William Beaudine
Director
The Wonderful World of Disney (1954)
Season 26
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
Production Companies: Walt Disney Television
Network: ABC
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S26E1 - The Absent-Minded Professor (1)
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.""
Sept. 9, 1979, midnight
S26E2 - The Absent-Minded Professor (2)
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.""
Sept. 16, 1979, midnight
S26E3 - The Love Bug
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.
Sept. 23, 1979, midnight
S26E4 - Baseball Fever
None
Oct. 14, 1979, midnight
S26E5 - Major Effects
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.
Dec. 16, 1979, midnight
S26E6 - From All of Us to all of You #7
None
Dec. 23, 1979, midnight
S26E7 - That Darn Cat!
None
Jan. 13, 1980, midnight
S26E8 - Mickey's Greatest Adventures
None
Jan. 20, 1980, midnight
S26E9 - Donald's Valentine's Day Salute
None
Feb. 10, 1980, midnight
S26E10 - Escape to Witch Mountain
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.
Feb. 17, 1980, midnight
S26E11 - The Kids Who Knew Too Much
Two kids get into real trouble when a dying man leaves a package in their toy sailboat.
March 9, 1980, midnight
4.0
S26E12 - Son of Flubber
This 1963 theatrical sequel to ""The Absent-Minded Professor"" finds Professor Ned Brainard inventing ""flubber gas,"" a gaseous form of his original concoction.
March 16, 1980, midnight
S26E13 - Disney's Oscar Winners
This retrospective installment highlights Disney films that have won or been nominated for Academy Awards.
April 13, 1980, midnight
S26E14 - The Sultan and the Rock Star
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.
April 20, 1980, midnight
S26E15 - Secret of Lost Valley (1)
None
April 27, 1980, midnight
S26E16 - Secret of Lost Valley (2)
None
May 4, 1980, midnight
S26E17 - Misadventures of Chip N' Dale
None
July 27, 1980, midnight
Network: ABC
Episode Runtime: 60 min.
Season Runtime: 46320 min.
Released: Oct. 27, 1954
Last Air Date: Aug. 26, 1990, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: TV-G / 2+
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