Ghost of a Chance

November 21, 1991
30 min
Season 2 - Episode 44: Ghost of a Chance

Season 2 - Episode 44: Ghost of a Chance

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Overview

In an environmental takeoff of A Christmas Carol, Widget is visited by three ghosts, a Viking who engaged in deforestation, an American pioneer who participated in the buffalo slaughter, and a British big game hunter who contributed to extinction of some animals. The ghosts tell Widget that they are punished until they teach a living person of their wrong acts, and Widget sees their chance for atonement when the city's mayor is making a secret deal for a polluting factory to be built.

Episode Information

TV Show

Widget the World Watcher

Season

Season 2

Episode Number

44

Air Date

November 21, 1991

Runtime

30 minutes