Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

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Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child is a long-running animated television series on HBO that retold popular fairy tales by setting them in different cultures and settings and featuring voices provided by celebrities. The television series was narrated by Robert Guillaume, originally aired from 1995 to 1998 on HBO, and is currently airing on the HBO Family digital cable television channel in the United States since 1999.

• Jack and the Beanstalk - A retelling of the tale with an African-American twist.
• Little Red Riding Hood - The tale is set in Ancient China.
• Hansel and Gretel - The tale is told in a Latin-American setting, in a rainforest somewhere in Latin America.
• The Emperor's New Clothes - The tale is set in old Japan.
• Rumpelstiltskin - The tale is set in the West Indies, with an old Caribbean and Jamaican twist.
• The Frog Prince - The classic Brothers Grimm fairytale is set in the African jungle where an African Princess named Ebony meets a frog that was once a prince.
• Sleeping Beauty - the Tale is told with a Hispanic flavor, when a Hispanic princess named Rosita is cast into a long sleep by a wicked fairy named Ebelina and is awakened by Prince Luiz.
• Rapunzel - The tale is set with a Cajun flavors in the bayous and swamps of French Louisiana, with Whoopi Goldberg as the witch, as a Hoodoo Diva named Zenobia.
• The Valiant Little Tailor - The classic Brothers Grimm fairytale is set in the West African Sahel.
• Cinderella - The classic Cinderella tale gets a Mexican flavor.
• Beauty and the Beast - The classic famous fairy tale gets set in the African Sahara Desert as Beauty is voiced by Vanessa Williams and a beast Gregory Hines.
• Snow White - The classic Brothers Grimm Fairytale gets a Southwestern U.S. setting with a Native American flavor, with the title character renamed White Snow, as a Native American Chieftain's daughter.
• The Princess and the Pea - The classic Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale is set in Ancient China, or in ancient Korea.
• Pinocchio - The classic children's tale gets set in the Barbary Coast, with an African-American flavor, starring Will Smith.
• Thumbelina - The classic Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale is set in the Amazon Rain Forest in Brazil.
• Puss in Boots - The classic Perrault fairy tales gets a Polynesian setting in Hawaii, as a smart and mischievous cat in Hawaii sets out to improve the fortunes of his new master, Kuhio.
• The Pied Piper - The classic children's story gets an African-American Jazzy setting, with Samuel L. Jackson, as a stranger uses his saxophone to rid the village of Hamlyn of rats.
• The Twelve Dancing Princesses - The classic story is told with the rhythms of salsa and Latin pop, as twelve young princesses sneak out of their beds and into the darkness to dance each night away and wear out a new pair of shoes every night.
• The Golden Goose - In this version of the fairy tale, Lovable Simpleton befriends a wisecracking beggar who leads him to a magical golden goose and a grand adventure.
• The Little Mermaid - In this Asian setting, at a secret underwater kingdom, beneath a Chinese trading port, a teenage mermaid princess named Mija (Tia Carrere) lives happily under the watchful eye of her grandmother, the mermaid Queen (Margaret Cho), until Mija falls in love with a human prince.
• Goldilocks and the Three Bears - In this Jamaican version of the classic, Goldilocks (Raven-Symone) has golden dreadlocks and much to learn about treating people (and bears) right.
• The Fisherman and his Wife - In this Spanish setting of the legendary tale of how greed only begets more greed set with Gypsy guitar and flamenco dancing, A simple fisherman and his wife are perfectly happy with their humble life until a magical fish offers them a wish.
• Aladdin - This Arabian Nights tale is set in a magical Eastern land in Ancient China, when Aladdin, a poor dreamer who longs for adventure, meeting an evil sorceror named Chang.
• The Shoemaker and the Elves - This tale is set in the ancient Aztec empire, when a humble shoemaker named Tizoc and his wife own an ancient shop of shoes. When the shoemaker must make several shoes overnight, he falls asleep on the job, but two elves come to the rescue.
• King Midas and the Golden Touch - This ancient Greek myth is set in an African kingdom, when a powerful African monarch named Midas treasures his daughter Goldeena, but he loves gold more than anything else in the world.
• The Three Little Pigs - This tale is told with country music, when three Girl piglets go to a summer camp called Camp Piggywood and they ward off a wolf.
• Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves - This tale is told when an Arabian girl outsmarts 40 Thieves.
• The Bremen Town Musicians - The classic Brothers Grimm tale is told with a country twist, as Outcast barn animals become singers and go on their way to Bremen.
• The Empress's Nightingale - The classic tale is told with a feminine makeover when a greedy empress learns about the true meaning of beauty.
• The Happy Prince - based on Oscar Wilde's short story, set in New York City, featuring Ed Koch as "Happy" Prince, a former mayor who is now a statue and Cyndi Lauper as the pigeon who with the statue helps the poor.
• Henny Penny - The tale is told with a barnyard twist, as a news reporter hen named Henny Penny convinces barnyard denizens that the sky is falling, featuring Sharon Stone, Henry Kissinger, and Johnnie Cochran.
• The Frog Princess - In this version of a Russian fairy tale, A frog princess proves that love conquers all.
• The Princess and the Pauper - The classic Mark Twain novel is told with an African twist and a feminist makeover, with Raven Symone as the princess, as in the kingdom of Peachburg, A princess and a poor girl exchange identities.
• Rip Van Winkle - a Feminist retelling of the story told from the point of view of Rip (voiced by Tom Arnold)'s wife Vanna (Calista Flockhart)
• The Snow Queen-An Inuit setting, featuring Eartha Kitt in the title role, as the Snow Queen freezes a boy's heart and takes him to her icy castle..
• The Steadfast Tin Soldier - The tale is told with an African twist, as a set of tin soldiers inspires a girl's imagination.
• Robinita Hood (featuring Marc Anthony) - A Spanish girl version of the English Legend Robin Hood. Following the adventures of Robinita Hood and her Merry Chicas and her friend Mario as Robinita Hood enrages the Sheriff de Jamon.
• Aesop's Fables - A Whodunit Musical-A beautiful sleuth tracks down Aesop's purloined book of fables.

[edit] See also

• Faerie Tale Theatre (a similar live-action show)

[edit] External link

• Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child at the Internet Movie Database
• Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child at HBO Family