The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie

Season 1

The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie - renamed The New Saturday Superstar Movie in its second season - is a series of one-hour animated TV-movies (some of which also contained live action), broadcast on the ABC television network on Saturday mornings from September 9, 1972, to November 17, 1973.

Where to Watch Season 1

16 Episodes

The Brady Kids on Mysterious Island
E1
The Brady Kids on Mysterious IslandThe 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.
Yogi's Ark Lark
E2
Yogi's Ark LarkIn 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).
The Mad, Mad, Mad Monsters
E3
The Mad, Mad, Mad Monsters
Popeye Meets the man Who Hated Laughter
E4
Popeye Meets the man Who Hated LaughterA 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.
Willie Mays and the Say-Hey Kid
E5
Willie Mays and the Say-Hey KidThis 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.
Oliver and the Artful Dodger (1)
E6
Oliver and the Artful Dodger (1)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.
Oliver and the Artful Dodger (2)
E7
Oliver and the Artful Dodger (2)
The Adventures of Robin Hoodnik
E8
The Adventures of Robin HoodnikA retelling of the legend of Robin Hood, with a cast of all-anthropomorphic animal characters.
Lassie and the Spirit of Thunder Island
E9
Lassie and the Spirit of Thunder IslandBased 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.
Gidget Makes the Wrong Connection
E10
Gidget Makes the Wrong ConnectionAnimated 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".
The Banana Splits in Hocus Pocus Park
E11
The Banana Splits in Hocus Pocus ParkAn 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.
Tabitha and Adam Meet the Clown Family
E12
Tabitha and Adam Meet the Clown FamilyAnimated 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.
The Red Baron
E13
The Red BaronThis animated film casts the Red Baron as a hero in a world of heroic anthropomorphic dogs and villainous anthropomorphic cats.
Daffy Duck and Porky Pig Meet the Groovie Goolies
E14
Daffy Duck and Porky Pig Meet the Groovie GooliesThe 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.
Luvcast U.S.A.
E15
Luvcast U.S.A.A mini-anthology film loosely based on the 1969-74 TV series Love, American Style.
That Girl In Wonderland
E16
That Girl In WonderlandIn 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.