What, you have no idea what this is? Well I used to own this entire series on, wait for it, yes VHS. All 23 episodes of it! Anyways, gist of the show was that every episode retold a fairy tale using famous actors. Originally on Showtime circa 1982 to 1987, as a young child I was completely oblivious to all of the, uhh, advanced nature of the revisioned fairy tale series. Pretty much ever major actor did a stint as some important fairy tale figure, like Matthew Broderick as Prince Charming in Cinderella, Jeff Goldblum as....a pig in The Three Little Pigs, and of course James Earl Jones as the Genie in Aladdin. Even major directors from Tim Burton to Francis Ford Coppola had some role in the series. Thinking back on it now, pretty much every episode was messed up and scary in some way, which obviously meant I loved it. Now I am really mad mom gave all 23 of those VHS tapes away.
Well you can obtain the entire series in non VHS format today where ever crazy 80s television series are sold (which obviously means everywhere!...duh)
I forgot about Gregory Hines as Puss in Boats. He just dances in everything!
Also available:
For the desperately still waiting for this show to get better: Desperate Housewives Season 4
For the cubicle restrained employee: The Office Season 4
For the 7 people that watch this show (not counting my mom and I): The Big Bang Theory Season 1
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