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The story of a lazy man who sleeps for twenty years after wandering off in the mountains and playing ninepins with unusual men.
Starring Harry Dean Stanton as Rip Van Winkle, Talia Shire as Wilma Van Winkle, Roy Dotrice as Peter Vanderdonk, Mark Blankfield as Derrick Van Bummel, Ed Begley Jr. as Brom Dutcher, Christopher Penn as Will Tussenbrook, Tim Conway as the Mayoral Candidate, and John P. Ryan as Hendrick Hudson. Written by Rod Ash and Mark Curtiss. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola.
Note: This episode is based on a story by Washington Irving, whose most famous one is "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow", which was the basis of the first episode of Shelley Duvall's follow-up series, "Tall Tales & Legends".
Starring Harry Dean Stanton as Rip Van Winkle, Talia Shire as Wilma Van Winkle, Roy Dotrice as Peter Vanderdonk, Mark Blankfield as Derrick Van Bummel, Ed Begley Jr. as Brom Dutcher, Christopher Penn as Will Tussenbrook, Tim Conway as the Mayoral Candidate, and John P. Ryan as Hendrick Hudson. Written by Rod Ash and Mark Curtiss. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola.
Note: This episode is based on a story by Washington Irving, whose most famous one is "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow", which was the basis of the first episode of Shelley Duvall's follow-up series, "Tall Tales & Legends".
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01:30But to America's Catskill Mountains, the setting for Washington Irving's mysterious classic about a peaceful fairytale hero who liked to
01:40sleep.
01:41Rip Van Winkle.
01:47I have a story that may interest you.
01:52Well, it takes place in the early Dutch settlement of New York, before this country was even a country.
02:03They say it couldn't have happened, but it did.
02:11They said it was unbelievable, but believe it, things like that don't happen to men, they said, but they're wrong.
02:24This story is absolutely true.
02:31Here it is.
02:44Here it is.
03:12ORGAN PLAYS
03:36ORGAN PLAYS
03:46ORGAN PLAYS
03:46Whoever has made a voyage up the Hudson River
03:49must remember the majestic Catskill Mountains.
03:54For it is common knowledge that these mountains are filled with mystery and magic.
04:00At times they appear to have a life all their own, changing color and shape according to the moods of
04:09the heavens.
04:11On certain nights, strange sounds and voices echo from the hollows as if the mountains were talking a language all
04:20their own.
04:22At least that's what folks in the nearby village claim.
04:29Now, Rip Van Winkle was not known as the most industrious man in town.
04:34Although he had an extraordinary love for the land, his farm was, to put it mildly, a mess.
04:43But he was a good-natured soul, loved by everyone, both young and old.
04:51There was only one person who failed to appreciate his easygoing charm.
04:58I'm sorry. Did I wake you?
05:01It's all right, Wilma.
05:02It's about time to get up anyway.
05:04It's about time an hour ago.
05:06Haven't I told you a million times?
05:08Sleeping on the porch is forbidden.
05:09That's right, dear, but you see, dog...
05:11You've got a perfectly good bed inside.
05:13Right again, Wilma, but you see, last night, just as I was about to get up and mosey on into
05:19bed,
05:20I noticed that Wolf had fallen asleep right here.
05:23So?
05:24Well, so, well, you know how he howls when he wakes up alone.
05:27I had no choice but to keep him company.
05:30Right, Wolf?
05:31You know, Rip, that dog's a bad influence on you.
05:34It's probably the other way around, Wilma.
05:37Do you mind if I ask you a question?
05:40Wilma, please, I just woke up.
05:43What are your plans for today?
05:46Plans?
05:48Uh, well, we really haven't given it much thought.
05:51Eh, boy?
05:52Well, I have.
05:53I've made you a list of things that need to be done around here.
05:56I've done it for your own good.
05:58It's a favor, so it'll be easier for you.
06:01You just, uh...
06:02As you accomplish each task, you merely cross it off and go on to the next.
06:06Oh.
06:08I must say, my dear, you have a talent for organization,
06:13which I admittedly like.
06:16Yes.
06:17Yes, this is good.
06:20Fix the roof, plow the fields, mend the fences.
06:25Uh, yeah.
06:29You must have worn the pencil down to a nub, Wilma.
06:33Time is running, Albert!
06:40Unfortunately, that's what time does.
06:47Come on, Wolf.
06:49Morning, Ralph Dutcher.
06:51Well, if it isn't, Rip Von Winkle.
06:54And Wolf.
06:55Hello.
06:57What are you two old dogs doing over here?
06:59Well, actually, we came to get my ladder.
07:02You see, we're fixing my roof.
07:04You're working on your house?
07:06Yep.
07:06Tell me the truth.
07:08It was your wife's idea, right?
07:11I tell you, my friend, if she were my wife, I'd put her in a bright red dress, and I'd
07:16wave her in front of the nearest bull.
07:18Oh, she's not so bad, Brom.
07:21Besides, I don't have a bull.
07:26Now, about my ladder.
07:28Well, the fact is, Rip, I was about to fix my own roof as soon as I'd finished painting this
07:33fence.
07:34Hmm.
07:35A problem easily solved.
07:37I'll finish the fence while you work on the roof, then I can have my ladder.
07:41Rip, you're a genius.
07:44And mind that you don't rip.
07:46Rip.
08:00Oh, what a beautiful day, Wolf.
08:11Oh, you're gone.
08:13I feel so stupid, Rip.
08:14I was looking all over for your ladder when it suddenly struck me.
08:17I lent it to Will Tusenbrook to fix his barn, huh?
08:21Oh.
08:22The search for his ladder led Rip to the village inn.
08:27Here, Rip often found comfort in the companionship of the citizens of the village,
08:32who would spend endless, lazy afternoons in the shade,
08:36smoking their pipes,
08:38and having profound discussions over nothing at all.
08:42When a human is struck with lightning,
08:44it burns him from the inside out,
08:46and usually with no visible effect.
08:49Honestly, Von Bommel, with you teaching in our school,
08:52it's no wonder the kids are growing up so ignorant.
08:55Absolutely correct.
08:56Yes, and I still maintain,
08:58it sticks him right down the middle.
09:00And I still maintain that it turns into ash.
09:05Rip, my dear chef.
09:06How are you?
09:06Let that warm yourself.
09:08Maybe you can settle this, Rip.
09:09Yes, yes, Rip.
09:10Now you settle this.
09:11What happens when a man is hit by lightning?
09:16I don't know.
09:17I've never been hit.
09:18Where have you been, Rip?
09:19It's past noon.
09:21Well, I stopped by Brom Dutchess' farm on the way to town.
09:25I needed to get my ladder.
09:26Oh, Brom doesn't have the ladder.
09:28He lent it to me.
09:29He mentioned that.
09:30Yeah, but I don't have it anymore either.
09:32Oh.
09:34I had Noah bring it over to your place a couple weeks ago.
09:37He put it behind your house.
09:39Oh, no, I didn't notice.
09:41But thanks anyway, Will.
09:43That was very thoughtful of you.
09:45Oh, this is preposterous.
09:47Our illustrious King George, our fearless monarch,
09:51has decided.
09:52Oh, God bless him.
09:53He has decided to levy a new tax.
09:57Oh, unbelievable.
09:58What difference does it make?
10:00I don't make any money.
10:02A tax on nothing is still nothing.
10:04No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
10:05You're missing the point.
10:07The point is, we are being taxed to the death,
10:10and we have no say in the matter.
10:11The next thing you know, you see,
10:14dear old Georgie,
10:15we're putting a tax on our breathing.
10:19What?
10:20He can't do that.
10:21He can do whatever he wants.
10:23How can he keep track of our breathing?
10:26One pet.
10:27Two pet.
10:29Three pets.
10:30Five pets.
10:31Four pets.
10:32That's impossible, all right?
10:33I can't even keep tracking on the one who's doing the breathing.
10:35Yeah, but you can't count, can you?
10:37Me, I just stopped breathing.
10:40Well, come on, Nicholas.
10:41Up to you to sit, Liz.
10:42You're our host.
10:43Now, tell us, what do you think?
10:46I think we are just a bunch of old fools
10:48whistling in the wind.
10:59Go in fishing, Mom.
11:01See you later.
11:03Little Rick!
11:05You get back in here and untie your sister!
11:08Now!
11:10I see you're finally home.
11:13Yes, there's no place like it, Wilma.
11:16And are you enjoying yourself?
11:18Yes, very much.
11:20Thank you, Wilma.
11:21Well, I was just watching that beautiful sunset out there behind the mountains.
11:26And I couldn't help wondering just, what does it all mean?
11:32I'll tell you what it means, you lazy, good-for-nothing husband.
11:35It means another day has ended.
11:37And you haven't accomplished one single thing.
11:41Not true, Wilma.
11:42I found my ladder.
11:44You found your ladder?
11:46You must be exhausted.
11:48Can I fix you a hot bath to soothe those aching muscles?
11:53Not for me, thanks.
11:54But I'll bet old Wolf here could use a hot bath.
11:57Eh, boy?
11:58Don't get funny with me, Rip Van Winkle, because I'm not laughing!
12:05Now, tomorrow, I want you to do just one little thing, all right?
12:11Start with the last, remember?
12:13Plow the fields, mend the fences, dig a new well, go to town,
12:16buy me a sack of flour and a bolt of cloth.
12:20Did you hear me, Rip?
12:22Dear, I think the entire village heard it.
12:25You're impossible.
12:29And no sleeping on the porch!
12:35You hear that, Wolf?
12:36I don't show you.
12:36You hear that, Wolf?
12:36I know!
12:37I know!
12:48I know!
13:07Wake up Wolf, you got me in trouble again, come on, don't wake up Wolf, easy now.
13:30You know Wolf, I really enjoy fishing, maybe you could have a pole so you could share the experience, but
13:41if you don't have any hand you would look ridiculous if you had a pole in your mouth.
13:46Hi dad, mom's looking all over me, she's so mad her head's about to blow off. Why did she get
13:55so mad at you?
13:56I'm showing you son.
13:58She says it's cause you have to fall apart, you don't work, you don't make any money, and you're never
14:03around when she needs you.
14:05Well that might be part of it.
14:08So tell me this little whip, what do you think about?
14:11I think you're great dad.
14:14Thank you son, I think you're great too.
14:17I'm gonna grow up to you just like you.
14:19Uh oh, come on dad!
14:23Come on dad!
14:29Ah!
14:32Ah!
14:34Ah!
14:36Ah!
14:37Ah!
14:42I think, could it, I think it's old Ben.
14:53It's old Ben, thank you Ben, you definitely made my day.
15:00Do you know this fish dad?
15:02Of course I know him.
15:04Old Ben here is a legend.
15:05People have been trying to catch him for as long as I can remember.
15:08But he was too smart for him.
15:11You did it, you caught him.
15:14What kind of bait did you use?
15:15No bait, no bait.
15:17I just use an empty hook.
15:19See, I don't like to trick the fish, that's why this is such an honor.
15:22Old Ben decided it was time to get caught and he chose my hook.
15:28Thank you Ben.
15:31Well son, let's take old Ben home to your mother.
15:34What's up?
15:35She loves fish.
15:40Ah, I'm late to sleep.
15:42Come on Wolf.
15:48What's this?
15:49A fish mom.
15:51Oh, is that what they look like?
15:53This is old Ben.
15:54I don't care if his name is Sir Walter Raleigh, he's a fish!
15:57And I hate fish!
15:58You do?
15:59I thought you'd be happy dear.
16:02You wanna make me happy?
16:04Just do what's on the list!
16:06And I'm positive that catch Ben is not on your list!
16:12Run, Dad, run!
16:14Run!
16:25It would be an insult if we didn't need him.
16:27Of course.
16:27I just don't think she understood.
16:29She grabbed that fish on the bell and started smacking me over the head with it.
16:33Good lord!
16:34You see, I just can't believe she'd do such a fool.
16:37I can't believe you caught old Ben.
16:40I can't believe she doesn't like fish.
16:42Listen to this!
16:44It appears that a young man by the name of Franklin was flying a kite in the rain when
16:50he discovered something he calls electricity.
16:54No, trotting.
16:55I mean, absolute trotting.
16:58It's quite impossible.
17:00You cannot fly a kite in the rain, can you?
17:03You see, the paper, you get all sort of wet and soggy, you see, and fall off.
17:08I bet you I can fly a kite in the rain.
17:10No, no, no, you're missing the point.
17:12The point is, the man discovered electricity.
17:17Well, in my opinion, you can't discover something that is already there.
17:22Yes, quite so.
17:23And in my opinion, you can't fly a kite in the rain.
17:27You are missing the point.
17:30According to you, Derek, we're always missing the point.
17:33Yes, you always are.
17:35You always are.
17:39Rip Van Winkle.
17:42Top of the day, Wilma.
17:43Why on earth would you want to waste your time with these, these louts?
17:50Well, gentlemen, I guess I'll be on my way.
17:52You lazy, good-for-nothing pig of a man who calls himself a husband.
17:55You ought to be ashamed of yourself.
17:57All right, Wilma, you've made your point.
18:00Did you hear me?
18:01Help!
18:06Maybe Wilma's right.
18:08Maybe I am worthless.
18:12I'm serious.
18:14That's why I've decided to turn over a new leaf.
18:18From now on, I'm gonna work hard.
18:21From sun up to sun down, nothing but work, work, work.
18:27I'm gonna fix up this farm.
18:29I'm gonna mend the fences.
18:30I'm gonna plow the fields.
18:32And I'm gonna plant acres and acres of crops.
18:34And have the most productive farm in this area.
18:38And when I walk into town, they're gonna point at me and say,
18:41there goes Rip Van Winkle, the most industrious man in the village.
18:46Oh, you're right.
18:48That's not me.
18:50I'm just a simple man with simple meals.
18:54Right now, I need to go up to those mountains.
18:58Come on.
18:59So, as they often did, Rip Van Winkle escaped the farm and the noise of his wife by going off
19:09to hunt.
19:12Rip Van Winkle, Rip Van Winkle.
19:29Riff and winkle, riff and winkle, through the woods with his dog and his son.
19:43Isn't this beautiful wolf?
19:48Don't you wish you were a tree?
19:52Turned from green, red, yellow, but in the winter time you'd be naked, which might be a little
20:02embarrassing, but then spring would come, and you'd be all.
20:13I see her, boy.
20:21You're right.
20:22That doe has a baby.
20:24He can't do it.
20:31What was that?
20:33Come on.
20:34Come on, boy.
20:36Come on.
20:40Wolf and Riff were drawn by the thunder, deeper and deeper into the mountains.
20:48Before they knew it, they had gone farther than they'd ever been before.
21:00I do believe that's the great Hudson River.
21:05We've come a long way from home.
21:07Firmish!
21:08Winkle, whinkle, whinkle, whinkle, whinkle, whinkle, whinkle, Pink, whinkle, Pink, whinkle, Pink, whinkle, Pink, Whinkle.
21:15Must be someone from the village.
21:17Who needs help.
21:23You called?
21:24Nay!
21:26But I heard...
21:27Happy Victor Keg, can you see him breaking my back?
21:33Ant, hurry!
21:34Wait!
21:37Rip obligingly shouldered the Keg and followed the odd stranger up a rugged path.
21:43Careful with that Keg!
21:45They came to a hollow surrounded by jagged mountain walls.
21:49Here, new objects of wonder presented themselves.
22:05Commander?
22:08Look what I brought!
22:10Hey, good evening!
22:12A game of nine pins, I see!
22:19Uh, I used to be a pretty good player myself until my wife caught me.
22:25Who is he?
22:28Rip, I'm Rip Van Winkle, sir.
22:31I see.
22:33I assume you know who we are.
22:36Look, Moser, I'm sorry, I don't... Can I put this down?
22:41I am...
22:44Commander Heinrich Hudson.
22:47No!
22:51And these are my men, the crew of the half moon.
22:56Will you please to make acquaintance?
22:59Uh, can I put this down now, sir?
23:01Please?
23:03We have decided to let you stay with us, temporarily.
23:08Well, that's not really necessary, uh...
23:11But only if you promise not to interrupt our game of nine pins, and if you promise to keep our
23:16flagons full of drink.
23:18Well, I...
23:18There's no need to thank us.
23:20Just start filling those luggage.
23:24Rip did as he was told.
23:27The men downed the drink, and then returned to their game of nine pins.
23:34As the night wore on, Rip drew bold and ventured to taste the beverage himself.
23:42Huh?
23:44Huh?
23:46Huh?
23:47Huh?
23:49What?
23:51Naturally, a thirsty soul, he was tempted to have another and another.
23:57And he soon came to feel warm.
24:00And welcome among the men.
24:03And their melancholy part.
24:07Bad Vinko!
24:09Do you think your wife would approve?
24:16More than the same, huh?
24:18You're not so bad, Bad Vinko.
24:21Why do you play this game?
24:23Because we always have and we always win.
24:29Why does it sound like thunder?
24:31Why not?
24:32Maybe we lack thunder.
24:38My crew and I discovered this land over a hundred and fifty years ago.
24:46Beautiful, isn't it?
24:51A-a-hundred and fifty years ago.
24:56Well, so it means you...
24:59You must be ghosts.
25:04It was a terrible storm.
25:08The rudder was torn off.
25:11The sails were ripped to shreds by the howling winds.
25:15And the rain was blinding.
25:17Men were swept overboard.
25:20I could hear their screams.
25:22But I couldn't save them.
25:27I lost a lot of good men that night.
25:31I'm sorry.
25:34Now you know why this place is so...
25:38sacred to me.
25:41That's why I return here every twenty years.
25:45To look over the land.
25:48To see if future generations are taking care of it.
25:52And are we?
25:57So far.
26:01Well, I'll do my best to help out.
26:07I appreciate it.
26:10I appreciate it.
26:33Why?
26:34I've never tasted anything quite like this before.
26:37And you never will again.
26:42It sure makes the power feel strange.
26:44Oh, what's strange about that?
26:54I've never tasted anything quite like this before.
27:03Oh, sorry!
27:04Look!
27:07Oh, sorry, my face!
27:13I'll be!
27:15All hands on deck.
27:16The man!
27:23We're men of the sea, we're men of the air, but don't try to find us, cause we're not there.
27:32We're just not there.
27:34We're just not there.
27:37We're men of robust laughter, we're men of good cheer, but what we are doing here is not quite clear.
27:46It's not quite clear at all.
27:51We'll be here forever, but we still go away.
27:56If you can wait for 20 years, we'll come back to play, we'll come back to play.
28:03That's the girl that I've ever got done, I don't pull the plow.
28:09The hole!
28:14Look at that Vinko.
28:18Grab his arm.
28:20I'll get his feet.
28:35I'll get his feet.
28:35Everybody's in fun means to play and play Jung.
28:36But we'll check out the Ahhh- nies.
28:48Where did you get it?
28:50Some days later.
28:51I'm soon going back to try to play again.
28:51I got a nice bow for a seize, and he's kind of warp for me tonight.
28:54Let's go.
29:21Let's go.
29:52Let's go.
30:35Let's go.
31:04Let's go.
31:28Don't tell me I slept here all night.
31:30Oh.
31:35Oh.
31:38Oh.
31:40Oh.
31:41Oh.
31:42to kill me. Who are those men? Maybe I'll stay with you.
31:53Wolf! Wolf!
32:15That's not my gun.
32:23Oh. Uh-huh. Those swine gave me that drink so they could take my dog and my gun. Uh-huh.
32:39Oh. Well, we'll see about this. I know where they are.
32:49Well, no. Exactly where they are.
33:00But Rip could find no trace of who and what he remembered of the previous night.
33:08I'm a nice person, but I don't like to be taken advantage of. I'm going to march right
33:14up to that commander and tell him to give me my dog and gun back or I'm... he's going
33:22to be in big trouble. No.
33:30Shouldering his rusted gun, he sadly started the long trek homeward. The mountains that
33:39had once greeted him as a friend had now become a strange and foreign place.
33:45Yeah.
34:20I love that band.
34:22That music is marvelous.
34:24Yes.
34:25My children, good to see the children here.
34:27That's what freedom's all about, you know.
34:28Yes.
34:29Gather around.
34:30That will be enough music.
34:33Yes.
34:34I would like to remind you that it is your duty as a responsible citizen to vote.
34:41Think of all those brave heroes at Bunker Hill and at Valley Forge.
34:46Did they die for nothing?
34:47No.
34:48Of course not.
34:49No.
34:49And so that's why I encourage each and every one of you to vote.
34:53Here, here, here.
34:55Because when you vote, you're...
34:57Yes, a question in the rear there.
34:58What about women?
35:00I like them.
35:01So, we...
35:02No, I mean, why aren't we allowed to vote?
35:06The women are allowed to vote.
35:07But, well, you aren't allowed to vote because when our founding fathers were making up the
35:12Constitution, they were very busy.
35:14So, uh, they forgot.
35:16That's it.
35:17They forgot.
35:18But you'll be voting very soon.
35:19Yes.
35:21What about Sam here?
35:23Sam?
35:24Well, Sam can't vote.
35:25I mean, he...
35:26Well, he can't vote now.
35:27But he will vote in time.
35:29Possibly not our time.
35:30But for those of you who can vote, I encourage you to go down to the inn where we set
35:35up the
35:35polling booth and vote.
35:36Here, here.
35:37And please vote for me as your mayor.
35:43You can do great things for this community.
35:46Trust me.
35:48What are you talking about?
35:50What do you mean?
35:52I don't understand one word of this gibberish.
35:55Gibberish?
35:56From your appearance, sir, I'd say you were an outside troublemaker.
36:00No, no, no, no.
36:01Whoa, whoa, whoa, here.
36:02This man is a potential vote.
36:04I'm running for mayor.
36:05We must be patient in the situation.
36:07Sir, are you going to vote?
36:10Vote?
36:10Vote!
36:13Uh, yes, yes.
36:15Now that you mention it, I vote.
36:17Well, there's problems solved.
36:18Are you federal or democrat?
36:22Well, actually, I'm Dutch.
36:24If it's all the same to you.
36:26He's crazy.
36:27A lunatic.
36:29Yes, sir.
36:29Why do you have that gun on your shoulder there anyway?
36:32Are you some sort of troublemaker?
36:33No, no, no, no, no.
36:35Please, I want no trouble.
36:37I'm simply a poor, quiet man.
36:39A native of this fine village.
36:41And a loyal subject to the king.
36:44God bless him.
36:45A tory!
36:47No, no, no.
36:49Get that man out of here.
36:51Well, he's obviously a dangerous man.
36:53We should all know that we should never trust a man with moss growing on him.
36:58Well, boys, play something here.
37:02Well, and how we've lost the crowd here.
37:04Oh, what a day I should have hired a juggler to do.
37:09Anything up like that.
37:28Wilma?
37:32Wilma?
37:34Wilma?
37:38Wilma?
37:49Rip returned home only to find the deserted and broken down shack.
38:01overnight he had lost everything he had known and loved
38:36freedom we have passed our very first proposition right here and it reads cows shall be prohibited
38:45from roaming the town streets we spent a lot of time on that that was passed unanimously
38:50we also have another one here citizens shall refrain from spitting and blowing their nose in
38:58public that's particularly disgusting and we'll vote on that next week very busy this week and i
39:04want to thank all of you for voting me your new mayor here here as you know i was your
39:11unofficial
39:12mayor before we voted but now i'm your official mayor that's what freedom is all about of course
39:17yes sir and as your mayor i would like to share some of the visions that i have for this
39:21community
39:22i see periods of great growth and if you will prosperity and to ensure that what we're going
39:32to do is cut down all those trees yes we're going to put in new roads new houses new inns
39:41new shops
39:41yes but you also have to respect the land it's him again the spot you there sir old man so
39:50you're
39:50back are you well what are you doing here what am i doing here sir i should like to ask
39:57you what
39:57you are doing here what and what are they doing here and what is that doing here why that as
40:03for me
40:04i'm simply looking for my friends and my neighbors oh you have friends and neighbors here do you oh really
40:10uh-huh i have many friends is that right well name them but where's nicholas vedder nicholas
40:19vedder nicholas vedder better better oh yes yes well you're going to have a conversation with him
40:24i'm afraid to be a little one-sided he's been dead for 18 years is that great gentleman dead yes
40:3018
40:31years well are you talking about the nicholas vedder that always smoked the pipe it always smoked the pipe
40:38yes yes the very same as a matter of fact he fell asleep in his bed smoking his pipe burned
40:43the
40:43whole inn down oh oh then there's will tussinbrook tussinbrook yes not a very bright man as i recall no
40:54he
40:54he joined the army during the war yes he's he's buried at valley forge as i recall he sat on
40:59his own
41:00bayonet terrible thing war what war what war what what why this man is as stupid as he looks for
41:10what about the derek van boomer the school teacher
41:16what he was in the army too as i recall well yes of course he became a great general general
41:22but he was just a teacher yes well he's in congress now yes this community my dear man
41:29is very proud of derek uh von uh what was
41:35here we have we have a statue of him somewhere here
41:39does anybody remember rip van winkle rip van winkle rip van winkle rip van winkle
41:47well that's a good one isn't it why sure we all know rip van winkle that's him there on the
41:53porch
41:53that that that's rip van winkle sir they tell me you're rip van winkle huh what they say you're rip
42:05van
42:05winkle yes that's right well are you sure sure i'm sure i don't profess to know everything but i know
42:14my own
42:14name what's your name who knows i'm not myself i i thought i was but when i saw you you
42:26look like who i i
42:29thought i was and uh of now i don't know who i am or where i am or or or
42:36anything i i only know that i i
42:39fell asleep last night and when i i woke up everything is uh it's changed
42:48take that gun away from him
42:55what what was your father's name rip van winkle same as me he went off into the mountains about 20
43:04years ago when i was a little boy he didn't come back
43:12go mother
43:15my mother
43:18she died a couple of years ago
43:22what
43:23she broke a blood vessel uh screaming at this traveling salesman
43:28oh sounds like rumor
43:37did you know her
43:39no
43:39i was
43:43it was her husband
43:45your your your father
43:48you're crazy
43:54does anybody here remember old rip van winkle
43:59oh rip van winkle yes yes i do
44:03i remember old
44:06he disappeared many years ago yes he hasn't been seen since i think he was
44:13he
44:15i
44:16i kept there
44:17yes miss him
44:18i want
44:19it is
44:26it's
44:27it's
44:28oh
44:28rip van winkle himself
44:30yes
44:36you don't know how glad i am to see you
44:40my own son my own good boy
44:43welcome home
44:47your old friend peter
44:59you look great peter but old very old
45:04no no no no i i'm not old anyway you're no spring chicken yourself are you
45:10oh rip it is good to see you again
45:14tell me where have you been for 20 long years
45:19sleeping as far as i can tell sleeping yes for 20 years
45:24well in that case
45:25he must have been very tired
45:31but it but it seemed like only only one night i i swear it uh
45:37you see i went hunting off into the woods with my dog wolf and uh
45:43i i uh i i ran into this little man he was he was carrying this huge
45:48cank heavy cank on his shoulders like this
45:51very strange very strange
46:08and so rip proceeded to tell the townspeople all that had happened to him
46:14in time rip van winkle became somewhat of a legend in the village
46:21and because of what he had learned in the mountains
46:24he became the unofficial guardian of the land
46:28and he never grew tired of telling the story to anyone
46:32who is out here especially the children
46:36and i met this commander in the council
46:45they're these weird funny weird looking men
46:48and i slept for 20 years
46:51and came down the hill and finally found out who i lost
46:55is it really a true story mr van winkle
46:59yep as true as true i still don't believe
47:07how was that
47:12this i'm not going up there to find out
47:37that's why i return here every 20 years
47:42to make sure that nobody forgets the story of rip van winkle
47:55the story of rip van winkle
47:58Riff and winkle, singing soundly for twenty years.
48:11Riff and winkle, riff and winkle, singing soundly for twenty years.
48:26Off to the woods hunting with the rising sun, along with both his dog and with his trusty gun.
48:41He met with costly sailors whose ship had loved him sound.
48:51They gave him wine to drink, soon it became drunk.
49:00Riff and winkle, riff and winkle, singing soundly for twenty years.
49:14CBS Fox Home Video grants you a very special wish.
49:19The entire collection of fairytale theater presentations is now available on videocassette.
49:26This classic series is filled with wonderful stars and magical stories.
49:31Stories your children will love at least as much as you do.
49:34After all, who could resist falling under the spell of bewitching Joan Collins and witchy Joan Collins?
49:42Cooking up a delectable treat for Ansel and Gretel.
49:46Please don't eat my brother.
49:48No, stop sniveling!
49:50And work to be done! Brother!
49:52It's all here, from the breadcrumbs to the cottage good enough to eat.
49:57Joan Collins and Joan Collins in Ansel and Gretel.
50:03Gregory Hines and Ben Vereen strut their stuff in Puss in Boots, proving that clothes make the, ahem, cat.
50:10You've got finery! I've got rags! Where's my finery?
50:14That's included in my plan, master.
50:17And that a well-dressed cat can be a man's best friend.
50:22Take one lovely young girl, one crab of a stepmother, and two largely unappealing stepsisters.
50:30Add a touch of Jean Stapleton's magic.
50:33Who are you?
50:34Honey, I'm your fairy godmother. Didn't you see me poof?
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50:40Jennifer Beals and Matthew Broderick do.
50:43Do you know anything about kissing?
50:45I'm almost certain it has something to do with the lips.
50:48In Cinderella.
50:51Malcolm McDowell gets his licks in as a wisecracking wolf.
50:55Now there's a tasty little dish.
50:58With an unappetizing sense of humor.
51:01Nice stitching!
51:03And I must say, I knew it looks positively.
51:08Scraptious!
51:09But Mary Steenburgen will serve him his just desserts in Little Red Riding Hood.
51:16He's refined.
51:17Positively sublime.
51:19He's stylish.
51:21We may have the smallest army in the last, but by God, it's the best dress.
51:25And he's about to be taken for every penny.
51:28The cloth has the miraculous ability of appearing invisible to anyone who is unfit for office or unquestionably stupid.
51:37Art Carney and Alan Arkin reveal Dick Shawn in all his glory in the Emperor's new clothes.
51:47Jeff Goldblum will blow you away as a big bad wolf, hungry for Stephen first, a yuppie pig with a
51:53taste for the good life.
51:54I intend to be the richest pig in the world.
51:59Well, that's what makes this country so great.
52:00Even a pig can become a millionaire.
52:02Fred Willard is the pig with all the wrong moves.
52:05And Valerie Perrine is the object of his affection.
52:09Tell me, Bacon Bits, where have you been all my life?
52:11But Billy Crystal is the one who keeps the wolf away from the door.
52:16Not by the hair of my chinny-chin-chin.
52:20You keep saying that. What do you mean, chinny-chin-chin? What does it mean?
52:23In The Three Little Pigs.
52:26We've pulled some strings to bring you Carl Reiner as Geppetto, the woodgarver swallowed by a whale.
52:32I'm so tired of a seaweed.
52:36I'm tired of a seafood in general.
52:39Laney Kazan is the blue fairy.
52:42And comedy star Paul Reubens is Pinocchio.
52:46Karen Black makes a splash in The Little Mermaid.
52:49So, I suppose you'd like me to show you something in a nice pair of legs.
52:55With Treat Williams and Pam Dauber getting along swimmingly in the tale of a selfless little maid of the sea.
53:02Gene Stapleton is just one of the big, and we mean big, stars in Jack and the Beanstalk.
53:10Something bothering you?
53:12Oh, I don't know.
53:14Being a wicked giant is just kind of fruitless.
53:20Elliot Gould also makes a large impression on Dennis Christopher in this tale of epic proportion.
53:27When six princesses are stepping out every night, and Dad is footing the cobbler's bill, there's bound to be trouble.
53:35I demand to know why these dance slippers are worn through.
53:41But Peter Weller looks in as a private eye, and with a little help from a magic cloak,
53:46he has Leslie Ann Warren wrapped in his arms in The Dancing Princesses.
53:51Magic is everywhere if you've got a genie on your side.
53:55You are now my master, and I am here to grant you any wish that you may desire.
54:01And the magic rubs off on Aladdin and his wonderful lamp, starring Leonard Nimoy, Valerie Bertinelli, and Robert Carradine.
54:10So you think being a princess is easy? Ellen Barkin doesn't.
54:15When's recess?
54:16No, child. Recess is for peasants. Homework is for princesses.
54:22Not with Howard Hessman as a royal pain of a father.
54:26Now you go to your room, you ungrateful child, before I get really angry and suspend your library privileges.
54:32Oh, I wish!
54:33But one day, the king decides to hold a palace laugh-off.
54:37Now it gives me great pleasure to introduce our guest hosts for this evening.
54:42You know them, we love them. Let's have a royal welcome for the king and the princess!
54:46Come on, everybody!
54:48And comedy becomes king in the tale of the princess who had never laughed.
54:55Handsome Christopher Reeve and lovely Bernadette Peters are under the spell of romance in The Sleeping Beauty.
55:00You're too beautiful. You're too pure. You're too good.
55:05Do I dare to wake you to reality? Or am I dreaming now?
55:12If you haven't seen your favorite fairy tale yet, hold on, because there are many more wonderful stars and stories
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55:21Robin Williams and Terry Garr in The Frog Prince.
55:25Snow White, starring Elizabeth McGovern.
55:28Mick Jagger in The Nightingale.
55:31Shelley Duvall and Herve Villachez in Rumpelstiltskin.
55:35Jenna Rollins in Rapunzel.
55:38Tatum O'Neil in Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
55:41Christopher Lee in The Boy Who Left Home to Find the Sugars.
55:44Susan Sarandon in Beauty and the Beast.
55:49Thumbelina, starring Carrie Fisher.
55:52Liza Minnelli in The Princess and the Pea.
55:55Eric Idle in The Pied Piper of Hamlin.
55:58The Snow Queen, starring Lee Remick.
56:01Fairy Tale Theatre. Stories to enjoy over and over again.
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56:30As you look at the
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