Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Multicultural versions of many of your favorite fairy tales. Such as "The Princess and the Pea" and "The Three Little Pigs".
- 1995-2000
- 3 seasons
- HBO
- Animation, Action & Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Music
- TV-Y
Multicultural versions of many of your favorite fairy tales. Such as "The Princess and the Pea" and "The Three Little Pigs".
Season 3 Episode Guide
13 Episodes 1999 - 2000
Episode 1
The Three Little Pigs
Tue, Jun 22, 1999 30 mins
Three scrumptious piglets work to keep themselves dirty, pretty and plump at Camp Piggywood, run by a retired singer -- all while building their own cabins and foiling Big Bad Wolfgang and his plans to cook them over the campfire.
Episode 2
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Wed, Jul 14, 1999 30 mins
This time around, Ali is a young girl who outsmarts the 40 thieves and their leader, The Great One.
Episode 3
The Bremen Town Musicians
Thu, Aug 12, 1999 30 mins
This classic Grimm's fairy tale takes a wild turn with a puppy who doesn't dig the life of a guard dog, a soul diva donkey, a sassy kitten and a flashy, over-the-top, funky rooster. The four come together, form a group and go out on the road!
Episode 4
The Empress' Nightingale
Thu, Sep 16, 1999 30 mins
In this soulful adaptation of Anderson's classic tale, a straight-talking nightingale teaches a greedy empress that inner beauty is more important than any material riches could ever be.
Episode 5
The Happy Prince
Wed, Oct 6, 1999 30 mins
A contemporary New York twist to Oscar Wilde's classic story. A sassy, street-wise pigeon teams up with a good-hearted statue to help the city's poor, while her pals all fly off to Miami for Spring Break.
Episode 6
Henny Penny
Tue, Nov 2, 1999 30 mins
A satirical and political treatment of this classic "The sky is falling!" Chicken Little tale. It takes place during an election in New Barnyard, with Sharon Stone as the excitable hen (she's a blonde TV reporter in this telling). The the cast is peppered with political notables.
Episode 7
The Frog Princess
Mon, Jan 3, 2000 30 mins
A prince/princess turnaround -- it's the girl who is the frog this time. Not only does Prince Gavin learn that appearances can be deceiving and with love you can overcome anything -- but he learns how to cook and clean, too!
Episode 8
The Princess and the Pauper
Mon, Feb 21, 2000 30 mins
The classic tale of royal and peasant changing identities , but leaving the boys at home. This feminist makeover in the kingdom of Peachburg teaches the time-honored virtue of treating everyone with equal respect and courtesy -- regardless of their social status, education or upbringing.
Episode 9
Rip Van Winkle
Tue, Mar 21, 2000 30 mins
A feminist rethink of Washington Irving's classic tale. Rip's a chauvinistic rock & roller who marries the talented Vanna, whose music career goes by the wayside when they marry. Harried and in need of some peace, she finds The Women of Thunder Mountain, who give her a potion designed to help her annoying hubby (Tom Arnold as Rip Winkle) change his rigid and male piggy ways. Instead, he goes for a long snooze. When he wakes up 20 years later, he finds that not only are his clothes out of style, but his ideas about men & women's roles are too. The president is a woman, Vanna owns her own business, and his now-grown son is a stay-at-home-dad. A rock & roll take on this classic tale, with Edgar Winter supplying the singing and the song for Tom Arnold's Rip, and a cadre of famous feminists and ground-breaking women supplying the voices for the Women of Thunder Mountain.
Episode 10
The Snow Queen
Tue, Apr 18, 2000 30 mins
Hans Christian Anderson's classic tale of the Snow Queen and how she freezes a young boy's heart and turns him into a creature as cold as she. The boy's long-time, childhood friend travels far and wide and risks her life to save him. Her sweetness, innocence and tears that warm his heart return him to his real self. Eartha Kitt camps it up and steals the show as she sings how it is "Cool to Be Cold."
Episode 11
The Steadfast Tin Soldier
Tue, May 16, 2000 21 mins
HD. 'The Steadfast Tin Soldier.' A one-legged toy soldier goes on a larger-than-life adventure in this heartwarming animated tale.
Episode 12
Robinita Hood
Mon, Jun 19, 2000 23 mins
Favorite classic fairytales retold with fresh, modern, musical twist.
Episode 13
Aesop's Fables: A Whodunit Musical
Tue, Jul 18, 2000 25 mins
A beautiful sleuth tries to track down a stolen book in this animated special from 'Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child'.