Episodes
1. The Absent-Minded Professor (1)
September 9, 1979
60 min
Ned Brainard is the forgetful science professor at Medfield College. In this 1961 theatrical release, he tries to manage his love life, his dog, and his accidental new invention, flying rubber, or ""flubber.""
2. The Absent-Minded Professor (2)
September 16, 1979
60 min
Ned Brainard is the forgetful science professor at Medfield College. In this 1961 theatrical release, he tries to manage his love life, his dog, and his accidental new invention, flying rubber, or ""flubber.""
3. The Love Bug
September 23, 1979
60 min
In this 1969 theatrical release, a race car driver buys a white 1963 Volkswagen Beetle, only to find that it has a mind of its own.
5. Major Effects
December 16, 1979
60 min
Although the narrator speaks of the show's star, Major Effects, as being a hero of superhuman proportions, a 100-year-old man appears. It's all a bit of special effects, explains the Major, who is actually actor Joseph Bottoms (star of the studio's then-current theatrical releaseThe Black Hole). He introduces a wizard known as ""Bigger-Than-Life,"" who endows him with magical powers to explain how the effects are realized.
10. Escape to Witch Mountain
February 17, 1980
60 min
In this 1975 theatrical release, Tia and Tony are two siblings with extraordinary powers. Lucas Deranian poses as their uncle so that he can claim them for his sinister boss, millionaire Aristotle Bolt.
11. The Kids Who Knew Too Much
March 9, 1980
60 min
Two kids get into real trouble when a dying man leaves a package in their toy sailboat.
Guest Stars:
Sharon Gless, David Sheiner, Don Knight, Michael Dante, Jackie Coogan
12. Son of Flubber
4.0
March 16, 1980
60 min
This 1963 theatrical sequel to ""The Absent-Minded Professor"" finds Professor Ned Brainard inventing ""flubber gas,"" a gaseous form of his original concoction.
Guest Stars:
Fred MacMurray, Keenan Wynn, Tommy Kirk, Ed Wynn, Leon Ames
13. Disney's Oscar Winners
April 13, 1980
60 min
This retrospective installment highlights Disney films that have won or been nominated for Academy Awards.
14. The Sultan and the Rock Star
April 20, 1980
60 min
Sultan, a gentle Bengal tiger who appears on a popular (but unnamed) television series, is taken to Sportsman's Island by Alec Frost, a disreputable gamekeeper, and tortured in an attempt to make him vicious. Several days later, he is turned loose to be the object of a hunting party led by the island's cruel owner, George McKinzie. Meanwhile, Paul Winters, a young pop singer on tour near here, becomes tired of his busy schedule and runs off from his mother and manager. He finds himself on Sportsman's Island and befriends Sultan.
Guest Stars:
Timothy Hutton, Bruce Glover, Ned Romero
