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The Magical World of Disney Season 29 Episodes
Season 29 Episode Guide
18 Episodes 1982 - 1983
Episode 1
The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again: Part 1
Sat, Sep 25, 198260 mins
The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again (1979) re-edited for two-part television presentation. Trying to live down their checkered past, Theodore and Amos find themselves caught up in still another series of hilarious misadventures.
Episode 2
The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again: Part 2
Sat, Oct 2, 198260 mins
The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again (1979) re-edited for two-part television presentation. Major Gaskill will lose his command if he cannot stop the raids on his supply wagons, and it is up to Theodore and Amos to break this up.
Episode 3
Freaky Friday: Part 1
Sat, Oct 9, 198260 mins
Freaky Friday (1976) re-edited for two-part television presentation. A harried mother thinks her daughter's life is a bed of roses. The daughter is similarly envious of her mother. Each wishes she could trade places and they did.
Episode 4
Freaky Friday: Part 2
Sat, Oct 16, 198260 mins
Freaky Friday (1976) re-edited for two-part television presentation. While Mom is experiencing junior high school, the teenager is finding out what it's like to be a wife and mother. Both are glad to see the end of the day.
Episode 5
Epcot Center: The Opening Celebration
Sat, Oct 23, 198260 mins
Rainy weather fails to dampen the enthusiasm as EPCOT Center is opened. Host Danny Kaye looks at the history of the project from Walt's first announcement through construction. Celebrity guests help Kaye visit several attractions.
Episode 6
Disney's Halloween Treat
Sat, Oct 30, 198260 mins
A talking pumpkin tells the stories and legends of Halloween using Disney animation.
Episode 7
No Deposit, No Return: Part 1
Sat, Nov 6, 198260 mins
No Deposit, No Return (1976) re-edited for two-part television presentation. Tracy, 11, and Jay, 8, who would like to be with their mother in Hong Kong, are stuck spending their Easter holiday with their wealthy grandfather in California.
Episode 8
No Deposit, No Return: Part 2
Sat, Nov 13, 198260 mins
No Deposit, No Return (1976) re-edited for two-part presentation. When the kids fall in with safe-crackers, they pretend to be kidnapped to con their grandfather into paying the ransom that can be use as airfare to Hong Kong.
Episode 9
Blackbeard's Ghost: Part 1
Sat, Nov 20, 198260 mins
Blackbeard's Ghost (1968) re-edited for two-part television presentation. Upon his arrival in Godolphin where he will be track coach, Steve Walker inadvertently summons the ghost of the infamous Captain Blackbeard.
Episode 10
Blackbeard's Ghost: Part 2
Sat, Nov 27, 198260 mins
Blackbeard's Ghost (1968) re-edited for two-part television presentation. The rascally old pirate causes him nothing but trouble, but, in the end, finally helps the coach win a track meet and a girlfriend.
Episode 11
A Disney Christmas Gift
Sat, Dec 4, 198260 mins
A Christmas-themed compilation of cartoons featuring Mickey and Donald combined with excerpts from Disney feature films such as Melody Time, Bambi, Peter Pan, The Sword in the Stone and Cinderella, as well as the 1933 Silly Symphony short The Night Before Christmas. The opening and closing numbers, featuring the song "On Christmas Morning" and its reprise, showcased Christmas at Disneyland. Featured segments: "Once Upon a Wintertime" Melody Time (1948), "Pluto's Christmas Tree" Mickey Mouse, Pluto and Chip 'n' Dale (1952), "Bambi and Thumper" Bambi (1942), "Peter Pan and the Darling children" Peter Pan (1953), "The Clock Watcher" Donald Duck (1945), "Merlin, Arthur and Archimedes" The Sword in the Stone (1963), "The Night Before Christmas" Silly Symphony (1933)
Episode 12
Winnie the Pooh and Friends
Sat, Dec 11, 198260 mins
Pooh footage is combined with segments from other Disney cartoons.
Episode 13
Walt Disney's Mickey & Donald
Sat, Jan 1, 198360 mins
The show is a grouping of cartoons, featuring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck.
Episode 14
The World's Greatest Athlete: Part 1
Tue, Jan 4, 198360 mins
The World's Greatest Athlete (1973) re-edited for two-part television presentation. Discovered in Africa by two sports coaches, Nanu, a blond boy raised by natives after the death of his missionary parents, is an incredible athlete.
Episode 15
The World's Greatest Athlete: Part 2
Tue, Jan 11, 198360 mins
The World's Greatest Athlete (1973) re-edited for two-part television presentation. Entered in a Los Angeles NCAA track-and-field competition, Nanu wins all the events despite voodoo magic being used against him.
Episode 16
Ferdinand the Bull & Mickey
Tue, Jan 18, 198360 mins
Reluctant and actual heroes are spotlighted in various animation clips.
Episode 17
A Valentine from Disney
Tue, Feb 8, 198360 mins
A salute to romance, with clips from a number of animated films.
Episode 18
Mickey and Donald Kidding Around
Tue, May 3, 198360 mins
Prof. Von Drake covers child psychology with a series of cartoons, trying to give Donald some advice on raising his nephews. An edited version of Kids is Kids.
