Features: DVD
Editor's Note
Generation X-ers retain fond memories of coming home from school, casting aside their Trapper Keepers, and cozying up to moralistic tales of teen pregnancy, suicide, and drug abuse on ABC's Emmy Award-winning AFTER SCHOOL SPECIALS. Airing on weekday afternoons from 1974-1989, the series' issue-oriented storylines were usually adapted from young-adult novels and starred some of the most popular teen actors of its day, including Rob Lowe, Dana Plato, Nancy McKeon, Melissa Sue Anderson, Kristy McNichol, Kirk Cameron, Malcolm Jamal-Warner, Eve Plumb, and Christopher Knight. This collection features all 26 specials produced by Martin Tahse between 1974-1989, including two never-before-released episodes: "The Dog Days of Arthur Crane," which finds a selfish teen magically transformed into a dog; and "Picking Up the Pieces, " which broaches the topic of teen alcoholism. See individual collections for further episode breakdowns.
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