Speeding Beauty

Once upon a time, there was an evil ugly witch who cast a spell on anything beautiful. In the country one day, she came upon a beautiful Princess and turned her into a horse, figuring that a Prince would not kiss a horse. After six months, a Prince finally passed by and commented that she is a real runner, and entered her into the big race. At the race, Beauty would destroy the field but stopped five feet from the finish line, so he took her to Merlin the Wizard. Several days later, he came back, saying that she has a kiss complex, so at the next race, he kissed her and she turned back into a beautiful woman and they lived UNHAPPILY ever after, because she was still an old nag.

Witch, Clyde, Princess, Prince, Merlin Le Roy

Originally broadcast on The Bullwinkle Show.

The name change was accompanied with a change in networks, and a change in time slots, making this show the first prime-time animated 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).