ABC Weekend Special

  • Premiered: Jan 1977
  • Episodes: 158
  • Followers: 0
  • Ended
  • ABC (US)
  • Saturday
  • Adventure Animation Children Comedy Drama Family Fantasy

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Season 3
3x1
The Big Hex of Little Lulu
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 15, 1979
Little Lulu (Lauri Hendler) uses a fortune teller, pickle-flavored ice cream and her active imagination in a scheme to convince her friend Tubby (Kevin King Cooper) to donate money for uniforms for the neighborhood hockey team.
3x2
The Contest Kid Strikes Again
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 22, 1979
Harvey the contest kid (Patrick Petersen) wins a flock of chickens and uses them to help his friend Hawkins (Alan Napier) out of a financial predicament. [A sequel to "The Contest Kid and the Big Prize"].
3x3
The Girl with ESP
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 20, 1979
Laura Hoffman (Rachel Longaker), a seemingly average young girl, suddenly finds her world turned upside down when she discovers she can envision events a few minutes into the future.
3x4
The Ghost of Thomas Kempe, Part 1
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 03, 1979
The ghost of a 17th-century sorcerer gets 12-year-old James Harrison (Shane Sinutko) into trouble when the boy refuses to become his apprentice.
3x5
The Ghost of Thomas Kempe, Part 2
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 10, 1979
Irish handyman Bert Ellison (Garrett O'Connor) volunteers to help James lure the ghost of Thomas Kempe back to its resting place.
3x6
The Incredible Detectives
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 17, 1979
A trio of pets – Reggie, a bulldog (voiced by Laurie Main); Madame Cheng, a Siamese cat (voiced by Marlene Aragon); and Hennessy, a crow (voiced by Frank Welker) – join forces to rescue their kidnapped master.
3x7
The Revenge of Red Chief
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 15, 1979
Two drifters (Jack Elam and Noah Beery Jr.) again face Red Chief (Patrick Petersen), the boy who enjoys being kidnapped, who becomes a part of their scheme to sell a fake rain-making machine to a drought-stricken town.
3x8
The Puppy's Amazing Rescue
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 26, 1980
Petey (voiced by Bryan Scott) and Dolly (voiced by Nancy McKeon) have to outwit poachers, a hungry bear and a hawk to rescue their humans from an avalanche while celebrating Tommy's birthday at his parents' mountain cabin.
3x9
The Gold Bug, Part 1
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 02, 1980
A young boy (Anthony Michael Hall) joins an ex-slave (Geoffrey Holder) and a treasure hunter (Roberts Blossom) in a wild search for Captain Kidd's buried gold.
3x10
The Gold Bug, Part 2
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 09, 1980
This episode has no summary.
3x9
The Trouble with Miss Switch
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Air date
Feb 16, 1980
This episode has no summary.
3x11
The Trouble with Miss Switch, Part 1
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 16, 1980
Rupert Brown (Eric Taslitz) and Amelia Daley (Nancy McKeon) are classmates who discover that their substitute teacher, Miss Switch (Janet Waldo), is a witch complete with a magical .. show full overview
3x12 Season finale
The Trouble with Miss Switch, Part 2
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 23, 1980
Miss Switch and Bathsheba fly to Witch Mountain with Rupert and Amelia. Saturna sends out her bats to attack them, which causes the broom to splinter; some bats carry Miss Switch away, .. show full overview

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