William Beaudine
Director
The Wonderful World of Disney (1954)
Season 24
Walt Disney Productions has produced an anthology television series under several different titles since 1954. The original version of the series premiered on ABC, Wednesday night, October 27, 1954. The show, which was hosted by Walt Disney until his death and then from 1996 to 2002 by then-CEO Michael Eisner (with one-off hosts or no hosts during other periods) has since aired continually as either a weekly program or an irregular series of specials on several networks and streaming services, most recently on ABC and Disney+. The show is the second longest showing prime-time program on American television, behind its rival, Hallmark Hall of Fame. However, Hallmark Hall of Fame was a weekly program only during its first five seasons, while Disney remained a weekly program for more than forty years.
Released Oct. 27, 1954
Episode 60 min
2+
Genres: Action, Adventure, Animation, Documentary, Drama, Family, Kids
Keywords: imdb.cult-favorite, imdb.anthology, awards.oscar-nominated, awards.emmy-award-winner, awards.emmy-award-nominated, awards.golden-globe-winner, awards.golden-globe-nominated, imdb.santa-claus
Production Companies: Walt Disney Television
Network: ABC
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S24E1 - Gus
None
Sept. 18, 1977, midnight
S24E2 - The Treasure of Matecumbe
In this 1976 theatrical release, two runaway boys from post-Civil War Kentucky head for the island of Matecumbe off the Florida Keys, where a treasure is supposedly buried.
Oct. 2, 1977, midnight
S24E3 - Charley for the Angel
None
Oct. 16, 1977, midnight
S24E4 - The Incredible Journey
None
Oct. 23, 1977, midnight
S24E5 - Halloween Hall O' Fame
Halloween Hall o' Fame is a television special that first aired on October 30, 1977 as part of The Wonderful World of Disney. The special featured Jonathan Winters as a security guard working late at the Walt Disney Productions studio on Halloween night. He is accompanied by his dog, Peanuts. Winters, bitter about working on Halloween night, stumbles upon the prop room at the studio and begins acting out scenes with various props. Eventually he finds a crystal ball containing a talking pumpkin, Jack o' Lantern. Jack o' Lantern is hiding out from Halloween because it is no longer scary like it was in "the old days". The dialogue between the security guard and the pumpkin is interspersed with Halloween-related Disney cartoons, that Jack o' shows the security guard in his crystal ball and which the audience gets to enjoy.
List of cartoons: The first cartoon, "Trick or Treat", features Huey, Dewey, and Louie as they go trick or treating. Donald plays a mean trick on them and the boys seek
Oct. 30, 1977, midnight
S24E6 - The Mouseketeers at Walt Disney World
None
Nov. 20, 1977, midnight
S24E7 - From All of Us to All of You #6
None
Dec. 25, 1977, midnight
S24E8 - Three on the Run
Two brothers enter a dogsled race with white German shepherd, an English sheepdog and a bloodhound. Action happens when a grizzly bear appears.
Jan. 8, 1978, midnight
S24E9 - Journey to the Valley of the Emu
None
Jan. 22, 1978, midnight
S24E10 - The Shaggy Dog
A suburban teenager finds a magic ring that spontaneously causes him to turn into a dog.
Jan. 29, 1978, midnight
S24E11 - The Million Dollar Dixie Deliverance
None
Feb. 5, 1978, midnight
S24E12 - Race for Survival
An African game warden's plane crashes in a remote area in Nairobi. His greyhound, Smokey, escapes from the wreckage with a note with instructions to find the man and help him. On the way, the dog befriends a lion who helps him get through the African wilderness and find help for his owner.
March 5, 1978, midnight
S24E13 - Trail of Danger (1)
None
March 12, 1978, midnight
S24E14 - Trail of Danger (2)
None
March 19, 1978, midnight
S24E15 - Mixed Nuts
None
March 26, 1978, midnight
S24E16 - Child of Glass
A family moves into an antebellum southern mansion. Only Alexander, their son, realizes that it is haunted by the ghost of Inez Dumaine, a young girl who was murdered there during the Civil War. He and his friend, Blossom, have until midnight on Halloween to solve a riddle that will let Inez's ghost rest in peace.
May 14, 1978, midnight
S24E17 - The Young Runaways
C.L. Doyle and his wife take their oldest kids Rosebud and Joseph T. Doyle on a trip to Alaska, but leave their younger siblings Freddie and Margaret Jean in foster care under the supervision of some crooks. Angered over her parents carelessness, Rosebud convinces her brother to join them in kidnapping their younger siblings and running away from home, sparking a manhunt and a show of support from kids rallying on behalf of their cause.
May 28, 1978, midnight
S24E18 - A Tale of Two Critters
None
June 4, 1978, midnight
ABC
60 min/ep
46380 min
Oct. 27, 1954
Aug. 26, 1990, midnight
Returning Series
TV-G / 2+
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