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"Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary" is an English nursery rhyme. The rhyme has been seen as having religious and historical significance, but its origins and meaning are disputed. The rhyme has been seen as having religious and historical significance, but its origins and meaning are disputed.
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; Stray Cats (Brian Setzer, Lee Rocker, & Slim Jim Phantom) as Georgie Porgie's House Band; Ben Vereen as Itsy Bitsy Spider
Each episode of Mother Goose Club contains multiple segments and follows a cast of six main characters—Baa Baa Sheep, Eep the Mouse, Little Bo Peep, Jack B. Nimble, Mary Quite Contrary, and Teddy Bear—who sing and dance to a variety of nursery rhymes and original songs.
Mary, Mary Quite Contrary (portrayed by Katharine Hepburn) complains about her polluted garden. Humpty Dumpty falls off the wall, revealing his exposed buttocks when he stands up. Jack and Jill, portrayed as teen sweethearts, ditch fetching water for romantic escapades. Little Miss Muffet scares off the spider with her unattractive appearance.
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The song contains two nursery rhymes: the Teletubbies hum along to "Baa, Baa, Black Sheep" and the flowers from Teletubbyland sing "Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary". The single reached number one on the UK Singles Chart for two weeks in December 1997.
"Mary Had a Little Lamb" An original poem by Sarah Josepha Hale inspired by an actual incident. 1830 (US) As a girl, Mary Sawyer (later Mrs. Mary Tyler) kept a pet lamb, which she took to school one day at the suggestion of her brother. [31] "Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary" Mary, Queen of Scots or Mary I of England: c. 1744 (Britain)
Diaz was only five years into her acting career when There's Something About Mary premiered in theaters. She was a working model prior to her film debut, the 1994 Jim Carrey superhero farce The Mask.