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Foney Fables, an early example of the genre from 1942. The genre of fairy tale parody grew in popularity following the “Fractured Fairy Tales” segment on The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show in 1959, where well known fairy tales were presented with altered storylines for a modern audience.
"Fractured Fairy Tales" presented familiar fairy tales and children's stories, but with altered, modernized storylines for humorous, satirical effect. This segment was narrated by Edward Everett Horton; June Foray, Bill Scott, Paul Frees, and Daws Butler supplied the voices. [35] A typical example was their spin on "Sleeping Beauty."
'Fractured Fairy Tales' (1959-1964) The series was exactly what you'd expect: fairy tales through a fractured lens. If you remember correctly, the show ran as a segment on "The Adventures of Rocky ...
Fractured Fables is a series of fantasy novellas written by Alix E. Harrow. The series currently comprises two novellas: A Spindle Splintered (2021) and A Mirror Mended (2022). The series explores fairy tales from a modernist and feminist perspective. Both novellas have received critical acclaim.
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Fractured Fairy Tales; Aesop and Son; Bullwinkle's Corner; Mr. Know-It-All; The Rocky and Bullwinkle Fan Club; Peabody's Improbable History; Dudley Do-Right of the Mounties; Hoppity Hooper (1964–1967) Uncle Waldo's Cartoon Show; The Dudley Do Right Show (1964–1966) George of the Jungle (1967) Super Chicken; Tom Slick; The Mr. Peabody ...
Jay Ward's Fractured Fairy Tales had a few spoofs of the tale, one of which involved a basket that exploded just before the bearer could say "goodies". Goldilocks and the Three Bears/Rumpelstiltskin/Little Red Riding Hood/Sleeping Beauty (1984), animated direct-to-video featurette produced by Lee Mendelson Film Productions.
He remains, however, best known to younger Saturday-morning-television viewers of the "baby boomers" generation (born after World War II era, 1946-1964) as the venerable narrator of Fractured Fairy Tales segments with the retelling of earlier famous fairy tales and legends from previous centuries on The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show animation ...