The Wonderful World of Disney (1954)
Walt Disney Productions has produced an anthology television series under several different titles since 1954. The original version of the series premiered on ABC, Wednesday night, October 27, 1954. The show, which was hosted by Walt Disney until his death and then from 1996 to 2002 by then-CEO Michael Eisner (with one-off hosts or no hosts during other periods) has since aired continually as either a weekly program or an irregular series of specials on several networks and streaming services, most recently on ABC and Disney+. The show is the second longest showing prime-time program on American television, behind its rival, Hallmark Hall of Fame. However, Hallmark Hall of Fame was a weekly program only during its first five seasons, while Disney remained a weekly program for more than forty years.
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Episode 1 - Pete's Dragon
Release Date: 1986-09-21This is an airing of the 1977 musical, in which an orphaned boy and his only friend, an animated green dragon named Elliott, escape from the abusive family who took him in as a farm hand and cause trouble in a small fishing village in Maine.
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Episode 2 - Hero in the Family
Release Date: 1986-09-28Digger Reed, the most famous American astronaut, sets out on a dangerous mission with Orville, the extraordinary chimpanzee. While in space Reed is exposed to strange crystals. He returns to Earth a changed man...he now has the brain cells of his chimp, and vice versa...
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Episode 3 - Little Spies
Release Date: 1986-10-05A group of youngsters become involved in a confrontation with a street gang who catch dogs and sell them to a medical research clinic. The odds are against them until a recluse, who happens to be a World War II hero, joins forces and trains them commando style.
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Episode 4 - The B.R.A.T. Patrol
Release Date: 1986-10-26Exciting tale of a group of kids who cause chaos wherever they go. Their adventures start when they discover that weapons are going missing from a military base. They decide to go into action to foil the crime despite army officials disbelief that anything is wrong.
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Episode 5 - Ask Max
Release Date: 1986-11-02Max is a lonely, brilliant kid trying to get through school without too many hassles. Trouble is, he keeps on using his intellect for small rewards, and doesn't apply himself...until he gets a little incentive.
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Episode 6 - Walt Disney World's 15th Anniversary Celebration
Release Date: 1986-11-09A 15th anniversary celebration of Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. It features a description of the World Showcase at Epcot, archival film footage of Walt Disney describing the park in 1965 and scenes of Roy O. Disney opening it in 1971.
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Episode 7 - The Leftovers
Release Date: 1986-11-16A close-knit group of orphans and their father-figure, Max (John Denver), try to keep their home from being shut down. Helping them out are a single mom (Cindy Williams) and the elderly butler from Max's aunt's mansion, where Max grew up.
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Episode 8 - The Thanksgiving Promise
Release Date: 1986-11-23A teenage boy is torn between his love for an injured Canadian goose that he has found and his agreement to fatten and kill it for an approaching Thanksgiving dinner for his neighbors. also known as ""Chester I Love You"".
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Episode 9 - Sunday Drive
Release Date: 1986-11-30Two identical cars pull up to a restaurant, one belonging to a childless couple who are taking care of their niece and nephew while their parents are away, who are out on a Sunday drive. The other belonging to a guy who is on his way to meet his fiance and to begin working for her father. In his car is his dog, whom the couple mistake for the children, when they get into his car and drive. While he goes into their car and the children are under a blanket and he mistakenly assumes it's his dog. When they discover the mistake they are both so far away from each other that they don't know what to do.
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Episode 10 - Swiss Family Robinson
Release Date: 1986-12-07A family in route to New Guinea is shipwrecked on a deserted tropical island. They are forced to remain on the island because of the damage to the ship and the pirates that are roaming the islands. They create a home on the island (centering around a huge treehouse) and explore the island and it's wildlife. Plenty of adventure ensues as the family deals with issues of survival, pirates, and the brothers must learn how to live on the island with an uncertain future
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Episode 11 - The Christmas Star
Release Date: 1986-12-14A christmas movie about an old convict who learns to feel again after his run in with a young boy.
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Episode 12 - Tiger Town/Star Tours
Release Date: 1986-12-28Roy Schneider plays an ageing all-star for the Detroit Tigers, who are seriously slumping.
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Episode 13 - Herbie Goes Bananas
Release Date: 1987-01-11America's favorite VW Beetle is back for a final fling in ""Herbie Goes Bananas""! Set in lovely Mexico, friends Pete Stanchek and Davie Johns arrive to enter in a race. Pete's uncle is Jim Douglas from The Love Bug. The car Pete and Davie would be driving is sent ahead: the car, of course, was Herbie. Pete and Davie don't think much of it until he takes them for a fast spin! A little boy, Paco, tries to buddy up with these guys. He's actually a little pickpocket! Hey, the kid's got no family and no place to live. Can you blame him? He steals some photo negatives from two bad guys, Prindle and Quinn. The negatives reveal crucial information to the heist they're planning. While Davie and Pete aren't looking, Paco climbs into Herbie's trunk and when the car is loaded onboard the ship, Paco comes along. The ship is under the command of surly Captain Blythe. Pete and Davie meet Aunt Louise and her niece, Melissa Drake. Pete falls in love with her and Louise offered to sponsor them in the rac
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Episode 14 - Great Moments in Disney Animation
Release Date: 1987-01-18A look at Disney animation through the years.
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Episode 15 - Double Switch
Release Date: 1987-01-25Teeny bopper rock star Bart Holton is pushed around by his manager for maximum profit and longs for a normal life. Through a look-alike contest he meets Matt, a student who looks exactly like him and can imitate his dancing style perfectly. Bart proposes to switch roles for a week. At first Matt enjoys being chased by hysterical groupies and Bart enjoys hitting on the highschool girls, but of course both learn quickly that the other's life is quite different from what they'd expected.
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Episode 16 - You Ruined My Life
Release Date: 1987-02-01A man who fails to pay up his gambling debt, finds himself taking care of the casino owners's niece Manerva (a delightfully spoiled brat) until his debt is paid off.
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Episode 17 - The Liberators
Release Date: 1987-02-08A young boy helps runaway slaves escape via the Underground Railroad.
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Episode 18 - Parent Trap II
Release Date: 1987-02-22Hayley Mills returns in her role of Susan and Sharon -- only this time they have grown up and are dealing with a pair of mischevious girls who want their parents to marry. Sharons Daughter wnats her best friends dad to fall in love with her mom -- this way the two girls can be real life sisters, the problem - The two are always to busy to ever meet! The girls decide to be resourceful and call aunt Susan in on the deal. They send her on a few dates with this man, as she pretends to be Sharon. Caous ensues and eventually the truth has to come out.
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Episode 19 - Big Foot
Release Date: 1987-03-08A family goes camping in the mountains. They encounter a bigfoot creature, the little girl gets captured leaving the rest to search.
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Episode 20 - Young Harry Houdini
Release Date: 1987-03-15This biographical movie depicts the youth of the magician Harry Houdini (1874 - 1926). As a boy his name was Eric Weiss and his father wanted him to become a locksmith. But he ran away and joined the traveling show of Dr. Grimaldi, where he learned the tricks of a magician and a little mystery from his Indian assistant, too.
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Episode 21 - Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Release Date: 1987-03-22This is an airing of the 1971 musical, in which an Englishwoman studies to be a witch so that she can fight off the invasion of England by Nazi Germany.
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Episode 22 - Double Agent
Release Date: 1987-03-29Jason Starr is an international spy. While on a mission there was an altercation and Jason disappears. His boss Vaughn then goes to his twin brother Warren Starbinder, a veterinarian, and asks him to pose as Jason so to complete his mission. Which he agrees to but won't be easy since he is not a spy. And he also can't tell his wife and family what he's doing. Which makes it hard for him to explain the peculiar way he is now behaving.
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Episode 23 - Bride of Boogedy
Release Date: 1987-04-12Mr. Boogedy returns to once again plague the Davis Family, this time to retrieve his lost love, whom he has kept in eternal torment.
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Episode 24 - The Devil and Max Devlin
Release Date: 1987-04-26When Max dies in an accident, he goes straight to hell. But the devil Barney makes him an offer: if he manages to get three innocent youths to sell him their souls in the next two months, he may stay on earth. Max accepts, and returns to earth, equipped with special powers. However his task is harder than expected, especially when 7 years old Tobi demands that he marry his mother.
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Episode 25 - Mary Poppins
Release Date: 1987-05-03This is an airing of the 1964 theatrical musical, in which a magical nanny changes the lives of an English family.
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Episode 26 - North Avenue Irregulars
Release Date: 1987-05-10concerns a newly-arrived minister(Edward Herrman)who suggests that his flock look for ways to increase the church budget. When the ne'er-do-well husband of one of the church ladies bets the church funds on a fixed horserace, the minister sets out to recoup the funds and uncovers an illegal betting racket in his town. At the prompting of the local authorities, the good reverend and a group of church ladies go undercover to catch the crooks. What ensues is equal parts car chase.
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Episode 27 - Spot Marks the X
Release Date: 1987-05-17A great movie about a boy who gets a pet dog from a local shelter.He dosn't know however the dog is a key to a huge amount of stolen money. His previous owner was a bank robber, who stole 1 million in cash, he then buried it in a park site area called Shadow Mountain. He trained his dog to learn the smell of the cloth bags of cash. The dog would help him find it later. When the felon escapes from prison and comes after the dog , it's all the kid can do just to stay alive,let alone stop the thief.
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Episode 28 - Down the Long Hills
Release Date: 1987-05-24A father is desperate to find his two chilren after they survive an indian raid.
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Episode 29 - Disney's Fluppy Dogs
Release Date: 1987-08-30A band of humanoid dogs who are dimension hopping for adventure arrive on Earth in a North American city and into big trouble. They become separated and must hide their true nature by passing as the native dogs. Their only chance of returning home is with the help of a human boy and girl they befriend. However, a wealthy collector of rare animals is after them and the key that creates the portals necessary to travel has almost lost its power.