ABC Weekend Special

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show_name = The ABC Weekend Special


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genre = Saturday morning anthology
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country = USA
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num_seasons = 15
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runtime = 30 min.
network = ABC
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first_aired = September 10 1977
last_aired = August 30 1997
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imdb_id = 0075471
tv_com_id = 24942

"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.

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.

Episodes

eason 1

#The Winged Colt
#The Ransom of Red Chief
#Portrait of Grandpa Doc
#Trouble River
#Tales of the Nunundaga
#The Haunted Trailer
#My Dear Uncle Sherlock
#The Escape of a One-Ton Pet
#Soup and Me
#Homer and the Wacky Doughnut Machine
#The Puppy Who Wanted a Boy

eason 2

#The Seven Wishes of Joanna Peabody
#The Contest Kid and the Big Prize
#If I'm Lost, How Come I Found You?
#The $1000 Bill
#Little Lulu
#Soup for President
#The Horse That Played Center Field
#The Puppy's Great Adventure
#The Contest Kid Strikes Again
#The Girl with ESP
#The Ghost of Thomas Kempe
#The Incredible Detectives
#The Revenge of Red Chief
#The Puppy's Amazing Rescue
#The Gold Bug
#The Trouble with Miss Switch

eason 3

#Scruffy
#Arthur the Kid
#The Big Hex of Little Lulu
#Mayday! Mayday!
#Zack and the Magic Factory

eason 4

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

eason 5

#The Haunted Mansion Mystery
#The Red Room Riddle
#Horatio Alger Updated: Frank and Fearless
#All the Money in the World
#The Secret World of Og

eason 6

#The Puppy's Further Adventures
#Cougar
#The Dog Days of Arthur Cane
#A Different Twist
#The Amazing Bunjee Venture
#Bad Cat

eason 7

#Henry Hamilton: Graduate Ghost
#The Bollo Caper
#The Two-Minute Werewolf
#The Return of the Bunjee
#The Velveteen Rabbit

eason 8

#The Adventures of Con Sawyer and Hucklemary Finn
#Jeeter Mason and the Magic Headset
#Pippi Longstocking
#Columbus Circle

eason 9

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

eason 10

#Runaway Ralph

eason 11

#Ralph S. Mouse
#Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great

eason 12

#Choose Your Own Adventure: The Case of the Silk King
#The Parsley Garden
#The Legend of Lochnagar
#Commander Toad in Space
#The Magic Flute

eason 13

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

External links

*imdb title|id=0075471|title=ABC Weekend Specials
*Tv.com show|id=24942|title=ABC Weekend Specials
* [http://www.bcdb.com/cartoons/Other_Studios/R/Rick_Reinert_Pictures/Cap_n_O__G__Readmore/index.html Cap'n O. G. Readmore cartoon list @ Big Cartoon Database]