Faerie Tale Theatre
Inspired by an earlier children's series, Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958), Shelley Duvall hosted this series featuring some of the best known actors and actresses in Hollywood performing adaptations of traditional stories.
- 1982-1987
- 6 seasons
- Showtime Networks
- Action & Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
- TV-PG
Inspired by an earlier children's series, Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958), Shelley Duvall hosted this series featuring some of the best known actors and actresses in Hollywood performing adaptations of traditional stories.
Season 4 Episode Guide
7 Episodes 1985
Episode 1
The Three Little Pigs
Tue, Feb 12, 1985 52 mins
There are three pig brothers. One is narcissistic, one is greedy, but the runt is creative and clever. Big bad Buck Wolf is charged with the task of bringing home a pig for dinner. Pretty pink Tina charms them all. Who will survive by their chinny chin chin?
Episode 2
The Snow Queen
Mon, Mar 11, 1985 49 mins
Kay and Gerda are best friends. A wicked goblin who likes to cause trouble casts a spell on Kay to separate them. The Snow Queen snatches him away to her castle. Gerda must go find him. Will she ever do so? Is the Snow Queen helping him or is she freezing his heart forever?
Episode 3
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Fri, Apr 5, 1985 47 mins
In the small German village of Hamelin, a mysterious piper offers to rid the village of the rat infestation with his magical flute which he does by luring all of the rats away. But when the stingy mayor and his officials refuse to pay him the agreed amount for his services (not realizing that he could actually make it happen), he gets revenge against the entire village by "playing a different tune".
Episode 4
Grimm Party
Wed, Jul 17, 1985 53 mins
Teri Garr helps Shelley Duvall get ready for a "Faerie Tale Theatre" cast party celebrating the first four successful seasons of the series. After Garr leaves for the party, Duvall suddenly trips and falls into a deep sleep dreaming of going "on trial" with the Brothers Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm presiding as her judges over the modernized retelling of their's (and others) world famous fairy tales. The episode is also full of comments of several actors and actresses who starred in the series' episodes.
Episode 5
Cinderella
Thu, Aug 8, 1985 54 mins
An oppressed young woman finds happiness when she secretly attends the royal ball.
Episode 6
Puss in Boots
Mon, Sep 9, 1985 51 mins
With ingenuity and cunning, a smart cat wearing boots hatches a plan to rid the land of a terrible ogre, transform its owner, the miller's son, from a simple peasant to the level of Marques and marry the royal princess.
Episode 7
The Emperor's New Clothes
Sat, Oct 5, 1985 54 mins
Two weavers who promise an emperor a new suit of clothes instead make none at all, while deceiving everyone (including the emperor himself) into believing they are invisible.
