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The Magical World of Disney Season 17 Episodes
Season 17 Episode Guide
21 Episodes 1970 - 1971
Episode 1
Cristobalito, the Calypso Colt
Sun, Sep 13, 197060 mins
Chago, a young Puerto Rican boy, befriends Christobalito with a Paso Fino stallion palomino, straight down the horses of the Spanish conquistadors.
Episode 2
The Boy Who Stole the Elephant: Part 1
Sun, Sep 20, 197060 mins
A boy working in a struggling circus troupe develops a great rapport with an elephant on loan from a more successful circus. When he learns that his boss has just bet the elephant in a card game and lost, he decides to leave as quickly and quietly as possible with the huge animal and return it to its rightful owner several hundred miles away in the southern U.S. Based on the novel of the same title by Julilly Kohler.
Episode 3
The Boy Who Stole the Elephant: Part 2
Sun, Sep 27, 197060 mins
Davey learns his boss has just bet the elephant in a card game and lost, and so he decides to return it to its rightful owner hundreds of miles away.
Episode 4
The Wacky Zoo of Morgan City: Part 1
Sun, Oct 18, 197092 mins
Mayor Philbrick is trying to help Maggie Hargrove push through a proposed art museum...which will be built where the zoo currently exists. To help the zoo fail, Philbrick assigns Mitch Collins, an accountant, to run the zoo. But contrary to expectations, Mitch propelled by his son Noah's enthusiasm, turns the zoo around and with the help of Morgan City's children, he just may save it from the mayor's plans.
Episode 5
The Wacky Zoo of Morgan City: Part 2
Sun, Oct 25, 197060 mins
Mayor Philbrick is trying to help Maggie Hargrove push through a proposed art museum...which will be built where the zoo currently exists. To help the zoo fail, Philbrick assigns Mitch Collins, an accountant, to run the zoo. But contrary to expectations, Mitch propelled by his son Noah's enthusiasm, turns the zoo around and with the help of Morgan City's children, he just may save it from the mayor's plans.
Episode 6
Snow Bear: Part 1
Sun, Nov 1, 197060 mins
A polar bear cub is befriended by Timko, a teenage Eskimo boy, while he is on a year's self-imposed exile from his community, learning the art of the hunt.
Episode 7
Snow Bear: Part 2
Sun, Nov 8, 197060 mins
The soon grown bear has to be returned to the wilds after it destroys the village's meager supply of food.
Episode 8
Monkeys, Go Home: Part 1
Sun, Nov 15, 197060 mins
Monkeys, Go Home! (1967) re-edited into a two-part television presentation. A young American, Hank Dussard, inherits a large olive farm in Provence, France. Labor is too costly to harvest the olives, so Hank trains four chimpanzees to do the job.
Episode 9
Monkeys, Go Home: Part 2
Sun, Nov 22, 197060 mins
Monkeys, Go Home! (1967) re-edited into a two-part television presentation. Thus incurs the wrath of the villagers. Eventually, the American foils a local labor leader, wins the girl he loves, and the olives are harvested.
Episode 10
Hang Your Hat on the Wind
Sun, Nov 29, 197060 mins
Goyo, a Navajo boy, finds a thoroughbred in the desert. After devotedly caring for the horse he learns of its true owner. Goyo intends to return it but the stallion is stolen by two men and the youth is determined to get the animal back.
Episode 11
It's Tough to Be a Bird
Sun, Dec 13, 197060 mins
Award winning documentary about the lives of our avian friends and the peril they sometimes face trying to share earth with humans.
Episode 12
From All of Us to All of You #4
Sun, Dec 20, 197060 mins
The holiday show, featuring Christmas cartoons, was changed for later runs, often by adding a segment on the latest animated feature.
Episode 13
Three Without Fear: Part 1
Sun, Jan 3, 197160 mins
A father is flying a small plane with his son and experiences engine trouble, landing on a Mexican beach. His son wanders off into the jungle, becoming lost, while the father waits and then takes off in the repaired plane hoping to find help. Meanwhile the son encounters two Mexican children on a quest and together they try solve their troubles on a trek through the jungle.
Episode 14
Three Without Fear: Lost on the Baja Peninsula
Sun, Jan 10, 197160 mins
A father is flying a small plane with his son and experiences engine trouble,landing on a Mexican beach. His son wanders off into the jungle, becoming lost, while the father waits and then takes off in the repaired plane hoping to find help. Meanwhile the son encounters two Mexican children on a quest and together they try solve their troubles on a trek through the jungle.
Episode 15
The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin: Part 1
Sun, Jan 17, 197160 mins
The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin (1967) re-edited into a three-part television presentation. At the time of the California Gold Rush, a young boy from Boston runs away to California to try and restore his family's fortune.
Episode 16
The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin: Part 2
Sun, Jan 24, 197160 mins
The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin (1967) re-edited into a three-part television presentation. Pursued by the very proper family butler, Griffin and as the result of a lucky punch, becomes mistakenly renowned as a boxer.
Episode 17
The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin: Part 3
Sun, Jan 31, 197160 mins
The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin (1967) re-edited into a three-part television presentation. Both boy and butler tangle with a crook with many disguises. Finding their fortune, the butler becomes himself, marrying the boy's sister.
Episode 18
Bayou Boy: Part 1
Sun, Feb 7, 197160 mins
Jeanot is a fatherless boy living in the Louisiana backwoods and spending time with his friends. He learns of a church bell sunk in Dead Man's Bayou and is determined to retrieve it to honor his dad.
Episode 19
Bayou Boy: Part 2
Sun, Feb 14, 197160 mins
In conclusion Jeannot continues his quest to retrieve a sunken church bell. With little encouragement he devises a plan and a way to evade a large alligator who patrols the bayou where the religious item is located.
Episode 20
Hamad and the Pirates: The Phantom Dhow
Sun, Mar 7, 197160 mins
This is the story of Hamad, an young Muslim orphan who goes pearl diving and falls overboard during a storm. He is rescued by a pirate roaming the waters with treasures stolen from the island. Soon, Hamad escape the ship and travels across Dubai and Saudi Arabia to reach Manama and get the authorities to capture the pirates and recover the treasure.
Episode 21
Hamad and the Pirates: The Island of Three Palms
Sun, Mar 14, 197160 mins
This is the story of Hamad, an young Muslim orphan who goes pearl diving and falls overboard during a storm. He is rescued by a pirate dhow roaming the waters with treasures stolen from the island. Soon, Hamad escape the ship and travels across Dubai and Saudi Arabia to reach Manama and get the authorities to capture the pirates and recover the treasure.
