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Season
25 (NBC) (1978-79)
Episode Guide
compiled by The Classic TV Archive
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######## The Wonderful World of Disney #########
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NBC Sundays 7:30 pm EST (sometimes 7:00pm)
Donald Duck Quacks Up
10-Sep1978 (rerun from 05Nov61)
25.01 [--] The Wonderful World of Disney:
NBC SALUTES THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISNEY
17-Sep-1978
directed by Art Fisher
Summary:
A tribute to Disney celebrating the film and animation with Ron Howard,
Suzanne Somers, Valerie Bertinelli, Melissa Gilbert and Gavin McLeod.
25.02 [--] The Wonderful World of Disney: THE SHAGGY D.A. (2-hour)
24-Sep-1978
written by Don Tait
based on the novel by Felix Salten
directed by Robert Stevenson
cast:
Dean Jones as Wilby Daniels/Elwood, the dog
Tim Conway as Tim, the Ice-Cream Man
Suzanne Pleshette as Betty Daniels
Keenan Wynn as John Slade (Mr. Slade)
Jo Anne Worley as Katrinka Muggelberg
Dick Van Patten as Raymond
Shane Sinutko as Brian Daniels
Vic Tayback as Eddie Roschak
John Myhers as Admiral Brenner
Richard Bakalyan as Freddie
Warren Berlinger as Dip
Ronnie Schell as T.V. Director
Jonathon Daly as T.V. Interviewer
John Fiedler as Officer Howie Clemmings
Hans Conried as Professor Whatley
*Note: Released theatrically in 1976.
25.03 [--] The Wonderful World of Disney: IN SEARCH OF THE CASTAWAYS (1)
01-Oct-1978
written by Lowell S. Hawley
based on the novel by Jules Verne
directed by Robert Stevenson
cast:
Maurice Chevalier as Jacques Paganel
Hayley Mills as Mary Grant
George Sanders as Thomas Ayerton
Wilfrid Hyde-White as Lord Glenarvan
Michael Anderson Jr. as John Glenarvan
Keith Hamshire as Robert Grant
Wilfrid Brambell as Bill Gaye
Jack Gwillim as Captain Grant
Ronald Fraser as Guard
Inia Te Wiata as Maori Chie
*Note: Theatrically released in 1962.
25.04 [--] The Wonderful World of Disney: IN SEARCH OF THE CASTAWAYS (2)
08-Oct-1978
same as above.
25.05 [--] The Wonderful World of Disney: THE GNOME-MOBILE (1)
29-Oct-1978
written by Ellis Kadison
based on the novel by Upton Sinclair
directed by Robert Stevenson
cast:
Walter Brennan as D.J. Mulrooney/Knobby
Matthew Garber as Rodney Winthrop
Karen Dotrice as Elizabeth Winthrop
Richard Deacon as Ralph Yarby
Tom Lowell as Jasper
Sean McClory as Horatio Quaxton
Ed Wynn as Rufus
Maudie Pricket as Katie Barrett
Cami Sebring as Violet
Jerome Cowan as Dr. Conrad Ramsey
Charles Lane as Dr. Scoggins
Norman Grabowski as Male Nurse
Gil Lamb as Gas Attendant
*Note: Theatrically released in 1967.
25.06 [--] The Wonderful World of Disney: THE GNOME-MOBILE (2)
05-Nov-1978
same as above.
25.07 [--] The Wonderful World of Disney: THE BOATNIKS (2-hour)
12-Nov-1978
written by Arthur Julian
story by Marty Roth
directed by Norman Tokar
cast:
Robert Morse as Ens. Thomas Garland
Stefanie Powers as Kate
Phil Silvers as Harry Simmons
Norman Fell as Max
Mickey Shaughnessy as Charlie
Wally Cox as Jason
Don Ameche as Cmdr. Taylor
Joey Forman as Lt. Jordan
Vito Scotti as Pepe Galindo
Tom Lowell as Wagner
Bob Hastings as Chief Walsh
Sammy Jackson as Garlotti
Joe E. Ross as Nutty Sailor
Judy Jordan as Tina
Al Lewis as Bert
*Note: Released theatrically in 1970.
25.08 [--] The Wonderful World of Disney: MICKEY'S 50
19-Nov-1978
written by Nicholas Harvey Bennion & Phil May
Summary:
The most famous mouse is celebrated by some of the most famous names.
Appearing are: (in alphabetical order)
Jack Albertson, Anne Bancroft, Edgar Bergen, Mel Brooks, Red Buttons, Ruth Buzzi,
Dyan Cannon, Karen Carpenter, Richard Carpenter, Johnny Carson, Charo, Dick Clark,
Susan Clark, Hans Conried, Dale Evans, Sally Field, Jodie Foster, Annette Funicello,
Eva Gabor, Steve Garvey, Elliott Gould, Billy Graham, Goldie Hawn, Jim Henson,
Sterling Holloway, Bruce Jenner, Elton John, Dean Jones, Gerald Ford, Alex Karras,
Gene Kelly, Cheryl Ladd, Rich Little, Roger Miller, Anne Murray, Joe Namath, Willie Nelson,
Gary Owens, Burt Reynolds, Kenny Rogers, Roy Rogers,
Doc Severinsen, Ronnie Schell,
O.J. Simpson, Dick Van Patten, Jan-Michael Vincent, Barbara Walters, Lawrence
Welk,
Henry Winkler, Jonathan Winters, Jo-Anne Worley.
25.09 [--] The Wonderful World of Disney: CHRISTMAS AT WALT DISNEY WORLD
10-Dec-1978
25.10 [--] The Wonderful World of Disney: DONOVAN'S KID (1)
07-Jan-1979
teleplay by Harry Spalding
story by Peter S. Fischer
directed by Bernard McEveety
cast:
Darren McGavin as Timothy Donovan
Mickey Rooney as Old Bailey
Michael Conrad as Silas Rumford
Shelley Fabares as Grace Donovan
Murray Hamilton as Henry Carpenter
Katy Kurtzman as Jamie Carpenter
Ross Martin as Mayor Stokes
25.11 [--] The Wonderful World of Disney: DONOVAN'S KID (2)
14-Jan-1979
same as above.
25.12 [--] The Wonderful World of Disney: SHADOW OF FEAR (1)
28-Jan-1979
25.13 [--] The Wonderful World of Disney: SHADOW OF FEAR (2)
04-Feb-1979
25.14 [--] The Wonderful World of Disney: RIDE A WILD PONY (1)
11-Feb-1979
written by Rosemary Anne Sisson
based on the novel by James Aldridge
directed by Don Chaffey
cast:
Michael Craig as James Ellison
John Meillon as Charles E. Quayle
Robert Bettles as Scotty Pirie
Eva Griffith as Josie Ellison
Graham Rouse as Bluey Waters
Alfred Bell as Angus Pirie
John Meillon Jr. as Kit Quayle
Roy Haddrick as J.C.
Peter Gwynne as Sgt. Collins
Melissa Jaffer as Angus' wife
Lorraine Bayly as James' wife
*Note: Theatrically released in 1975
25.15 [--] The Wonderful World of Disney: RIDE A WILD PONY (2)
18-Feb-1979
same as above
25.16 [--] The Wonderful World of Disney: NEVER A DULL MOMENT (2-hour)
04-Mar-1979
written by A.J. Carothers
based on the book by John Godey
directed by Jerry Paris
cast:
Dick Van Dyke as Jack Albany
Edward G. Robinson as Leo Joseph Smooth
Dorothy Provine as Sally Inwood
Henry Silva as Frank Boley
Joanna Cook Moore as Melanie Smooth
Tony Bill as Florian
Slim Pickens as Cowboy Schaeffer
Jack Elam as Ace Williams
Ned Glass as Rinzy Tobreski
Richard Bakalyan as Bobby Macoon
Mickey Shaughnessy as Francis
Philip Coolidge as Fingers Felton
James Millhollin as Museum Director
*Note: Theatrically released in 1968.
25.17 [--] The Wonderful World of Disney: THE OMEGA CONNECTION (2-hour)
18-Mar-1979
25.18 [--] The Wonderful World of Disney: BORN TO RUN (1)
25-Mar-1979
written by Ed Jurist
based on the novel by Walter D. Edmonds
directed by Don Chaffey
cast:
Tom Farley as Matthew Boyd
Robert Bettles as Teddy Boyd
Andrew McFarlane as Doone Boyd
Mary Ward as Aunt Marian Castle
Julieanne Newbould as Cathy Castle
Alexander Archdale as Callant
Wyn Roberts as McGinnis
Kit Taylor as Paul Sanford
Gordon McDougall as Horace Weaver
Les Foxcroft as Loafer
Cul Cullen as Stranger #1
Rob Steele as Stranger #2
Nigel Lovell as Cantrell
Kenneth Laird as Hobart
Aileen Britton as Susannah
25.19 [--] The Wonderful World of Disney: BORN TO RUN (2)
01-Apr-1979
same as above.
25.20 [--] The Wonderful World of Disney: THE SKY TRAP (2-hour)
13-May-1979
teleplay by Jim Lawrence
based on the book by D.S. Halacy Jr.
directed by Jerome Courtland
cast:
Jim Hutton
Marc McClure
Patricia Crowley
Kitty Ruth
John Crawford
Kip Niven
Martin Kove
Walter Barnes
Dennis Fimple
Bill Thurman
####### The Wonderful World of
Disney ########
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