The Trouble with Miss Switch

The Trouble with Miss Switch

Based on	The Trouble with Miss Switch by Barbara Brooks Wallace
Written by	Sheldon Stark
Directed by	Charles A. Nichols
Voices of	Janet Waldo Eric Taslitz Nancy McKeon June Foray Frank Welker
Music by	Dean Elliott
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of episodes	2
Production
Executive producer(s)	Joe Ruby & Ken Spears
Producer(s)	Jerry Eisenberg
Running time	60 minutes
Production company(s)	Ruby-Spears Productions
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	February 16 – 23, 1980
Chronology
Followed by	Miss Switch to the Rescue

The Trouble with Miss Switch is a 1980 animated television special produced by Ruby-Spears Productions and based on the 1971 children's book by Barbara Brooks Wallace. It was originally broadcast as two-part episode of ABC Weekend Specials series on February 16 and 23, 1980.

Plot

Part 1

Rupert Brown and Amelia Daley (voiced by Eric Taslitz and Nancy McKeon) are classmates at Pepperdine Elementary School who discover that their substitute teacher, Miss Switch (voiced by Janet Waldo), is a witch complete with a magical talking cat named Bathsheba (voiced by June Foray). She tells the children that the wicked witch Saturna (also voiced by June Foray) has taken control of the Witches' Council and has condemned the fair Miss Switch with the aid of her Computer Witch. Rupert suggests bewitching a certain football player's number at the big game to ensure victory, but Saturna causes the spell to backfire so that the visiting team wins. Rupert comes up with another plan, but asks Miss Switch to let him and Amelia accompany her...

Part 2

Miss Switch and Bathsheba fly to Witch Mountain with Rupert and Amelia. Saturna sends out her bats to attack them, which causes the broom to splinter; some bats carry Miss Switch away, while the others drop Rupert, Amelia and Bathsheba down a well. Miss Switch finds herself in the council room, where the Witches' Council prepares their verdict. The children and Bathsheba get out of the well, and sneak in disguised as witches. Just as Miss Switch agrees to be banished, her friends reveal that her ability to spread love and joy is the most original witchcraft idea of all. The Witches' Council banishes Saturna and appoints Miss Switch the new Head Witch.

Voices

Janet Waldo as Miss Switch
Eric Taslitz as Rupert Brown
Nancy McKeon as Amelia Daley
June Foray as Bathsheba and Saturna

Production credits

Executive Producers: Joe Ruby & Ken Spears
Produced by: Jerry Eisenberg
Directed by: Charles A. Nichols
Written by: Sheldon Stark
From the Book by: Barbara Brooks Wallace
Voices: Janet Waldo, Eric Taslitz, Nancy McKeon, June Foray, Frank Welker, Philip Tanzini, Alan Dinehart
Story Direction: Ron Campbell
Character Design: Allan Huck, Alice Hamm, Edgar Soller
Voice Direction: Alan Dinehart
Layout Supervisor: Larry Huber
Unit Supervisor: David High
Layout: John Freeman, Bob Givens, John F. Guerin, Floyd Norman, Wallace Sides, Bart Seitz, Lin Larsen, Pat Wong
Production Manager: Warren Marshall
Layout: Lyle Beddes, Stuart Heimdal, Elaine Hultgren, Boyd Kirland, Brad Landreth, Debra Pugh, Keith Sargent, Roy Smith, Grant Wilson
Animation Supervisor: Ed Solomon
Animation: Steve Clark, Jim Davis, Daniel De La Vega, Frank Gonzales, John Howley, Bill Hutten, Tony Love, Norm McCabe, Frank Nakielski, Don Orlando, Don Parmele, Bill Pratt, Virgil Raddatz, Bill Reed, Joe Roman, Joanna Romersa, John Shook, Mike Stribling, Marty Taras
Assistant Animation Supervisor: Bill Exter
Assistant Animation: Fred Abranz, Philo Barnhart, Phil Cummings, Vincent De Frances, Edward Faigin, Holly Forsyth, Sandy Henkin, Mike Houton, Leonard Johnson, Sammy Kai, Richard Williams, Michael Kaweski, John C. Lange, Anneline Liu, Ginny Parmele, Lester Pourier, Anna Lois Ray, Mary Robertston, Sue Rogers, Gisele Van Bark, Karen Warren, Cathy Zar
Background Styling: Eric Semones
Backgrounds Painted by: Gary Conklin, Bill Lorencz, P.S. Lewis, Michele Moen, Phil Phillipson, Gary Selvaggio, Peter Van Elk, Thomas Woodington, Gloria Wood
Color Key: Kit Harper, Bunny Munns
Production Manager: John Ahern
Production Supervisor: Natalie Shirpser
Animation Checking: Myrna Bushman, Rena Cappas, Lisa Lydon, Jerome B. Stocks, Stephen A. Carr
Xerography & Paint Supervisor: Laura Craig
Assistants to the Executive Producers: Jodi Berman, Jamie Fields
Assistant to the Producer: Erika Grossbart
Production Assistants: Madlyn Goldberg, Kayte Kuch, Loretta High, Harry Karamanlian
Studio Manager: Jeff Cooke
Production Controller: Jerry Goldman
Unit Auditor: Henriette Pacile
Animation Stock: Sandra Benenati
Cel Service: Jim Stocks
Titles: Bob Schaefer
Music: Dean Elliott
Supervising Editor: Chip Yaras
Effects Editors: Kevin Spears, Bruce Elliott, Richard Patterson, David Stone
Music Editors: Robert Mandles, Mark Shimey, Kathy Stude
Post Production: Lenore Nelson
Negative Cutting: Mary Nelson
Camera: Larry Hogan, Greg Marshall, Laurie Toledo
Laboratory: C.F.I.
Recording: Heider Scoring Service
Dubbing: T.V. Recorder
COPYRIGHT 1979 AMERICAN BROADCASTING COMPANIES, INC.
Produced by Ruby-Spears Productions, Inc.
A FILMWAYS COMPANY FOR American Broadcasting Companies, Inc.

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