Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics
Season 1
1987 • 24 Episodes
Episodes
1. The Travelling Musicians of Bremen
October 21, 1987
An old donkey who can no longer haul heavy loads overhears his master's plan to kill him and eat him. So, he runs away to the town of Bremen to become a musician. Along the way, he meets a dog, a cat, and a rooster who join him.
2. Hansel and Gretel
October 28, 1987
Due to a devastating famine, two children, Hansel and Gretel, are abandoned in the woods by their cruel stepmother and are lured to a gingerbread house inhabited by a child-eating witch.
3. The Frog Prince (1)
November 4, 1987
A selfish princess learns a lesson in humility and consideration for others from a talking frog.
4. The Frog Prince (2)
November 11, 1987
No overview available.
5. Little Red Riding Hood
November 18, 1987
A little girl on her way through the woods to her grandmother's house is accosted by a sneaky, hungry wolf.
6. The Golden Goose
November 25, 1987
A young simpleton is gifted a golden goose in return for an act of kindness. When three scheming sisters plot to steal the goose, they become stuck to it and every person who tries to free them becomes stuck in turn until they perform an unselfish act.
7. Puss in Boots (1)
December 2, 1987
A clever cat schemes and cajoles to elevate his master's social and financial status.
8. Puss in Boots (2)
December 9, 1987
No overview available.
9. Snow White and Rose Red
December 16, 1987
Two sisters are visited in winter by a talking bear, but he leaves in the spring speaking of riches to protect and an evil spell. Then Snow White and Rose Red keep encountering a helpless but cold gnome, and later a prince seeking his lost brother.
10. Snow White (1)
December 23, 1987
A vain and wicked queen orders the death of her stepdaughter, Snow White, for exceeding her beauty. But Snow White flees into the woods where she meets seven friendly dwarfs who help to protect her when the queen comes to finish the job.
11. Snow White (2)
December 30, 1987
No overview available.
12. Snow White (3)
January 6, 1988
No overview available.
13. Snow White (4)
January 13, 1988
No overview available.
14. The Six Who Went Far
January 20, 1988
A soldier is unjustly compensated by a money-hoarding king and princess. Forced to fend for himself, he meets five remarkable friends: a strongman, one who can run faster than any other human, one whose bare head can create ice and snow, one whose breath extends for a distance, and one who can see and shoot for miles. The soldier inspires them to follow him, then they decide to stop the cruelty of the country's rulers.
15. The Water of Life
January 27, 1988
A young prince in line to inherit a kingdom goes on a quest for the Water of Life to save his ailing father, the King's, life. But the prince's older brother, wanting the kingdom for himself, tries to steal the Water to prove his worth to the King and get in his good favor again.
16. Bluebeard
February 3, 1988
Josephine's dreams of marrying a prince seem to come true when one sends for her in her forest home. Though her brothers are wary of her wedding a man none of them has met, she accepts eagerly - but is startled by his striking beard of blue. The prince, who provides Josephine with every luxury until she becomes haughty, has only one locked, mismatched room in his castle he will not discuss. When he leaves her with his keys and instructions to see that one is not used, Josephine is lured by it to the forbidden room, and a terrible secret.
17. Jorinde and Joringel
February 10, 1988
When Jorinde and her fiancé Joringel visit the woods, its witch they unknowingly encountered earlier draws them to her home and turns Jorinde into a nightingale and takes her as she does every maid she meets. After being unable to move to stop it, Joringel is driven out of the woods by her magic with only a puzzling message from Jorinde, and can't see a way to best the magic to free her.
18. Briar Rose
February 17, 1988
No overview available.
19. Old Sultan
February 24, 1988
No overview available.
20. King Grizzle Beard
March 2, 1988
No overview available.
21. The Naughty Spirit
March 9, 1988
No overview available.
22. The Worn-Out Dancing Shoes
March 13, 1988
No overview available.
23. Cinderella (1)
March 23, 1988
No overview available.
24. Cinderella (2)
March 30, 1988
No overview available.