This is a special the Disney channel used to play every year when I was a kid, back when it was a premium channel that you had to pay extra for on your cable bill. They used to play a bunch of older (even for back then!) specials that were made by other companies. This includes: Witch's Night Out, Halloween is Grinch Night, Raggedy Ann and Andy in the Pumpkin that Couldn't Smile, and the Worst Witch. They also had The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (which was part of the Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad), Frankweenie (the original Tim Burton directed version released in 1984), and a collection of clips and cartoons called Disney's Halloween Treat.
The cartoon itself is VERY 70s, and is stylized as such. It stars some familiar names like Gilda Radnor as the witch, and Catherine O'Hara as Malicious. The cartoon is still family friendly and I feel the story is timeless.
The special starts with two children, Small and Tender, talking about how they want to scare everybody on Halloween with their costumes. They find out that their costumes are not so scary, and go home disappointed. Meanwhile the grown up start to plan a Halloween party at an old house that they think is abandoned. Soon the witch who lives in the abandoned house makes herself known when she hears the pleading of Small and Tender to their babysitter, Bazooey, to be a real wolfman and a ghost. The witch passes herself off as a Fairy Godmother and changes them into their favorite monster. They then all show up at the Halloween party and scare everybody.
Edit: I just found out this special is now available on DVD for the first time ever!!! If you're interested in a hard copy to enjoy forever, click here.
2015 Edit: So, this special has magically disappeared (see what I did there?) all because of the DVD release.
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