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ABC Weekend Special

Season 4 1980 - 1981
TV-Y

  • 1980-10-04T04:00:00Z on ABC
  • 25m
  • 4h (8 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
A youth anthology series focusing primarily on adaptations of children's literature.

8 episodes

Season Premiere

1980-10-04T04:00:00Z

4x01 Scruffy, Part 1

Season Premiere

4x01 Scruffy, Part 1

  • 1980-10-04T04:00:00Z30m

Scruffy (Nancy McKeon) is a lovable puppy struggling to survive in an unfamiliar world where she loses loved ones, battles fiendish foes and learns the value of loyal friends.

1980-10-11T04:00:00Z

4x02 Scruffy, Part 2

4x02 Scruffy, Part 2

  • 1980-10-11T04:00:00Z30m

Scruffy – frightened and freezing – returns alone to the big city and finds an affectionate new master, a ragged but regal Shakespearean street performer named Tibbles (voiced by Hans Conried).

1980-10-18T04:00:00Z

4x03 Scruffy, Part 3

4x03 Scruffy, Part 3

  • 1980-10-18T04:00:00Z30m

Scruffy meets a tough bulldog named Butch (voiced by Michael Bell) who takes her to join his family of strays who have set up a canine commune in an abandoned station wagon.

1981-01-03T05:00:00Z

4x04 Arthur the Kid

4x04 Arthur the Kid

  • 1981-01-03T05:00:00Z30m

Three bumbling outlaws (Marvin Kaplan, Graham Jarvis, Charles Hyman) who advertise in the Medicine Bow Gazette for a "boss" have their careers redirected when a spunky 10-year-old named Arthur (Dennis Dimster) applies for the job.

Zack and Jenny (Jim Gatherum and Olivia Barash) are two young people who combine their talents to operate a magic shop.

Zack uses a little magic to save his aunt's (Jane Withers) magic-making factory from the wrecking ball.

1981-01-24T05:00:00Z

4x07 Mayday! Mayday!, Part 1

4x07 Mayday! Mayday!, Part 1

  • 1981-01-24T05:00:00Z30m

Mayday! Mayday! is the distress call given by pilot Lou Parker just before the small plane carrying Lou and his family is forced to make a crash landing in the high Sierras. With Lou trapped in the wreckage and his wife, Janice immobilized by a broken leg, young Allison and Mark Parker set out alone to find help. Unknown to the children or the airborne searchers, back at the crash site their injured mother is waging a desperate battle against a stream of fuel flowing from the wreckage toward her signal fire. The prospects of rescue become increasingly dim as Allison and Mark struggle to elude a pack of wild dogs and encounter a rattlesnake ready to strike.

Season Finale

1981-01-31T05:00:00Z

4x08 Mayday! Mayday!, Part 2

Season Finale

4x08 Mayday! Mayday!, Part 2

  • 1981-01-31T05:00:00Z30m

The prospects of rescue become increasingly dim as Allison and Mark struggle to elude a pack of wild dogs and encounter a rattlesnake ready to strike.

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