Comments on: Bake the Hall in the Candle of Her Brain

Bake the Hall in the Candle of Her Brain

StopMakingSense — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 21:59:17 -0800

Jim Henson's The Frog Prince

Also, related, but not really: Mary Martin's Peter Pan

By: YamwotIam

YamwotIam — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 22:08:15 -0800

Crimony. The Frog Prince scared the crap out of me when I was a wee 'un. I'd forgotten all about it until now. Thanks, I think. I believe I'll just sit here for a while and see what other skeletons come tumbling outta that closet.

By: Nathaniel W

Nathaniel W — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 22:19:20 -0800

This special marks the first time that Kermit the Abstractly-Lizard-Looking-Thing became Kermit the Frog. It also features some awesome Sweetums villainy and Taminella, a really cool witch puppet. I have had dreams of waiting on line at an information booth only to find her demented visage barking snarky insults at me once I get to the front.

By: Clave

Clave — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 22:24:18 -0800

Do they resolve whatever happened to the Golden Ball? That might affect whether I watch even a minute of it.

By: Navelgazer

Navelgazer — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 22:26:01 -0800

When I was a toddler, my mother was put in charge of looking after me and many neighbor kids for a day She went out to the video store and rented this for us, put it on, and left to handle whatever else she had to deal with that day. A few minutes later, she heard a cry, "He doesn't have any clothes on!," and ran in to find that the video store had accidentally given her a porn by the same title. Which she had put on for a group of toddlers. No, she never lived that down.

By: Clave

Clave — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 23:00:54 -0800

Not the "Golden Ball" I meant, Navelgazer, but do you remember if it was any good?

By: klanawa

klanawa — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 00:30:37 -0800

frogs. named wayne and garth? did i hear that right?

By: Pallas Athena

Pallas Athena — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 02:26:38 -0800

AGGGGHHHH I'm 5 again.

By: escabeche

escabeche — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 05:57:23 -0800

My little sister played the soundtrack record every night before she went to sleep for two years.

By: fish tick

fish tick — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 07:58:15 -0800

Have another popover, froggy! This is great - thanks!

By: lampoil

lampoil — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 08:01:17 -0800

You know, I always remembered this and the Faerie Tale Theatre version as the same, though they are clearly NOT. The Faerie Tale Theatre version was recently challenged at a library in Arizona.

By: Item

Item — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 09:05:10 -0800

From your challenged link: Patricia Wira said she was shocked by [George] Carlin's language on an audio book she checked out. In other news, Patricia Wira recently discovered that FIRE BAD and IT HURT, IT HURT!

By: Elsa

Elsa — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 09:35:45 -0800

My little sister played the soundtrack record every night before she went to sleep for two years. ... brother?

By: Elsa

Elsa — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 09:37:00 -0800

I did listen to the record of this every night for a couple of years, after lights out.

By: Oriole Adams

Oriole Adams — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 10:33:58 -0800

I used an abbreviated version of Henson's Frog Prince for my entry in the children's storytelling category of our forensics competition. Won first prize in school competition, second at the district level and an "honorable mention" at the regionals. Probably would've done better if I could've managed more convincing Kermit voice. I love this story, though. (Also love the Muppet Musicians of Brementown.)

By: fuzzbean

fuzzbean — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 17:57:16 -0800

Oh goodness. I grew up with this movie. My siblings and I would regularly sing, "It's ever so jolly just being a frog" in the car. And make jokes about popovers when someone was being particularly obstreperous. I've been searching periodically for it to come out on DVD rather than video, but this is good enough. Thanks for finding this glorious piece of my childhood. (P.S. We had the Mary Martin Peter Pan too.)