Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
The Absent-Minded Professor: Trading Places
TV Flash files “The Absent-Minded Professor: Trading Places” as hour 736 of 941 in the TV Flash guide — Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (1961–1969) on NBC, season 33, episode 17, aired 1989-02-26, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S33E17: listed hour 736 of 941 in the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color guide, hour 17 of 29 in season 33. It aired 1989-02-26 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Benji, the Hunted” (S33E16). Next is “Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day” (S33E18). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Absent-Minded Professor: Trading Places sit in the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color guide?
S33E17 is listed hour 736 of 941 — hour 17 of 29 in season 33, season 33 episode 17.
When did Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color S33E17 air?
The Absent-Minded Professor: Trading Places aired 1989-02-26 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Where should I start?
An early-1960s hour with Walt hosting — or a color-forward park-and-vault mix — shows the peacock assignment. It is an anthology, so you sample nights rather than a plot.
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Why this series still plays
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color was Sunday night as a sales pitch for NBC's peacock: anthology packaging, park mythology, and Walt himself hosting in the early years. It pushed color-set adoption while recycling Disney vaults as weekly event. Brand television at industrial scale — a studio teaching America to want palettes, princesses, and Tomorrowland from the sofa.
Sunday night as a sales window for NBC's peacock. Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color ran **1961–1969** under that title, evolving from earlier ABC Disneyland branding, and helped promote color-set adoption in partnership with RCA/NBC while recycling Disney vaults as weekly event. Anthology packaging, park mythology, Walt himself hosting in the early years. Cartoons, nature films, adventure serials, and Tomorrowland promotion share the umbrella. Rex will toast the cardigan cathedral. The metric is color as the…
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- Walt Disney as Host
Walt Disney hosted Disneyland as Tuesday-night synergy — Frontierland blocks, Davy Crockett fever, prime time as the world’s longest commercial and a gift — then sold NBC’s peacock on Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color, anthology…