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3 unusual facts about ABC Afterschool Special


Eskimo Curlew

The plight of this bird inspired the novel (and subsequent Emmy Award winning 1972 ABC Afterschool Special) Last of the Curlews.

Lendon Smith

But he would become more famous for appearing in a 1977 ABC Afterschool Special called My Mom's Having a Baby, about a 10-year-old boy's curiosity about how babies are born.

Where Do Teenagers Come From?

Where Do Teenagers Come From? was an American television teen comedy/documentary that aired as an ABC Afterschool Special on March 5, 1980.


Alison Bartlett-O'Reilly

Her television credits include: Rescue Me, Law & Order, The Sopranos and NYPD Blue; along with the made-for-television movie Right to Kill? (as Christopher Collet's girlfriend and fellow ROTC cadet), and the ABC Afterschool Special It's Only Rock & Roll.

Andrea Elson

After the cancellation of ALF, Elson continued to appear in a variety of television roles, guest starring on numerous popular television series of the time, including Who's the Boss?, Parker Lewis Can't Lose, ABC Afterschool Special, Married...with Children, Mad About You, Step by Step and The Young and the Restless, as well as appearing in the television films Class Cruise and Frankenstein: The College Years.


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