CBS Storybreak

30min

Animation

Hosted by Captain Kangaroo's Bob Keeshan, the episodes are half-hour animated adaptations of some of the most beloved children's books published at the time of airing, including How to Eat Fried Worms. Other episodes included Dragon's Blood and Ratha's Creature.

Production Companies

Hanna-Barbera Australia

Southern Star Productions

CBS Entertainment Productions

Episodes

Cast

The Great Ringtail Garbage Caper

1. The Great Ringtail Garbage Caper

30min

30th Mar 1985

A raccoon community is faced with a reduced garbage and natural-food supply.

Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Story from China

2. Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Story from China

30min

6th Apr 1985

This story is a thousand years older than the familiar Cinderella story.

Robbut: A Tale of Tails

3. Robbut: A Tale of Tails

30min

13th Apr 1985

A rabbit, dissatisfied with the tail that nature gave him, assumes the tails of other animals.

How to Eat Fried Worms

4. How to Eat Fried Worms

30min

20th Apr 1985

A boy named Billy bets that he can eat a worm a day for 15 days.

Zucchini

5. Zucchini

30min

27th Apr 1985

Zucchini, a rare black-footed ferret, escapes from the zoo he was born in to look for his real home on the prairie.

Hank the Cowdog

6. Hank the Cowdog

30min

4th May 1985

Hank the Cowdog, the intrepid head of ranch security, faces a challenge from a chicken killer on the loose.

The Double Disappearance of Walter Fozbek

7. The Double Disappearance of Walter Fozbek

30min

11th May 1985

Walter Fozbek wakes up in a world inhabited by dinosaurs where humans have been extinct for a million years.

Chocolate Fever

8. Chocolate Fever

30min

18th May 1985

The first known case of ""Chocolate Fever"" occurs in a boy who dotes on the stuff and suddenly breaks out in little brown spots.

Dragon's Blood

9. Dragon's Blood

30min

25th May 1985

A bonded orphan on a distant planet vows to earn his freedom by training a dragon to be a champion fighter.

Arnold of the Ducks

10. Arnold of the Ducks

30min

1st Jun 1985

""Arnold of the Ducks"" is a lost boy who is found by ducks and reared as their own.

First air date

30th Mar 1985

Last air date

28th Jan 1989

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks