Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories

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Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
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Also known asBedtime Stories
Genreanthology television series
Created byShelley Duvall
Presented byShelley Duvall
StarringVarious
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes12
Production
Executive producersShelley Duvall
Carol Davies
Running time30 min.
Production companiesThink Entertainment[1]
Universal Cartoon Studios[2]
Release
Original networkShowtime
Original releaseApril 14, 1992 (1992-04-14)
Chronology
Related showsShirley Temple's Storybook
Faerie Tale Theatre
Tall Tales & Legends
Nightmare Classics

Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories (also known as Bedtime Stories) is a 1992 American live-action/animated anthology television series that originally aired on Showtime. The series, hosted by Duvall, was a showcase of short animated adaptations of children's books with narration provided by celebrity guests.

Format[]

Shelley Duvall hosts a showcase of animated adaptations of children's books from her pop-up book bedroom. The first season's hosting segments are limited to Duvall herself, but in the second season a lamp named Clicker and a Clock named Ticker were added to the segments. Each episode would typically contain two segments where Duvall would introduce the book which would then transition to an animated segment read by a celebrity guest narrator. Guests who appeared on the show included: Ringo Starr, Bette Midler, Dudley Moore, John Candy, Rick Moranis, Bonnie Raitt, Sissy Spacek, Michael J. Fox, Martin Short and James Earl Jones[3]

Cast[]

Episodes[]

Season one[]

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
11"Elizabeth and Larry; Bill and Pete"Arthur LeonardiTBAApril 14, 1992 (1992-04-14)

Segment 1: Elizabeth and Larry by Marilyn Sadler narrated by Jean Stapleton

Segment 2: Bill and Pete by Tomie dePaola narrated by Dudley Moore
22"Blumpoe the Grumpoe Meets Arnold the Cat/Millions of Cats"Arthur LeonardiTBAApril 21, 1992 (1992-04-21)

Segment 1: Blumpoe the Grumpoe Meets Arnold the Cat by Jean Davies Okimoto narrated by John Candy

Segment 2: Millions of Cats by Wanda Gag narrated by James Earl Jones
33"There's a Nightmare in My Closet/There's an Alligator Under My Bed/There's Something in My Attic"Arthur LeonardiTBAApril 28, 1992 (1992-04-28)

Segment 1:There's a Nightmare in My Closet by Mercer Mayer narrated by Michael J. Fox

Segment 2: There's an Alligator Under My Bed by Mercer Mayer narrated by Christian Slater

Segment 3: There's Something in My Attic by Mercer Mayer narrated by Sissy Spacek
44"Elbert's Bad Word; Weird Parents"Arthur LeonardiTBAMay 5, 1992 (1992-05-05)

Segment 1: Elbert's Bad Word by Audrey Wood narrated by Ringo Starr

Segment 2: Weird Parents by Audrey Wood narrated by Bette Midler
55"Little Toot & the Loch Ness Monster/ Choo Choo"Arthur LeonardiTBAMay 12, 1992 (1992-05-12)

Segment 1: Little Toot and the Loch Ness Monster by Hardie Gramatky narrated by Rick Moranis

Segment 2: Choo Choo by Virginia Lee Burton, narrated by Bonnie Raitt.
66"Patrick's Dinosaurs/What Happened to Patrick's Dinosaurs?"Arthur LeonardiTBAMay 19, 1992 (1992-05-19)[4]

Segment 1: Patrick's Dinosaurs by Carol Carrick narrated by Martin Short

Segment 2: What Happened to Patrick's Dinosaurs by Carol Carrick, narrated by Martin Short.

Season two[]

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
71"Tugford Wanted to Be Bad; Little Penguin's Tale"Arthur LeonardiTBATBA

Segment 1: Tugford Wanted to Be Bad by Audrey Wood narrated by Steve Martin

Segment 2: Little Penguin's Tale by Audrey Wood narrated by Candice Bergen
82"Rotten Island"Arthur LeonardiTBATBA

Segment 1: My New Neighbors by Keith Faulkner narrated by Billy Crystal

Segment 2: Rotten Island by William Steig narrated by Charles Grodin
93"Moe, the Dog in Tropical Paradise/Amos"Arthur LeonardiTBATBA

Segment 1: Moe, the Dog in Tropical Paradise by Diane Stanley narrated by Richard Dreyfus

Segment 2: Amos: The Story of an Old Dog and His Couch by Howie Schneider and Susan Seligson narrated by Morgan Freeman
104"The Little Rabbit Who Wanted Red Wings/Katy No Pocket"Arthur LeonardiTBATBA

Segment 1: The Little Rabbit Who Wanted Red Wings by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey narrated by Shelley Duvall

Segment 2: Katy No Pocket by Emmy Payne narrated by Mary Steenburgen
115"Bootsie Barker Bites; Ruby the Copy Cat"Arthur LeonardiTBATBA

Segment 1: Bootsie Barker Bites by Barbara Bottner narrated by Shelley Long

Segment 2: Ruby the Copy Cat by Peggy Rathmann narrated by Rhea Perlman
126"Uncle Wizzmo's New Used Car; Aunt Ippy's Museum of Junk"Arthur LeonardiTBATBA

Segment 1: Uncle Wizzmo's New Used Car by Rodney Greenblat narrated by Ed Begley Jr.

Segment 2: Aunt Ippy's Museum of Junk by Rodney Greenblat narrated by Kathy Bates

Accolades[]

Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories was nominated for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program in the 44th Primetime Emmy Awards in 1992 but lost to A Claymation Easter on CBS.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ "Shelley Duvall". www.tcm.com.
  2. ^ Dempsey, John (November 3, 1993). "'Angels' leads series ascent at CableAce".
  3. ^ Horowitz, Joy (April 21, 1992). "Shelley Duvall and the Tales She Tells to Children". New York Times. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
  4. ^ Moy, Suelain (May 15, 1992). "Shelley Duvall turns to entertainment for children". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
  5. ^ "SHELLEY DUVALL'S BEDTIME STORIES". Television Academy.

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