Weekend Special (1977)
The ABC Weekend Special is a weekly 30-minute anthology TV series for children that aired Saturday mornings on ABC from 1977 to 1997. It featured a wide variety of stories that were both live-action and animated. Similar to both the ABC Afterschool Special and The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie that had started five years previous, the ABC Weekend Special differed in that it was primarily aimed at younger viewers following ABC's Saturday Morning cartoon lineup, whereas the ABC Afterschool Special was known for its somewhat more serious, and often dramatic storylines dealing with issues concerning a slightly older teen and pre-teen audience. With the debut of the ABC Weekend Special, some of the early ABC Afterschool Specials that had been targeted towards younger viewers were subsequently repackaged and re-run instead as ABC Weekend Specials.
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Episode 1 - Henry Hamilton, Graduate Ghost (1)
Release Date: 1984-12-08Henry Hamilton (Steve Nevil) is a ghost who has graduated from Spiritual Specter University and gets his first haunting assignment.
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Episode 2 - Henry Hamilton, Graduate Ghost (2)
Release Date: 1984-12-15 -
Episode 3 - The Bollo Caper
Release Date: 1985-02-02Bollo (voiced by Michael Bell), a leopard brought to New York to be made into a fur coat, manages to escape to Washington to try to get Congress to declare him an endangered species.
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Episode 4 - The Adventures of a Two-Minute Werewolf (1)
Release Date: 1985-02-23 -
Episode 5 - The Adventures of a Two-Minute Werewolf (2)
Release Date: 1985-03-02 -
Episode 6 - The Return of the Bunjee (1)
Release Date: 1985-04-06Bunjee (voiced by Frank Welker), Karen (voiced by Nancy Cartwright) and Andy (voiced by Robbie Lee) must use the time machine once again and set out on an adventure to find a mother for the Bunjee babies.
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Episode 7 - The Return of the Bunjee (2)
Release Date: 1985-04-13Bunjee, Karen and Andy are transported back to medieval times where they must go through the obstacle of facing off against a malevolent sorceress and a three-headed dragon; eventually, they find a mother who also becomes Bunjee's mate named Bunjana and the kids return home to modern times.
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Episode 8 - The Velveteen Rabbit
Release Date: 1985-04-20