Specials
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Cartoons
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Return To Oz
This story takes up with Dorothy- still in possession of the shoes- as she clings to an apple tree during a tornado which takes her back to Oz. Socrates the Strawman, Rusty the Tinman and D…
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Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
Sam the Snowman narrates the tale of a young red-nosed reindeer who, after being teased and shunned by the other reindeer because of his beaming nose, teams up with Hermey, an elf who wants…
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The Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy Show
Featuring Charlie McCarthy, Edgar Bergen, Mortimer Snerd, Effie Klinker
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The King Kong Show
The Bond Family, based on Mondo Island in the Java Sea, meet and befriend King Kong. They try to keep him out of the hands of the notorious Dr. Who.
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The Ballad Of Smokey The Bear
Big Brother Bear tells his niece and nephew how he saved his brother from a forest fire, and how Uncle Smokey saved the forest animals from a rampaging gorilla.
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The Cricket On The Hearth
Caleb Plummer, a poor toymaker, and Cricket Crockett try to prevent Uriah from marrying his daughter and from taking over Mr. Plummer's toyshop. The cricket befriends Calbeb and his daughte…
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The Mouse On The Mayflower
A mouse named Willum tells his version of the Pilgrims' trip to America and their first year in the New World. Surviving crowded conditions, misadventures, and storms that blow them off cou…
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The Little Drummer Boy
After Aaron's family is killed, he finds his only friends are the lamb Baabaa, the donkey Samson and the camel Joshua. An unscrupulous travelling performer convinces them to join his troupe…
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Frosty The Snowman
A discarded silk tophat becomes the focus of a struggle between a washed-up stage magician and a group of schoolchildren after it magically brings a snowman to life. Realizing that newly-li…
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The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians
This animated TV special features vignettes from classic comedy routines performed by The Smothers Brothers, Flip Wilson, The Marx Brothers and W.C. Fields and other notable comedians.
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Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town
Our narrator The Mailman answers some of the most common questions about Santa Claus. He tells us about a small baby named Kris who was left on the doorstep of the Kringle family. When Kris…
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Here Comes Peter Cottontail
Peter Cottontail tries to become the Chief Easter Bunny. His efforts are thwarted by the evil and vindictive ex-Easter Bunny Irontail. With the help of Seymour S. Sassafrass and a time trav…
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The Enchanted World Of Danny Kaye: The Emperor's New Clothes
The classic Hans Christian Andersen tale, updated and narrated by Danny Kaye. The vain Emperor Klockenlocher is duped into paying one million dollars for a fine new suit which, of course, d…
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Mad, Mad, Mad Monsters
The Baron and Igor decide it is time to make a bride for their monster. The nuptials, held in the ballroom of the Transylvania-Astoria, are witnessed by his old buddies- Count Dracula, the…
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Willie Mays And The Say-Hey Kid
Willie Mays relives the real story of his impossible catch when the New York Giants clinched the National League pennant. He meets his guardian angel who will help him and his baseball team…
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The Red Baron
Prince Heinrich of Weinerburg (a Doberman) has eloped with the Princess Sophie of Pretzelheim. Their monarchial fathers have been enemies, and Sophie's dad demands her return and her fiance…
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That Girl In Wonderland
Marlo Thomas, as Ann Marie from the 1966-71 ABC series That Girl, is a children's book editor who imagines herself as the heroine of various fairy tales.
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'Twas The Night Before Christmas
Letters addressed to Santa Claus from the town of Junctionville are returned because of a letter denouncing Saint Nick as a myth. Joshua Trundel, the local clock maker, builds a clock that…
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The Year Without A Santa Claus
Mrs. Claus tells us about the time Santa feels that the world has lost the Christmas spirit. Santa takes a vacation from Christmas because he thinks that no one cares about it any more. Can…
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The First Christmas
A young shepherd, Lucas, is blinded by lightning, and some kindly nuns at a nearby abbey take him in. Sister Catherine describes snow to Lucas, who has never seen it. Lucas gets chosen to p…
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The First Easter Rabbit
Burl Ives narrates in a fanciful, tuneful and color-splashed tale of the first Easter rabbit, whose mission is to deliver specially painted eggs to good children. Glinda has scarlet fever,…
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Frosty's Winter Wonderland
Frosty is lonely, so the kids think of making him a wife, Crystal. But will Jack Frost let them be happy?
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Rudolph's Shiny New Year
Baby New Year runs away from Father Time, and Rudolph must find for Happy The Baby New Year, before midnight, New Year's Eve.
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The Little Drummer Boy, Book II
Aaron, after playing his song, helps Melchior to spread the word by ringing Simeon's silver bells. But when the Romans take the bells for taxes, it's up to Aaron and his animal companions t…
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The Easter Bunny Is Comin' To Town
The Mailman decides to stop another deluge of letters by answering questions about the Easter Bunny: Sunny, a baby rabbit found and adopted by Kidville (a town of only kids-even a kid mailm…
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The Hobbit
Bilbo Baggins the Hobbit was just minding his own business, when his occasional visitor Gandalf the Wizard drops in one night. One by one, a whole group of dwarves drop in, and before he kn…
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Nestor, The Long-Eared Christmas Donkey
In the days of the Roman Empire, a small donkey is born with very long ears. When his owner throws him out of the stable in disgust, his mother sacrifices her life to save him from a blizza…
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Witch's Night Out
Gilda Radner provides the voice of a washed-up witch who turns two small children into the monsters of their choice only to fulfill the fantasies of the town's adults.
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The Stingiest Man In Town
A cartoon adaptation of Charles Dickens' 1843 novel "A Christmas Carol."
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Jack Frost
Jack Frost falls head over heels in love with the beautiful Elisa. But his quest to become human seems impossible to achieve when she falls for a handsome knight.
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Pinocchio's Christmas
It's Pinocchio's first Christmas, and he sells the book Geppetto gives him for present money, but Cat and Fox trick him out of it. So, Pinocchio becomes part of a Christmas Marionette show…
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The Leprechaun's Christmas Gold
Sent in search of a Christmas tree, cabin boy Dinty Doyle lands on a mysterious, uncharted Irish island, where he accidentally releases a bad-tempered banshee from her pinetree prison. Lepr…
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The Flight Of Dragons
Combine expert storytelling from Rankin/Bass ("Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," "The Last Unicorn") and storybook-come-to-life animation from Japan's Topcraft Studios -- predecessor of Stud…
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The Coneheads
From the planet Remulak (via Saturday Night Live and possibly France), Beldar and his family want to rebuilt their spaceship and return home- while using Humans as slaves.
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The Life And Adventures Of Santa Claus
The Great Ak calls a council of the Immortals to ask that Santa Claus be given immortality. And to justify it, he tells the history of Santa Claus. The Ak found an abandoned baby and gave i…
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The Wind In The Willows
Follow the flashy Mr. Toad on his wild ride as he learns some valuable lessons about common sense and friendship.
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The Magic Flute (Part 1)
Featuring Prince Tamino, Sarastro
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The Magic Flute (Part 2)
Featuring Prince Tamino, Sarastro
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Santa, Baby!
When a little girl uses her wish from a Christmas partridge to help her dad over his songwriting slump, he finds his inspiration and even gives the real Santa Claus a helping hand.
