Weekend Special (1977)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
Linda Gottlieb
Executive Producer
Frank Welker
Bunjee
Hal Smith
Big Bad Wolf
Nancy McKeon
Dolly
Linda Gary
Mrs. Winsborrow
Michael Rye
Mr. Winsborrow
Katie Leigh
Buzz Beaver
Pat Petersen
Harvey Small
Charles Nichols
Director
Rudy Larriva
Director
Ernest Pintoff
Director
Ron Underwood
Director
Robert C. Thompson
Director
Marc Daniels
Director
Jeffrey Hayden
Director
Arthur Lubin
Director
Randal Kleiser
Director
Arthur H. Nadel
Director
Christopher Minos
Animation
Pierre Berton
Book / Writer
Ann Elder
Writer
Barbara Avedon
Teleplay
Barbara Corday
Teleplay
Catherine Woolley
Story
Jim Carlson
Writer
Mark Fink
Writer
Alan Young
Mr. Monroe / Storekeeper (voice)
Willie Tyler
Himself - Host
Mark Hamill
Prince Tamino (voice) / The Admiral (voice)
Michael York
King Sarastro (voice)
Richard Romancito
Black Eagle
Knowl Johnson
Walt Cribbens
Details.
Release DateSeptember 10, 1977
Original NameABC Weekend Special
StatusEnded
Seasons14
Episodes111
Running Time30m
Content RatingTV-Y
Wiki.
ABC Weekend Special is a weekly 30-minute American television anthology series for children that aired Saturday mornings on ABC from 1977 to 1997, which featured a wide variety of stories that were both live-action and animated. Similar to both ABC Afterschool Special and The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie, 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. The main focus of ABC Weekend Special was to encourage children to read.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.