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w M w
from London (United Kingdom) on 2004-04-05 12:55 [#01133282]
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If you liked the dark crystal, or labyrinth, then DON'T get the storyteller dvd. I stumbled on it through amazon.com recently. It had great reviews and I thought I'd see some wicked new puppet creatures, in an evil story vein sort of like aesop (with grandmas getting eaten by wolves (little red riding hoodish) etc). But instead the actors are 85 percent human and the stories are 85 percent dumb.
dark crystal- A labyrinth- A the storyteller series- D
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qrter
from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2004-04-05 12:57 [#01133290]
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naaah the Storyteller is great.
there's lots of great puppet creatures in them.
those dvd's are crappy quality though.
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w M w
from London (United Kingdom) on 2004-04-05 12:59 [#01133295]
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I also got "penthouse:pets in paradise" in the same order. It was... somewhat good I guess. But there was too much lesbian stuff.
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nobsmuggler
from silly mid-off on 2004-04-05 12:59 [#01133296]
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was this the one where he tells greek myths etc
with a puppet dog and sir ian
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qrter
from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2004-04-05 13:00 [#01133301]
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there were two series of The Storyteller.
the original had John Hurt as the storyteller, still the dog though. those stories were more fairytale like.
the later series was with the Greek myths, and with Michael Gambon as the storyteller I believe, not Sir Ian.
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w M w
from London (United Kingdom) on 2004-04-05 13:04 [#01133310]
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The one I have had that dude from elephant man in it, john hurt (and the dog)... that dog was the best muppety thing in the whole series, it perked its ears in an eerily similar way to real dogs and stuff. (by the way does anyone remember that easter television muppety jim hensonish show about... peter rabbit perhaps... where there's a farmer and his muppet dog and some rabbits?)
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nobsmuggler
from silly mid-off on 2004-04-05 13:07 [#01133314]
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watership down? although its not very easter
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w M w
from London (United Kingdom) on 2004-04-05 13:12 [#01133329]
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hmm.. that might be it, but they look like cartoons not muppety things.
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X-tomatic
from ze war room on 2004-04-05 14:48 [#01133481]
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The Greek Myths storyteller is a huge letdown, but the original with John Hurt is great!
Btw, that dog is the same one they used in the freggles.
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qrter
from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2004-04-05 14:50 [#01133485]
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the original dog was voiced by Jim Henson himself.
the Greek myth series uses Brian Henson, his son, as Jim H. had by then already had his fatal heartattack. :(
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-crazone
from smashing acid over and over on 2004-04-05 14:52 [#01133491]
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qrter; your avatar is from jim henson?
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bryce_berny
from chronno (Canada) on 2004-04-05 14:54 [#01133497]
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the soldier and death is a good storyteller story
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goDel
from ɐpʎǝx (Seychelles) on 2004-04-05 14:54 [#01133498]
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too much lesbian stuff, not enough puppets.....buy one of those male dolls and stop complaining.
too much lesbian stuff ...sicko
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qrter
from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2004-04-05 14:55 [#01133503]
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exactly.
the death in that episode is a nice puppet.
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qrter
from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2004-04-05 14:56 [#01133505]
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the Muppet Show, man!!
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acrid milk hall
from United Kingdom on 2004-04-10 03:50 [#01137450]
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my cousin had a video of storyteller when we were kids.
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