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The Best Episodes of The Wonderful World of Disney Season 26

Every episode of The Wonderful World of Disney Season 26 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Wonderful World of Disney Season 26!

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Walt Disney Productions has produced an anthology television series under several different titles since 1954. The original version of the series premiered on ABC, Wednesday night, October 27, 1954. The show, which was hosted by

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Wonderful World of Disney Season 26 Episode 1 - The Absent-Minded Professor (1)
    8.1/10(24 votes)

    #1 - The Absent-Minded Professor (1)

    S26:E1

    Ned Brainard is the forgetful science professor at Medfield College. In this 1961 theatrical release, he tries to manage his love life, his dog, and his accidental new invention, flying rubber, or ""flubber.""

    Director:Unknown
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  2. The Wonderful World of Disney Season 26 Episode 2 - The Absent-Minded Professor (2)
    7.6/10(25 votes)

    #2 - The Absent-Minded Professor (2)

    S26:E2

    Ned Brainard is the forgetful science professor at Medfield College. In this 1961 theatrical release, he tries to manage his love life, his dog, and his accidental new invention, flying rubber, or ""flubber.""

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Wonderful World of Disney Season 26 Episode 3 - The Love Bug
    8.3/10(29 votes)

    #3 - The Love Bug

    S26:E3

    In this 1969 theatrical release, a race car driver buys a white 1963 Volkswagen Beetle, only to find that it has a mind of its own.

    Director:Unknown
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  4. The Wonderful World of Disney Season 26 Episode 4 - Baseball Fever
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #4 - Baseball Fever

    S26:E4

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    Director:Unknown
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  5. The Wonderful World of Disney Season 26 Episode 5 - Major Effects
    9.9/10(17 votes)

    #5 - Major Effects

    S26:E5

    Although the narrator speaks of the show's star, Major Effects, as being a hero of superhuman proportions, a 100-year-old man appears. It's all a bit of special effects, explains the Major, who is actually actor Joseph Bottoms (star of the studio's then-current theatrical releaseThe Black Hole). He introduces a wizard known as ""Bigger-Than-Life,"" who endows him with magical powers to explain how the effects are realized.

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  6. The Wonderful World of Disney Season 26 Episode 6 - From All of Us to all of You #7
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #6 - From All of Us to all of You #7

    S26:E6

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    Director:Unknown
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  8. The Wonderful World of Disney Season 26 Episode 7 - That Darn Cat!
    8.3/10(27 votes)

    #7 - That Darn Cat!

    S26:E7

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    Director:Unknown
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  9. The Wonderful World of Disney Season 26 Episode 8 - Mickey's Greatest Adventures
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #8 - Mickey's Greatest Adventures

    S26:E8

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  10. The Wonderful World of Disney Season 26 Episode 9 - Donald's Valentine's Day Salute
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #9 - Donald's Valentine's Day Salute

    S26:E9

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  11. The Wonderful World of Disney Season 26 Episode 10 - Escape to Witch Mountain
    7.9/10(31 votes)

    #10 - Escape to Witch Mountain

    S26:E10

    In this 1975 theatrical release, Tia and Tony are two siblings with extraordinary powers. Lucas Deranian poses as their uncle so that he can claim them for his sinister boss, millionaire Aristotle Bolt.

    Director:Unknown
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  12. The Wonderful World of Disney Season 26 Episode 11 - The Kids Who Knew Too Much
    7.5/10(17 votes)

    #11 - The Kids Who Knew Too Much

    S26:E11

    Two kids get into real trouble when a dying man leaves a package in their toy sailboat.

    Director:Unknown
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  13. The Wonderful World of Disney Season 26 Episode 12 - Son of Flubber
    8.0/10(39 votes)

    #12 - Son of Flubber

    S26:E12

    This 1963 theatrical sequel to ""The Absent-Minded Professor"" finds Professor Ned Brainard inventing ""flubber gas,"" a gaseous form of his original concoction.

    Director:Unknown
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  14. The Wonderful World of Disney Season 26 Episode 13 - Disney's Oscar Winners
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #13 - Disney's Oscar Winners

    S26:E13

    This retrospective installment highlights Disney films that have won or been nominated for Academy Awards.

    Director:Unknown
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  15. The Wonderful World of Disney Season 26 Episode 14 - The Sultan and the Rock Star
    5.6/10(85 votes)

    #14 - The Sultan and the Rock Star

    S26:E14

    Sultan, a gentle Bengal tiger who appears on a popular (but unnamed) television series, is taken to Sportsman's Island by Alec Frost, a disreputable gamekeeper, and tortured in an attempt to make him vicious. Several days later, he is turned loose to be the object of a hunting party led by the island's cruel owner, George McKinzie. Meanwhile, Paul Winters, a young pop singer on tour near here, becomes tired of his busy schedule and runs off from his mother and manager. He finds himself on Sportsman's Island and befriends Sultan.

    Director:Unknown
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  16. The Wonderful World of Disney Season 26 Episode 15 - Secret of Lost Valley (1)
    7.1/10(27 votes)

    #15 - Secret of Lost Valley (1)

    S26:E15

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  17. The Wonderful World of Disney Season 26 Episode 16 - Secret of Lost Valley (2)
    6.5/10(22 votes)

    #16 - Secret of Lost Valley (2)

    S26:E16

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  18. The Wonderful World of Disney Season 26 Episode 17 - Misadventures of Chip N' Dale
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #17 - Misadventures of Chip N' Dale

    S26:E17

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Season 26 Ratings Summary

"The Absent-Minded Professor (1)" is the best rated episode of "The Wonderful World of Disney" season 26. It scored 8.1/10 based on 24 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/9/1979. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "The Absent-Minded Professor (2)".