ABC Weekend Specials
7.8
Season 18
S18 · E21 · Feb 25, 1995
Jirimpimbira: An African Folktale Episode 21
1 episode in Season 18
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The ABC Weekend Specials is a weekly 30-minute anthology TV series for children that aired Saturday mornings on ABC from 1977 to 1997. It featured a wide variety of stories that were both live-action and animated. Similar to both the ABC Afterschool Special and The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie that had started five years previous, the ABC Weekend Specials 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. With the debut of the ABC Weekend Specials, 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.
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Cast
31 people
Alan Young
Mr. Monroe / Storekeeper (voice)
Known for
DuckTales
Mickey's Christmas Carol
Frank Cady
Known for
Rear Window
Green Acres
Jane Withers
Known for
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Giant
Mark Hamill
Prince Tamino (voice) / The Admiral (voice)
Known for
Star Wars
Regular Show
Michael York
King Sarastro (voice)
Known for
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Jesus of Nazareth
Ike Eisenmann
Known for
Race to Witch Mountain
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Brad Savage
Known for
Salem's Lot
Red Dawn
Janet Waldo
Known for
The Jetsons
Wacky Races
Charles Lane
Known for
The Aristocats
Sybil
Christian Slater
Known for
Mr. Robot
True Romance
Melissa Joan Hart
Known for
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
Drive Me Crazy
David Doyle
Known for
Rugrats
Charlie's Angels
Charles August Nichols Director · Ernest Pintoff Director Mark Cullingham Director
Total runtime 68h 30m · Episode length 30 min · Country United States
Show info
Premiered
September 10, 1977
Final episode
August 18, 1996
Status
Ended
Network
ABC
Country
United States
Type
Scripted
Episode length
30 min
Total runtime
68h 30m
Original language
English
Production
Fine Arts Film Company
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Spoken on screen
English
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