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 closed-captioned by the National Captioning Institute instead of Captions, Inc.
| Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories | |
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| Also known as | Bedtime Stories |
| Genre | Anthology |
| 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 | 13 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Shelley Duvall Carol Davies |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production companies | Think Entertainment[1] Universal Cartoon Studios[2] |
| Original release | |
| Network | Showtime |
| Release | April 21, 1992 – December 11, 1994 |
| Related | |
| Faerie Tale Theatre Tall Tales & Legends Nightmare Classics | |
Format
editShelley 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
edit- Shelley Duvall as herself/host
- B.J. Ward as Clicker the Lamp
- Jeff Bennett Ticker the Clock
Episodes
editSeason one
edit| 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 | Unknown | April 21, 1992 | |
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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 | Unknown | April 28, 1992 | |
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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 | Unknown | May 5, 1992 | |
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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 | Unknown | May 12, 1992 | |
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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 | Hardie Gramatky | May 19, 1992[4] | |
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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 | Unknown | May 26, 1992 | |
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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
edit| 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 | Unknown | September 19, 1993 | |
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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 | "My New Neighbors/Rotten Island" | Arthur Leonardi | Unknown | September 26, 1993 | |
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Segment 1: My New Neighbors written by Keith Faulkner illustrated by Jonathan Lambert narrated by Billy Crystal Segment 2: Rotten Island by William Steig narrated by Charles Grodin | ||||||
| 9 | 3 | "Moe, the Dog in Tropical Paradise/Amos, The Story of an Old Dog and His Couch" | Arthur Leonardi | Unknown | October 3, 1993 | |
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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 Susan Seligson & Howie Schneider narrated by Morgan Freeman | ||||||
| 10 | 4 | "The Little Rabbit Who Wanted Red Wings/Katy No Pocket" | Arthur Leonardi | Unknown | October 10, 1993 | |
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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 Copycat" | Arthur Leonardi | Unknown | October 17, 1993 | |
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Segment 1: Bootsie Barker Bites written by Barbara Bottner illustrated by Peggy Rathmann narrated by Rhea Perlman Segment 2: Ruby the Copy Cat by Peggy Rathmann narrated by Shelley Long | ||||||
| 12 | 6 | "Aunt Ippy's Museum of Junk/Uncle Wizzmo's New Used Car" | Arthur Leonardi | Unknown | October 24, 1993 | |
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Segment 1: Aunt Ippy's Museum of Junk by Rodney Greenblat narrated by Kathy Bates Segment 2: Uncle Wizzmo's New Used Car by Rodney Greenblat narrated by Ed Begley Jr. | ||||||
| 13 | 7 | "The Christmas Witch" | Arthur Leonardi | Unknown | December 11, 1994 | |
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The Christmas Witch by Steven Kellogg narrated by Angela Lansbury | ||||||
Accolades
editShelley 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
edit- ^ "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.