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Old 12-16-2013, 03:37 PM
 
Location: Somewhere flat in Mississippi
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These were broadcast late in the morning or "noonish", depending on where you lived.

ABC Weekend Special - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Old 12-16-2013, 03:41 PM
 
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I do!! I also remember "ABC After School Specials."
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Old 12-16-2013, 03:47 PM
 
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I do! Since you started this type of thread, hope you wont mind me asking about show I miss. I don't remember what they were called, maybe the World Of Disney. ?? But they were better than any I've seen in recent years. They had this wonderful deep voiced man tell about animals and such. He was a great story teller. Like they'd give names to a raccoon family and show their adventures. Appreciate any help, as I'd love to watch them again. Oh, they are old shows, maybe from the 60's.
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Old 12-16-2013, 04:02 PM
 
Location: League City, Texas
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I do! Since you started this type of thread, hope you wont mind me asking about show I miss. I don't remember what they were called, maybe the World Of Disney. ?? But they were better than any I've seen in recent years. They had this wonderful deep voiced man tell about animals and such. He was a great story teller. Like they'd give names to a raccoon family and show their adventures. Appreciate any help, as I'd love to watch them again. Oh, they are old shows, maybe from the 60's.
Was it Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color? I loved the shows about the animals, too.
I graduated high school in 78, so I was a little old for the OP's ABC Weekend Specials. I think I've seen somewhere that quite a few of today's well-known actors got their starts on those & the After School shows.
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Old 12-16-2013, 04:19 PM
 
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I do! Since you started this type of thread, hope you wont mind me asking about show I miss. I don't remember what they were called, maybe the World Of Disney. ?? But they were better than any I've seen in recent years. They had this wonderful deep voiced man tell about animals and such. He was a great story teller. Like they'd give names to a raccoon family and show their adventures. Appreciate any help, as I'd love to watch them again. Oh, they are old shows, maybe from the 60's.
Was in Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom or Lorne Greene's New Wilderness.
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Old 12-16-2013, 04:26 PM
 
Location: The beautiful Garden State
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These were broadcast late in the morning or "noonish", depending on where you lived.

ABC Weekend Special - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Here's a whole collection of them:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...0CC7FE01A992F4

Here is one of the openers:

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Old 12-16-2013, 04:34 PM
 
Location: The beautiful Garden State
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Was in Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom or Lorne Greene's New Wilderness.
Who can forget Marlin Perkins?



Lorne Greene:

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Old 12-16-2013, 05:16 PM
 
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Weekend Specials, Mutual of Omaha - but the BEST - were the "afterschool specials!"
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Old 12-16-2013, 05:47 PM
 
Location: Not where I want to be
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I do!! I also remember "ABC After School Specials."
I remember both Afternoon and After School Specials.

And all those animal programs too.
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Old 12-16-2013, 05:51 PM
 
Location: South Carolina
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yep me too remember them all .
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