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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.
[1] Some of the characters' surnames implied their roles in the story (Mr and Mrs Frightfully-Busy were workaholics, [10] Johnny Bullneck is an aggressive school bully, [11] and Serena Slurp is greedy) [12] whereas the more ridiculous the family name is, the more unpleasant they are in the story: Fedora Funkelfink the con artist; [13] and the ...
The story involves a series of murders taking place in a wealthy neighborhood of New York City. The first murder, of a Mr. Joseph Cochrane Robin, who is found pierced by an arrow, is accompanied by a note signed "The Bishop", with an extract from the nursery rhyme, "Who Killed Cock Robin". This crime takes place at the home of an elderly ...
Mother Goose's name was identified with English collections of stories and nursery rhymes popularised in the 17th century. English readers would already have been familiar with Mother Hubbard, a stock figure when Edmund Spenser published the satire Mother Hubberd's Tale in 1590, as well as with similar fairy tales told by "Mother Bunch" (the pseudonym of Madame d'Aulnoy) [4] in the 1690s. [5]
William Wallace Denslow’s illustration of the rhyme, 1902. "Little Jack Horner" is a popular English nursery rhyme with the Roud Folk Song Index number 13027. First mentioned in the 18th century, it was early associated with acts of opportunism, particularly in politics.
[20] Since at least the late 19th century, the nursery rhyme was used with a British children's game similar to musical chairs. [12] The players sing the first verse while dancing around rings. [12] There is always one ring less than the number of players. [12] When the "pop goes the weasel" line is reached, the players rush to secure a ring. [12]
Several edits and changes were made to the audio, musical score, and video for the TV edit. A non-comprehensive list of some of these variations appears below: Parts of the film play in a different order: "Mary Had a Little Lamb" "Little Miss Muffet" "Jack & Jill" Several scenes were completely cut: Mary Quite Contrary complaining about her garden
The other characters played by Fletcher are the Tumble Family. Mr Tumble, who is a clown, Grandad Tumble, Fisherman Tumble, Lord Tumble, Chef Tumble and Baker Tumble. Other members of the Tumble family have made appearances including two Aunts, Polly and Suki (as in the nursery rhyme "Polly Put the Kettle On") and Baby Tumble.
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