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"ABC Afterschool Specials" The Last of the Curlews (1972)
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Fred Bodsworth (novel)
Jameson Brewer (story)
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Original Air Date:
4 October 1972 (Season 1, Episode 1)
Plot:
Animated special about a father and son who go hunting, and debate whether or not to kill an Eskimo curlew, which may become extinct. | add synopsis
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Won Primetime Emmy. more
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liked it when I was a kid more (9 total)
Cast
(Episode Credited cast) | Ross Martin | ... | Stan (voice) |
| Ginny Tyler | ... | Bird Calls (voice) |
 | Vincent Van Patten | ... | Mark (voice) |
| Lee Vines | ... | Narrator (voice) |
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60 min
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This was the first in a long line of ABC Afterschool Specials. more
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I never saw the rest of the Afterschool Specials. They weren't animated and looked really boring. However, "The Last Of The Curlews" was really special for me at the time.
I remember crying at the ending. Can't remember much else honestly, and since I haven't seen it since I was 9, I don't know if there was anything in it I'd like as a cynical now-adult (probably not). And it doesn't seem to have been included in the "Afterschool Specials" DVD compilations.
The art was much prettier than the Hanna-Barbera norm. I can't remember how "limited" the animation was.
You'd never see something like this on TV today. The pace is too slow, it doesn't hawk an action figure, and the ecological message would probably set off a letter writing campaign by some conservative group.
Recommended for kids.