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A live-action children's television series following 15 year old Oliver Cates and his friend Dee who - using their homemade time machine- zap historical figures into their 21st century lives.
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- Ep 1
1.The Genius
12-06-199930m14-year-old Oliver Cates inadvertently transports Albert Einstein into the present with his computer. Before going back, Einstein helps Oliver work through his anger so he can reco...
- Ep 2
2.Smart Aleck
19-06-199930mOliver has no one with whom he can share his secret, so he summons Alexander Graham Bell. However, his secret is uncovered by a curious 14-year-old named Dee Sampson who, thanks to...
- Ep 3
3.Raising the Siege
26-06-199930mDee is upset by her parents’ investment in a toxic pulp mill, so she summons Joan of Arc to help organize a protest, despite Oliver’s reservations.
- Ep 4
4.Lewis in Wonderland
03-07-199930mDee’s reticence to leave her childhood behind motivates her to summon writer Lewis Carroll, whose real name is Charles Dodgson, who helps her deal with her grandmother’s death.
- Ep 5
5.Little Emperor
10-07-199930mOliver summons Napoleon Bonaparte to help inspire his pals to win a newspaper subscription contest.
- Ep 6
6.Wilde Card
1.017-07-199930mOliver thinks he lacks “the right stuff” where his father is concerned and, at the same time, his friend Bobby is being bullied by the football jocks. With the witty Oscar Wilde as...
- Ep 7
7.A Ninth of Beethoven
16-01-200030mOliver brings back Beethoven to help Dee deal with a pending operation that could result in her deafness. However, Beethoven is mistakenly brought back from a time when he isn’t de...
- Ep 8
8.A Transient, Shining Trouble
23-01-200030mWhen Oliver plans on revealing his VisiCron technology to the world in return for fame and glory, Dee brings back the co-discoverer of insulin, Dr. Frederick Banting, whose own wid...
- Ep 9
9.The Presence of Saint Nick
06-02-200030mMrs. Tatlow, an impoverished senior citizen, refuses to accept the groceries that Dee has volunteered to deliver over the Christmas holiday. Undaunted, Dee gets a scrooge-like Oliv...
- Ep 10
10.The Raven
05-03-200030mDee brings in Edgar Allan Poe to help make a Halloween fundraising event spooky, but Poe is charming and anything but scary.
- Ep 11
11.Harriet's Path
12-03-200030mOliver wants to impress his father by winning a team “orienteering” contest: a race through wilderness terrain with only a compass and a map. For the team supervisor, Dee convinces...
- Ep 12
12.The Crush
19-03-200030mDee convinces Oliver to summon Cleopatra to help her audition for a school production of Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra. However, what she secretly wants is Cleo’s advice in wi...
- Ep 13
13.The Rescue
26-03-200030mWhen Oliver and Anne get lost hiking in the woods, Dee brings back Daniel Boone to help track them down.
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