Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories

Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
Also known asBedtime Stories
GenreAnthology
Created byShelley Duvall
Presented byShelley Duvall
StarringVarious
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes13
Production
Executive producersShelley Duvall
Carol Davies
Running time30 minutes
Production companiesThink Entertainment[1]
Universal Cartoon Studios[2]
Original release
NetworkShowtime
ReleaseApril 21, 1992 (1992-04-21) –
December 11, 1994 (1994-12-11)
Related
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. The VHSs are released by Universal Studios Home Video but are closed-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, John Candy, Rick Moranis, Bonnie Raitt, Sissy Spacek, Michael J. Fox, Martin Short and James Earl Jones[3]

Cast

Episodes

Season one

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
11"Elizabeth and Larry/Bill and Pete"Arthur LeonardiUnknownApril 21, 1992 (1992-04-21)

Segment 1: Elizabeth and Larry by Marilyn Sadler narrated by Jean Stapleton

Segment 2: Bill and Pete by Tomie dePaola narrated by Dudley Moore
22"Blumpoe the Grumpoe Meets Arnold the Cat/Millions of Cats"Arthur LeonardiUnknownApril 28, 1992 (1992-04-28)

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
33"There's a Nightmare in My Closet/There's an Alligator under My Bed/There's Something in My Attic"Arthur LeonardiUnknownMay 5, 1992 (1992-05-05)

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
44"Elbert's Bad Word/Weird Parents"Arthur LeonardiUnknownMay 12, 1992 (1992-05-12)

Segment 1: Elbert's Bad Word by Audrey Wood narrated by Ringo Starr

Segment 2: Weird Parents by Audrey Wood narrated by Bette Midler
55"Little Toot & the Loch Ness Monster/Choo Choo"Arthur LeonardiHardie GramatkyMay 19, 1992 (1992-05-19)[4]

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.
66"Patrick's Dinosaurs/What Happened to Patrick's Dinosaurs?"Arthur LeonardiUnknownMay 26, 1992 (1992-05-26)

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		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
71"Tugford Wanted to Be Bad/Little Penguin's Tale"Arthur LeonardiUnknownSeptember 19, 1993 (1993-09-19)

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
82"My New Neighbors/Rotten Island"Arthur LeonardiUnknownSeptember 26, 1993 (1993-09-26)

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
93"Moe, the Dog in Tropical Paradise/Amos, The Story of an Old Dog and His Couch"Arthur LeonardiUnknownOctober 3, 1993 (1993-10-03)

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
104"The Little Rabbit Who Wanted Red Wings/Katy No Pocket"Arthur LeonardiUnknownOctober 10, 1993 (1993-10-10)

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
115"Bootsie Barker Bites/Ruby the Copycat"Arthur LeonardiUnknownOctober 17, 1993 (1993-10-17)

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
126"Aunt Ippy's Museum of Junk/Uncle Wizzmo's New Used Car"Arthur LeonardiUnknownOctober 24, 1993 (1993-10-24)

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.
137"The Christmas Witch"Arthur LeonardiUnknownDecember 11, 1994 (1994-12-11)
The Christmas Witch by Steven Kellogg narrated by Angela Lansbury

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

  1. ^ "Shelley Duvall". www.tcm.com.
  2. ^ Dempsey, John (November 3, 1993). "'Angels' leads series ascent at CableAce".
  3. ^ Horowitz, Joy (April 21, 1992). "Shelley Duvall and the Tales She Tells to Children". New York Times. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
  4. ^ Moy, Suelain (May 15, 1992). "Shelley Duvall turns to entertainment for children". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
  5. ^ "SHELLEY DUVALL'S BEDTIME STORIES". Television Academy.