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|title=<center>A Magic School Bus Halloween</center>
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|status=<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
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|datefound=03 Jan 2016
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'''''The Magic School Bus Halloween Special''''' was a TV special that aired on October 31, 1995. It included both live-action and animated sequences. Prior to its rediscovery, the only evidence of the special's existence was [https://web.archive.org/web/20130804030428/http://www.tvguide.com/detail/tv-show.aspx?tvobjectid=202842&more=ucepisodelist&episodeid=874695 a listing on TVGuide's website] and [http://029ab49.netsolhost.com/images/LilyTomlinMagicSchoolBus-2.mov some footage of the live action intro].
'''"A Magic School Bus Halloween"''' was a TV special of ''The Magic School Bus'' that aired on October 31st, 1995. Unlike other episodes of the show, it included both live-action and animated sequences. Prior to its rediscovery, there was almost nothing confirming its existence, save for an old listing on TV Guide's website<ref> [https://web.archive.org/web/20130804030428/http://www.tvguide.com/detail/tv-show.aspx?tvobjectid=202842&more=ucepisodelist&episodeid=874695 TV Guide's listing of the TV special (courtesy of the Wayback Machine).] Retrieved 10 Dec '14</ref> and footage of the live-action intro.


==Plot==
==Plot==
Howie, Sam, and Katie are lost in the museum while spending a Halloween night when they meet an unusual stranger who's full of stories and surprises.
According to TV Guide, the plot was about "A Halloween outing to a museum becomes an exhibit of fear when students become separated and meet a stranger who's full of stories. Among them is a tale about a kid's search for "the perfect sound" at a haunted house. Shown in live-action and animated sequences".


===Featured episodes===
===Featured Episodes===
*Inside the Haunted House
*"Inside the Haunted House"
*Going Batty
*"Going Batty"


==Rediscovery==
==Rediscovery==
On January 3, 2016, Lost Media Wiki user Flowergothic purchased a VHS of the special and later uploaded it to his Google drive. It can be viewed [https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzJIj9pPdnzRekZyb0F2MXlHQ2c/view here].
On January 3rd, 2016, Lost Media Wiki user Flowergothic found and purchased a VHS of the special, and they later uploaded it to their Google Drive.  


==Trivia==
==Gallery==
*Danny Tamberelli who does the voice of Arnold plays Howie in this special while Lily Tomlin who voices Ms Frizzle plays the unusual man.
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*The guitar plays during the instrumental version of the theme song for the special's credits.
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==Reference==
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==External Links==
*[https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzJIj9pPdnzRekZyb0F2MXlHQ2c/view The full special on Google Drive.]
*[http://029ab49.netsolhost.com/images/LilyTomlinMagicSchoolBus-2.mov Footage of the live action intro.]


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Latest revision as of 22:11, 12 April 2023

TheMagicSchoolBus'HalloweenSpecial.jpg

Title card.

Status: Found

Date found: 03 Jan 2016

Found by: Flowergothic

"A Magic School Bus Halloween" was a TV special of The Magic School Bus that aired on October 31st, 1995. Unlike other episodes of the show, it included both live-action and animated sequences. Prior to its rediscovery, there was almost nothing confirming its existence, save for an old listing on TV Guide's website[1] and footage of the live-action intro.

Plot

According to TV Guide, the plot was about "A Halloween outing to a museum becomes an exhibit of fear when students become separated and meet a stranger who's full of stories. Among them is a tale about a kid's search for "the perfect sound" at a haunted house. Shown in live-action and animated sequences".

Featured Episodes

  • "Inside the Haunted House"
  • "Going Batty"

Rediscovery

On January 3rd, 2016, Lost Media Wiki user Flowergothic found and purchased a VHS of the special, and they later uploaded it to their Google Drive.

Gallery

ObscureMediaTV's video on the subject.

Reference

  1. ↑ TV Guide's listing of the TV special (courtesy of the Wayback Machine). Retrieved 10 Dec '14

External Links

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