Muppet Wiki

Kermiteye Welcome to Muppet Wiki!


Please visit Special:Community to learn how you can collaborate with the editing community.

READ MORE

Muppet Wiki
Register
mNo edit summary
mNo edit summary
(5 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
 
[[File:Snuffleupagus Fairy.JPG|thumb|300px]]
 
[[File:Blue suede blues.jpg|thumb|300px]]
 
[[File:Blue suede blues.jpg|thumb|300px]]
[[File:Kermit and robin wait.jpg|thumb|300px]]
 
 
'''The Elves and the Shoemaker''' is an 1806 fairy tale by [[The Brothers Grimm]]. The story is about a poor shoemaker who gets much-needed help from [[Elves|elves]].
 
'''The Elves and the Shoemaker''' is an 1806 fairy tale by [[The Brothers Grimm]]. The story is about a poor shoemaker who gets much-needed help from [[Elves|elves]].
   
Line 6: Line 6:
 
*The story was spoofed in ''[[The Sesame Street ABC Storybook]]'' as "The Sock-maker and the Snuffle-upagus." In the story, the sock maker promised to sew socks for the entire town, but he goes to bed before finishing. [[The Snuffleupagus Fairy]] then appears (witnessed only by [[Big Bird]]) and finishes sewing the rest of the socks while also making a mess in the sock maker's workshop. The story was later reprinted in ''[[The Sesame Street Library Volume 9]]'' and ''[[The Sesame Street Treasury Volume 12]]''.
 
*The story was spoofed in ''[[The Sesame Street ABC Storybook]]'' as "The Sock-maker and the Snuffle-upagus." In the story, the sock maker promised to sew socks for the entire town, but he goes to bed before finishing. [[The Snuffleupagus Fairy]] then appears (witnessed only by [[Big Bird]]) and finishes sewing the rest of the socks while also making a mess in the sock maker's workshop. The story was later reprinted in ''[[The Sesame Street Library Volume 9]]'' and ''[[The Sesame Street Treasury Volume 12]]''.
   
  +
*The story was featured in a [[Sesame Street News Flash]] sketch, in which [[Reporter Kermit|Kermit]] attempts to report on three elves bringing shoes to the shoemaker, but is frustrated when they bring several unrelated objects that rhyme with shoe. {{eka|1316}}
<div style="margin-left:10px;">
 
<gallery orientation=landscape perrow=2 widths=150 spacing=small hideaddbutton=true>
 
File:Sockmaker.jpg
 
File:Snuffleupagus Fairy.JPG
 
</gallery>
 
</div>
 
   
 
*The ''[[Muppet Classic Theater]]'' adaption of the story featured [[Kermit the Frog]] as the Shoemaker, who makes shoes so ugly that nobody will buy them. The banker demands that he and his nephew [[Robin the Frog|Robin]] pay half of what they owe him the next day. Robin wishes for a miracle, and [[The Elvises|three elves]] come and make blue suede shoes that people will buy.
 
*The ''[[Muppet Classic Theater]]'' adaption of the story featured [[Kermit the Frog]] as the Shoemaker, who makes shoes so ugly that nobody will buy them. The banker demands that he and his nephew [[Robin the Frog|Robin]] pay half of what they owe him the next day. Robin wishes for a miracle, and [[The Elvises|three elves]] come and make blue suede shoes that people will buy.

Revision as of 00:53, 10 October 2012

Snuffleupagus Fairy
Blue suede blues

The Elves and the Shoemaker is an 1806 fairy tale by The Brothers Grimm. The story is about a poor shoemaker who gets much-needed help from elves.

References

  • The story was featured in a Sesame Street News Flash sketch, in which Kermit attempts to report on three elves bringing shoes to the shoemaker, but is frustrated when they bring several unrelated objects that rhyme with shoe. (EKA: Episode 1316)
  • The Muppet Classic Theater adaption of the story featured Kermit the Frog as the Shoemaker, who makes shoes so ugly that nobody will buy them. The banker demands that he and his nephew Robin pay half of what they owe him the next day. Robin wishes for a miracle, and three elves come and make blue suede shoes that people will buy.


Wikipedia has an article related to: