Who remembers "ABC Afterschool Specials"? (cartoons, housewife, house)
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Back in the 1970s, I would sometimes hear the announcement on KATV Channel 7, Little Rock/Pine Bluff: "We interrupt our regularly scheduled program to bring you an ABC Afterschool Special", I would get upset because that meant I wouldn't be able to see Bozo, Gilligan's Island reruns, or whatever afterschool cartoons were being shown at the time. Nonetheless, I would settle in and watch at least part of the program. I remember titles like "The Secret of Duffy Moon", "PSST! Hammerman's After You", and "My Mom's Having A Baby", which Dr. Lendon J. Smith's narration of the animated version of conception!
I used to get upset when I was much younger because they were cutting into cartoon time but as I got older I really started enjoying them and would look forward to them. The topics were somewhat "taboo" but they tried to convey the messages as innocently as possible.
Can you imagine the topics and dialogues if they did these programs today? lol
Watched them all the time and I think they did run through at least part of the 80's. I vaguely remember watching them in high school and I grauated in 1987.
I remember the one about the teenager who started smoking weed. They intended it to make the guy look like a loser, but instead it looked so fun I decided to try it for myself. And it was fun.
I liked "Gaucho" about the boy from the Puerto Rican family who gets accidentally involved with a local criminal.
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Nonetheless, I would settle in and watch at least part of the program. I remember titles like "The Secret of Duffy Moon", "PSST! Hammerman's After You", and "My Mom's Having A Baby", which Dr. Lendon J. Smith's narration of the animated version of conception!
