One of the best forgotten shows from the 80s!

I had almost forgotten about Shelly Duvall's Faerie Tale Theater. Though I honestly have no idea how I could forget, it was one of the most awesome TV series ever made in my opinion. I'm not sure how Shelley convinced these huge stars to come on and make Faerie Tale episodes in the first place but what happened in the 26 episode series is pure magic.

If you've never seen Shelly Duvall's Faerie Tale Theater just try to imagine Robin Williams as the Frog in the Frog Prince (no not as the price... as the frog) or Carrie Fisher as Thumbalina. The entire series is filmed on these amazingly gorgeous old school theater sets something as you would imagine to see in a really great children's theater but on a much bigger beautiful scale. There are no CGI or the type of special affects you would expect to see these days so in a way the stories have a life all their own, not something you would see often these days as fantasy sets are soo expensive to create not to mention the amount of detail needed. The costumes used are no exception as well it reminds me a bit of the early Jim Henson work.

I had almost forgotten about the series all together until I saw the release date set. Then it dawned on me, my very first love affair with Tim Burton started with Beetlejuice and Faerie Tale Theater. He directed one of the episodes, Aladdin, and let me just tell you up front its nothing at all like the Disney version. Actually as a kid it scared the crap out of me and mesmerized me all at once. I honestly cant even begin to believe I forgot about it if your a Burton fan its worth every penny to buy the set just for that episode. You can see so much of his later work in just that one piece.

Its a great series if your just reliving it or if you have never seen it. I will note though some of the episodes may be a bit too much for young children. Though kids will love it it has a bit of adult humor in it here and there and some of the scenes in some of the darker fairy tales can get quite creepy.

Shelly Duvall's Faerie Tale Theater is available right now on Amazon!

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