The Little Mermaid

Lobsters singing "Under the Water" on Dinosaurs.

The Little Mermaid is a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen first published in 1837 about a young mermaid willing to sacrifice her life in the sea and her identity as a mermaid to gain a human soul and the love of a human prince. The most famous adapation came from The Walt Disney Company in 1989, with the Academy Award winning animated musical, which it adapated into a Broadway musical in 2007.

The Disney animated movie was also the inspiration for the unaired pilot Little Mermaid's Island, which featured puppets built by The Muppet Workshop, created during Jim Henson's courtship with Disney.

References

• In the Dinosaurs episode "Honey I Miss the Kids", Baby Sinclair watches "Little Underwater Girl" on TV. A trio of lobsters sing "Under the Water", a spoof of "Under the Sea" from Disney's version.

• The album Big Bird presents Hans Christian Andersen features the story of The Little Mermaid as told by Big Bird.

• Sesam, luk dig op features the famed bronze statue of The Little Mermaid in Copenhagen during its opening credits.

Connections

• Howard Ashman wrote the lyrics for Disney's 1989 animated film, and the Broadway adaptation.
• Jonathan Freeman played Grimsby in Disney's Broadway adaptation.
• Buddy Hackett voiced Scuttle in the 1989 animated film
• Dan Haskett worked on Disney's animated feature.
• Alan Menken wrote the music for Disney's 1989 animated film, and the Broadway adaptation.
• Brett O'Quinn puppeteered Walt Disney World's Voyage of the Little Mermaid.
• Will Ryan voiced the Seahorse in Disney's animated feature.
• Tara Strong voiced Melody in The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea.
• Samuel E. Wright voiced Sebastian in the feature film, its sequels, and the telelvision series.
• Frank Welker provides Max's barking and growling in the 1989 Disney animated film, and The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea.

External links

• IMDb for Disney's 1989 animated film