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20 Episodes 1972 - 1973
Episode 1
Sun, Sep 17, 197260 mins
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1969) re-edited into a two-part television presentation. Dexter Riley is struck by lightning when trying to reconnect a computer terminal.
Episode 2
Sun, Sep 24, 197260 mins
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1969) re-edited into a two-part television presentation. Dexter Riley becomes the repository of an enormous body of knowledge which he can call upon at will.
Episode 3
Sun, Oct 1, 197260 mins
A singer/songwriter heads to Nashville to make a name for himself. Instead he rescues an errant coyote he dubs Chico and ends up saving himself from a desultory music career.

Episode 4
Sun, Oct 22, 197260 mins
During the civil war, Two rival balloonists plan to race their giant balloons against each other. Circumstances beyond their control force them to unite and become spies for president Lincoln. Thanks to their brave and unique war efforts, the president forms the Aeronautic Corps as a wing of the union army of Potomac. From then on, the skies the limit in danger and excitement.

Episode 5
Sun, Oct 29, 197260 mins
The professor's work impresses President Lincoln who founds the Aeronautic Corps, the country's first air force.

Episode 6
Mon, Nov 6, 197260 mins
Eventually, the professor and his crew are captured by the Confederates and try to get away by stealing hydrogen from a Southern gas factory to fill their balloon.

Episode 7
Sun, Nov 19, 197260 mins
A young skunk is separated from his family and is adopted by a lonely girl who lives with her artist father. Generally things go well except an occasionally exciting times when Nosey uses his special skill.

Episode 8
Sun, Nov 26, 197260 mins
Friendship between a Ceylonese holy man and his disciple, and a leopard.

Episode 9
Sun, Dec 3, 197260 mins
The leopard had been saved by the holy man when young, and now, years later, he returns the favor.

Episode 10
Sun, Dec 17, 197260 mins
A playful juvenile harbor seal is separated from his family when he is caught in some fishermen's nets. Salty escapes but then must make the treacherous journey from San Francisco to Redwood country having misadventures along the way.

Episode 11
Sun, Jan 7, 197360 mins
Two bored kids in a vacation town get involved with thieves when they try to make their own horror movie. They find a stray dog, who brings them a stolen necklace, which they use in their movie.

Episode 12
Sun, Jan 14, 197360 mins
The thieves are then after the kids, but after a series of misadventures the thieves were captured, and the kids were able to finish their movie.

Episode 13
Sun, Jan 21, 197360 mins
A look at the first fifty years of Walt Disney's work and the Disney company's productions.
Episode 14
Sun, Feb 11, 197360 mins
Rascal (1969) re-edited into a two-part television presentation. The voice of 60-year-old Sterling North recalls his youth in the Wisconsin heartland when he found a raccoon kit, named it Rascal, and took it home.

Episode 15
Sun, Feb 18, 197360 mins
Rascal (1969) re-edited into a two-part television presentation. The boy and raccoon have many adventures; and Rascal even helps a horse to win a race against a Stanley Steamer. But young Sterling lets Rascal seek his natural freedom.

Episode 16
Sun, Mar 4, 197360 mins
The story of a boy and the heavy draft horse Chester, who is redundant after machines have taken over the work he used to do.

Episode 17
Sun, Mar 11, 197360 mins
A champion show dog falls off a boat near Catalina Island. Confused when he washes up on shore, the canine is picked up by a rancher. Renamed the animal is taught to herd livestock.

Episode 18
Sun, Mar 18, 197360 mins
A boy from Arizona follows Bronc Buster around the rodeo circuit.

Episode 19
Sun, Mar 25, 197360 mins
The boy finds his Bronc Buster friend is a wanted man, and assists him eluding from the law, and the boy returning back home.

Episode 20
Sun, Apr 1, 197360 mins
The story of a native boy, Mafatu, who, with his dog, tries to prove himself a man by setting sail in a small outrigger canoe. He is capsized in a storm and has to survive by his wits on an island inhabited by a fierce tribe.
