Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories | |
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Also known as | Bedtime Stories |
Genre | anthology television series |
Created by | Shelley Duvall |
Presented by | Shelley Duvall |
Starring | Various |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 12 |
Production | |
Executive producers | Shelley Duvall Carol Davies |
Running time | 30 min. |
Production companies | Think Entertainment[1] Universal Cartoon Studios[2] |
Release | |
Original network | Showtime |
Original release | April 14, 1992 |
Chronology | |
Related shows | Shirley 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[]
- Shelley Duvall as herself/host
- B.J. Ward as Clicker the Lamp
- Jeff Bennett Ticker the Clock
Episodes[]
Season one[]
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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1 | 1 | "Elizabeth and Larry; Bill and Pete" | Arthur Leonardi | TBA | April 14, 1992 | |
Segment 1: Elizabeth and Larry by Marilyn Sadler narrated by Jean Stapleton Segment 2: Bill and Pete by Tomie dePaola narrated by Dudley Moore | ||||||
2 | 2 | "Blumpoe the Grumpoe Meets Arnold the Cat/Millions of Cats" | Arthur Leonardi | TBA | April 21, 1992 | |
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 | ||||||
3 | 3 | "There's a Nightmare in My Closet/There's an Alligator Under My Bed/There's Something in My Attic" | Arthur Leonardi | TBA | April 28, 1992 | |
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 | ||||||
4 | 4 | "Elbert's Bad Word; Weird Parents" | Arthur Leonardi | TBA | May 5, 1992 | |
Segment 1: Elbert's Bad Word by Audrey Wood narrated by Ringo Starr Segment 2: Weird Parents by Audrey Wood narrated by Bette Midler | ||||||
5 | 5 | "Little Toot & the Loch Ness Monster/ Choo Choo" | Arthur Leonardi | TBA | May 12, 1992 | |
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. | ||||||
6 | 6 | "Patrick's Dinosaurs/What Happened to Patrick's Dinosaurs?" | Arthur Leonardi | TBA | May 19, 1992[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 | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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7 | 1 | "Tugford Wanted to Be Bad; Little Penguin's Tale" | Arthur Leonardi | TBA | TBA | |
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 | ||||||
8 | 2 | "Rotten Island" | Arthur Leonardi | TBA | TBA | |
Segment 1: My New Neighbors by Keith Faulkner narrated by Billy Crystal Segment 2: Rotten Island by William Steig narrated by Charles Grodin | ||||||
9 | 3 | "Moe, the Dog in Tropical Paradise/Amos" | Arthur Leonardi | TBA | TBA | |
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 | ||||||
10 | 4 | "The Little Rabbit Who Wanted Red Wings/Katy No Pocket" | Arthur Leonardi | TBA | TBA | |
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 | ||||||
11 | 5 | "Bootsie Barker Bites; Ruby the Copy Cat" | Arthur Leonardi | TBA | TBA | |
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 | ||||||
12 | 6 | "Uncle Wizzmo's New Used Car; Aunt Ippy's Museum of Junk" | Arthur Leonardi | TBA | TBA | |
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[]
- ^ "Shelley Duvall". www.tcm.com.
- ^ Dempsey, John (November 3, 1993). "'Angels' leads series ascent at CableAce".
- ^ Horowitz, Joy (April 21, 1992). "Shelley Duvall and the Tales She Tells to Children". New York Times. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
- ^ Moy, Suelain (May 15, 1992). "Shelley Duvall turns to entertainment for children". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
- ^ "SHELLEY DUVALL'S BEDTIME STORIES". Television Academy.
External links[]
- American animation anthology series
- American television shows featuring puppetry
- English-language television shows
- 1990s American children's television series