Miss Switch to the Rescue
| "Miss Switch to the Rescue" | |
|---|---|
| ABC Weekend Special episode | |
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| Episode no. | Season 5 Episode 53 and 54 |
| Directed by | Charles A. Nichols |
| Written by | Sheldon Stark |
| Featured music | Dean Elliott |
| Original air date | January 16, 1982 (Part 1) January 23, 1982 (Part 2) |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
"Miss Switch to the Rescue" is a 1982 animated two-part episode of ABC Weekend Special series and a sequel to "The Trouble with Miss Switch" (1980) produced by Ruby-Spears Productions and based on the 1981 children's book of the same name by Barbara Brooks Wallace. It originally aired on ABC on January 16 and 23, 1982.
Synopsis
Part 1
Rupert Brown and Amelia Daley (voiced by Eric Taslitz and Nancy McKeon) 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 (voiced by Hans Conried) – who kidnaps Amelia. Rupert calls upon the good witch, Miss Switch (voiced by Janet Waldo) 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...
Part 2
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 (voiced by June Foray), 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. Miss Switch returns the children to school; Rupert asks her if they'll ever see her again and, as she flies away 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
- June Foray as Bathsheba and Saturna
Production credits
- Executive Producers: Joe Ruby & Ken Spears
- Directed by: Charles A. Nichols
- Written by: Sheldon Stark
- Based on the Characters Created by: Barbara Brooks Wallace
- Voices: Janet Waldo, Eric Taslitz, Nancy McKeon, Hans Conried, Alan Dinehart, Walker Edmiston, June Foray, Anne Lockhart, Hal Smith, Philip Tanzini
- Director of Production Design: Ric Gonzalez
- Supervising Story Director: Gordon Kent
- Story Direction: Ron Campbell
- Models: Alan Huck
- Voice Direction: Alan Dinehart
- Layout Supervision: Larry Huber
- Layout: Kathleen Carr, Kurt Conner, Hak Ficq, George Goode, Fred Irvin, Lew Ott, Mario Piluso, Aaron St. John, Wallace Sides
- Background Layout Supervision: David High
- Background Layout: John F. Guerin, Bruce Zick
- Animation Supervision: Jay Sarbry
- Animation: Frank Andrina, Ed Barge, Tom Barnes, Bob Bemiller, Oliver Callahan, Rudy Cataldi, Rick Leon, Hicks Lokey, Mircea Mantta, Costi Mustatea, Bob Nesler, Margaret Nichols, Zeon Davush, Ed Demattia, Joan Drake, Hugh Fraser, Al Green, Terry Harrison, Fred Hullmich, Aundre Knutson, Barney Posner, Bill Pratt, Joanna Romersa, Don Ruch, Kunio Shimamura, Ken Southworth
- Assistant Animation Supervision: John Boersema
- Production Coordinator: Loretta High
- Xerography: Star Wirth
- Checking and Scene Planning: Paul Strickland
- Ink and Paint Supervision: Alison Victory
- Studio Manager: Jeff Cooke
- Background Styling: Eric Semones
- Backgrounds Painted by: Katsuyoshi Hozumi, Dennis Durrel, Gary Selvaggio, P.S. Lewis, Peter Van Elk, Bob Schaefer, Dennis Venizelos, Gloria Wood, Tom Woodington
- Color Key: Bunny Semones
- Title Design: Bob Schaefer
- Assistants to the Executive Producers: Erika Grossbart, Kayte Kuch
- Production Assistants: Joyce Benson, Bryna Melnick, Kathy Rose
- Music: Dean Elliott
- Musical Supervision: Paul DeKorte
- Supervising Film Editor: Chip Yaras
- Effects Editors: Jack Durney, Pete Grives, Karla McGregor, Kevin Spears
- Music Editor: Denise O'Hara
- Negative Cutting: Mary Nelson
- Post Production Supervision: Lenore Nelson
- Technical Supervision: Jerry Mills
- Camera: Steve Altman, Charles Flekal, Curtis Hall, Dan Larsen, Raymond Lee, Ralph Migliori, Joe Ponticelle, Cliff Shirpser, Roy Wade, Jerry Whittington, Dave Valentine
- Laboratory: C.F.I.
- Re-Recording: T.V.R., James L. Aiholtz, C.A.S.
- © 1982 American Broadcasting Companies, Inc.
- Produced by RUBY-SPEARS ENTERPRISES, INC.
- A Division of the Taft Entertainment Company
