"The Muppet Musicians of Bremen The Muppet Musicians of Bremen (released on home video as Tales from MuppetLand: The Muppet Musicians of Bremen) is a 1972 television special that is an adaptation of ""Town Musicians of Bremen"", featuring The Muppets. It is directed and produced by The Muppet's creator Jim Henson. Kermit the Frog hosts the special. In the Louisiana countryside, Kermit the Frog begins his narration with Mordecai Sledge and Leroy the Donkey, as they approach their residence after stealing items in a boxcar from a railroad yard. When they arrive, Mordecai finds the items are musical instruments, and"
"invite her to join them on their journey, and she accepts. Lastly, the group meets Tortellini, a rooster who has just been thrown out of his home. He too is a singer, so he joins the others. The four animals find Bremen to be a sad place; a large corporation called Mix Max, headed by the subtly-named Dr. Greed, essentially rules the city. There are NO SINGING signs posted all about, but the animals ignore them and begin singing for passersby on a street corner. A Mix Max official named Platini rides by; he overhears the singing animals and stops,"
"of the Town Musicians of Bremen. The film starts by introducing each of the four main characters. Buster, a bloodhound, doesn't want to hunt; he wants to sing. This gets him in trouble with his master, and he ends up running away. Next we meet Fred, a donkey whose master has chosen to replace him with a robot. Fred runs away from home as well. The third character we meet is Gwendolyn, a graceful Siamese cat. (Oddly for a Siamese, she does not have blue eyes.) Her beloved owner, Aunt Wanda, has died. Aunt Wanda left behind two valuable jewels,"
"the cottage to the strange creatures who have taken it, where the animals live happily for the rest of their days. In the original version of this story, which dates from the twelfth century, the robbers are a bear, lion, and wolf, all animals featured in heraldric devices. When the donkey and his friends arrive in Bremen, the townsfolk applaud them for having rid the district of the terrible beasts. An alternate version involves the animals' master(s) being deprived of his livelihood (because the thieves stole his money and/or destroyed his farm or mill) and having to send his animals"
"Merkelbach and ""Het Brabants Orkest"" with vocals by Anneke van Giersbergen and others. The pen for the animals (5 horses, 1 owl, 1 falcon and 5 ravens) is located next to the parking area. Another main show element is a mechanical dragon. The story was written by Paul van Loon and tells the tale of the Woudenberg family of seven who move to the edge of a forest. The children discover an old city gate in the forest, where a tyrant oppresses the people. As it turns out, the five kids have the special gifts needed to fight the tyrant."
"The Wonderful Musician ""The Wonderful Musician"" or ""The Strange Musician"" or ""The Marvellous Musician"" () is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm as tale number 8 in their ""Grimm's Fairy Tales"". It is Aarne-Thompson type 151, music lessons for wild animals. Andrew Lang included it in ""The Red Fairy Book"". A fiddler, wandering in the forest, gets bored and longs for company. He starts to play his fiddle, which draws to him a wolf, fox, and hare, none of which is the company he seeks. Using the animals' admiration for him and his playing, he tricks each"
"dark hair long since Royal Foresters cut off his ears. David of Doncaster David of Doncaster is a member of Robin Hood's Merry Men in English folklore. Doncaster is a town near Barnsdale, where early ballads placed Robin Hood. He appears in one ballad in the Child collection, ""Robin Hood and the Golden Arrow"". The sheriff is giving an archery contest, and David, ""a brave young man,"" warns Robin against going, because it is a trap. He reappears in later adaptations, both books and movies. In Howard Pyle's ""The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood"", he appears as one of the"
"and later Jo Gibb in both London and in the filmed video version. Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer are fictional characters in T. S. Eliot's book, ""Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats"", which was adapted into the musical ""Cats"". Mungojerrie and his partner in crime, Rumpleteazer, specialize in petty theft and mischief. In Eliot's original poem ""Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer"", they are depicted knocking over Ming vases and stealing items from their human family. Mungojerrie is also mentioned in the poem ""Macavity, the Mystery Cat"", where he is rumoured to be one of Macavity's agents. They live at Victoria Grove"
"was made to accompany the cinema and television release. The recording was made by the Philharmonia Orchestra and conducted by Mark Stephenson. On the edge of the vast forests of Russia, where wolves still roam, lies a little cottage surrounded by a big, high fence. This is where Peter lives with his grumpy Grandfather. Pete is a 11-year-old boy who is constantly picked on by the town's people and his Grandfather will not let Peter go out into the forest. Peter has a friend, the lovable Ducky (a runner duck in this version), with whom he hangs around Grandfather's yard."
"David of Doncaster David of Doncaster is a member of Robin Hood's Merry Men in English folklore. Doncaster is a town near Barnsdale, where early ballads placed Robin Hood. He appears in one ballad in the Child collection, ""Robin Hood and the Golden Arrow"". The sheriff is giving an archery contest, and David, ""a brave young man,"" warns Robin against going, because it is a trap. He reappears in later adaptations, both books and movies. In Howard Pyle's ""The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood"", he appears as one of the youngest in the band, and a wrestler. In ""A Gest"
"in the film adaptation. Animal Crackers (musical) Animal Crackers is a musical with music and lyrics by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby and a book by George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind. The musical starred the Marx Brothers. ""Animal Crackers"" opened on Broadway on October 23, 1928 at the 44th Street Theatre, and closed April 6, 1929, running for 191 performances. The musical was produced by Sam H. Harris, staged by Oscar Eagle, and starred the four Marx Brothers and Margaret Dumont in the Brothers' second Broadway hit. Hermes Pan appeared as a chorus boy. The musical was filmed in"
"as a location for creatures of horror. Bats (musical) Bats is a musical written in 1983 by two Australian writers, Ian Dorricott and Simon Denver. It has been produced numerous times by school groups. The remote village of Humperdink in the shire of Engelberta in the Transylvanian Alps has survived for centuries by growing grapes, and even though they can boast about Count Dracula's castle, no one really seems to care. The towns ""Grape Harvest"" is their main industry. But when the grape harvest is ruined by disease, and the town is on the verge of bankruptcy, they need outside"
"Hood brings Grimm to the village. The old yard dog, Sultan, the current mayor of the village, has dark secrets he wants to remain hidden. The Pig aspires to be mayor and plots against the wolf. Grimm! was premiered at the Children's Theater of Opera Graz (Next Liberty) on 7 December 2014. The German premiere took place at the Neuköllner Oper in Berlin on March 19, 2015. ""December 7th 2014 to April 27th 2015"" ""March 19th to April 14th 2015 with students of Universität der Künste, Berlin"" ""(in alphabetical order)"" In August 2015, the performance in Graz was nominated in"
"animals and the ""Twilight barking"", the dogs are found in Suffolk, England, and a rescue ensues. Pongo and Missis are a pair of Dalmatians who live with the newly married Mr. and Mrs. Dearly and their two nannies, Nanny Cook and Nanny Butler. Mr. Dearly is a ""financial wizard"" who has been granted lifelong tax exemption and lent a house on the Outer Circle in Regent's Park in return for wiping out the government debt. The dogs consider the humans their pets, but allow the humans to think that they are the owners. Missis gives birth to a litter of"
"and the Frankes were sent to the Spreewald region roughly 90 km (50 miles) to the east of the city. In the countryside, as she later recalled, it was suddenly possible to come face to face with cows, horses, oxen, goats, hens and rabbits, creatures that till now she had known only from descriptions in school books. Renate Franke became a lifelong animal lover. Appreciative of her new surroundings, she lived out the rest of her childhood in and around the village of where her mother at one stage served as local mayor and registrar. Renate's first taste of musical"
"of a proper coronation, Max constantly schemes to steal the royal treasure with the help of his hench-hounds Fang and Snarl and his jester Shecky. The Biskitts are also in danger of being captured and eaten by a large wildcat named Scratch. Franz Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 is used in theme and in parts in some of episodes. William Hanna and Joseph Barbera used the tune in their ""Tom and Jerry"" cartoon ""The Cat Concerto"". A children's book was created based on ""The Biskitts"". In the book, it is discovered that King Max's jester Shecky bears a striking resemblance"
"the song as part of its live repertoire and released a studio version on their 2015 debut album. Not in Nottingham ""Not in Nottingham"" is a song from Walt Disney's animated film ""Robin Hood"" written and performed by Roger Miller. The performance by Miller, with narration provided by the minstrel rooster Alan-a-Dale, takes place in the rain while the animals are imprisoned. It is one of three songs sung in the film by Miller, the others being ""Whistle-Stop"" and ""Oo-De-Lally"". The song was covered by Los Lobos for their 2009 album ""Los Lobos Goes Disney"". Mumford & Sons also did"
"Pigs"" (), which follows the three daughters of the pig with the house of stone with new original songs, introducing a completely new story loosely based on the original story. The musical was specially written for the band K3, who play the three little pigs, Pirky, Parky and Porky (). In 2014, Peter Lund let the three little pigs live together in a village in the musical ""Grimm"" with Little Red Riding Hood and other fairy tale characters. The Three Little Pigs The Three Little Pigs is a fable about three pigs who build three houses of different materials. A"
"Not in Nottingham ""Not in Nottingham"" is a song from Walt Disney's animated film ""Robin Hood"" written and performed by Roger Miller. The performance by Miller, with narration provided by the minstrel rooster Alan-a-Dale, takes place in the rain while the animals are imprisoned. It is one of three songs sung in the film by Miller, the others being ""Whistle-Stop"" and ""Oo-De-Lally"". The song was covered by Los Lobos for their 2009 album ""Los Lobos Goes Disney"". Mumford & Sons also did a rendition of the song during their sessions with Daytrotter in 2012. Watkins Family Hour has long played"
"Animal Crackers (musical) Animal Crackers is a musical with music and lyrics by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby and a book by George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind. The musical starred the Marx Brothers. ""Animal Crackers"" opened on Broadway on October 23, 1928 at the 44th Street Theatre, and closed April 6, 1929, running for 191 performances. The musical was produced by Sam H. Harris, staged by Oscar Eagle, and starred the four Marx Brothers and Margaret Dumont in the Brothers' second Broadway hit. Hermes Pan appeared as a chorus boy. The musical was filmed in 1930 with most of"
"De 3 Biggetjes (musical) The Three Little Pigs (Dutch:De 3 Biggetjes) is a Flemish musical, with music and lyrics by Johan Vanden Eede and Miquel Wiels, based on the fairy-tale and serves as a sequel to it. It tells the story of the three daughters of the pig with the brick house: Knirri (Pirky), Knarri (Parky), and Knorri (Porki), who work as waitresses in their mother's Three Little Pigs Café. Meanwhile, the big bad wolf now has three sons, who are the same age as the three pig sisters. The wolf wants his sons to catch the three pig sisters"
"Ross Dunstan, were provided by ""Australian Geographic"" and are featured in their book ""The Snowy Mountains"". The ""crack riders"" (expert riders) in the musical wore Akubra hats and Driza-Bone riding coats. On John Conroy's property, the 2-year-old colts and fillies are mustered and brought to the homestead for horse breaking. Two of the colts are of very good stock, especially the beautiful and spirited colt from the famous racehorse Regret (John Conroy says that the colt is worth a thousand pounds (£1000) and that he wants the colt to eventually be the stud horse for the property). Jim Ryan arrives"
"Bremen, they see a lighted cottage; they look inside and see four robbers enjoying their ill-gotten gains. Standing on each other's backs, they decide to scare the robbers away by making a din; the men run for their lives, not knowing what the strange sound is. The animals take possession of the house, eat a good meal, and settle in for the evening. Later that night, the robbers return and send one of their members in to investigate. He sees the Cat's eyes shining in the darkness and the robber thinks he is seeing the coals of the fire. He"
"Bats (musical) Bats is a musical written in 1983 by two Australian writers, Ian Dorricott and Simon Denver. It has been produced numerous times by school groups. The remote village of Humperdink in the shire of Engelberta in the Transylvanian Alps has survived for centuries by growing grapes, and even though they can boast about Count Dracula's castle, no one really seems to care. The towns ""Grape Harvest"" is their main industry. But when the grape harvest is ruined by disease, and the town is on the verge of bankruptcy, they need outside money, so decide to market their attraction"
"singing outside. Frankie's renditions of ""It Can't Be Wrong"" by Dick Haymes and ""As Time Goes By"" (from ""Casablanca"", 1942) causes all the hens to swoon. Porky rushes to investigate. Soon, he is auditioning for a new crooner; those showing up are rooster caricatures of Nelson Eddy (""Shortnin' Bread""), Al Jolson (""September in the Rain""), Jimmy Durante (""Lullaby of Broadway""), Cab Calloway (""Minnie the Moocher"", ""Blues in the Night""), and Bing Crosby (""When My Dream Boat Comes Home""). Porky asks the Bing Crosby rooster (who introduced himself as ""The Old Groaner"") to be the crooner, provoking a competition with Frankie."
"The music is produced by Julian Nott, who is noted for his Wallace and Gromit and Peppa Pig scores. The show is set in the Little Kingdom which is hidden among thorny brambles. The Little Kingdom is ruled by King and Queen Thistle mainly from the Little Castle, where they live with their 3 daughters Holly and younger twins Daisy and Poppy. Elves live at the Great Elf Tree, which acts as a school, library, apartment block and factory for toys and wands. Elves hold the belief that they should never arrive late to anything. Civil fairies live in the"
"saxophone/clarinet, and bassoon) and 2 brass players (trumpet and trombone). The touring version of the orchestra consists of DJ, Piano, and Latin Percussion. The cast has a children's chorus plus six male voices (boy soprano, tenor, bass-baritone, bass, and 2 baritones) and two female voices (soprano and mezzo-soprano) The story revolves around seven animals who go to their veterinarian with the desire to change their lives. Each animal is granted their wish. Following a large storm, the animals return one by one, to recount their adventures, supplemented with dancing and exclamations from the chorus. The animals include a break dancing"
"Bark! The Musical BARK! The Musical is a musical with music by David Troy Francis and lyrics by Gavin Geoffrey Dillard and Robert Schrock (with additional lyrics by Mark Winkler). The book is by Mark Winkler and Gavin Geoffrey Dillard. ""BARK!"" explores one day in the lives of six dogs in Deena's Doggie Daycare. These dogs include a little puppy who yearns to bark like a real dog, an opera singing poodle, and a street mutt who raps and sometimes cross dresses as a chihuahua. The entire show is presented from a dog’s point of view. ""BARK!"" made its world"
"in material not intended for children. This includes parodies by literary authors such as James Thurber and D. H. Lawrence. A few prose stories have used the rhyme as its source, including one by L. Frank Baum, author of ""The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"". The rhyme appears in the Roud Folk Song Index as entry 19,689. As commonly published in the early 1800s, the rhyme was: <poem> Hark, hark! the dogs do bark, Beggars are coming to town. Some in rags, some in jags, And some in velvet gowns. </poem> Various published versions incorporate minor grammatical variations. More noticeably, many"
"Kent Brockman, children's entertainer veteran Krusty The Clown and Hispanic comedian Bumblebee Man. Their radio channel hosts are DJ's Bill and Marty. The station jingle is ""No sports, no rock, no information! For mindless chatter, we're your station!"" King Toot's is a music store located next door to Moe's Tavern. The store sells musical instruments and is the place where Lisa's saxophone was purchased. The most notable appearance of King Toot's Music Store was in ""Lisa's Pony"" where Lisa asks Homer to pick up a new reed for her saxophone for her recital. Homer heads to the store after work"
"rotoscoped live-action ballet dancers, David Lichine and Tania Riabouchinskaya, moving in silhouette with animated backgrounds and characters. Dinah Shore sang the title song. This segment was an animated dramatization of the 1936 musical composition by Sergei Prokofiev, with narration by actor Sterling Holloway. A Russian boy named Peter sets off into the forest to hunt the wolf with his animal friends: a bird named Sascha, a duck named Sonia, and a cat named Ivan. Just like in Prokofiev's piece, each character is represented with a specific musical accompaniment: Peter by the String Quartet, Sascha by the Flute, Sonia by the"
"a few years later, with changes, when another French (frog) wooing caused concern—that of the Duke of Anjou and Queen Elizabeth I in 1579. Elizabeth even nicknamed Anjou, her favorite suitor, ""the frog"". Another theory traces the song to Suffolk: ""Roley, Poley, Gammon and Spinach"" refer to four families of Suffolk notables, Rowley, Poley, Bacon and Green. The song has been heard by many people (as ""Froggie Went a-Courtin) in the 1955 ""Tom and Jerry"" cartoon ""Pecos Pest"", which uses a version arranged and performed by Shug Fisher, in character as ""Uncle Pecos."" In ""Pecos Pest"", Jerry's Uncle Pecos stays"
"by William V. Malpede and Dan Morris. Bark! The Musical BARK! The Musical is a musical with music by David Troy Francis and lyrics by Gavin Geoffrey Dillard and Robert Schrock (with additional lyrics by Mark Winkler). The book is by Mark Winkler and Gavin Geoffrey Dillard. ""BARK!"" explores one day in the lives of six dogs in Deena's Doggie Daycare. These dogs include a little puppy who yearns to bark like a real dog, an opera singing poodle, and a street mutt who raps and sometimes cross dresses as a chihuahua. The entire show is presented from a dog’s"