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Humpty Dumpty and Alice, from Through the Looking-Glass. Illustration by John Tenniel. Humpty Dumpty also makes an appearance in Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass (1871). There Alice remarks that Humpty is "exactly like an egg", which Humpty finds to be "very provoking" in the looking-glass world. Alice clarifies that she said he looks ...
[1] [2] The concept gave rise to "The Unbirthday Song" in the 1951 animated feature film Alice in Wonderland. [3] In Through the Looking-Glass, Humpty Dumpty is wearing a cravat (which Alice at first mistakes for a belt) which he says was given to him as an "un-birthday present" by the White King and Queen. He then has Alice calculate the ...
"Five Little Monkeys" is an English-language nursery rhyme, children's song, folk song and fingerplay of American origin. It is usually accompanied by a sequence of gestures that mimic the words of the song. Each successive verse sequentially counts down from the starting number. [1] [2] [3]
Humpty Dumpty Sat on a wall. Humpty Dumpty Had a great fall. And all the king's horses And all the king's men Can't put Humpty Dumpty Together again. Un petit d'un petit S'étonne aux Halles Un petit d'un petit Ah! degrés te fallent Indolent qui ne sort cesse Indolent qui ne se mène Qu'importe un petit d'un petit Tout Gai de Reguennes. A ...
On Saturday in Turner, Oregon, a statue of nursery rhyme character Humpty Dumpty took a tumble off a wall at the Enchanted Forest amusement park. Talk about life imitating art ... or perhaps life ...
Howie Mandel as Humpty Dumpty; Cheech Marin as The Carnival Barker; Van Dyke Parks as The Minister of Merriment; Katey Sagal as Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary; John Santucci as All the King's Men (of Humpty Dumpty) Garry Shandling as Jack (of Jack and Jill) Paul Simon as Simple Simon; Jean Stapleton as Mother Goose
"Humpty Dumpty" Richard III of England; Cardinal Thomas Wolsey and a cannon from the English Civil War: 1797 (Britain) No evidence that it refers to any historical character and is originally a riddle found in many European cultures. The story about the cannon is based on a spoof verse written in 1956. [17] [30] "Jack and Jill"
A pilot episode, the story of "Humpty Dumpty", was produced in 1987 along with other episodes. The series was considered for a network slot in 1987, but was passed on. The first release of the series came in 1988 through a home video release as part of Jim Henson's Play-Along Video series. The video featured three episodes of the show, "Little ...