King for a Day (Wildfire)

This article is about the Wildfire episode. For other TV series with episodes sharing that name, see King for a Day.

King for a Day
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Network	CBS
Premiere date	November 22, 1986
Run time	23:11
Starring	John Vernon Georgi Irene Jessica Walter Billy Barty Rob Paulsen Frank Welker Bobby Jacoby Susan Blu Rene Auberjonois Wil Ryan
Writer(s)	John Loy
Director(s)	Art Davis Oscar Dufau Don Lusk Carl Urbano Rudy Zamora
Voice director(s)	Gordon Hunt
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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, directed by Art Davis, Oscar Dufau, Don Lusk, Carl Urbano, Rudy Zamora, and voice directed by Gordon Hunt.

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
  • Montana

Objects

• Wishing well
• Sara's amulet

Vehicles

• Lady Diaboyln's carriage

Music

The title/end themes were composed by Jimmy Webb. The rest of the episode's music was composed by Hoyt Curtin, who was credited as the musical director, with musical coordination by Joanne Miller.

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

Home availability

• This has yet to be released in any form of physical or digital distribution. 😢