Fractured Fairy Tales

A magic chicken grants three wishes to a country bumpkin who can marry the girl of his dreams only if he becomes wealthy.

A Jay Ward send-up of this classic tale, with a whole new twist on the story you expect.

Alden Farquhar has good looks, a sense of humor, but no money. While strolling along one day, he runs into a witch who turns him into a big, beastly ogre. People are now scared of him and shower him with money. Now rich, he must find a maiden to turn him back.

Little Fred takes a basket of sheet music to Granny's house to torture her with his awful singing.

Prince John and Princess Tinsel are a very attractive and very happy couple- which makes local witch Grumpira very angry. She tries everything to make them miserable, and finally, she settles on turning Princess Tinsel into an ogre. However, it turns out that ogres are very good cooks, and Prince John is soon very happy again because he's getting great meals. At first, the witch is very mad, but after she eats the ogre's cooking, she is happy, too. But one day, the princess is kissed by a dog named Prince, and she reverts back to her beautiful self- but she can't cook. The witch and Prince John scurry off to make a potion to turn her back into an ogre before they starve!

An absent-minded king goes in search of a queen.

"He who wears these dentures is the rightful ruler of Bagdad." The history of Iraq and Baghdad - complete with their celebration of "Spanky MacFarland Day." (The name of the "Our Gang" actor actually was Spanky McFarland, but "Spanky MacFarland" is the one used for the street banner in this story!)