Once Upon A Mattress is a TV adaptation of the 1959 Broadway musical -- a send-up of “The Princess and the Pea” that initially made a name out of its young star, Carol Burnett.
Plot[]
In this hilarious tweaking of the fairy tale, “The Princess and the Pea”, Queen Aggravain has ruled that none may marry until her son, Prince Dauntless marries. However, she has managed to sabotage every princess that come along. When Sir Harry and Lady Larken learn that they are going to be parents, wed or not, he goes off to the swamps and brings back Princess Winnifred (“Fred” to her friends). The queen is horrified and immediately begins to scheme, but Winnifred, with some help from Sir Harry, the King, and the Jester, isn’t going to be quite so easy to get rid of
Cast[]
- Carol Burnett as Queen Aggravain
- Brittany Gray as Ensemble
- Tracey Ullman as Princess Winnifred
- Denis O'Hare as Prince Dauntless
- Zooey Deschanel as Lady Larken
- Matthew Morrison as Sir Harry
- Michael Boatman as The Jester
- Tom Smothers as King Sextimus
- Edward Hibbert as The Wizard
- Michelle Harrison as Princess #12
- Shailene Woodley as Molly
Details[]
- Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
- Studio: Buena Vista Home Entertainment/Disney
- DVD Release Date: December 20, 2005
- Run Time: 90 minutes
- ASIN: B000ATQYVK
Trivia[]
- The original airing on The Wonderful World of Disney had an introductory sequence taking place in the present day at the Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World where a little girl attempts to ask Snow White and Belle about Princess Winnifred, before bumping into Burnett who tells her the story.
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