One of my favorite movies from The Wonderful World of Disney was "Escape from Witch Mountain". I remember that the main characters were orphans named Tia & Tony who possessed magical type powers like telekinesis & telepathy. This movie had a sequel entitled "Return to Witch Mountain" that aired later. I can't remember who played the characters of Tia and Tony, but I can remember that Donald Pleasence (Dr. Loomis on the horror flick Halloween) pretended to be their uncle. He pretended to be their uncle in order to use them for their powers or something; I can't remember the entire plot.

I also loved The Shaggy Dog (1959), where a boy (played by Tommy Kirk) changed back and forth between human form and the form of a shaggy sheep dog because of a spell. The shenanigans were endless. How I loved that movie. The one scene that made me laugh till I hurt was the one where Wilson Daniels (Fred McMurray) sees a big shaggy sheep dog driving down the street in a convertible. Too Funny, . . . even today.

The downside to The Wonderful World of Disney meant facing the next day; Monday and back in school. But I remember all of my classmates talking about the movies they saw the night before on Disney. It made Monday an easier pill to swallow.

--Gattis