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Faerie Tale Theatre
Faerie Tale Theatre (also known as Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre) is an American live-action fairytale fantasy drama anthology television series of 27 episodes, that originally aired on Showtime from September 11, 1982 until November 14, 1987. It is a retelling of 26 fairy tales, particularly those written by The Brothers Grimm, Charles Perrault and Hans Christian Andersen, an additional episode is based on the poem "The Pied Piper of Hamelin". The 27th episode was a reunion episode of cast and crew titled "Grimm Party", in which in Fairytale style, celebrating the series they attended a gala in fancy dress. The series follow a similar style to an earlier series narrated by Shirley Temple, titled ''Shirley Temple's Storybook'', that ran from 1958 and 1961 and also featured numerous Hollywood stars in roles. Series background Actress Shelley Duvall who conceived the series, served as executive producer and host alongside associate producers Bridget Terry and Fred Fuchs, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthology Series
An anthology series is a radio, television, video game or film series that spans different genres and presents a different story and a different set of characters in each different episode, season, segment, or short. These usually have a different cast in each episode, but several series in the past, such as ''Four Star Playhouse'', employed a permanent troupe of character actors who would appear in a different drama each week. Some anthology series, such as '' Studio One'', began on radio and then expanded to television. Etymology The word comes from Ancient Greek ἀνθολογία (''anthología'', “flower-gathering”), from ἀνθολογέω (''anthologéō'', "I gather flowers"), from ἄνθος (''ánthos'', "flower") + λέγω (''légō'', "I gather, pick up, collect"), coined by Meleager of Gadara circa 60 BCE, originally as Στέφανος (στέφανος (''stéphanos'', "garland")) to describe a collection of poetry, later retitled anthology – see Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangladesh Television
Bangladesh Television ( bn, বাংলাদেশ টেলিভিশন), commonly known by its acronym BTV ( bn, বিটিভি), is the state-owned television network of Bangladesh. The network was originally established as the East Pakistan branch of PTV in 1964. It is the oldest Bengali-language television network in the world, and is the sister to the radio broadcaster Bangladesh Betar, which, along with BTV, are both owned and operated by the government. Bangladesh Television is the country's only television network provided on terrestrial television. It is primarily financed through television licence fees. Although it has produced many award-winning programs, it has often been accused of being the mouth piece of the government and their lack of quality programming. Both the headquarters and the administrative building of Bangladesh Television are located at Rampura in Dhaka. Prior to the late 1990s, Bangladesh Television was the sole television broadcaster pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1987 In American Television
The year 1987 in television involved some significant events. This is a list of notable events in the United States. Events Programs Debuting this year Resuming this year Ending this year Changing networks Made-for-TV movies and miniseries Television stations Station launches Network affiliation changes Births Deaths Television Debuts *Matt Groening – ''The Tracey Ullman Show'' *Patricia Arquette – ''Daddy'' *Dan Castellaneta – ''The Tracey Ullman Show'' *Martin Lawrence – ''What's Happening Now!!'' *Dave Foley – '' Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel'' * Juliette Lewis – ''Home Fires'' *Stephen Baldwin – ''American Playhouse'' *Bob Odenkirk – ''Cableville, USA'' *David Hyde Pierce – '' Spenser: For Hire'' *Rene Russo – ''Sable'' *Cedric the Entertainer – ''It's Showtime at the Apollo'' *Lara Flynn Boyle – ''Jack and Mike'' *Thomas Mikal Ford – ''Kate & Allie'' *Frank Vincent – ''Leg Work'' See also * 1987 in the United States * Lis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1982 In American Television
The year 1982 involved some significant events in television. Below is a list of television-related events in the United States. Events Programs *''20/20'' (1978–) *''60 Minutes'' (1968–) *'' Alice'' (1976–1985) *''All My Children'' (1970–2011) *''American Bandstand'' (1952–1989) *'' Another World'' (1964–1999) *''Archie Bunker's Place'' (1979–1983) *''As the World Turns'' (1956–2010) *''Battle of the Planets'' (1978–1985) *''Benson'' (1979–1986) *''Candid Camera'' (1948–2004) *''Captain Kangaroo'' (1955–1984) *''CHiPs'' (1977–1983) *''Dallas'' (1978–1991) *''Days of Our Lives'' (1965–) *''Dean Martin Celebrity Roast'' (1974–1984) *''Diff'rent Strokes'' (1978–1986) *''Dynasty'' (1981–1989) *''Entertainment Tonight'' (1981–) *''Face the Nation'' (1954–) *''Falcon Crest'' (1981–1990) *''Family Feud'' (1976–1985, 1988–1995, 1999–) *''Fantasy Island'' (1977–1984) *''Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids'' (1972–1984) *''General Hospital'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthology Series
An anthology series is a radio, television, video game or film series that spans different genres and presents a different story and a different set of characters in each different episode, season, segment, or short. These usually have a different cast in each episode, but several series in the past, such as ''Four Star Playhouse'', employed a permanent troupe of character actors who would appear in a different drama each week. Some anthology series, such as '' Studio One'', began on radio and then expanded to television. Etymology The word comes from Ancient Greek ἀνθολογία (''anthología'', “flower-gathering”), from ἀνθολογέω (''anthologéō'', "I gather flowers"), from ἄνθος (''ánthos'', "flower") + λέγω (''légō'', "I gather, pick up, collect"), coined by Meleager of Gadara circa 60 BCE, originally as Στέφανος (στέφανος (''stéphanos'', "garland")) to describe a collection of poetry, later retitled anthology – see Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drama (film And Television)
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-genre, macro-genre, or micro-genre, such as soap opera, police crime drama, political drama, legal drama, historical drama, domestic drama, teen drama, and comedy-drama (dramedy). These terms tend to indicate a particular setting or subject-matter, or else they qualify the otherwise serious tone of a drama with elements that encourage a broader range of moods. To these ends, a primary element in a drama is the occurrence of conflict—emotional, social, or otherwise—and its resolution in the course of the storyline. All forms of cinema or television that involve fictional stories are forms of drama in the broader sense if their storytelling is achieved by means of actors who represent ( mimesis) characters. In this broader sense, dra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fairytale Fantasy
Fairytale fantasy is distinguished from other subgenres of fantasy by the works' heavy use of motifs, and often plots, from folklore. History Literary fairy tales were not unknown in the Roman era: Apuleius included several in ''The Golden Ass''. Giambattista Basile retold many fairy tales in the ''Pentamerone'', an aristocratic frame story and aristocratic retellings. From there, the literary fairy tale was taken up by the French 'salon' writers of 17th century Paris (Madame d'Aulnoy, Charles Perrault, etc.) and other writers who took up the folktales of their time and developed them into literary forms. The Grimm brothers, despite their intentions being to ''restore'' the tales they collected, also transformed the ''Märchen'' they collected into ''Kunstmärchen''. These stories are not regarded as fantasies but as literary fairy tales, even retrospectively, but from this start, the fairy tale remained a literary form, and fairytale fantasies were an offshoot. Fairytale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Live Action
Live action (or live-action) is a form of cinematography or videography that uses photography instead of animation. Some works combine live-action with animation to create a live-action animated film. Live-action is used to define film, video games or similar visual media. According to the Cambridge English Dictionary, live action " nvolvesreal people or animals, not models, or images that are drawn, or produced by computer." Overview As the normal process of making visual media involves live-action, the term itself is usually superfluous. However, it makes an important distinction in situations in which one might normally expect animation, such as when the work is adapted from a video game, or from an animated cartoon, such as ''Scooby-Doo'', ''The Flintstones'', '' 101 Dalmatians'' films, or ''The Tick'' television program. The phrase "live-action" also occurs within an animation context to refer to non-animated characters: in a live-action/animated film such as ''Space Jam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fairy Tales For Every Child
A fairy (also fay, fae, fey, fair folk, or faerie) is a type of mythical being or legendary creature found in the folklore of multiple European cultures (including Celtic, Slavic, Germanic, English, and French folklore), a form of spirit, often described as metaphysical, supernatural, or preternatural. Myths and stories about fairies do not have a single origin, but are rather a collection of folk beliefs from disparate sources. Various folk theories about the origins of fairies include casting them as either demoted angels or demons in a Christian tradition, as deities in Pagan belief systems, as spirits of the dead, as prehistoric precursors to humans, or as spirits of nature. The label of ''fairy'' has at times applied only to specific magical creatures with human appearance, magical powers, and a penchant for trickery. At other times it has been used to describe any magical creature, such as goblins and gnomes. ''Fairy'' has at times been used as an adjective, with a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shirley Temple's Storybook
''Shirley Temple's Storybook'' is a 1958-1961 American children's anthology series hosted and narrated by actress Shirley Temple. The series features adaptations of fairy tales like Mother Goose and other family-oriented stories performed by well-known actors, although one episode, an adaptation of Nathaniel Hawthorne's 1851 novel ''The House of the Seven Gables'', was meant for older youngsters. The first season of sixteen black-and-white and colored episodes aired on NBC between January 12, 1958 and December 21, 1958 as ''Shirley Temple's Storybook''. Thirteen episodes of the first season re-ran on ABC beginning on January 12, 1959. The second season of twenty-five color episodes aired on NBC as ''The Shirley Temple Show'' between September 18, 1960 and July 16, 1961 in much the same format. Episode list Season 1 *C ^ Episode was telecast in color. *L ^ Live episode. Season 2 Book collections Random House published three fairy tale collections under Temple's name based o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
''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. The VHSs are released by Universal Studios Home Video but are close captioned by the National Captioning Institute instead of Captions, Inc. 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, J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nightmare Classics
''Nightmare Classics'' (also known as ''Shelley Duvall's Nightmare Classics'') is an American horror anthology television series created, produced and executive produced by Shelley Duvall featuring adaptations of well-known horror stories by authors including Henry James, Sheridan Le Fanu, Robert Louis Stevenson and Ambrose Bierce. Following the success of her two previous anthology series – ''Faerie Tale Theatre'' and ''Tall Tales & Legends'' – both of which were aimed at the elementary-school set, Duvall attempted to branch out to the teen and young adult audience with ''Nightmare Classics''. Broadcast ''Nightmare Classics'' originally aired on Showtime from August 12 to November 26, 1989. Although planned as a six-episode series, only four were ultimately produced and it was the least successful series that Duvall produced for Showtime. Episodes Home video Following their initial broadcast on Showtime, all four episodes of ''Nightmare Classics'' were each released as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
