The trio of fairytales are "The Dancing Princess", "The Cobbler and the Elves" and "The Singing Bone". The Dancing Princess stars Yvette Mimieux (The Black Hole) and Russ Tamblyn (Dr. Jacoby from Twin Peaks) as a Princess and the woodsman who attempts to earn her favor after her father the King (Jim Backus, Gilligan's Island) tasks the woodsman with a quest. This one involves a gorgeous, almost psychedelic, woodland dance, an invisible cloak, and a wild stagecoach ride through the forest. Up next is "The Cobbler and the Elves" of a Cobbler (Lawrence Harvey again) who receives a Christmas miracle by way of some Puppatoon stop-motion animated Elves that spring to life to help him finish up an important shoe order. The Elves are sort of creepy looking but cool, and Harvey makes a great Geppetto-esque shoe cobbler. The final fantasy sequence is the best in my opinion, “The Singing Bone” tells the tale of a dim-witted and cowardly knight named Sir Ludwig (Terry-Thomas, Munster, Go Home!) and his chubby but resourceful squire Hans (Buddy Hackett, Scrooged), as they attempt to slay a dragon in a cave and reap the rewards. This one has some terrific stop-motion dragon effects and wonderfully antiquated dragon's fire animation. Hackett and Terry-Thomas are quite fun together with lots of slapstick humor and a cool-looking gem-stone encrusted dragon.
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