ABC Weekend Special

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The ABC Weekend Special
Genre Saturday morning anthology
Directed by Robert Chenault (1979-1983)
Charles A. Nichols (1980-1984)
Larry Elikann (1977-1983)
Rudy Larriva (1979-1983)
Stephen H. Foreman (1978-1984)
Harvey S. Laidman (1978-1982)
Arthur Lubin (1978-1981)
Dennis Donnelly (1978)
Mark Cullingham (1984-1985)
Rick Reinert (1985-1986)
Claude Kerven (1985)
Ron Underwood (1986-1988)
Marlene Robinson May (1994-1995)
Emory Myrick (1994-1995)
Country of origin Flag of the United States United States
No. of seasons 15
Production
Running time 30 min.
Broadcast
Original channel ABC
Original run September 10, 1977 – August 30, 1997
External links
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

The ABC Weekend Special is a weekly 30-minute anthology TV series for children which aired Saturday mornings on ABC from 1977 to 1997. It featured a wide variety of stories in both the live-action and animated realms.

Contents

[edit] Trivia

  • The opening title sequence was animated by San Diego based American Film Technologies, with key animation by comic book artist Terrie Smith.
  • In the 1980s, puppet character O. G. Readmore served as the host of this series, and also starred in five animated episodes.

[edit] Episodes

[edit] Season 1

  1. The Winged Colt
  2. The Ransom of Red Chief
  3. Portrait of Grandpa Doc
  4. Trouble River
  5. Tales of the Nunundaga
  6. The Haunted Trailer
  7. My Dear Uncle Sherlock
  8. The Escape of a One-Ton Pet
  9. Soup and Me
  10. Homer and the Wacky Doughnut Machine
  11. The Puppy Who Wanted a Boy

[edit] Season 2

  1. The Seven Wishes of Joanna Peabody
  2. The Contest Kid and the Big Prize
  3. If I'm Lost, How Come I Found You?
  4. The $1000 Bill
  5. Little Lulu
  6. Soup for President
  7. The Horse That Played Center Field
  8. The Puppy's Great Adventure
  9. The Contest Kid Strikes Again
  10. The Girl with ESP
  11. The Ghost of Thomas Kempe
  12. The Incredible Detectives
  13. The Revenge of Red Chief
  14. The Puppy's Amazing Rescue
  15. The Gold Bug
  16. The Trouble with Miss Switch

[edit] Season 3

  1. Scruffy
  2. Arthur the Kid
  3. The Big Hex of Little Lulu
  4. Mayday! Mayday!
  5. Zack and the Magic Factory

[edit] Season 4

  1. The Puppy Saves the Circus
  2. The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
  3. Bunnicula, the Vampire Rabbit
  4. Miss Switch to the Rescue
  5. The Joke's on Mr. Little
  6. Stanley, the Ugly Duckling

[edit] Season 5

  1. The Haunted Mansion Mystery
  2. The Red Room Riddle
  3. Horatio Alger Updated: Frank and Fearless
  4. All the Money in the World
  5. The Secret World of Og

[edit] Season 6

  1. The Puppy's Further Adventures
  2. Cougar
  3. The Dog Days of Arthur Cane
  4. A Different Twist
  5. The Amazing Bunjee Venture
  6. Bad Cat

[edit] Season 7

  1. Henry Hamilton: Graduate Ghost
  2. The Bollo Caper
  3. The Two-Minute Werewolf
  4. The Return of the Bunjee
  5. The Velveteen Rabbit

[edit] Season 8

  1. The Adventures of Con Sawyer and Hucklemary Finn
  2. Jeeter Mason and the Magic Headset
  3. Pippi Longstocking
  4. Columbus Circle

[edit] Season 9

  1. Cap'n O.G. Readmore Meets Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
  2. The Day the Kids Took Over
  3. The Mouse and the Motorcycle
  4. Liberty and the Littles
  5. The Kingdom Chums: Little David's Adventure
  6. Read Between the Lines

[edit] Season 10

  1. Runaway Ralph

[edit] Season 11

  1. Ralph S. Mouse
  2. Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great

[edit] Season 12

  1. Choose Your Own Adventure: The Case of the Silk King
  2. The Parsley Garden
  3. The Legend of Lochnagar
  4. Commander Toad in Space
  5. The Magic Flute

[edit] Season 13

  1. The Secret Garden
  2. P.J.'s Unfunnybunny Christmas
  3. Fudge-A-Mania
  4. Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale

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