Chicken Soup for the Soul (1999)
Ion Television (ended 2000)
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Season 1
- Ep 23A Bad Influence/The Surprise/Who You Are Makes A Difference5/16/00
A BAD INFLUENCE: A mother and father's (Julia Duffy, Jerry Lacy) concerns about their daughter's (Alicia Leigh Willis) leather-jacketed, motorcyle-riding boyfriend (Eamon Behrens) are assuaged when he saves her from trouble.''''THE SURPRISE: With a surprise party, a longtime feud between brothers (Joe Penny, Jerry Levine) is resolved. - Ep 22A Pearl of Great Value / Two Sides of Love / Destiny in a Bottle5/9/00
- Ep 21Mason Dixon Memory / Summer School / The Final Show5/2/00
- Ep 20The Right Thing / Letters to Suzie / A Reason for Being2/22/00
- Ep 19Footprints on My Heart /Legacy / Elopement2/15/00
- Ep 18What's Happening With Today's Youth?/Mustang and The Tutor/Father2/8/00
MUSTANG AND THE TUTOR:''''In exchange for her teenage student studying his math with her, a teacher (Nora Dunn) is instructed in the art of cars. - Ep 17Thinking of You / Mama's Soup Pot / The Letter2/1/00
THE LETTER: A tale about a young man sent to WW2 and the girlfriend he leaves behind. ''''MAMA'S SOUP POT: A teenage boy is ashamed of his loud, ethnic family until he realizes how much his rich society friend appreciates them. ''''THINKING OF YOU: An elderly widow remembers and shares a dance with her dead husband.moreless - Ep 1614 Steps / Damaged Goods / Ballerina Dreams1/25/00
14 STEPS''''A man (Philip Casnoff) crippled in an accident learns to live with his disability and heal the strained relationships caused by his bitterness.''''DAMAGED GOODS''''A divorcee (Tracey Gold) visits her rabbi (Joseph Bologna) about the possibility of remarriage. ''''BALLERINA DREAMS''''A young dance student yearning to be a ballerina learns to cope with a career-curtailing foot injury.moreless - Ep 15Making the Grade / $700 Salvation / The Question1/18/00
- Ep 14The Giving Tree / Simple Wooden Boxes / A Birthday Song / The Heart of Christmas12/14/99
- Ep 13Mr. McKenzie / It's Never Too Late / Egg Lessons / Sand Castles / Crying's Okay11/30/99
MR. MCKENZIE: A med student regains the positive outlook she'd lost when her words change a patient's life.''''IT'S NEVER TOO LATE: A middle-aged man returns to his hometown to make amends for a minor crime he had not been charged for years earlier. With a little push from a small-town sheriff, he finds that It's Never Too Late to own up to your past.''''EGG LESSONS: A teenage girl learns that a mother's love for her child takes many forms.''''SAND CASTLES: Building Sand Castles helps a troubled couple bring fun back into their marriage - and connect with each other again.''''CRYING'S OKAY: When a boy must find a way to express his grief over his best friend's death, a wise teacher lets him know that Crying's Okay.''moreless - Ep 12Angels Once and a While / Carrie's Gift / A Secret Promise Kept11/23/99
A SECRET PROMISE KEPT: An unexpected gift from a grateful son comforts a dying father during his last days.''''APPLE CIDER AND A LOVE STORY: Inspired by an old man's stories about his wife, a young husband gains a new perspective on his own marriage.''''ANGELS ONCE IN A WHILE: With Thanksgiving nearing, a struggling''waitress discovers how large a "family" she really has.''''TWO NICKELS AND FIVE PENNIES: An impatient waitress learns from a''young boy that people who have the least to give often give the very most.''''CARRIE'S GIFT: Big, family grudges become small, forgiven''misunderstandings thanks to a persistent granddaughter.''''THE BAG LADY: A bag lady renders the example that having needs and being needy are degrees in attitude, gratitude and generosity.''''NOBODY KNOWS THE DIFFERENCE: Selfishness and dishonesty are traits more common than most people would like to believe, as a young boy's metaphoric mirror reveals.moreless - Ep 11Rescued/The Surprise Date/What Bravery Is/Lost and Found/Paco Come Home11/16/99
RESCUED: The fate of an orphaned girl is about to be decided in a''small-town courtroom in 1934, but she influences an unexpected edict.''''THE SURPRISE DATE: A woman arranges a blind date for her granddaughter who meets the man of her dreams.''''WHAT BRAVERY IS: A raw recruit shows his fellow infantrymen the''meaning of true bravery.''''LOST AND FOUND: It's said a person's true character is revealed on the golf course. One man learns more than a golf lesson.''''PACO, COME HOME: A family argument causes a father and son to realize the value of their relationship.moreless - Ep 10The Anniversary / Lady, Are You Rich? / Where's My Kiss, Then?11/9/99
BLIND DATE WITH BELINDA: A teenager talks himself into a blind date with the new school mascot, but is she a "dog?"''''TOMMY'S ESSAY: A negative third grader's essay deals with his parent's break-up in an unexpectedly positive way.''''WHERE'S MY KISS, THEN?: Something lost can become something gained, until it's lost again. A young girl and her father absorb a poignant lesson.''''SIMPLE TOUCH: It's said a teacher's influence lives on for''generations, but this time it saves the life of a student.''''THEIR GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY: The impact of a short poem spans 50 years in the lives of a couple celebrating their anniversary.moreless - Ep 9The Green Boots/How Magic Helped a Blind Girl See/Lady, Are You Rich?...10/26/99
THE GREEN BOOTS: Confidence has many sources, and an unassuming school janitor becomes one of them.''''HOW MAGIC HELPED THE BLIND GIRL SEE: Magic is in the cards as a''magician helps a despondent blind girl to unfailingly "see."''''LADY, ARE YOU RICH? A little girl's innocuous question reveals to a disaffected homemaker how rich the woman's life really is.''''THINGS ARE NOT ALWAYS BLACK OR WHITE: Two teenagers arguing over the solution of a math problem learn the real solution is in their point of view.''''GOODBYE, MY FRIEND: An elderly man and his trusted companion, a dog, struggle to find a way to say goodbye to each other and say hello to new lives for the both of them.''''BEAUTIFUL DAY, ISN'T IT? A blind woman's lesson to others is that''losing one's sight isn't nearly as bad as losing one's vision.''''THE ICE BREAKER: A couple hoping to adopt a child fear their beloved dog will hurt their chances of being accepted by the adoption agency.moreless - Ep 8Pitch/Dance Night/Attitude, One of Life's Choices/Grass/Goodwill...10/12/99
PITCH: In an unexpected fashion, a high school baseball player learns as much about parental love and pride from his coach as he does from his parents.''''DANCE NIGHT: An athletic tomboy invited to her first dance is''apprehensive about her father's response when he sees her all dressed up.''''ATTITUDE: The attitude of a self-proclaimed positive thinker is put to the test, and then it becomes personal.''''GRASS: The simple beauty of green grass becomes a metaphor of an adult son's newly rediscovered affection for his mother.''''GOODWILL: Clothes don't make the young man, nor do they win his heart.''''BERNIE'S BALLOON: A young girl misses her deceased grandfather and sends him a note to heaven via balloon. The biggest surprise is the return message.''''THE REAL FATHER: Questioning the paternity of the child he is raising as his own, a man discerns the true meaning of parenthood.moreless - Ep 7Just Say It!/Security Blanket/Try Something Different/Live Your Life...9/28/99
JUST SAY IT: A widower discovers that the best Valentine a person can receive is the one that is given away.''''SAFETY BLANKET: A young son's thoughtful gift cloaks his father in devoted love.''''TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT: Inspired by a common housefly that thinks it is trapped, three men find a way out of their own dilemma.''''LIVE YOUR LIFE: A mother questions her skills as a parent until she discovers the sage writings of her daughter.''''THE PERFECT DOG: A deaf boy demonstrates to his class why his ugly dog is also the most beautiful.''''SILENT NIGHT: Two World War II soldiers, an American and a German, are trapped together in a barn on Christmas Eve and learn who one another really are.moreless - Ep 6Faith, Hope and Love/Behind Every Great Man is a Great Woman/Mother's Day...9/21/99
Cat Hammons was in this episode as the mother everyone is willing to help get back to school. - Ep 5From the Heart/Don't Hope, Friend, Decide/How Much is Enough/Going, Going, Gone...9/14/99
FROM THE HEART: An adopted boy learns from an unexpected source the value and significance of family.''''DON'T HOPE, FRIENDDECIDE: A young married man realizes that''relationships are not a matter of destiny but of choice.''''HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH?: Caught in the net of his hectic life, a''businessman learns what the finer things in life really are from a fisherman.''''GOING, GOING, GONE: In their eagerness to earn extra allowance money, two young sisters clean out their parents' garage all too well.''''JOE'S PLACE: A group of teens learns that their two wrong assumptions can be turned around into a righteous act.''''AN AFTERNOON IN THE PARK: A young boy has a "vision" as he searches for God in a city park.''''NIGHT WATCH: A Marine brings comfort to a father on his death bed''through "memories" they never shared.moreless - Ep 4Billy / Salesman's First Sale / Angel in Uniform / Handwriting on the Wall....9/7/99
BILLY: A clown in a pediatric ward learns his job is more important than he could have ever imagined.''''THE SALESMAN'S FIRST SALE: A young boy's rocky apprenticeship in sales teaches a valuable lesson to his parents.''''ENCOURAGEMENT: Even the astute Nathaniel Hawthorne learns that there's nothing stronger than someone's belief in you.''''THE HANDWRITING ON THE WALL: A little boy writes on new, expensive wallpaper - what's a mother to do?''''ENDURING LABOR: A well-meaning nurse pulls an unsuspecting man into a delivery room, and he witnesses the greatest moment of his life.''''MY CONVERTIBLE: Late for a meeting, an egocentric executive speeding in his new convertible gets a new outlook on life, delivered by a brick.''''LET SLEEPING DOGS LIE: Compassion by strangers is so welcomed, even by a dog-tired canine.''''ANGEL IN UNIFORM: Two World War II soldiers meet back on American soil and discover what they have in common might save a life.moreless - Ep 3No Less a Starfish / My Convertible / Love Is Never Lost / A Gentle Caress....8/31/99
NO LESS A STARFISH: A woman's emotional scars from a mastectomy are healed by a starfish and a little girl.''''LOVE IS NEVER LOST: After his girlfriend breaks up with him, a high school football player learns that love never is really lost.''''A GENTLE CARESS: A young couple learns that it's not what you say that means the most.''''THE LAST DANCE: At his father's death bed, an estranged son remembers the only closeness they've ever had.''''WRITE YOUR OWN LIFE: The endless possibilities of life are encompassed in a pen.''''THE PRETTIEST ANGEL: "Benjamin Franklin" is faced with his toughest question, by a boy whose mother has died.''''THE WALLET: A man finds a wallet and discovers a treasure inside far more valuable than any amount of money.moreless - Ep 2A Sandpiper to Bring You Joy / The Cape / Starlight, Starbright / The Gift ...8/24/99
A SANDPIPER TO BRING YOU JOY: Despondent over her divorce, a woman finds solace on the beach with a little girl who teaches her to love again.''''THE CAPE: Much to his mother's dismay, a kindergartner risks his''acceptance to a private academy by insisting his name is Superman.''''STARLIGHT, STARBRIGHT: A teenage girl wishes upon a star for the''courage to approach someone she likes, but discovers she's not the only one wishing.''''THE SEED JAR: The seeds of hope are sealed in a jar for two sisters reunited after a tragedy.''''TAKING A BREAK: An overworked mother of three rambunctious boys is "a-rested" during their game of cops and robbers.''''THE GIFT: Saying it with flowers, kindness wins the day on a city bus.''''LOOK OUT, BABY, I'M YOUR LOVE MAN: Opportunity knocks at a radio''station, but is a D.J. hopeful prepared to answer?moreless - Ep 1The Window / All the Good Things / The Appointment / The Cookie Thief8/17/99
