I got this on DVD a year or so ago, and realized how much I adored The Frog Prince, among others. I generally shy from remakes, but remakes of thiese could be wonderful!
I've watched and rewatched these. Took me a long time to get to a few of them, as I kept rainy-day saving them! The Frog Prince is freakin' hilarious, I love Teri Garr in that.
OMG REALLY? Oh man, those were the only things I would ever accept renting from Blockbuster as a kid. "We could get..." "NO I WANNA FAERIE TALE THEATRE."
That was such a brilliant show! Shelly Duvall is a storytelling Gooddess.
My favorites: Jack and the Beanstalk- the fairy god 'mother' was hilarious The Princess and the Pea - three words: "The Queen spits?" The Three Little Pigs - worth it just to see Jeff Goldblum stamping on a flower The Tale of the Frog Prince - Terry Garr holds her own with Robin Williams. No easy task. The Pied Piper of Hamlin - eerie to the nth degree. Eric Idle is perfect.
I had forgotten about the show. Thanks for the reminder. It's also on hulu! *happy sigh*
I have such a hard time choosing my favorites! The ones I watch more than any others include The Nightingale, Puss In Boots, and The Three Little Pigs (Jeff Goldblum arguing with his unseen shrew of a wolf-wife SLAYS me).
You know, I don't think I've seen Puss In Boots. Though I have seen the musical movie version starring Jason Connery (of "Robin of Sherwood"), and - wait for it... Christopher Walken as the singing and dancing Puss.
Nope. I just checked the cast (Including 3 late greats, Ben Vereen, Gregory Hines and Brock Peters -and also with Alfre Woodard? phenomenal!), and I definitely missed that one.
And I had forgotten about the off-screen wolf wife. She was hilarious.
The opening sequence on hulu is not the original, sadly.
Just since I posted about this, I've watched about 8 of the episodes. I also forgot to mention The Princess Who Had Never Laughed ranks high on my repeat watch list. It's my fantasy that one day I run into Howie Mandel and say to him, "Mr. Mandel, you're a very talented and funny man, and I want you to know that my favorite piece of work in your whole canon is your Faerie Tale Theatre episode."
And I used to have a huge Peter Weller crush so The Dancing Princesses got watched a lot too!
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My favorites:
Jack and the Beanstalk- the fairy god 'mother' was hilarious
The Princess and the Pea - three words: "The Queen spits?"
The Three Little Pigs - worth it just to see Jeff Goldblum stamping on a flower
The Tale of the Frog Prince - Terry Garr holds her own with Robin Williams. No easy task.
The Pied Piper of Hamlin - eerie to the nth degree. Eric Idle is perfect.
I had forgotten about the show. Thanks for the reminder. It's also on hulu!
*happy sigh*
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Hulu too? Omigod, everyone can watch, yayyyyy!
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Though I have seen the musical movie version starring Jason Connery (of "Robin of Sherwood"), and - wait for it... Christopher Walken as the singing and dancing Puss.
Nope. I just checked the cast (Including 3 late greats, Ben Vereen, Gregory Hines and Brock Peters -and also with Alfre Woodard? phenomenal!), and I definitely missed that one.
And I had forgotten about the off-screen wolf wife. She was hilarious.
The opening sequence on hulu is not the original, sadly.
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And I used to have a huge Peter Weller crush so The Dancing Princesses got watched a lot too!