The Wonderful World of Disney

Season 26

1979 · 17 episodes · 17h 0m in all · 4.0/10

Episodes

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   1. The Absent-Minded Professor (1)

   9 Sept 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.""

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   2. The Absent-Minded Professor (2)

   16 Sept 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.""

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   3. The Love Bug

   23 Sept 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.

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   4. Baseball Fever

   14 Oct 1979 · 60 min

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   5. Major Effects

   16 Dec 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.

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   6. From All of Us to all of You #7

   23 Dec 1979 · 60 min

7. 7

   7. That Darn Cat!

   13 Jan 1980 · 60 min

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   8. Mickey's Greatest Adventures

   20 Jan 1980 · 60 min

9. 9

   9. Donald's Valentine's Day Salute

   10 Feb 1980 · 60 min

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    10. Escape to Witch Mountain

    17 Feb 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.

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    11. The Kids Who Knew Too Much

    9 Mar 1980 · 60 min

    Two kids get into real trouble when a dying man leaves a package in their toy sailboat.

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    12. Son of Flubber

    16 Mar 1980 · 60 min · 4.0/10

    This 1963 theatrical sequel to ""The Absent-Minded Professor"" finds Professor Ned Brainard inventing ""flubber gas,"" a gaseous form of his original concoction.

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    13. Disney's Oscar Winners

    13 Apr 1980 · 60 min

    This retrospective installment highlights Disney films that have won or been nominated for Academy Awards.

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    14. The Sultan and the Rock Star

    20 Apr 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.

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    15. Secret of Lost Valley (1)

    27 Apr 1980 · 60 min

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    16. Secret of Lost Valley (2)

    4 May 1980 · 60 min

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    17. Misadventures of Chip N' Dale

    27 Jul 1980 · 60 min