Unicorn Tales

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Unicorn Tales is a series of eight

Lyrics by writer unless otherwise specified. De Noia introduces many of the episodes in a jean jacket with a unicorn on the back. After a guest appearance by Isaac Asimov, later episodes are introduced by characters. Most lead into the story with "Once upon a time in the here and the now..."

1977

• The Magic Pony Ride (The Ugly Duckling), written by Bill C. Davis and Nick De Noia, music composed and conducted by Gerard Bernard Cohen, lyrics by Anne S. Orwin. Outcast Jennifer (Kelly Ellen Collins) relates to outcast pony Corny, who can talk to her.
• The Stowaway (Pinocchio), written by Nick De Noia, music by Gerard Bernard Cohen, lyrics by Anne S. Orwin. Orphan Peter (Alex Paez) escapes Italy by stowing away on a ship and tries to fit into Little Italy, where he is taken in by Gepetto De Angeles (Sid Baird), and aided by Jimmy the pizza man (Phil Black, choreographer for the series) who send him to school, where he tells tall tales to get people to like him, scratching his nose whenever he tells them.
• The Magic Hat (The Emperor's New Clothes), written by David Wolf, music by Jack Feldman. Andy (Alex Paez) is a new kid in the neighborhood and doesn't think kids will like him. Grover (Dennis Ferden), one of the movers, gives him a hat to help him inspire confidence in meeting others, telling him that it's magic. The other kids take to him right away, apart from bully Howard (John Femia) who wants the hat for himself.
• The Magnificent Major (
  video games. A robot called the Magnificent Major (Paul Gantt
  ) unobtrusively maintains a library and tries to protect her from The Grand Poloni, who tries to make her burn the book, which, despite her animosity toward reading, she is not willing to do. When the Grand Poloni puts her on trial, the Major has her read the book from the witness stand as her defense, changing public opinion.

• The Maltese Unicorn (The Boy Who Cried Wolf), written by David Wolf, music by Ed Linderman, arranged and conducted by Arnold Gross. Brian Watson (John Nevitt) has a reputation for fibbing, so when his parents' (Lea Collins, Peter Shawn) Maltese Unicorn statue that they purchased on their honeymoon is broken, Brian seeks out the help of a private detective, a goofy Sherlock Holmes enthusiast named Holmes McGuffin (Bill Drew) to determine who framed him, including investigating his sister (Kelly Ellen Collins) and grandmother (Lorna Dunes).
• Alex and the Wonderful Doo-Wah Lamp (Aladdin), written by David Wolf, music by Donald Alan Siegal, orchestrated by Michael Abene, lyrics by Susan Birkenhead. Alex Bramble (Alex Paez) loses the election for class president to Susan Underhill (Elise Stiefel), the most disliked person in his class. His sister (Ava Haddad) tries to cheer him up, but he realizes he is late to help Uncle Ernie (Phil Black) clean up his shop. While cleaning, he finds and old fashioned lamp and releases a trio of genies modeled on The Andrews Sisters: Jane (Jesse M. Cohen), Jan (Robin G. Cooley), and June (Kathy Ingraham) that grant him three wishes.
• Big Apple Birthday (
  Marcelino Sanchez
  ) who inform her that the unusual things that made them famous happened on days that began like any other.
• Carnival Circus (Cinderella), written by David Wolf, music by Thomas Tierney, orchestrated and conducted by J. 'Billy' Ver Planck. Andy (Alex Paez) is the ringmaster of a carnival circus the neighborhood kids are performing in the park. Kelly (Kelly Ellen Collins) wants to participate, but she thinks she is too clumsy and getting in the way too much. Andy tries to help her find her place in the circus as two idiots scheme to acquire the land on which they intend to perform, believing it to be rich in oil. Frannie (Ava Haddad) is performing as a fat lady using a fake suit, as are Elise Stiefel as the Bearded Lady and Peter Taylor as The World's Strongest Man. Howard (John Femia) and Lonnie (Michael Eric Kramer) return from The Magic Hat (Andy is presumably also the same character, as is Kelly, though her clumsiness was not address in the other film). Ultimately, Kelly becomes a hit as a clown, and the oil is explained away as the result of a leaky gas station formerly on the site.

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