Feb 22, 2007
Did you know that "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" is not really a folk tale? That's because it was written, at least in its present form, by the English poet Robert Southey (1774-1843) although he may have based it on an actual folk tale of some sort. In our version, which is based on his, Goldilocks is a Valley Girl...
Back on Thursday
Feb 19, 2007
We had to take last week off to put the final touches on our new
Shakespeare production Shakespeare
Shazam. After 14 hour days of sword fighting, sewing,
rehearsing and breathing Shakespeare the show is up and we'll be
back to our regular schedule of a new podcast every Thursday!
Happy Listening,
Dennis "The Bard",...
Feb 8, 2007
This week we present the Japanese folk tale of Amaterasu, a goddess who was in charge of the sun, and went to hide in a cave when her feelings were hurt, taking the sun away with her. How did her siblings coax her into returning and bringing back the sunshine? Find out in this, one of many, many tales of...
Feb 1, 2007
Who was the tallest, strongest, most "Texas" tall tale hero of them all? Why, it was Pecos Bill.
Pecos Bill
In the heyday of the cattle drive, when cowboys would gather around the campfire after a hard day's work, they might entertain themselves by outdoing each other in spinning whoppers. Pecos Bill grew (and grew, and...