GuessWho

I loved these as a kid.. each was an hour long and showed a different fairy tale staring some big names. Each story stayed true to the original book and didn't Disney-ize anything. I believe it was a Showtime series.

My fave was Pinocchio starring Paul Reubens. He was PERFECT!

Here's some of the casting, in case you never saw it:

Shelley Duvall .... Host, Narrator, various
Vincent Price .... Magic Mirror (Snow White), Narrator
Robin Williams .... Frog Prince
Bridgette Andersen .... Gretel (Hansel and Gretel)
Billy Crystal .... Larry (Three Little Pigs)
Susan Sarandon .... Beauty (Beauty & the Beast)
Matthew Broderick .... Prince Henry (Cinderella)
Lee Remick .... The Snow Queen
Klaus Kinski .... Beast (Beauty & the Beast)
Ben Vereen .... Puss in Boots
Vanessa Redgrave .... Evil Queen (Snow White)
Pam Dawber .... Little Mermaid
James Earl Jones .... Genie (Aladdin)
Peter MacNicol .... Martin (Boy Who Left Home...)
Teri Garr .... Princess (Frog Prince)
Valerie Perrine .... Tina (Three Little Pigs)
Mary Steenburgen .... Red Riding Hood
Robert Carradine .... Aladdin
Melissa Gilbert .... Gerda (The Snow Queen)
Alfre Woodard .... Princess Lovinia (Puss in Boots)
Tom Conti .... Prince Richard (Princess & the Pea)
Paul Reubens .... Pinnochio
Gregory Hines .... Miller's Son (Puss in Boots)
William Katt .... Flower Prince (Thumbelina)
Eve Arden .... Stepmother (Cinderella)
Pat Ast .... 2nd Slipper Contestant (Cinderella)
Jennifer Beals .... Cinderella (Cinderella)
James Belushi .... Mario (Pinocchio)
Mark Blankfield .... Edgar in episode: "Cinderella"
Dennis Christopher .... Jack
James Coburn .... Gypsy (Pinocchio)
Joan Collins .... Witch (Hansel & Gretyl)
Ty Crowley .... Gentleman At Ball (Cinderella)
Charlie Dell .... Arturo (Cinderella)
Brian Dennehy .... King Neptune (Little Mermaid)
Carrie Fisher .... Thumbelina (Thumbelina)
Jeff Goldblum .... Big Bad Wolf (Three Little Pigs)
Elliott Gould .... Giant (Jack & the Beanstalk)
Katherine Helmond .... Jack's Mother
Anjelica Huston .... Marguerite (Beauty and the Beast) Pansy (Nightengale) (Beauty & the Beast)
Mick Jagger .... Emperor (Nightengale)
Lance Kerwin .... (episode, The Snow Queen)
Christopher Lee .... Boy Who Left Home ...
Nancy Lenehan .... Maiden At Ball (Cinderella)
Joseph Maher .... Narrator (Cinderella)
David McCharen .... Alfred (Cinderella)
Edie McClurg .... Stepsister (Cinderella)
Malcolm McDowell .... Wolf (Red Riding Hood)
Elizabeth McGovern .... Snow White (Snow White)
Nancy Omi .... 1st Slipper Contestant (Cinderella)
Tatum O'Neal .... Goldilocks
Bernadette Peters .... Sleeping Beauty (Sleeping Beauty)
Brock Peters .... Ogre (Puss in Boots)
Christopher Reeve .... Prince (Sleeping Beauty)
Michael Richards (I) .... King Geoffry (frog prince)
Vincent Schiavelli .... Priest (Pinocchio)
Monroe Sheppard .... Coachman (Cinderella)
Rex Smith (I) .... The Prince (Snow White)
Jean Stapleton .... Giant's Wife
Tim Thomerson .... (Cinderella)
Fred Willard .... Paul the Pig (Three Little Pigs)
Treat Williams .... Prince Andrew (Little Mermaid)
Frank Zappa .... Attilla (Boy Who Left Home ...)

Mikey

I used to love these as a kid! If they were to be released, it would be great to see them sold as a collection, rather than 1 episodde per dvd. I recall liking the artwork on the old covers, so it would be great if they retained the original artwork. Also, it would be neat to see a commentary track by some of the stars of each episode. If I had this set and the Storyteller set coming out in September, my chilhood dvd purchases would be nearly complete!

marty888

Along with a complete episode guide and lots of other fun stuff, this site has info on the petition to get it on DVD...

http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet...t/showid-3196/


This will take you directly to the petition:

http://www.PetitionOnline.com/faeriett/petition.html

bhauge

Boy, this series brings back some fun memories I remember that Shelley Duvall had the title of executive producer for this series, so I hope she's a DVD fan.

littlefuzzy

I have some of these on Laserdisc, so hopefully they will come out on DVD sooner or later.