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Status: Found

Date found: Unknown

A Magic School Bus Halloween was a TV special of The Magic School Bus that aired on October 31, 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 ^[2].

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 3, 2016, Lost Media Wiki user Flowergothic found and purchased a VHS of the special, and they later uploaded it to their Google Drive. It can be viewed here.

Reference

↑ TV Guide's listing of the TV special (courtesy of the Wayback Machine). Retrieved 26 Aug '18
↑ download of the footage of the live action intro

[1] TV Guide's listing of the TV special (courtesy of the Wayback Machine). Retrieved 26 Aug '18

[2] wnload of the footage of the live action intro

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-'''''A Magic School Bus Halloween''''' 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 a 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 26 Aug '18</ref> 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 31, 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 26 Aug '18</ref> and footage of the live action intro <ref>[http://029ab49.netsolhost.com/images/LilyTomlinMagicSchoolBus-2.mov download of the footage of the live action intro] </ref>.
 ==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===
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 ==Rediscovery==
-On January 3, 2016, Lost Media Wiki user Flowergothic purchased a VHS of the special and later uploaded it to her Google Drive. It can be viewed [https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzJIj9pPdnzRekZyb0F2MXlHQ2c/view here].
+On January 3, 2016, Lost Media Wiki user Flowergothic found and purchased a VHS of the special, and they later uploaded it to their Google Drive. It can be viewed [https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzJIj9pPdnzRekZyb0F2MXlHQ2c/view here].
 ==Reference==