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"ABC Afterschool Specials" The Last of the Curlews (1972)
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"ABC Afterschool Specials" (1972)Original Air Date:
4 October 1972 (Season 1, Episode 1)Plot:
Animated special about a father and son who go hunting, and debate whether or not to kill an Eskimo curlew, which may become extinct. | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Won Primetime Emmy. moreUser Comments:
Once, long ago moreCast
(Episode Credited cast) | Ross Martin | ... | Stan (voice) |
| Ginny Tyler | ... | Bird Calls (voice) |
 | Vincent Van Patten | ... | Mark (voice) |
| Lee Vines | ... | Narrator (voice) |
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Ouch.
Up to two days ago, I did not know that what I had come across as a child was this. I had caught it maybe halfway thru and the memory of the last 5 minutes of it has been with me forever, yanking at the heart strings with each time I remember.....though I remembered them more like sparrows and not like snipes.
It's powerful, powerful in memory and powerful in that now I have located a source, I'm not sure I could bear to watch it, knowing what is to come, even though it has been 20-30 years since I've seen it. Of course, as an adult, I can use all the compensating techniques that comes with being adult........but I wouldn't want to.
Unlike the others who have commented here, I never talked about it the decades before. I suppose being able to do so "now" changes the impact for in the 5 minutes it has taken me to write these 2 paragraphs, being able to see it again becomes an easier thought to approach.
Which is probably part of its impact; it is about being alone and being alone is such a terrible thing. One needs to share something at least.