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- O. Henry comedy where two kidnappers who are not the sharpest knives in the drawer kidnap the small son of a wealthy man.
- 1977–19951h 10mTV-Y5.1 (16)TV Episode
- Scruffy is a puppy you'll definitely fall in love with. In the tradition of Bambi, Scruffy is an orphan, alone and frightened. Rather than the freedom of the forest, Scruffy must wander the streets of the big city before she makes friends. First there's Joe Tibbles, a street performer who adopts her. Then when Joe suddenly dies, she meets Butch, an unwanted stray with a heart of gold. Scruffy's tale will tug at your heartstrings as you experience with her the hardships of life as a stray.
- Shortly after the Civil War, while exploring the long deserted and reputedly haunted Sullivan's Island off Charleston S.C., a boy encounters two obsessed eccentrics living there. These men chase him away and warn him never to return or to tell anyone about them. Soon, however, they locate him and summon him back, because he has unknowingly given them a clue vital to their quest and they need his help to unravel the rest of the mystery. If he can do so, they will find buried pirate treasure and all become rich. But in joining the search, he falls under the same obsession and curse-- an ominous fate suggested by the unearthly electronic music which contributes to the film's atmosphere.
- When Angel Wilson and her family move into a spooky old house, their new neighbour Billy informs her the place is haunted by an old miser -- who is rumored to have disappeared with a million dollars in cash. Learning of a secret room in the mansion's basement, the two sleuths make an astonishing discovery -- only to be trapped by a near-fatal cave-in. Now, they'll have to solve the mansion's baffling mystery, or end up missing...just like the miser and his legendary loot!
- Ralph the Mouse runs away from home and befriends a young outcast at summer camp.
- Animated TV-film version of Frances Hodgson Burnett's classic children's story about a spoiled English orphan who lives in India but is transplanted to her uncle's old, mysterious house in England after her parents' deaths. After making friends with a country boy and several animals, who talk here, she discovers many secrets on the grounds, including a locked-up, neglected garden and a locked-up, sickly boy, who turns out to be her cousin. Far too much time is spent here on the children's attempts to save the sickly boy's life from the evil housekeeper and doctor, who want to kill him and inherit the house.
- 1977–199530mTV-Y8.7 (9)TV EpisodeAs Temba returns to his village bearing a bundle of wood for his mother, members of his village take a stick or two from the bundle for their own use as he passes. Each thanks him and remarks "what would we do without Temba?" The village headman observes his generosity and gives him one of his feathers from his headress. Some of his "friends" notice this exchange and express their jealously. When Temba reaches his mother with the wood she also praises him by stating "what would we do without Temba?" Temba's village is overcome by a drought. He ventures off alone to find food and water. He is joined by the three "friends" who have decided that whatever Temba finds they will take from him and return to the village as heroes. Temba fends off danger and is given a magical set of bones by a wise old man. When the bones are cast and the word "Jirimpimbira" is said any desire that one wishes is granted. Temba desires for himself to be the headman of a magnificent village. When the three friends who have been following him see that he has become the headman of a great village they decide to spy on him. One night they see him casting the bones, steal them and begin using them for themselves. Temba's village disappears when the bones are taken. He recovers the bones and in the process learns the most precious gift of all is friendship. He returns to his village, sharing the magical power of the bones to prevent starvation.
- "Grandpa Doc" is a doctor that encourages his grandson to one day become an artist.
- 1977–199542mTV-Y7.1 (462)TV EpisodeA lonely boy befriends a talking mouse who falls in love with his toy motorcycle.
- Living in the Mountain View inn, Ralph S Mouse and his friend Ryan comes up with a plan to help Matt, the bellboy who was forced to leave.
- Two-part sequel to the 1978 ABC Weekend Special, based on the Marjorie Henderson Buell comic strip. In this one, Lulu Moppet wants to start an all-girls hockey team, but is short on funds for uniforms and equipment, until she cons chauvanistic Tubby into believing he has a curse, which can only be lifted by raising money for the team.
- An ABC Weekend Special, based on the 1935 single-panel comic strip by Marjorie Henderson Buell.
- Based on William Saroyan's short story about a 10 year-old Armenian-American boy in 1938 Fresno, CA who wants to build a bench for his mother's garden but needs a hammer.
- It details the misadventures of the mostly reptillian and amphibian crew
- 1977–199530mTV-YTV Episode
- 1977–199523mTV-Y6.6 (143)TV EpisodeWhen strange accidents happen at the factory where Mr. Monroe works, and vegetables are drained of their juices, the neighbors as well as Harold the dog and Chester the cat suspect that the new-found family bunny is really a vampire.
- 1977–1995TV-Y9.0 (9)TV Episode
- A teenage boy's search for his uncle on a Navajo reservation discovers his own Native American heritage.
- When a young boy is abducted from a museum, his pet bulldog, Siamese cat and crow team up to rescue him.
- Prince Charles tells a group of children, the story of the Old Man of Lochnager based on the book he wrote.
- 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 Queen. The prince is captured by the King, and both the prince and the young princess discover the truth of her past, and that the treachery of the Queen of the night has serious consequences for the entire kingdom.
- 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. Rupert calls on Miss Switch for help in this new adventure.
- Five siblings named Penny, Pamela, Peter, Patsy, and Pollywog have one thing in common: They like to spend their free time getting lost in their imaginations. One day, several items in their house mysteriously go missing and the kids' perplexed mother asks about their whereabouts. Then while the siblings play a game, the baby, Pollywog, and their pet cat, Earless, go missing too. The remaining foursome and their dog, Yukie, discover that there's a trap door in their playhouse. The kids and Yukie believe that Pollywog, and Earless, were kidnapped through there. So they enter it as well and search for the two. But what they find, they never would've expected: An underground city where several green goblin-like creatures live, who also like to get lost in their imaginations, and, at first, seem to have their own language they speak which consists of nothing but the word "og". The kids must find away to retrieve Pollywog and Earless, and return home before their mother finds out they've all disappeared. Based on the book by Pierre Berton.