Disneyland
The Ghost of Cypress Swamp
TV Flash files “The Ghost of Cypress Swamp” as hour 539 of 941 in the TV Flash guide — Disneyland (1954–1958) on ABC, season 23, episode 16, aired 1977-03-13, 120 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S23E16: listed hour 539 of 941 in the Disneyland guide, hour 16 of 21 in season 23. It aired 1977-03-13 (120 min). The listed hour before it is “Strongest Man in the World” (S23E15). Next is “The Track of the African Bongo (1)” (S23E17). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Disney's first movie for television is the tale of a strange friendship that develops between a 15-year-old boy and a murder suspect when the boy is lost in the Great Cyprus Swamp.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Ghost of Cypress Swamp sit in the Disneyland guide?
S23E16 is listed hour 539 of 941 — hour 16 of 21 in season 23, season 23 episode 16.
When did Disneyland S23E16 air?
The Ghost of Cypress Swamp aired 1977-03-13 and is listed at 120 minutes.
Where should I start?
Start with Walt hosting and the park-land blocks — Frontierland/Tomorrowland as TV architecture — then the Davy Crockett stretch if you want the merch explosion.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Disneyland is Walt himself selling a magic kingdom on Tuesday nights: Frontierland blocks, Davy Crockett fever, TV as the world's longest commercial and a gift. Watch it in 2026 as the synergy flex that funded Anaheim — a studio using prime time to build a park empire and a lifelong brand before Silicon Valley learned the word.
The look is an uncle in a tie selling a kingdom on Tuesday night. Walt Disney on ABC, premiering 1954 as *Disneyland* — later retitled in the long Walt Disney anthology lineage — 941 episodes across a 47-season franchise umbrella in this catalog's long count. Cartoons, nature films, adventure serials, relentless park promotion: Frontierland, Tomorrowland, and the rest as programming blocks. Davy Crockett fever minted coonskin-cap mania. The park and the show sold each other in a closed loop of wonder and…
Filed against
- Walt Disney as Host
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