Vintage original 8.5 x 11 in. script from the 1970's - 1990's television anthology series, ABC AFTERSCHOOL SPECIALS. It is from Season 9, Episode 6, which was entitled Walk, Don't Run, from the novel by Harriet May suavity, in which a teenage girl (Toni Kalem) is in denial about being in a wheelchair when an accident leaves her paralyzed. She begins to change when she becomes friends with a boy (Scott Baio) in the same situation. The cast includes Dee Wallace, James MacKrell, Bruno Kirby, Sheila Frazier, and Hal Williams.
This script, which is undated, consists of 53 pages on white stock which were 3-hole punched and bound with two brass brads between a light cardstock front and back cover. It is complete in very fine condition. There are no markings or handwritten notations present within.
This particular script belonged to the show's executive producer, Henry Winkler. It is complete in overall very fine condition. ALSO INCLUDED (but now shown) are two one-page memorandums on Fair Dinkum Productions (Paramount Studios) company letterhead to executive producer Henry Winkler, one of which discusses the payroll for the "Week Ending November 14, 1980" and recommended bonuses for four of the production staff (which notes "OK per Henry" in blue ballpoint pen, but most likely not in his handwriting). Both memorandums have signs of wear along the right edge.
Provenance: The Henry Winkler Collection. Acquired through auction at Bonhams (TCM Presents...Hollywood Cool). We attended this sale in person and met Mr. Winkler, who attended as well and spoke to the audience several times throughout the session during which items from his personal collection were sold to benefit his daughter's charity.
ABC Afterschool Special is an American television anthology series that aired on ABC from October 4, 1972, to January 23, 1997, usually in the late afternoon on weekdays. Most episodes were dramatically presented situations, often controversial, of interest to children and teenagers. Several episodes were either in animated form or presented as documentaries. Topics included illiteracy, substance abuse, and teenage pregnancy. The series won 51 Daytime Emmy Awards during its 25-year run.
In 2004 and 2005, BCI Eclipse and Sunset Home Visual Entertainment issued six DVD collections of episodes from the series that had been produced by Martin Tahse, each collection containing four episodes. A boxed set, in the shape of a school bus, was also released containing all of the DVD releases, with a detailed information booklet of all the specials on the set and including an extra DVD of two specials that had previously not been released on DVD.