The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie

Épisode 1 - The Brady Kids on Mysterious Island

9 septembre 1972

The Brady kids enter a balloon race, but they end up accidentally going to a mysterious island. They meet some strange people there, along with a talking myna bird named Marlon with magical powers and twin giant panda brothers named Ping and Pong, and even though they have a fun time with them, they have to find a way to get home.

Épisode 2 - Yogi's Ark Lark

16 septembre 1972

In this ecologically-minded film, dozens of Hanna-Barbera animal characters — led by Yogi Bear — and a park custodian named Noah Smith travel around the world, and even into outer space, in a flying version of Noah's Ark in search of "the perfect place" (i.e., a land free of pollution, deforestation and other forms of mankind's despoilment).

Épisode 3 - Mad, Mad, Mad Monsters

23 septembre 1972

An animated film in the same vein as the 1967 theatrical film Mad Monster Party?.

Épisode 4 - Nanny and the Professor

30 septembre 1972

Épisode 5 - Popeye Meets the Man Who Hated Laughter

7 octobre 1972

A wide range of newspaper comic strip characters - including Popeye, Blondie, Hi and Lois, Snuffy Smith, Beetle Bailey, Jiggs and Maggie, Steve Canyon, the Phantom, Flash Gordon, Mandrake the Magician, the Little King, and the Katzenjammer Kids - against a common enemy.

Épisode 6 - Willie Mays and the Say-Hey Kid

14 octobre 1972

This animated film stars the famous San Francisco Giants baseball player Willie Mays, who voices his own character. A guardian angel named Casey (named after legendary Brooklyn Dodgers, Boston Braves, New York Yankees and New York Mets baseball manager Casey Stengel (voiced by Paul Frees)) agrees to help Willie win the National League Pennant if he agrees to be the godfather of an orphaned girl named Veronica.

Épisode 7 - Oliver and the Artful Dodger (1)

21 octobre 1972

Oliver is adopted by Mr. Brownlow. When Mr. Brownlow dies, his will cannot be found, so his nephew Sniperly tries to just take the money. Oliver has to stop him. Meanwhile, the Artful Dodger now helps children escape from workhouses.

Épisode 8 - Oliver and the Artful Dodger (2)

28 octobre 1972

Épisode 9 - The Adventures of Robin Hoodnik

4 novembre 1972

A retelling of the legend of Robin Hood, with a cast of all-anthropomorphic animal characters.

Épisode 10 - Lassie and the Spirit of Thunder Island

11 novembre 1972

Based on the tremendously popular Lassie character, this was the pilot film for the 1973-75 animated TV series Lassie's Rescue Rangers. Someone is trying to frighten the Native American people of Thunder Mountain away and Lassie has to get to the bottom of it.

Épisode 11 - Gidget Makes the Wrong Connection

18 novembre 1972

Animated film in which the characters from the 1965-66 TV series Gidget run afoul of seagoing gold smugglers. This film also known as "The Odd Squad".

Épisode 12 - The Banana Splits in Hocus Pocus Park

25 novembre 1972

An animated/live-action film starring The Banana Splits. The Splits give Susie, a little girl, a tour of an amusement park. They follow a balloon that goes into a billboard and they chase after it. In it is a witch that kidnaps Susie and the Splits have to save her.

Épisode 13 - Tabitha and Adam Meet the Clown Family

2 décembre 1972

Animated film in which Tabitha and Adam Stephens, the children from the 1964-72 TV series Bewitched (depicted here as teenagers), use their magical powers to save a circus.

Épisode 14 - The Red Baron

9 décembre 1972

This animated film casts the Red Baron as a hero in a world of heroic anthropomorphic dogs and villainous anthropomorphic cats.

Épisode 15 - Daffy Duck and Porky Pig Meet the Groovie Goolies

16 décembre 1972

The Groovie Goolies help Daffy, Porky and the other Looney Tunes to solve a spooky mystery (in the style of Scooby-Doo Where Are You!). Mostly animated, but includes a live-action segment.

Épisode 16 - Luvcast U.S.A.

6 janvier 1973

A mini-anthology film loosely based on the 1969-74 TV series Love, American Style.

Épisode 17 - That Girl in Wonderland

13 janvier 1973

In this animated film, the main character from the 1966-71 TV series That Girl imagines herself in the stories Alice in Wonderland, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, The Wizard of Oz and Cinderella.

Épisode 1 - Lost in Space

8 septembre 1973

An animated version of the much loved 1960's TV series. This time the Jupiter 2 is a space shuttle on its way from Earth to Saturn, commanded by Commander Craig Robinson and crewed by Robon the robot. The passengers are Linc Robinson, Craig's brother, Geologist Deanna Carmichael and Professor of Biology, Dr. Zachary Smith, who is not a stowaway this time.

Épisode 2 - The Mini-Munsters

27 octobre 1973

Épisode 3 - Nanny and the Professor and the Phantom of the Circus

17 novembre 1973

Second (and final) of two animated films in which the cast of Nanny and the Professor get involved in a mystery about a traveling circus.