So Bill Bixby hosted a kid’s show on PBS in the early 80s (‘Once Upon A Classic’), that much I know.
However, I cannot find the title of one episode about two boys that found an alien ‘moon ball’ – a shiny silver sphere that would follow them and try to communicate with them. It was an adaptation from a book (and I remember reading the book, too! The alien was glowing and fuzzy in that!) but Google is failing me when I try to find the title of either.
May be “The Glitterball”:
http://www.tvguide.com/detail/tv-show.aspx?tvobjectid=424239&more=ucepisodelist&episodeid=727831
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Glitterball (1977).
Ah! Thank you both!
Dreanya, of course.
Oh my gosh I remember this show! I recall the bigger silver sphere, opening up, and the smaller silver ball, coming out, and following them around, and helping them. I can’t find this show! I would love to see it again!