The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Episode 1

The Magic Shillelah

Sun, Sep 15, 1968 30 mins

Leprechauns seek their lost magic shillelah, which Becky finds first. Tom and Huck are taken prisoner by the gypsy chieftain Zarko, who eventually gets hold of the magic shillelah. Becky and the leprechauns come to the rescue.

Episode 2

Huck of La Mancha

Sun, Sep 22, 1968

Tom, Huck and Becky meet Don Quixote de la Mancha. Together they head off to rescue Quixote's squire, Sancho Panza, and challenge the brigand leader Don Jose. Instead Don Jose captures Tom and Quixote, who make their escape.

Episode 3

The Terrible Tempered Kahleef

Sun, Sep 29, 1968

In the city of Baghistan ruled by the tyrannical, woman-snatching Kahleef, Becky gets captured, so Tom and Huck stow away on a ship and sneak into the palace. The retired sorcerer Muzaffar provide's helps to Tom and Huck.

Episode 4

The Little People

Sun, Oct 6, 1968

Huck, Tom and Becky are on a raft, suffering through a sea storm. They are separated after they wash ashore. Tom and Becky quickly find each other. But Huck wakes up to find himself bound from head to foot and surrounded by tiny persons. He's in the land of Lilliput, where Gulliver had washed ashore many generations earlier. Soon Huck finds himself about to be wed to the king's daughter. But she's in love with a commoner her own size named Biddo. Archers with poisoned arrows prevent Huck from saying no to the king. But things change when he's reunited with Tom and Becky.

Episode 5

Pirate Island

Sun, Oct 13, 1968

Tom, Huck and Becky row to an island inhabited by apes. Pirates, led by Captain X, come to the island and capture Tom and Becky. Huck and an ape named Bulu help Tom and Becky to battle the pirates and they narrowly manage to escape.

Episode 6

The Last Labor of Hercules

Sun, Oct 20, 1968

Tom, Huck and Becky are lost in the woods and meet Hercules, who has his final labor to complete. The king and his centaur servant try to make sure that he fails to complete the last labor.

Episode 7

The Gorgon's Head

Sun, Oct 27, 1968

Huck, Tom and Becky, wandering in a cave, come upon a maiden shackled to an altar and awaiting her doom from a fire-breathing dragon to whom she is meant to be a sacrifice. The trio rescues her, but soldiers in chariots capture the foursome and bring them to the evil Guru. He throws the three children in a dungeon where, during a full moon, they can expect to be devoured by the swamp creature from the moat. A midget, the Guru's right-hand man, frees them. They still want to rescue the maiden, who is to be given to the dragon yet again. The little man tells them there is only one way: turn the dragon to stone with the Gorgon's head. That's all they need to hear before they set off after the Gorgon.

Episode 8

Castle of Evil

Sun, Nov 3, 1968

In a dark forest, Becky is caught by the skeleton warriors of the wizard Zilbad. Tom and Huck infiltrate his castle to rescue Becky, where Huck tricks Zilbad into turning himself into a crystal statue, which undoes his evil curses.

Episode 9

Hunting the Hunter

Sun, Nov 24, 1968 30 mins

While trying to find food, Tom, Huck and Becky are surrounded by animals who do not like humans. There they are put on trial, after a judgement trial, a hunter arrives who look's like Injun Joe.

Episode 10

The Curse of Thut

Sun, Dec 1, 1968

The mummy Thut has been searching for his lost love, Princess Marna. Huck and Tom recover the spider symbol he has dropped in his wanderings throughout the desert and return it to him. Eventually, the children and Thut find the tomb of Princess Marna and she comes to life and stretches out her arms to embrace him. When the two mummies kiss, they crumble to dust, and their spirits wave goodbye as they travel to the spirit world on a camel.

Episode 11

The Ancient Valley

Sun, Dec 15, 1968

Huck, Tom and Becky find a hot-air balloon and take a ride in it, letting the thing take them wherever it happens to go. The sight of a pterodactyl is their first clue that they've entered a prehistoric world. Huck falls out of the balloon, but his suspenders get caught on a hanging rock, which breaks his fall. He finds himself surrounded by a tribe of red-headed cavemen, who take him to be a god. Tom and Becky finds themselves invading a tribe of blonde cavemen, who also take them to be gods. The two tribes battle: the red-heads by throwing rocks, the blonds by throwing spears. Tom shows the blonds how to use slings to throw their spears farther, while Huck teaches the red-heads how to do the same with their rocks, neither realizing that his friend is with the other tribe. Meanwhile, a third tribe from the mountains is happy with the fighting: they want to make slaves of everyone. Only Becky is wise (or naive) enough to try to stop the fighting.

Episode 12

Menace in the Ice

Sun, Dec 22, 1968

Tom, Huck and Becky are abducted by Captain Calidor and put to work on his submarine, who is intent on melting the North Pole glaciers to conquer the world. After some difficulty, Huck gets help from the Abominable Snowmen.

Episode 13

The Eye of Doorgah

Sun, Dec 29, 1968 30 mins

A gem called the Eye of Doorgah is stolen from an Indian temple. Both Tom and Huck have go off to find it to save Becky and are caught at a Thuggee clan's lair, but they manage to escape and recover the gem.

Episode 14

Mission of Captain Mordecai

Sun, Jan 5, 1969

Lost at sea, Tom, Huck and Becky board the ship of Captain Mordecai's . The insane captain's mission is to kill a monstrous white whale. As the three are swallowed by the whale, the captain chases them around the whale's body.

Episode 15

The Jungle Adventure

Sun, Jan 19, 1969

In the jungle, Tom is poisoned by a Anatrata bush. Huck and Becky get caught on a slave-trading ship, while Tom is taken by tribal warriors. Huck and Becky escape with Chibunu and get back to the tribe in time to cure Tom.

Episode 16

Son of the Sun

Sun, Jan 26, 1969

Tom splits with his friends and enters an Aztec city where he is made the Sun King, but his trial set up by the High Priest for true kingship is bound to fail. Huck and Becky come to save Tom and make their escape.

Episode 17

Prophecy of Peril

Sun, Feb 2, 1969 30 mins

In China, the Mongols wait to ambush the young prince when he ventures out of the walled city. But Huck, Tom and Becky see the ambush and warn off the prince and his elephant rider. The Mongols are furious and capture the trio. Tom, in the heat of the moment, pretends to know how to get into the walled city. The Mongols present him and the others to Xaon, the All-Powerful Khan. Tom quickly remembers the story of the Trojan Horse and tells it to the khan. The Mongols build one, and Xaon puts Tom inside. Tom is to open the gates by midnight, or he'll execute Huck and Becky. The people in the city accept the gift of the Trojan horse, but discover Tom inside it. The ruler calls Tom "The Divine One" and holds him prisoner, believing his presence will keep the city safe. Time is running out for Huck and Becky as midnight approaches. But an annoying pooch will prove more useful than he at first seemed.

Episode 18

Strange Experiment

Sun, Feb 9, 1969

Tom, Huck and Becky enter the house of a mad scientist, Dr. Filostro and a hideous monster. Huck get's shrunk, Tom and Becky escape their prison to get Huck and a dog named Crusher back to normal size.

Episode 19

The Conquistador Curse

Sun, Feb 16, 1969

Episode 20

All Whirlpools Lead to Atlantis

Sun, Feb 23, 1969

Tom, Huck and Becky get sucked down a whirlpool to the ocean floor where King Llandor of Atlantis and Huck exchange clothes. Morpho's minions mistake Huck for Llandor so he's captured. All three make their escape and help defeat Morpho.