 1977
The Ransom of Red Chief
O. Henry comedy where two kidnappers who are not the sharpest knives in the drawer kidnap the small son of a wealthy man.
Episode 7 • Nov 04, 1977
Portrait of Grandpa Doc
"Grandpa Doc" is a doctor that encourages his grandson to one day become an artist.
Episode 8 • Nov 11, 1977
Trouble River
Relates the adventures of a boy and his grandmother as they ride a makeshift raft down a dangerous river to escape from a group of renegades.
Episode 9 • Nov 25, 1977
Tales of the Nunundaga
Story of tribal Indians on the Great Plains before the arrival of the white man, centering on one family.
Episode 10 • Jan 06, 1978
The Escape of a One-Ton Pet
A young girl tries to save her prizewinning bull from the butcher shop.
Episode 11 • Feb 03, 1978
Soup and Me
On the day of the Halloween party, boys Soup and Rob are finding plenty of ways to get into trouble: swimming in a local pond (though their mothers prohibit swimming so late in the year), pitching apples over a barn, and borrowing a cart which had drifted away from its owner. The grandest mischief of all, however, comes from their attempt to win the prize at the Halloween party, given to the entrant with the largest pumpkin.
Episode 12 • May 05, 1978
The Puppy Who Wanted a Boy
Petey the puppy (voiced by Todd Turquand) goes through a series of harrowing adventures as he sets out to the city to adopt a boy of his own.
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