Huckleberry Finn and His Friends — Season 1, Episode 5: The Pirates
Action & Adventure • 25 min • 1 season, 26 episodes • ★ 8.0/10
Episode synopsis
Tom Sawyer meets his friend Joe Harper on his way to school. Joe is convinced that his mother doesn't love him. Because Tom isn't happy at home, the two boys decide to runaway and start a life as pirates. They ask Huckleberry Finn to join them. Tom and Joe leave home after ransacking the foodsupply at home and Huck finds a little dingy at the river. After a little while the boat sinks and the boys head to Jackson's Island where they have the time of their lives, fishing camping and playing pirates. After a day or two the boys hear a big bang. They see the riverboat and a few men loading and firing a cannon to see if someone has drowned. The boys also see aunt Polly, constable Muller and Joe Harper's mother. The runaways become aware that they are the ones that are missing. Huck feels sad that nobody misses him, but Tom and Joe comfort him
About Huckleberry Finn and His Friends
Huckleberry Finn and His Friends was a 1979 television series documenting the exploits of Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer, based on the novels The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by American writer Mark Twain. The series was made up of 26 episodes and was a Canadian/German coproduction. Huckleberry Finn is played by Ian Tracey who is also the narrator. Tom Sawyer is played by Sammy Snyders. Directed by Jack B. Hively and Ken Jubenvill, this mini-series was broadcast in many countries such as Germany, UK, Australia, Canada, South Africa, Venezuela and many other Latin American nations. The series was re-shown many times during the 1980s to early 1990s and has grown somewhat of a cult following. Even though Mark Twain originally wrote the books The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as separate units, this mini-series conjures up both literary works as only one story. Therefore, it places greater importance on Huckleberry's character without putting aside Tom Sawyer's. In 2007, the complete series was released as a 4 DVD box set by Fabulous Films in the UK. It contains many extras including a 12 page color booklet and a 30 minute 'making of' documentary featuring interviews with many stars of the series including Sammy Snyders, Ian Tracey, and Blu Mankuma.