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The Magical World of Disney Season 31 Episodes
Season 31 Episode Guide
22 Episodes 1986 - 1987
Episode 1
Pete's Dragon
Sun, Sep 21, 198660 mins
Pete's Dragon (1977) edited for television presentation. A mischievous dragon, Elliott, inadvertently causes chaos and confusion in Passamaquoddy, a Maine fishing village in helping an orphan, Pete, break away from his evil foster parents.
Episode 2
Hero in the Family
Sun, Sep 28, 1986120 mins
The teenage son of an astronaut tries to help his father after he and a chimpanzee switch brains as the result of a space flight mishap. The boy must protect the "chimp" (his father, who is unable to communicate vocally) and his father's body (with the chimp's mind) from the military personnel and anyone else.
Episode 3
Little Spies
Sun, Oct 5, 1986120 mins
When a runaway stray dog is rescued by the local neighborhood kids, they discover a nearby gang is involved.
Episode 4
The B.R.A.T. Patrol
Sun, Oct 26, 198695 mins
A group of military brats uncovers a plot to steal base equipment.
Episode 5
Ask Max
Sun, Nov 2, 198645 mins
Max is a lonely, brilliant kid trying to get through school without too many hassles. Trouble is, he keeps on using his intellect for small rewards, and doesn't apply himself...until he gets a little incentive.
Episode 6
Walt Disney World's 15th Anniversary Celebration
Sun, Nov 9, 198660 mins
A 15th anniversary celebration of Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, featuring a description of the World Showcase at Epcot, archival film footage of Walt Disney describing the park in 1965 and scenes of Roy O. Disney 1971's opening.
Episode 7
The Leftovers
Sun, Nov 16, 198694 mins
A close-knit group of orphans and their father-figure, Max, try to keep their home from being shut down. Helping them out are a single mom and the elderly butler from Max's aunt's mansion, where Max grew up.
Episode 8
The Thanksgiving Promise
Sun, Nov 23, 198690 mins
A teenage boy is torn between his love for an injured Canadian goose that he has found and his agreement to fatten and kill it for an approaching Thanksgiving dinner for his neighbors.
Episode 9
Sunday Drive
Sun, Nov 30, 1986120 mins
Two identical cars pull up to a restaurant, one belonging to a childless couple who are taking care of their niece and nephew while their parents are away, who are out on a Sunday drive. The other belonging to a guy who is on his way to meet his fiance and to begin working for her father. In his car is his dog, whom the couple mistake for the children, when they get into his car and drive. While he goes into their car and the children are under a blanket and he mistakenly assumes it's his dog. When they discover the mistake they are both so far away from each other that they don't know what to do.
Episode 10
Swiss Family Robinson
Sun, Dec 7, 198660 mins
Swiss Family Robinson (1960) edited for television presentation. A Swiss family are the sole survivors of a shipwreck on an uncharted island. They use the salvage from the wreck to build a home, raise food, and protect themselves from pirates.
Episode 11
The Christmas Star
Sun, Dec 14, 198660 mins
A boy, having a miserable holiday, comes upon an escaped convict who he thinks is Santa Claus. The convict is trying to save his robbery loot hidden in an old department store, and he enlists the boy and his friends to help.
Episode 12
Tiger Town/Star Tours
Sun, Dec 28, 198660 mins
Twelve-year-old Alex is a die-hard Tiger fan. He idolizes Billy Young. When Alex is in the stands, Billy suddenly begins playing a winning game. Alex continues to believe in Billy, and the Tigers do indeed win the championship.
Episode 13
Herbie Goes Bananas
Sun, Jan 11, 198760 mins
While Pete and his friend Davie are transporting Herbie to Brazil for an auto race, their lives are complicated by a stowaway, orphan Paco, who's made the mistake of stealing a map of golden Incan ruins from a criminal now hot in pursuit.
Episode 14
Great Moments in Disney Animation
Sun, Jan 18, 198746 mins
Carol Burnett hosts this look at some of the finer moments of Disney animation.
Episode 15
Double Switch
Sun, Jan 25, 198792 mins
Teeny bopper rock star Bart Holton is pushed around by his manager for maximum profit and longs for a normal life. Through a look-alike contest he meets Matt, a student who looks exactly like him and can imitate his dancing style perfectly. Bart proposes to switch roles for a week. At first Matt enjoys being chased by hysterical groupies and Bart enjoys hitting on the highschool girls, but of course both learn quickly that the other's life is quite different from what they'd expected.
Episode 16
You Ruined My Life
Sun, Feb 1, 1987100 mins
A math teacher is caught using a computer to cheat at a Vegas casino. To pay off his debt he must tutor the casino owner's spoiled daughter whom has been expelled from every school she's ever attended.
Episode 17
The Liberators
Sun, Feb 8, 198790 mins
John, a white man raised by his uncle, a slaveowner and Billy, a black child born into slavery grew up together and became BFF after Bill was sold away from his mother when he was 8. They made it their mission to free slaves by helping them to escape to the North and many to Canada long before the Underground Railroad. They risked their lives to do a few times and still continued to do so.
Episode 19
Bigfoot
Sun, Mar 8, 198795 mins
A family goes to the mountains for a few days, and there they meet... Bigfoot!
Episode 20
Young Harry Houdini
Sun, Mar 15, 1987120 mins
This biographical movie depicts the youth of the magician Harry Houdini (1874 - 1926). As a boy his name was Eric Weiss and his father wanted him to become a locksmith. But he ran away and joined the traveling show of Dr. Grimaldi, where he learned the tricks of a magician and a little mystery from his Indian assistant, too.
Episode 21
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Sun, Mar 22, 198760 mins
With help of three London children in her care, an eccentric, ladylike spinster becomes an apprentice witch, in hopes of finding a magic formula which will help England win the war against Nazi Germany.
Episode 22
Double Agent
Sun, Mar 29, 1987120 mins
Jason Starr is an international spy. While on a mission there was an altercation and Jason disappears. His boss Vaughn then goes to his twin brother Warren Starbinder, a veterinarian, and asks him to pose as Jason so to complete his mission. Which he agrees to but won't be easy since he is not a spy. And he also can't tell his wife and family what he's doing. Which makes it hard for him to explain the peculiar way he is now behaving.
Episode 23
Bride of Boogedy
Sun, Apr 12, 198793 mins
One year after the Davis family defeated the hideous ghost of Mr. Boogedy, the evil spirit returns once again from beyond the grave by haunting the dreams of the Davis children, determined to get his revenge by re-acquiring his magic cloak back as well as seek a new mate for himself in his own hellish afterlife. Can Mr. Boogedy be stopped this time?
