''Tall Tales & Legends'' (also known as ''Shelley Duvall's Tall Tales & Legends'') is an

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of 9 episodes created by television and film actress

Shelley Duvall Shelley Alexis Duvall (born July 7, 1949) is an American actress and producer who is known for her portrayals of distinct, often eccentric characters. She is the recipient of several accolades, including a Cannes Film Festival Award and a Peab ...

, who also served as Executive Producer and Presenter, alongside

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, following her success with her first anthology series, ''

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, 19 ...

''. Adapting various American-based folk tales and stories of bravery, the series ran from

1985 The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a ...

–

1987 File:1987 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes after leaving the Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium, killing 193; Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, k ...

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, as well as

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. The series was nominated for a

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. It was succeeded by a four-part anthology series, titled ''

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 aut ...

''.

Episodes

Home media

Several episodes were issued on VHS by CBS/Fox Video in the 1980s.

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made it a nine video series on VHS in 1998.

Koch Entertainment Koch Entertainment was an American record label and a distributor of film, television, and music. It was purchased by Canadian entertainment company Entertainment One in 2005. History First years The company began in 1975 as part of Koch Inter ...

issued the entire series on

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in 2005. The episodes were available as separate DVDs or together as a nine-disc box set. The complete series was issued again, this time in a three-DVD set, by E1 Entertainment in 2009.

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