Retro Toy Chest: Remember Gorzak? (1994)

 Correspondent Steven Dolce tipped me to this next item.

Tyco introduced Gorzak to a consumer world that may not have been waiting in 1994. I say that because the product didn't survive the decade.

Not sure who was commissioned to produce the animation. Gorzak ends up a footnote in toy history.

Toons After Dark: Peter & The Magic Egg (1983)

 After leaving Rankin-Bass, Romeo Muller struck out on his own, and one of his last projects as an independent producer was 1983's Peter & The Magic Egg. Muller borrowed the R-B formula of using a name actor as his lead, in this case, Ray Bolger, who narrates the tale as Amos the Egg. The rest of the cast includes Bob Holt, Joan Gerber, Russi Taylor, Robert Ridgely, and Al Eisenmann, brother of 70's & 80's star Ike Eisenmann.

Peter never aired on a network. It was syndicated, and hasn't seen the light of day, YouTube aside, in years.

From Primetime to Daytime: Zorro in Broken Heart, Broken Mask (1991)

 From season 2 of The New Zorro (as it's known on Retro, no longer available in the 518):

Zorro (Duncan Regehr) intervenes between a friend of Don Alejandro and a traveling gambler (special guest Roddy Piper). The title, however, refers to Victoria (Patrice Canhi) getting shot, which concerns Diego.

Piper would return as a different character in season 3, which also saw guest appearances by Jesse Ventura & Andre The Giant in separate episodes.

Toons After Dark: A Chucklewood Easter (1986)

 It's been a while since we checked in on the Chucklewood Critters, featuring Buttons & Rusty. From 1986, here's "A Chucklewood Easter":

No rating. Didn't see this when it first aired.

From Primetime to Daytime: Steve Urkel on trial (Family Matters,1994)

 From season 5 of Family Matters:

Steve Urkel (Jaleel White, Sonic The Hedgehog) is put on trial in the school cafeteria when he is accused of blowing up the school lab by a jealous rival. Laura (Kellie Shangyne-Williams) acts as Urkel's lawyer, while the accuser, Dexter Thornhill (Robert Laughlin), is also the prosecutor, which proves to be his first mistake.

His last one? Laura shows us.

Missing from the picture: Guest star Tom Poston (ex-Newhart, Mork & Mindy, etc.) as the custodian. Thornhill did himself in by being a wee bit overconfident. And, yeah, Waldo had a classic moment of stupidity dressing as a Boy Scout when he's the bailiff. Bay-leaf, my butt.

Saturday Morning's Greatest Hits: Diamond Girl (1973)

 Seals & Crofts performed "Diamond Girl" on The Midnight Special in 1973. There's more from this same show that we'll play down the road.

In memory of Dash Crofts, who passed away the other day. Rest in peace.

That time Donna Summer guest-co-hosted American Bandstand (1978)

 In May 1978, ABC decided to try a sweeps stunt with American Bandstand, just to show that the ratings sweeps periods didn't leave out Saturday daytime.

Donna Summer is the guest co-host, joining Dick Clark for an all-disco show, including some of Donna's own songs.