ABC Afterschool Specials (TV Series) Hewitt's Just Different (1977) User Reviews

"THROW ME THE BALL, WILLIE!"

[geersjes · 10/10 · 18 April 2001]

This was the quintessential Everybody Counts video about Hewitt, a special baseball fan, and his friend Willie. Nothing special as far as epic film making, but definitely one of those moments from elementary school you never forget.

A Classic grade-school moral flick

[Brodie-4 · 18 January 2001]

I remember seeing "Hewitt's Just Different" at least once or twice in my grade school years, in those whole-class assemblies where we'd be taught that "Everybody Counts" and things like that. While it's obviously one of those cheesy after-school special type deals, this flick still sticks with you after the fact...I'd say at least half of my current senior class knows "Hewitt..."