-~My Favorite TV Specials~-
by ja_kitty_71 | created - 30 Jan 2017 | updated - 2 months ago | PublicHere are all of my favorite TV specials.
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1. The Ballad of Smokey the Bear (1966 TV Movie)
TV-G | 60 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
The origin of the great bear forest conservation crusader.
Director: Larry Roemer | Stars: James Cagney, William Marine, Rose Marie Jun, Herb Duncan
Votes: 83
2. You're in Love, Charlie Brown (1967 TV Short)
30 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
With the help of Linus and Peppermint Patty, Charlie Brown tries to pluck up the courage to talk to his crush, the Little Red-Haired Girl.
Director: Bill Melendez | Stars: Peter Robbins, Christopher Shea, Sally Dryer, Cathy Steinberg
Votes: 1,605
3. Tales from Muppetland: The Frog Prince (1971 TV Movie)
60 min | Family, Fantasy, Music
A frog and a princess, both cursed by a witch, figure out how to break each other's spells.
Director: Jim Henson | Stars: Trudy Young, Gordon Thomson, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson
Votes: 511
4. The Cat in the Hat (1971 TV Movie)
TV-G | 30 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
A red and white-striped top-hatted cat visits two children left home alone.
Director: Hawley Pratt | Stars: Allan Sherman, Daws Butler, Pamelyn Ferdin, Tony Frazier
Votes: 2,143
5. The Enchanted World of Danny Kaye: The Emperor's New Clothes (1972 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 60 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
This is one of the 'Animagical' titles from the children's film archive of Rankin/Bass. The story line is reminiscent of an earlier 1966 R/B Animagic film, 'The Daydreamer', both of which ... See full summary »
Directors: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. | Stars: Danny Kaye, Cyril Ritchard, Imogene Coca, Allen Swift
Votes: 83
6. The Cricket in Times Square (1973 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 24 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Chester Cricket gets trapped inside a picnic basket and transported from his home in Connecticut to the middle of New York City. Alone and lost, he meets up with Harry and Tucker, a cat and... See full summary »
Director: Chuck Jones | Stars: Mel Blanc, Les Tremayne, June Foray, Kerry MacLane
Votes: 312
7. The White Seal (1975 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 24 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A unique white seal searches for a refuge for his herd from humans.
Director: Chuck Jones | Stars: Roddy McDowall, June Foray
Votes: 317
8. Bugs Bunny in King Arthur's Court (1978 TV Movie)
TV-G | 25 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
On a travel tip from Ray Bradbury, Bugs ends up in King Arthur's time and is mistaken for a "dwagon" by the always astute Sir Elmer of Fudde.
Director: Chuck Jones | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 305
9. The Talking Parcel (1978 TV Movie)
Unrated | 40 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
A little girl finds an odd parcel on the seashore, and in It a talking parrot who takes her on an epic journey to a fantasy land called Mythologia to rescue a wizard imprisoned by an evil cockatrice. They must gather allies along the way.
Director: Brian Cosgrove | Stars: Lisa Norris, Freddie Jones, Mollie Sugden, Roy Kinnear
Votes: 85
10. Runaway Robots! Romie-O and Julie-8 (1979 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 30 min | Animation, Romance, Sci-Fi
Two rival robotics companies in the future release their latest creations at a robotics convention, claiming each to be the latest and greatest in technological advances. Mega Stellar ... See full summary »
Director: Clive A. Smith | Stars: Max Ferguson, Greg Swanson, Donann Cavin, Marie Romain Aloma
Votes: 66
11. Banjo the Woodpile Cat (1979 TV Movie)
G | 29 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
A mischievous kitten named Banjo runs away from home and soon realizes he may have made a mistake.
Director: Don Bluth | Stars: Scatman Crothers, Beah Richards, Sparky Marcus, Jerry Harper
Votes: 436
12.
ABC Weekend Specials (1977–1995)
Episode:
The Trouble with Miss Switch
(1980)
TV-Y | 60 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
When Rupert and his friend Amelia find the new substitute teacher doing odd things, they discover that she is actually a witch with a magical talking cat who sought them out in order to stop an evil coven of witches from destroying her.
Director: Charles Nichols | Stars: Janet Waldo, Eric Taslitz, Nancy McKeon, June Foray
Votes: 129
13.
ABC Weekend Specials (1977–1995)
Episode:
Miss Switch to the Rescue
(1982)
TV-Y | 60 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A dark and stormy night sees Rupert and Amelia studying about energy when a mysterious stranger gives Rupert a package. He unknowingly frees the pirate wizard, Mordo, who kidnaps Amelia. ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Nichols | Stars: Janet Waldo, Eric Taslitz, Nancy McKeon, Hans Conried
Votes: 72
Sequel
14. Paddington Bear Goes to the Movies (1980 TV Short)
TV-Y7 | 21 min | Animation, Short
The incorrigible Paddington, inspired by the magic of the Silver Screen and a sudden rainstorm, follows the famous footsteps of Gene Kelly and in his own way "dances in the rain" with hilarious consequences.
Director: Barry Leith | Star: Michael Hordern
Votes: 24
15. Faeries (1981 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 30 min | Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
The king of the faeries sends for a young hunter after his shadow escapes and threatens his kingdom.
Director: Lee Mishkin | Stars: Hans Conried, Morgan Brittany, Craig Schaefer, Frank Welker
Votes: 206
16. The Care Bears in the Land Without Feelings (1983 TV Movie)
TV-Y | 30 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
After a young boy becomes upset about moving and runs away, the Care Bears must rescue him from the clutches of the evil Professor Coldheart.
Director: Pino Van Lamsweerde | Stars: Anna MacCormack, Rick Jones, Abby Hagyard, Les Lye
Votes: 420
17. The Care Bears Battle the Freeze Machine (1984 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 30 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
The Care Bears must stop Professor Coldheart from freezing the world with his Careless Ray.
Director: Pino Van Lamsweerde | Stars: Les Lye, Anna MacCormack, Noreen Young, Abby Hagyard
Votes: 261
Sequel
18. Garfield on the Town (1983 TV Short)
Not Rated | 30 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Garfield escapes from the car on a trip to the vet and finds the place where he grew up.
Director: Phil Roman | Stars: Lorenzo Music, Thom Huge, George Wendt, Gregg Berger
Votes: 786
19. It's Flashbeagle, Charlie Brown (1984 TV Short)
Not Rated | 24 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Snoopy assumes the alter ego of insanely hot and charismatic dance machine Flashbeagle. Meanwhile, Sally pines for Linus and Lucy bosses everyone around.
Directors: Sam Jaimes, Bill Melendez | Stars: Fergie, Gary Goren, Gini Holtzman, Keri Houlihan
Votes: 864
20. Smurfily Ever After (1985)
Not Rated | 23 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Smurfette fantasizes about whom she might want to marry someday. Meanwhile, as the Smurfs prepare for the wedding of Laconia and Woody, Gargamel appears ruining the joyous celebration with a ghoulish calliope.
Directors: Gerard Baldwin, Frank Andrina, Oliver Callahan, Rudy Cataldi, Bob Goe, Bob Hathcock, Lee Mishkin, Sam Nicholson, Jay Sarbry, Alan Zaslove | Stars: Don Messick, Frank Welker, Paul Winchell, Lucille Bliss
Votes: 25
21.
ABC Weekend Specials (1977–1995)
Episode:
The Velveteen Rabbit
(1985)
TV-Y | 30 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Robert (voiced by Josh Rodine) is convinced that his toy rabbit is real. When he contracts scarlet fever, the rabbit is considered the cause of the illness and ordered to be burned. He is ... See full summary »
Stars: Chub Bailly, Jodi Carlisle, Peter Cullen, Brian Cummings
Votes: 39
22. The Canterville Ghost (1988 TV Movie)
24 min | Animation
The poor ghost of Sir Simon Canterville has been roaming his castle searching in vain for a brave descendant who will release him from the Canterville curse by performing a brave deed. An ... See full summary »
Directors: Monica Kendall, Ed Newmann | Stars: Dick Orkin, Brian Cummings, Lewis Arquette, Susan Blu
Votes: 22
23.
CBS Storybreak (1984– )
Episode:
Ratha's Creature
(1989)
TV-Y7 | Animation, Short, Family
The Named, a society of intelligent prehistoric cougar-like cats, are being pushed to the edge of survival by their savage unnamed enemies. Ratha, a young female being trained as a herder ... See full summary »
Stars: Michael Bell, Vicki Davis, Mona Marshall, Alan Oppenheimer
Votes: 11
24.
The Real Story of... (1991– )
Episode:
The Real Story of Au Clair de la Lune
(1994)
Animation
Stars: Julian Bailey, Milton Berle, Rick Jones, Bronwen Mantel
25.
The Real Story of... (1991– )
Episode:
Here Comes the Bride
(1994)
Animation
Director: José Xavier | Stars: Sonja Ball, Arthur Holden, Carol Kane, Terrence Scammell
26.
ABC Weekend Specials (1977–1995)
Episode:
The Magic Flute
(1994)
TV-Y | 44 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Based on the opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, this story is about a young prince who was given a magical flute by the Queen of the night to help him find the princess and return her to the... See full summary »
Directors: Marlene Robinson May, Ron Myrick | Stars: Michael York, Samantha Eggar, Joely Fisher, Mark Hamill
Votes: 63
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