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	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 1 Trivia 2 Episodes 2.1 Season 1 2.2 Season 2 2.3 Season 3 2.4 Season 4 2.5 Season 5 2.6 Season 6 2.7 Season 7 2.8 Season 8 2.9 Season 9 2.10 Season 10 2.11 Season 11 2.12 Season 12 2.13 Season 13 3 External links

[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

[edit] External links

• ABC Weekend Specials at the Internet Movie Database
• ABC Weekend Specials at TV.com
• Cap'n O. G. Readmore cartoon list @ Big Cartoon Database