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Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories (also known as Bedtime Stories) is a 1992 American live-action/animated anthology television series that originally aired on Showtime.The series, hosted by Duvall, was a showcase of short animated adaptations of children's books with narration provided by celebrity guests.
The Stooges play Ted Healy's children who refuse to go to sleep unless they are told a bedtime story. Healy first tries singing a comic version of The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere which ultimately fails putting the young lads to sleep. Healy's date, the Good Fairy (Bonnie Bonnell) then tells them her own bedtime story, courtesy of a musical revue.
The term "bedtime story" was coined by Louise Chandler Moulton in her 1873 book, Bed-time Stories.The "ritual of an adult reading out loud to a child at bedtime formed mainly in the second half of the nineteenth century and achieved prominence in the early twentieth century in tandem with the rising belief that soothing rituals were necessary for children at the end of the day.
Bedtime Stories is a 2008 American fantasy comedy film directed by Adam Shankman from a screenplay by Matt Lopez and Tim Herlihy based on a story by Lopez. It stars Adam Sandler in his first appearance in a family film, alongside Keri Russell, Guy Pearce, Aisha Tyler, Russell Brand, Richard Griffiths, Teresa Palmer, Lucy Lawless, and Courteney Cox.
In 2018, comedian and actor Rob Delaney read and signed Ten in the Bed in Makaton, a particular form of sign language. [4] Broadcast on the BBC children’s channel CBeebies, it was the first of their regular bedtime stories series to use the language, which Delaney had learnt to communicate with his late son. [5]
The special features an animated short of Goodnight Moon, narrated by Susan Sarandon, along with six other animated segments of children's bedtime stories and lullabies with live-action clips of children reflecting on a series of bedtime topics in between, a reprise of Goodnight Moon at the end, and the Everly Brothers' "All I Have To Do Is ...
While the lunchtime story is usually read by one of the regular presenters at about 1:00 with an often repeated story, the final show of each day, known as CBeebies Bedtime Stories (known as Stòiridh in Scottish Gaelic and airing on BBC Alba) is read by a guest storyteller, including well known actors, comedians, athletes, singers/musicians ...
Just So Stories First edition Author Rudyard Kipling Illustrator Rudyard Kipling Language English Genre Children's book Publisher Macmillan Publication date 1902 Publication place United Kingdom Just So Stories for Little Children is a 1902 collection of origin stories by the British author Rudyard Kipling. Considered a classic of children's literature, the book is among Kipling's best known ...