Miss Switch to the Rescue facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Miss Switch to the Rescue |
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| Genre | Animation Adventure Comedy Drama Family Fantasy |
| Written by | Sheldon Stark |
| Directed by | Charles A. Nichols |
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| Music by | Dean Elliott |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
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| Executive producer(s) | Joe Ruby and Ken Spears |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Ruby-Spears Productions |
| Distributor | ABC Distribution Company |
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| Original network | ABC |
| Picture format | Color |
| Audio format | Mono |
| Original release | January 16 – 23, 1982 |
Miss Switch to the Rescue is a 1982 animated television special and a sequel to The Trouble with Miss Switch (1980) produced by Ruby-Spears Productions. It is based on the 1981 children's book of the same name by Barbara Brooks Wallace and originally aired in two parts on ABC Weekend Special series on January 16 and 23, 1982. It also features the final role for actor Hans Conried, who died only a few weeks before the first part aired.
The special was rebroadcast on ABC in April/May 1982, as well as June 1983, February 1985, July 1986, April 1987 and February 1989.
Synopsis
Rupert Brown and Amelia Daley receive a mysterious gift from a spooky old crone: a ship inside a bottle with a tiny man as its passenger. Rupert opens the bottle, releasing its occupant – an evil Warlock named Mordo – who kidnaps Amelia. Rupert calls upon the good witch, Miss Switch to use her magic powers to rescue Amelia. Using her witches' encyclopedia, she traces Mordo and Amelia to the year 1640, when Mordo was imprisoned in the flask for developing an evil potion that turns people into trolls. Traveling back in time on her broomstick, Miss Switch and Rupert find Amelia on Mordo's pirate ship, where the warlock is about to administer his potion to the town's mayor. They manage to rescue Amelia, but lose the mayor to Mordo's clutches who is transformed into a troll named Thaddeus.
Upon their return to the present, Amelia and Rupert learn from Miss Switch's magic book that the real power behind this diabolical plot is Saturna, the wicked witch whom Miss Switch and the children had helped to banish to the Island of Fire and Ice. As Saturna vows to get her revenge, Amelia begins to fade away and then vanishes – a disappearance Miss Switch knows will be permanent unless Amelia is rescued by nightfall. Amelia returns to normal just in time with the help of Thaddeus the troll, who drinks the potion which also transforms him back into the mayor who is in fact, Amelia's Ancestor. Miss Switch returns the children to school; Rupert asks her if they'll ever see her again and, as she disappears into the blackboard on her broomstick with Bathsheba, Miss Switch uses her magical powers to write the words "Who Knows?" on the blackboard.
Voices
- Janet Waldo as Miss Switch
- Eric Taslitz as Rupert Brown
- Nancy McKeon as Amelia Daley
- Hans Conried as Mordo, the Warlock
- Walker Edmiston as Witch's Book / Old Salt / Mayor
- June Foray as Bathsheba / Saturna
- Anne Lockhart as Teacher / Barmaid
- Hal Smith as Smirch
- Philip Tanzini as Banana / Conrad
- Willie Tyler as Himself - Host
