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The Wonderful World of Disney : Season 4
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Air date: 08 Oct '00 - 13 episodesWalt Disney Productions (later The Walt Disney Company) has produced an anthology television series under several different titles since 1954. The original version of the series premiered on ABC in 1954. The show was broadcast weekly on one of the Big Three television networks until 1990, a 36-year span with only a two-year hiatus in 1984-85. The series was broadcast on Sunday for 25 of those years. From 1991 until 1997, the series aired infrequently. The program resumed a regular schedule in 1997 on the ABC fall schedule, coinciding with Disney's recent purchase of the network. From 1997 until 2008, the program aired regularly on ABC. Subsequently, ABC continued the series as an occasional special presentation.
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List of Episodes (13)
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The Wonderful World of Disney (1997)
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1. Mighty Joe Young
08 Oct '00The movie opens with poachers attacking a group of gorillas. Animal preservationists fight the poachers, which ends with one gorilla and a young girl's mother dead. In the melee, a particularly large gorilla baby attacks the head hunter and bites his thumb and forefinger off. The films immediately passes into the future and the young girl has grown up to be Charlize Theron and the gorilla has grown to be 15' tall and weighs 2000 pounds. The two are best friends who play together. When poachers a
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2. New Adventures Of Spin and Marty : Suspect Behavior
15 Oct '00Jeremy Foley plays 14-year-old Spin Evans, a James Bond wannabe who is out to save the world. . . whether it needs it or not! Innocent people are sometimes the target of his overactive imagination, and he has finally gone too far when the wealthy and influential Markhams (tenants in the palatial building Spin's parents manage) become Spin's latest conquests. Believing that they are traveling to Paris under the guise of a vacation but are actually planning to blow up the Eiffel Tower as a protest
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3. The Growing Pains Movie
05 Nov '00This movie reunites the Seavers from the long running television series. When we last saw them, Jason, Maggie, Ben, and Chrissy moved to Washington, while Mike stayed to work on his relationship with his girlfriend Kate, and Carol also stayed. The movie begins with Jason practicing in Washington, Chrissy is a film student, Mike is married to Kate and is henpecked, Carol is now a corporate lawyer, and Ben is looking for himself with very little luck. Maggie is working for an arrogant man, who is
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4. The Miracle Worker
12 Nov '00Young Helen Keller, blind, deaf, and mute since infancy, is in danger of being sent to an institution. Her inability to communicate has left her frustrated and violent. In desperation, her parents seek help from the Perkins Institute, which sends them a ""half-blind Yankee schoolgirl"" named Annie Sullivan to tutor their daughter. Through persistence and love, and sheer stubbornness, Annie breaks through Helen's walls of silence and darkness and teaches her to communicate
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5. Santa Who?
19 Nov '00Santa Claus (Leslie Nielsen) develops amnesia after accidentally falling out of his sleigh and only the innocence of a small child can save him. Meanwhile, Santa has to battle the disbelief of a newsman (Steven Eckholdt
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6. The Parent Trap
10 Feb '01Summer camp in Maine, USA. Two young redheads, Hallie and Annie, coincidentally meet and discover that they look pretty (and) similar. Soon, their common history opens up when they are banned into the isolation cabin for unsocial behaviour. Being twin sisters, their parents separated them at birth and divorced also. So, Annie grew up in London, England, living with her mother Elizabeth, who is a wedding gown designer. Hallie lived with her father Nick, a vineyard-owner, in Napa Valley, Californi
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7. Sneak Peak : Disneys California Adventure
10 Feb '01The Opening of the latest Disney Theme Park.
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8. Lady And The Tramp
25 Feb '01Lady, a golden cocker spaniel, meets up with a mongrel dog who calls himself the Tramp. He is obviously from the wrong side of town, but happenings at Lady's home make her decide to travel with him for a while. This turns out to be a bad move, as no dog is above the law
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9. Princess Of Thieves
11 Mar '01Story of Robin Hood's daughter Gwyn who takes up his role after he is captured by Prince John. King Richard is dead and his son Philip is the rightful heir, but he is in France and too afraid to face John. Can Gwyn find Philip and convince him to fight John and free her father?
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10. Ladies and The Champ
22 Apr '01Two retired women (Olympia Dukakis, Marion Ross) find their lives rejuvenated when they decide to train a street thug (David deLuise) to become a prize fighter
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11. Tarzan
29 Apr '01The movie is about the life of Tarzan. Tarzan was a small orphan who was raised by an ape named Kala since he was a child. He believed that this was his family, but on an expedition Jane Porter is rescued by Tarzan. He then finds out that he's human. Now Tarzan must make the decision as to which family he should belong to...
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12. Baileys Mistake
06 May '01Bailey's Mistake"" is the name of a cold, dreary island that a bitter widow finds herself stuck on. Seems Liz Donovan (Linda Hamilton) got cut out of her husband's will because he'd secretly spent all his money on a New England island. Kids in tow, Liz discovers spooky secrets while getting to know the eccentric natives played by Joan Plowright and Kyle Secor.
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13. Shirley Temple Story
13 May '01As America struggled through the Great Depression in the 1930s, a little girl with big dimples and indescribable charm danced her way into the hearts of moviegoers around the world. Based on the true story of child star Shirley Temple, portrayed by look-alike Ashley Rose Orr (Broadway's ANNIE GET YOUR GUN), this delightful film follows Shirley's early career, starting with her discovery by a studio executive at age four. Adored by the public almost overnight, Shirley quickly became Hollywood's t
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