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Faerie tale Theatre: Rumpelstiltskin

 In another Faerie tale Theatre post, we go to the second episode, Rumpelstiltskin the whole thing can be viewed here

The wizard reminded me of a drunken Dumbledore, or perhaps Dumbledore is a slightly more sober version seeing as this pre-dates Harry Potter? who knows

I think the red hair suits Shelley

Herve Villechaize (Rumpi) also played Nick Nack in the 007 film The man with the golden gun!

Highlights: Duvall's suit at the beginning introducing the episode, insulting alliterations, i believe one of the guesses of Rumpi's name was 'sack-bat' but my ears could be deceiving me on that one, an evil little tune sung by Rumpi and his friends and the painting backdrops, but, best of all:

A young Bud Cort, playing a page in it! Star of Harold and Maude and Brewster McCloud, 2 other films completely worth seeing, top left hand corner in the pic above

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Enjoy!

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Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre

Hello internet dwellers, we can rejoice for Shelley Duvall's faerie tale theatre in all its dated kitschy goodness is all up on Youtube! You can watch the first episode, The Frog Prince right here

Princess Bitchface's hilarious parents

Robin Williams as a frog. Only he could turn a fairy tale into an adult comedy

Witty double entendre's like "horny toad", don't worry, frog gives as good sass as he gets

He also likes to correct grammar, the world needs more grammar Nazi amphibians

I love medieval anything, especially fairy tale interpretations of the 80's, killer hair dont's

I can't find screen caps for it (nor is my comp letting me do them at the moment??!) of a highly detailed and excellent scorpion vs. frog sword fight scene. Old school special effects are SO good! I wonder what will happen as technology advances even more, will our offspring think of all this as frightfully dull? They better not

Floating gold ball that also doubles as a communication device! and one of the best prosthetic noses ever. Also worth noting in this episode: the Father Time-esque character, frog prince does Shakespeare, the use of the term old crone (let's bring it back instead of 'hag' which has judgemental connotations) and Eric Idle narrates! (and directs) just like he did in another dopey but awesome over the top tale, Ella Enchanted.

Sincerely hope these don't fade from the collective subconscious!

Happy Watching

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