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 an exciting animated television special from 1982. It's a sequel to an earlier show called The Trouble with Miss Switch (1980). This special was made by Ruby-Spears Productions.
The story comes from a children's book written by Barbara Brooks Wallace in 1981. It first showed on TV in two parts on the ABC Weekend Special. The dates were January 16 and 23, 1982. The actor Hans Conried had his final role in this special. He passed away just weeks before it aired.
The special was shown again on ABC many times. These included April/May 1982, June 1983, February 1985, July 1986, April 1987, and February 1989.
Contents
The Magical Adventure Begins
The story starts with two friends, Rupert Brown and Amelia Daley. They get a strange gift from an old woman. It's a ship inside a bottle, and it has a tiny man on board!
Rupert opens the bottle, and out pops an evil Warlock named Mordo. Mordo quickly kidnaps Amelia. Rupert knows just who to call for help: the good witch, Miss Switch!
A Trip Through Time
Miss Switch uses her magic to find Mordo and Amelia. Her special witch's encyclopedia helps her. She discovers they are in the year 1640. This is when Mordo was trapped in the bottle. He had made a bad potion that turned people into trolls.
Miss Switch and Rupert travel back in time on her broomstick. They find Amelia on Mordo's pirate ship. The warlock is about to give his potion to the town's mayor.
Saving Amelia and the Mayor
They manage to rescue Amelia from Mordo. But they can't save the mayor in time. He drinks Mordo's potion and turns into a troll named Thaddeus.
When they return to the present, Miss Switch learns more from her magic book. The real villain behind Mordo's plan is Saturna. Saturna is a wicked witch. Miss Switch and the children had banished her to the Island of Fire and Ice before.
The Final Battle for Amelia
Saturna wants revenge, and Amelia starts to fade away. Miss Switch knows Amelia will disappear forever if she isn't saved by nightfall. Luckily, Thaddeus the troll helps. He drinks the potion, which turns him back into the mayor. It turns out the mayor is Amelia's ancestor!
Amelia returns to normal just in time. Miss Switch takes the children back to school. Rupert asks if they will see her again. Miss Switch disappears into the blackboard on her broomstick with her cat, Bathsheba. She uses her magic to write "Who Knows?" on the blackboard.
Voice Cast
- 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
