Episode
Amazing Stories: Magic Saturday
Overview
Marky adores hearing his grandfather tell wondrous tales of hitchhiking through the universe and playing baseball with him on Saturdays. So when old "Stormin' Norman" takes ill, the boy invokes a magic spell to let his grandpa play one last magical ball game.
Details
- Series
- Amazing Stories
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 3
- Air date
- 1986-10-06
- Runtime
- 24 min
Episode context
Magic Saturday is Episode 3 in Season 2 of Amazing Stories. It aired on 1986-10-06. The runtime is 24 min.
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