CBS Storybreak

CBS Storybreak

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.

Animation

Seasons

1. The Great Ringtail Garbage Caper

Air Date: 1985-03-30

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

2. Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Story from China

Air Date: 1985-04-06

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

3. Robbut: A Tale of Tails

Air Date: 1985-04-13

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

4. How to Eat Fried Worms

Air Date: 1985-04-20

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

5. Zucchini

Air Date: 1985-04-27

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

6. Hank the Cowdog

Air Date: 1985-05-04

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

7. The Double Disappearance of Walter Fozbek

Air Date: 1985-05-11

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

8. Chocolate Fever

Air Date: 1985-05-18

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

9. Dragon's Blood

Air Date: 1985-05-25

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

10. Arnold of the Ducks

Air Date: 1985-06-01

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

1. C.L.U.T.Z.

Air Date: 1985-09-14

The story of a slightly imperfect older-model robot owned by a family that can't afford a newer mechanical butler.

2. Witch-Cat

Air Date: 1985-09-21

A 12-year-old girl adopts a stray cat, unaware that the animal is on a mission to train her as a good witch, the only one born in this century.

3. The Pig Plantagenet

Air Date: 1985-09-28

""The Pig Plantagenet"" organizes his fellow creatures into a stampede when they are faced with extermination by the lord of a nearby mansion.

4. Harry, The Fat Bear Spy

Air Date: 1985-10-12

""Harry the Fat Bear Spy"" is ordered to find out why all the macaroons in Bearmania are coming out green, a task fraught with light-hearted danger.

5. Hugh Pine

Air Date: 1985-10-26

""Hugh Pine"" is a porcupine who, unlike his fellow porcupines, learns how not to get run over while crossing roads.

6. The Roquefort Gang

Air Date: 1985-11-02

Three street-smart mice are stymied by an evil cat as they try to rescue twin mice who disappeared in the perilous Windberry Lot.

1. Mama Don't Allow

Air Date: 1987-09-19

2. The Shy Stegosaurus of Cricket Creek

Air Date: 1987-09-26

3. What Happened in Hamelin

Air Date: 1987-10-03

4. The Monster's Ring

Air Date: 1987-10-10

""Twist it once, you're horned and haired; Twist it twice and fangs are bared; Twist it thrice? No one has dared!"" Russell is sure that the ring is just a silly magic trick, but he follows the instructions and twists the ring twice anyway - and becomes a monster!

5. Max and Me and the Time Machine

Air Date: 1987-10-17

6. The Gammage Cup

Air Date: 1987-10-24

7. Jeffrey's Ghost

Air Date: 1988-09-17

8. Grinny

Air Date: 1988-09-24

9. Raggedy Ann and Andy and the Camel with the Wrinkled Knees

Air Date: 1988-10-01

10. Ratha's Creature

Air Date: 1989-01-28

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Rating

6.0/10

Release Date

1985-03-30

Episodes

26 (3 seasons)

Status

Ended

Cast

Production Companies

Hanna-Barbera Australia

Southern Star Productions

Southern Star Productions

CBS Entertainment Productions