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The Magical World of Disney Season 8 Episodes
Season 8 Episode Guide
26 Episodes 1961 - 1962
Episode 1
An Adventure in Color/Mathmagic Land
Sun, Sep 24, 196160 mins
This is the very first episode of "Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color" after Walt Disney moved his anthology series from ABC to NBC in the fall of 1961. This show introduced a new character named Professor Ludwig Von Drake, who provides an interesting lowdown on color. The kaleidoscopic intro to the show, composed by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman, further showed off color, which really impressed viewers who would comment on the greatness of it in color, to the obvious glee of one of the program's sponsors, RCA. Then the show culminates in a TV release of "Donald In Mathmagicland", the very first in all of Disney's stable of cartoon shorts to be aired on TV in color.
Episode 2
The Horsemasters: Follow Your Heart
Sun, Oct 1, 196190 mins
A 16-week course in horsemanship has a group of students learning the finer points of sportsmanship, jumping, horsecare, dressage and riding to hounds under stern and exacting teachers.
Episode 3
The Horsemasters: Tally Ho
Sun, Oct 8, 196160 mins
This episode finds a teenage equestrienne enduring the rigid discipline at a British riding school.
Episode 4
Chico, the Misunderstood Coyote
Sun, Oct 15, 196148 mins
The story follows the coyote through his encounters with man, starting as a pup. He's put in a roadside zoo, escapes, then heads to the wilderness where he battles for his life. Chico fortunately meets a mate and raises some offspring.
Episode 5
The Hunting Instinct
Sun, Oct 22, 196160 mins
Ludwig Von Drake hosts this episode, since Walt feels this noted expert on everything can shed some light on the subject of why man hunts. Von Drake has brought his assistant Herman the Bootle Beetle to help demonstrate the finer points of hunting.
Episode 6
Inside Donald Duck
Sun, Nov 5, 196160 mins
Ludwig Von Drake attempts to diagnose Donald's problems, deciding that the cause is romance for the opposite sex.
Episode 7
The Light in the Forest: Return of the True Son
Sun, Nov 12, 196160 mins
The Light in the Forest (1958) re-edited into a two-part television presentation. Col. Bouquet parleys with the Delaware Indians and persuades them to give up their white captives. Among those freed is Johnny Butler, who despises whites as his enemy.
Episode 8
The Light in the Forest: True Son's Revenge
Sun, Nov 19, 196160 mins
Link=tt0051864 re-edited into a two-part presentation. Johnny finds the townspeople wary and prejudiced, too, and only after a reckoning with his Uncle Wilse, did he settle down to a peaceful life.
Episode 9
Holiday for Henpecked Husbands
Sun, Nov 26, 196160 mins
Goofy wants to go out to play golf, but his wife keeps him busy with the spring cleaning, much to his chagrin. As he toils, Peter Pan Goofy, the Spirit of Imagination, appears and continuously gets Goofy to daydream about a more adventurous life to make his labors more fun, all set to footage of some of his cartoons. Eventually, his wife tells him that if he won't get his work done, he might as well play golf. But by the time Goofy finally gets outside, it's already nighttime. Goofy takes his anger out on Peter Pan Goofy.
Episode 10
A Fire Called Jeremiah
Sun, Dec 3, 196160 mins
A cabin in the woods is set on fire after an over stimulated kitten upsets an oil lantern.
Episode 11
Kids Is Kids
Sun, Dec 10, 196160 mins
Prof. Ludwig Von Drake shares his knowledge on the subject of child psychology. He is particularly studying Donald Duck (whom Von Drake refers to as "Mr. X" to protect his identity) and offers advice on how to handle Huey, Dewey and Louie.
Episode 12
Back Stage Party
Sun, Dec 17, 196160 mins
Television show, aired December 17, 1961, being a tour of the Disney Studio and a party celebrating the completion of Babes in Toyland. Annette Funicello hosts the final segment by introducing various cast members who perform.
Episode 13
Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates: Part 1
Sun, Jan 7, 196260 mins
Hans's father is injured and all the family's money saved for Hans's education must go for medical bills. Hans dabbles in art, and hopes to sell some of his paintings, but then there are more problems with the father.
Episode 14
Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates: Part 2
Sun, Jan 14, 196260 mins
Hans hears of an annual skating race, and he is determined to win it for the prize money but aborts the race to save a fellow racer, the mayor's son. The mayor agrees to pay for the father's surgery.
Episode 15
Sancho, the Homing Steer: Sancho on the Rancho... and Elsewhere
Sun, Jan 21, 196260 mins
Ed Kerr, a farmer from Texas, takes a steer with long horns and names it Sancho.
Episode 16
Sancho, the Homing Steer: The Perils of a Homesick Steer
Sun, Jan 28, 196260 mins
Ed Kerr, a rancher in Texas, finds a baby longhorn steer at the side of its dead mother. he takes the animal home with him and his wife, Maria, agrees to help him care for it. They name the steer Sancho, which means "pet". Problems abound when their pet grows to maturity.
Episode 17
Fantasy on Skis
Sun, Feb 4, 196260 mins
A young girl, while skiing in Aspen, Colorado falls victim to an avalanche and her faithful St. Bernard dog assists in the rescue. This film was a Disney Wonderful World of Color dramatic installment aired in 1962.
Episode 18
Comanche: The Captive Stallion
Sun, Feb 18, 196260 mins
Tonka (1958) re-titled and re-edited into a two-part television presentation. A young Indian brave, White Bull, captures a wild stallion and decides to keep him as his own, naming him Tonka Wakan-The Great One.
Episode 19
Comanche: The Lone Survivor of Custer's Last Stand
Sun, Feb 25, 196260 mins
Tonka (1958) re-titled and re-edited into a two-part television presentation. Yellow Bull acquires him but mistreats him so that the horse was turned over to Capt. Keogh, riding him into the Battle of the Little Big Horn.
Episode 20
Carnival Time
Sun, Mar 4, 196260 mins
Ludwig Von Drake takes a look at some major carnivals in New Orleans (hosted by Donald Duck) and Rio de Janeiro (hosted by Jose Carioca).
Episode 21
The Prince and the Pauper: The Pauper King
50 mins
In London of 1537, two boys resembling each other meet accidentally and exchange "roles" for a short while.
Episode 22
The Prince and the Pauper: The Merciful Law of the King
Sun, Mar 18, 196260 mins
Part 2 of 3. Tom, as Prince Edward, tries to cope with court customs and manners. Edward's father, King Henry VIII, his nobles and the palace staff think the prince has an illness that has caused memory loss and fear he will go mad.
Episode 23
The Prince and the Pauper: Long Live the Rightful King
Sun, Mar 25, 196260 mins
Part 3 of 3. As Edward experiences the brutal life of a London pauper firsthand, he becomes aware of the stark class inequality in England.
Episode 24
Spy in the Sky
Sun, Apr 1, 196260 mins
Walt looks at the advances in space travel, as well as a preview of Moon Pilot (1962).
Episode 25
Von Drake in Spain
Sun, Apr 8, 196260 mins
Ludwig Von Drake looks at the dances and customs of Spain.
Episode 26
Disneyland After Dark
Sun, Apr 15, 196260 mins
Taking a look at Disneyland following nightfall, including nighttime entertainment and appearances by many celebrities of the day.
