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Tom Ronca - 2005-07-12 11:25:17
I'm not quite sure if this is the TV program you're referring to, but Shelley Duvall hosted and co-produced a show called "Fairie Tale Theater" http://imdb.com/title/tt0199214/ that aired on one of the premium cable channels (HBO? Cinemax?) in the early 80's. They featured a different cast every time, and were frequently funny and mildly risque. They were also one of the first TV programs to be released on home video, which is how I caught a couple of them (Klaus Kinski as 'the Beast' in an adaptation of "Beauty and the Beast" comes to mind).
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Paula - 2005-07-12 11:36:21
Ah, that was a good show, too! Thanks. But that's not it. This one was def. low-budget and on in the '70s on regular ol' TV.
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amatt - 2005-07-12 11:39:30
Remember that strange Magic Garden show?
They'd be sitting on the swing on that tree, singing tunes and stuff.
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anne - 2005-07-12 16:23:10
I remember one of the Magic Garden ladies was named Paula. The other show has me stumped. The only thing I could find was "Storybook Squares", a kids' version of Hollywood Squares, where the regulars dressed up as fairy tale and nursery rhyme characters.
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Paula - 2005-07-12 16:33:35
Yes, my mom used that Magic Garden lady as an example of someone named Paula when I was convinced that she had made it up....And I, too, found "Storybook Squares" in my search, which was another wave of nostalgia...
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Rosencrantz - 2005-07-12 21:40:31
Yes. It was called storybook theater. I think Paul Sand did one or two epidsodes. Paul Sills, the son of improv matriarch Viola Spolin, originated the idea. He teaches in NYC.
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Paula - 2005-07-13 09:35:57
Thank you!! Story Theatre! I was spelling it wrong....and I guess Judy Graubert from Electric Co. wasn't involved after all.
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