( Jodie Foster) invites her grandfather to join a "secret" club. Bill Duke and René Enríquez reprise their roles.ġ2-year-old T.K. With no money, he re-builds a broken taxi to get there. Ī Puerto Rican boy is invited to a prestigious conference in Los Angeles. Co-starring Cindy Eilbacher and Rance Howard. Co-starring Wright King.Ī teenager with a stuttering problem overcomes his shyness to become a championship figure skater. Thorsness ( Republican).Īspiring 12-year-old entrepreneur Rufus ( Tierre Turner) decides to create and sell his own brand of toothpaste. The 1974 Senate race is seen through the eyes of two teenage girls, each a campaign volunteer for George McGovern ( Democrat) and Leo K. "Winning and Losing: Diary of a Campaign" ġ2-year-old Adam ( Lance Kerwin) adjusts to a new way of life when his mother remarries and moves their whole family to the country. Teenage Sara (Heather Totten) must confront the problems regarding her mentally-challenged brother. Live action/animation special geared to educate young people about classical music. Timer ( Lennie Weinrib) shrinks down two youngsters, Larry ( Ike Eisenmann) and Carol (Diane Murphy) and shows them around their teenage sister Little Red's ( Sarah Kennedy) head, to discover how the mind works. "The Magical Mystery Trip Through Little Red's Head"Īnimated musical. Live-action a small-town teenage girl teams up with a younger but wiser boy for survival. Long-nosed Cyrano de Bergerac helps an army officer woo Roxanne (voice of Joan Van Ark), the woman Cyrano himself loves, in this animated show Hanna-Barbera Productions. Beau Bridges portrays Joe, Sr.Ī sixth-grader has a run-in with the class bully, who then wants to meet with him after school. ( Ike Eisenmann) is shocked when his parents announce their decision to separate. (1972 was when girls were first allowed on Little League teams.) Co-starring Steve Gustafson. Starring Red Buttons, Robbie Rist and Jodie Foster.ġ1-year-old Sharon Lee ( Jodie Foster) encounters opposition when she joins her brother's Little League baseball team, which happens to be all male. The story of a retired clown and his undying love for children. Original teleplay by Jan Hartman and Larry Spiegel Features the first appearance of Timer, a character later featured in ABC's Time for Timer shorts. Original teleplay by Guy Fraumeni and Larry Spiegel Īnimated special about two youngsters who are miniaturized and travel through their uncle's body to understand more about his health. "The Incredible, Indelible, Magical Physical, Mystery Trip" Special introducing William Shakespeare to young people through sketches, readings and music. Original teleplay by James Ivory, Hildy Parks and Ruth Prawer Jhabvala "William: The Life, Works, and Times of William Shakespeare" Followed in 1975 by the sequel Santiago's America. A boxed set, in the shape of a school bus, was also released containing all of the DVD releases, with a detailed information booklet of all the specials on the set and including an extra DVD of two specials that had previously not been released on DVD.Įpisodes Season 1 (1972–73) No.Īnimated special about a father and son who go hunting, and debate whether or not to kill an Eskimo curlew, which may become (and may now be) extinct.Ī young boy helps his friend escape slavery through the Underground Railroad.Īn imaginative, determined 14-year-old Puerto Rican boy builds a boat in which to sail around Central Park. In 20, BCI Eclipse and Sunset Home Visual Entertainment issued six DVD collections of episodes from the series that had been produced by Martin Tahse, each collection containing four episodes. The series won 51 Daytime Emmy Awards during its 25-year run. Topics included illiteracy, substance abuse and teenage pregnancy. Several episodes were either in animated form or presented as documentaries. Most episodes were dramatically presented situations, often controversial, of interest to children and teenagers. ABC Afterschool Special is an American television anthology series that aired on ABC from October 4, 1972, to January 23, 1997, usually in the late afternoon on weekdays.
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