Ever wonder how Humpty Dumpty got his name, or who ordered Rain, Rain To Go Away? The Real Story series brings new life to those traditional nursery rhymes we have all sung about and imagined.
The Prince of Darkness puts Pierrot, the person responsible for changing night into day, into a deep slumber in the city in the sky. He is therefore unable to make the sun rise. The Prince of Darkness' plan is to have eternal darkness. Pierrot's assistant Marvin, a spunky courageous female moth with a male name, jumps on the escape pod - a shooting star - and flies to Earth in hopes of finding a hero to come and start anew the cycle of night and day.
With the help of the Master Wolf, Baa Baa makes a daring breakout from the Muttonville State Pen. In order to thank the Master Wolf, Baa Baa sets up his wool racket. and proceeds to rob the fleece right off the backs of the sheepizens of Muttonville.
Instead of ringing the morning bell, Brother Jacques is sleeping -- much to the annoyance of Father Abbot. When Jacques gets his bell act together , he wakes the King of Insomnia (who has just that). At first he's in big trouble until an evil wizard casts a spell that puts the king to sleep for all eternity.
Olivia Orderly is the birthday girl at the Orderly Mansion, but she is unhappy because she has no one to play with except for her less than kind caretaker Snitchgrovel. Her only real friend is Charlie The Horse (Ed Asner) who is the narrator of our story. But on the day before her birthday, the entire Orderly Mansion is thrown upside down when Barnaby (Roger Daltrey) comes along looking for a job.
When the travelling circus comes to town, Maximiilian Mole meets Margaret Mouse, one of the acrobats, and it's love at first sight. Max is kind of clutsy so he doesn't believe that Margaret will even notice him, but unbeknownst to him, Margaret feels the same way. The circus manager does his best to keep them apart and Max almost gives up.
When Glitch the Witch and Scratch the Cat set out to steal eggs from Farmer Dumpty's farm for a poison pie, Glitch zaps one, and Humpty Dumpty is born!
Believe it or not, the little teapot is the same teapot from the Mad Hatter's tea party in Alice in Wonderland. And the Mad Hatter is so mad at the Little Teapot after Alice leaves that he wants to turn him into ordinary crockery!
