King for a Day (Wildfire)

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King for a Day
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Premiere date	November 22, 1986
Run time	23:11
Writer(s)	John Loy
Director(s)	Art Davis Oscar Dufau Don Lusk Carl Urbano Rudy Zamora Ray Patterson (supervising) Gordon Hunt (voices)
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"King for a Day" is the eleventh episode of Wildfire season one. It aired on November 22, 1986 on CBS. It was written by John Loy, and directed by Art Davis, Oscar Dufau, Don Lusk, Carl Urbano, Rudy Zamora, and Gordon Huntf.

Diaboyln makes a wish to be queen of Dar-Shan, but it accidentally goes to a passing frog, who becomes the revered and beloved King Waddler.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Lady Diabolyn	Jessica Walter
Dweedle	Billy Barty
Dertz	Unavailable
Booper	Rob Paulsen
Mudlusk	Frank Welker
Thimble	Unavailable
Spectres
King Waddler	Wil Ryan
Dorin	Bobby Jacoby
Brutus	Susan Blu
Alvinar	Rene Auberjonois
Princess Sara	Georgi Irene
Wildfire	John Vernon
King Waddler's announcer	Rob Paulsen
Queen Sarana

Locations

• Dar-Shan
  • Thorinia
    • Alvinar's residence
• Earth

Objects

• Wishing well
• Sara's amulet

Vehicles

• Lady Diaboyln's carriage

Music

The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin, credited as musical director, with coordination by Joanne Miller. The theme music was performed by Jimmy Webb.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: November 22, 1986 on CBS

Behind the scenes

• This is the first time Diaboyln has been referred to as a Lady in the present. She was only referred to as a Lady when Sara went into the past in "A Meeting in Time."

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning