Come on, I know everyone remembers :). It was those little movies that would come on as you were coming home from school. There was always a message or some kind of deep meaning behind them, such as telling teens not to take drugs or something along those lines.  ;)

they were THE BEST...especially since we got to eat supper in the rec room while watching them..good times  8)

the ones that stand out for me the most are where do babies come from,my parents are getting divorced and the one about the Punch And Judy puppet show on a boardwalk  :)

Yup, they would come on at about 4 pm! I remember the one about the teens having a baby and how hard it was for them.

Tanya

Loved them...I wish they would come out with a DVD compilation.

I remember the one about cocaine and had a young Helen Hunt jumping out a window.

Is it just me, or where they all kind of on the depressing side?  ::)

Loved them...I wish they would come out with a DVD compilation.



Ask and ye shall recieve....
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-form/ref=dp_sr_00/104-0606151-5343125


Looks like they were mostly produced in the 70's, though that may be just what was released. Here's some interesting info on it too...
http://www.jumptheshark.com/a/abcafterschoolspecial.htm

I remember those.They used to come on after 4pm when I came home from school :)




Howard

I remember those.They used to come on after 4pm when I came home from school :)




Howard


Yeah, they did.

Tanya

Afterschool Specials rocked! I wonder why they don't show them anymore?

Is it just me, or where they all kind of on the depressing side?  ::)

I don't think all of them were, I particularly remember a funny one called Wanted: The Perfect Guy. The story was this teenage boy(played by a very young Ben Affleck) and his best friend(girlfriend?) search the city to find a date for his Mom.
If anyone else remembers this one, does anyone remember who played the girl? Is she still acting today? Thanks In Advance.

Your Pal,
Doc

For those that grew up in New York during the 70s and 80s, the Afterschool Special would preempt the daily 4:30 Movie.

The ABC After School Special was on every couple of weeks unless the station was having one of its "theme" weeks.

I don't think all of them were, I particularly remember a funny one called Wanted: The Perfect Guy. The story was this teenage boy(played by a very young Ben Affleck) and his best friend(girlfriend?) search the city to find a date for his Mom.
If anyone else remembers this one, does anyone remember who played the girl? Is she still acting today? Thanks In Advance.

Your Pal,
Doc


http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0206404/ here is the IMDb link. Was the character named Melanie? If so, the person who played her hasn't done anything since 1988 doing some guest shots on the Cosby Show it looks like.

For those that grew up in New York during the 70s and 80s, the Afterschool Special would preempt the daily 4:30 Movie.

The ABC After School Special was on every couple of weeks unless the station was having one of its "theme" weeks.




I remember the 4:30pm Afternoon Special on Channel 7. :o



Howard

Afterschool Specials rocked! I wonder why they don't show them anymore?



probably cause of money,Carrie. ???



Howard

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I remember them  and I loved every one of them! I was that kind of 12 yr old! I wish they had something like that nowadays to interest young people. There's too much other stuff theyre involved in.

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I remember them  and I loved every one of them! I was that kind of 12 yr old! I wish they had something like that nowadays to interest young people. There's too much other stuff theyre involved in.
:D ;D

There was one called "The Wave" which was based on a true story about a history teacher teaching his class about the rise of Nazism in Germany. VERY POWERFUL!!!! I managed to get a copy of this one. (Bought a bootleg copy on e-bay). There is only one place that sells it legitamatly and they want something like $80 for a VHS.  :o :o :o  If you EVER get a chance to see it, I recommend it highly.




Cat

There was one called "The Wave"


Seconded. Every time the experiment was tried, the results were identical.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Third_Wave

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Elliott

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_prison_experiment

The number of experiments still going on is left as an exercise for the reader.

  I remember them well.  At least the promos and some of the opening themes...

  At that age, I wasn't interested in the Afterschool Specials.  Deemed them a boring bit of tube.  Give me CARTOONS, man..!!! 

  Give me this..!
  http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-6/1193336/Anvil.jpg

  And this..!
  http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-6/1193336/BOMB.jpg

  And this..!
  http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-6/1193336/TNT.jpg

  Plenty of these..!
  http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-6/1193336/MALLET.jpg

  And a box or two of these..?
  http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-6/1193336/ACME.jpg

  Anything less would be uncivilized groove ;) on...

Seconded. Every time the experiment was tried, the results were identical.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Third_Wave

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Elliott

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_prison_experiment

The number of experiments still going on is left as an exercise for the reader.



I saw the film about Jane Elliott and her classroom experiment. POWERFUL stuff. The Standford prison experiment I am not familar with. All of it makes you question the human psyche.



Cat

I saw the film about Jane Elliott and her classroom experiment. POWERFUL stuff. The Standford prison experiment I am not familar with. All of it makes you question the human psyche.


One last one, then: If you weren't familiar with the Stanford experiment, you might also have missed the Milgram experiment.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment

We humans are nasty, brutish, and... well, we're not as short as our cousins the chimpanzees.

One last one, then: If you weren't familiar with the Stanford experiment, you might also have missed the Milgram experiment.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment

We humans are nasty, brutish, and... well, we're not as short as our cousins the chimpanzees.



You are right. I did miss this one.



Cat

Of COURSE I remember the ABC Afterschool Specials.  I looked excitedly forward to watching them everyday, when I got home from school. Even during high school.  The interest never wore off.  Of course I cannot recall most of the episode's that aired, because they are long gone today, but there were so many great ones.  Mainly they were depictions of adolescent life, portraying the 1970's, then moving into the big 80's.  In fact, those old after school specials were where some of our old fave TV and film actors got their first starts --- like Michael J. Fox, Nancy McKeon, Philip McKeon (her brother), Willie Ames, Sarah Jessica Parker, Matthew Broderick, Scott Baio, John Stamos (yes, even prior to General Hospital), Kirk Cameron, Tom Howell, Patrick Swayze ---- just to name a few.


:)    ;D

Yes. I remember them so well, because I always made it a point to watch them. Whether I was traveling out of town or at home.

I always remember this one:

http://imdb.com/title/tt0286988/

"Stoned"

Starring Scott Baio.  Classic.  It was about the dangers of pot.  Remember the first time the stoner kid turns "Jack" onto the stuff, he's starring out the window saying, "Look at that tree, man, I never noticed all those knots and grooves in the bark before!"
"Yeah, that's what grass does for ya man!"
Then he's stuffing his face with corn flakes!
:D

We laughed and laughed because they pronounced it "mary-wanna."

"Stoned" was not only an ABC After School Special, but they also canned it for general education purposes, so I remember seeing it again in school in 1983.  I say "canned" because that was just prior to universal VCRs.  Thus you got an actual celluloid film in a metal cannister and watched with a projector. 

Who remembers that?  Who remembers like campy, low-budget science films in the school auditorium? 

Is it just me, or where they all kind of on the depressing side?  ::)


i'd like to hand this one over to Tia  ;D

I always remember this one:

http://imdb.com/title/tt0286988/

"Stoned"

Starring Scott Baio.  Classic.  It was about the dangers of pot.  Remember the first time the stoner kid turns "Jack" onto the stuff, he's starring out the window saying, "Look at that tree, man, I never noticed all those knots and grooves in the bark before!"
"Yeah, that's what grass does for ya man!"
Then he's stuffing his face with corn flakes!
:D

We laughed and laughed because they pronounced it "mary-wanna."

"Stoned" was not only an ABC After School Special, but they also canned it for general education purposes, so I remember seeing it again in school in 1983.  I say "canned" because that was just prior to universal VCRs.  Thus you got an actual celluloid film in a metal cannister and watched with a projector. 

Who remembers that?  Who remembers like campy, low-budget science films in the school auditorium? 


Max! as soon as i saw the title 'Stoned' this one came rushing back to me  :D

i seriously need to have an Afterschool Special marathon one of these days!!! 8)

I remember watching Afterschool Specials, but damned if I can remember what any of them were  :-[

this is my holy grail of all afterschool specials...

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0254389/

the attentive will immediately understand why. but you can't find it anywhere! what happens if it's lost to history?!?!

WHAT THEN?!?!?!?!??!??

ok ok ok..so i just spent some time in the afterschool special abyss available through amazon..methinks i need to go shopping!!
..however..no sign of the horrible honchos