Nickelodeon's Special Delivery
A comprehensive (as much as possible) list of all the programs that aired on this showcase of the early days of Nickelodeon
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- DirectorBill TraversStarsBill TraversVirginia McKennaGeorge AdamsonA zoo-born lion gets put in the pet department of Harrods, the cellar of an antique shop, and then released into the wilds of Africa.
- DirectorBrad CaseGerry ChiniquyTom YakutisStarsMichel LegrandOlivia BarashMichael BarberaLive-Action/animation special featuring Michel Legrand in a true story about the bird that inspired him while studying at the Paris Conservatory of Music.
- DirectorLarry ElikannStarsLendon H. SmithShane SinutkoJarrod JohnsonCurious about his mom's pregnancy, a ten-year-old seeks answers to where babies come from.
- 1972–19971h6.8 (31)TV EpisodeDirectorHerbert KlynnStarsLennie WeinribDiane MurphyIke EisenmannTwo youngsters are shrunk so they can enter their teenage sister's head, and discover how the mind works.
- DirectorRandal KleiserStarsMelvyn DouglasBruce DavisonKeith Blanchard"Grandpa Doc" is a doctor that encourages his grandson to one day become an artist.
- StarsReggie JacksonReggie Jackson sports on active health and fitness, mixed with competitions.
- StarsJordan Walker-PearlmanJohn MolnarMark CordrayTalk and current events show aimed at children and teenagers.
- DirectorTony BillStarsHarry Dean StantonJoe SpinellRobbie RistTwo con artists kidnap an unruly son of a wealthy industrialist only to be hopelessly victimized by their own kidnapping victim.
- CreatorWilliam DavidsonStarsDerrick JonesMegan FollowsNeil DainardA brother and sister, who are new to Canada, are in search of their uncle after their mother passes away on-board the ship from England.
- StarsTom LoganStu RosenPeter R.J. DeyellA live action series featuring "Dusty" and his puppet friends as they embark on their weekly adventures. Periodic guests also show up.
- StarsCarlo GrossmanJohn RousseauSteve RifkinThis show aired on the childrens' network Nickelodeon. Kids would send in their original stories and the actors would act them out. Typical of the early 80's fashions, all actors wore brightly colored spandex bodysuits.
- DirectorBeverly ShafferStarsNadia De FrancoNadia DeFranco lives in Toronto and she has spina bifida. This film follows her through some of her daily activities as she goes to school, works with her therapists, visits her relatives and lives life with her family.
- DirectorHarry WinerStarsDiane BakerStephanie BrownKen HillFree spirited mother realizes her daughter is no longer a little girl, and tries to give her more independence. Meanwhile the daughter is puzzled by her mother's lack of attention.
- DirectorRobert HughesStarsMatt DillonMatt Dillon hosts a documentary on rollercoasters.
- DirectorJ. Farrell MacDonaldStarsViolet MacMillanFrank MoorePierre CoudercThe wicked king wants his daughter, Princess Gloria, to marry a horrid courtier though she loves the gardener's boy Pon. After encountering Dorothy, Pon and her team up to defeat the evil witch Mombi and to rescue the princess.
- DirectorLionel JeffriesStarsLaurence NaismithGraham CrowdenDorothy AlisonTwo children befriend ghosts in a haunted mansion. To help the ghosts, they make a potion allowing time travel to the past. After becoming housekeepers, they return to the mansion's past and aid the dead children.
- World cultures and youth are showcased.
- DirectorRobin LehmanRobin Lehman presents an intimate view of the panorama of African wildlife, giving a sense of what it is really like to be there, and in a dramatic climax makes a poignant plea for conservation. Filmed in Zaire, Kenya and Tanzania, the film takes the viewer from deep inside an anthill, to the majestic giraffes suckling their young, african storms, dung beetle ritual dances, duels for supremacy, feeding time and playtime all end, as the animals disappear one by one while the sound of a rifle shatters the existing magic of life.
- DirectorNick De NoiaStarsKelly Ellen CollinsLeatha SturgesBill DrewEvery day is boring and the same to Amy, even her birthday. All the evidence her family puts forth that each day is different she rebuts with well-thought out responses of sameness. She is supposed to visit her Aunt Lucy to pick up her present from her, and instead meets weird characters who insist that her aunt has a beagle named Charlie and that she has turned into a butterfly. Eventually she encounters fairytale folk who thought their lives were normal before the events in their stories occurred.
- CreatorCy SchneiderStarsBill BixbyPhil ProctorVirginia CapersBill Bixby hosts a collection of biographical stories of the lives of famous people who changed history from Golda Meir to Mahatma Gandhi to Pancho Villa to Florence Nightingale and many others.
- DirectorMartin WaltersStarsAndrée PelletierJohn JulianiTantoo CardinalAbout a young married woman who, after a kidnapping, becomes attached to an Indian.
- DirectorNick De NoiaStarsAlex PaezPhil BlackSid BairdPeter stows away on a ship from Italy, and arrives in New York, pursued by the ship's captain. He is advised that he will find other Italians in Little Italy, so he goes there, where Gepetto takes him in, after he attempts to steal some food. He tries to be good, but gets in trouble for stealing, so Jimmy the pizza man has to show him the way and get him to school. He thinks he isn't important, so he tells tall tales, scratching his nose each time. He tells people that Gepetto is a big important politician, so people automatically want to support him, though Gepetto is not running for anything.