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February 14, 1960 TV Episode Fractured Fairy Tales

Studio: Jay Ward Productions

Synopsis

A Jay Ward send-up of this classic tale, with a whole new twist on the story you expect.

Characters

Tom Thumb, Father, Cop, Parliamentarian, King, Admiring Person, Merlin, Gang Member, Inspector Snoot, Farmer's Wife, Newsboy, Citizens

Credits

Directing

Director: Gerard Baldwin, Frank Braxton, Pete Burness, Sal Faillace, Paul Harvey, Jim Hiltz, Bill Hurtz, Lew Keller, Ted parmelee, Gerry Ray, Dun Roman, Bob Schleh, George Singer, Ernie Terrazas, John Walker, Rudy Zamora

Producing

Producer: Jay Ward, Bill Scott, Ponsonby Britt O.B.E

Writing

Writer: George Atkins, Al Burns, Jim Critchfield, Chris Hayward, Chris Jenkyns, Jim MacGeorge, John Marshall, Paul Mazursky, Jack Mendelsohn, Bill Scott, Larry Tucker, Lloyd Turner

Animation

Animator: Bob Bachman, Howard Baldwin, Herman Cohen, Phil Duncan, Bob Goe, Fred Madison, Bob Maxfield, Gary Mooney, Barrie Nelson, Jack Schnerk, Rod Scribner, Alan Zaslove

Voices

Voice: Edward Everett Horton (Narrator, Citizen #4), Daws Butler (Father, Tom Thumb, Cop, Parliamentarian, Citizen #3, King), Bill Scott (Admiring Person, Merlin, Gang Member, Inspector Snoot, Citizen #2), June Foray (Farmer's Wife, Newsboy, Citizen #1)

Music

Music: Sheldon Allman

Editing

Editor: Skip Craig, Roger Donley

Production notes

This episode was originally broadcast on the Rocky and His Friends show.

Fractured Fairy Tales was narrated by famous character actor Edward Everett Horton and lampooned such classic tales as Cinderella, Rapunzel, and The Frog Prince (the latter of which was spun off into the later series The Adventures of Hoppity Hooper).