The Wonderful World of Disney
The Wonderful World of Disney: Season 6

Air Date

October 2, 1959

Episodes

26 episodes

The Wonderful World of Disney

Season 6

Episodes

1. Moochie of the Little League: A Diamond Is a Boy's Best Friend

October 2, 1959
60 min

Moochie's trying to make up for being "Small Fry" by putting his whole heart into catching for his Little League Team. He even finds a new field for his league when the old one's destroyed. He even ropes his best friend's dad into the league. But when Moochie might make the All Star team, the family's vacation plans might be ruined.

2. Moochie of the Little League: Wrong Way Moochie

October 9, 1959
60 min

3. Killers of the High Country

October 16, 1959
60 min

4. The Birth of the Swamp Fox

October 23, 1959
60 min

One of producer Walt Disney's more blatant efforts to duplicate the success of his early TV miniseries Davy Crockett, the 8-part Swamp Fox featured another flamboyant frontiersman hero who wore coonskin-style headgear and whose adventures were introduced with a catchy, memorable theme song. Based on a book by Dr. Robert D. Bass, The Swamp Fox stars Leslie Nielsen as real-life American patriot Francis Marion, a wealthy landowner who during the Revolutionary War led a hardy band of guerilla fighters against the Redcoats and pro-British tories in his native South Carolina. The villain of the piece (at least in the first few episodes) was another actual historical figure, the ruthless Banastre Tarleton (John Sutton), an officer in the British Green Dragoons (Marion and Tarleton later served as the models for the hero and villain, respectively, of the 1999 Mel Gibson film Patriot). In the first episode, Marion is prevailed upon by his friends and neighbors to help free South Carolina from t

5. Swamp Fox: Brother Against Brother

October 30, 1959
60 min

Under the command of Colonel Tarleton of the Green Dragoon cavalry, Francis Marion strives to free South Carolina from the British.

6. Perilous Assignment

November 6, 1959
60 min

This episode looks at many of the far-off locations where Disney's crew have gone.

7. Elfago Baca: Move Along, Mustangers

November 13, 1959
60 min

8. Elfago Baca: Mustang Man, Mustang Maid

November 20, 1959
60 min

9. A Storm Called Maria

November 27, 1959
60 min

10. Texas John Slaughter: The Robber Stallion

December 4, 1959
60 min

11. Texas John Slaughter: Wild Horse Revenge

December 11, 1959
60 min

12. Texas John Slaughter: Range War at Tombstone

December 18, 1959
60 min

13. Swamp Fox: Tory Vengeance

January 1, 1960
60 min

14. Swamp Fox: Day of Reckoning

January 8, 1960
60 min

15. Swamp Fox: Redcoat Strategy

January 15, 1960
60 min

16. Swamp Fox: A Case of Treason

January 22, 1960
60 min

17. Wild Burro of the West

January 29, 1960
60 min

18. Two Happy Amigos

February 5, 1960
60 min

19. Texas John Slaughter: Desperado from Tombstone

February 12, 1960
60 min

20. Texas John Slaughter: Apache Friendship

February 19, 1960
60 min

21. Texas John Slaughter: Kentucky Gunslick

February 26, 1960
60 min

22. Texas John Slaughter: Geronimo's Revenge

March 4, 1960
60 min

23. This is Your Life, Donald Duck

March 11, 1960
60 min

24. Elfago Baca: Friendly Enemies at Law

March 18, 1960
60 min

Attorney Elfego Baca is called on to investigate Rawls Kettrick, a powerful cattle baron. Rawls is accused of trafficking in stolen cattle but proclaims his innocence. As Baca looks into the case the list of suspects grows.

25. Elfago Baca: Gus Tomlin is Dead

March 25, 1960
60 min

26. The Mad Hermit of Chimney Butte

April 1, 1960
60 min