Off to See the Wizard
Family-oriented TV series, produced by MGM, in which guest hosts and animated versions of the "Wizard of Oz" characters were used as wrap-arounds to introduce various family-oriented films from the MGM film library ("Lili," "The Glass Slipper," among others), usually shown in two parts, nature documentaries, and original programming, most notably the Emmy-nominated "Whatever Happened to Mother Goose?," featuring an all-star cast as various Mother Goose characters.
- 1967-1968
- 1 season
- ABC
- Animation, Family, Fantasy
Family-oriented TV series, produced by MGM, in which guest hosts and animated versions of the "Wizard of Oz" characters were used as wrap-arounds to introduce various family-oriented films from the MGM film library ("Lili," "The Glass Slipper," among others), usually shown in two parts, nature documentaries, and original programming, most notably the Emmy-nominated "Whatever Happened to Mother Goose?," featuring an all-star cast as various Mother Goose characters.
Season 1 Episode Guide
25 Episodes 1967 - 1968
Episode 1
Clarence the Cross-Eyed Lion: Part 1
Fri, Sep 8, 1967
A hour long version of the recent MGM movie, Clarence the Cross-Eyed Lion.
Episode 2
Clarence the Cross-Eyed Lion: Part 2
Fri, Sep 15, 1967
Episode 3
Rhino
Fri, Sep 22, 1967
Episode 4
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Part 1
Fri, Sep 29, 1967 60 mins
Episode 5
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Part 2
Fri, Oct 6, 1967 60 mins
Episode 6
Who's Afraid of Mother Goose?
Fri, Oct 13, 1967
Mother Goose, leads the gaggle in a musical gander at the pedagogical values of old nursery rhymes. When a school administrator tries to ban Mother Goose books from classrooms because he feels the characters set poor examples. Mother Goose herself appears and turns him into a child. She then takes him through her stories to meet the characters, proving they are not so bad. The musical score is by the composers of the Broadway play, 1776. This was nominated for an Emmy Award.
Episode 7
Lili: Part 1
Fri, Oct 20, 1967
Episode 8
Lili: Part 2
Fri, Oct 27, 1967
Episode 9
Untamed World
Fri, Nov 3, 1967
Andrew Duggan narrates "Untamed World," a documentary on the primitive peoples who still exist in far-off corners of the globe. Among them: the Eskimos in Northern Canada, the Pygmies in the Congo, natives of Melanesia and New Guinea, and the Indians of the Xingú River in Brazil.
Episode 10
Island of the Lost: Part 1
Fri, Nov 10, 1967
Episode 11
Island of the Lost: Part 2
Fri, Nov 17, 1967
Episode 12
Hell Cats
Fri, Nov 24, 1967 60 mins
Episode 13
Flipper: Part 1
Fri, Dec 1, 1967
Episode 14
Flipper: Part 2
Fri, Dec 8, 1967
Episode 15
Gypsy Colt
Fri, Dec 15, 1967
Episode 16
Zebra in the Kitchen: Part 1
Fri, Dec 22, 1967
Episode 17
Zebra in the Kitchen: Part 2
Fri, Dec 29, 1967
Episode 18
Mike and the Mermaid
Fri, Jan 5, 1968
Episode 19
Captain Sindbad: Part 1
Fri, Jan 12, 1968
Episode 20
Captain Sindbad: Part 2
Fri, Jan 19, 1968
Episode 21
Alexander the Great
Fri, Jan 26, 1968
Episode 22
Cinderella's Glass Slipper: Part 1
Fri, Feb 2, 1968
Episode 23
Cinderella's Glass Slipper: Part 2
Fri, Feb 9, 1968
Episode 24
Wild World
Fri, Feb 16, 1968 60 mins
Episode 25
Tarzan the Ape Man
Fri, Feb 23, 1968