The BEST episodes of Faerie Tale Theatre season 1
Every episode of Faerie Tale Theatre season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Faerie Tale Theatre season 1!
Shelley Duvall’s Faerie Tale Theatre brings to life twenty-six of the most magical fairy tales of all time. Directed by such masters of cinema as Tim Burton and Francis Ford Coppola, and star-powered by Robin Williams, Billy Crystal, Mick Jagger, James Earl Jones, Howie Mandel, Christopher Reeve, Susan Sarandon and more, this collection is an unparalleled treasury of best-loved tales of enchantment, adventure and wonder.
#1 - Rumpelstiltskin
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/16/1982
Boasting about one's daughter is one thing, telling the king she can spin straw into gold is quite another- especially when the penalty for failure is death! What will the millers daughter do? Call on the assistance of a strange little man who in exchange for spinning straw into gold -- wants her first born child! The only way to save herself from a terrible fate is to guess the little man's name.
#2 - The Tale Of The Frog Prince
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/11/1982
Robin Williams and Terri Garr star in this wonderful adaption of the frog prince. Angered by the lack of an invitation to the christening, the prince's godmother goes into a rage and transforms the baby into a frog. A few years later the beautiful and vain princess loses her magic ball down the well,the frog takes pity on her and gets it out in exchange for a night in the castle, he will eat with her and sleep with her.she tries to blow him off but the king (Rene` Auberjournois) finds out and forces her to let the frog stay.after a brilliant battle with a scorpion the princess kisses him and "POOF," he turns back into a prince.