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Aesop's Fables

Oct 31, 1971

0h 25m

★ 0.0

Every story has a lesson.

Overview

A collection of the classic morality tales narrated by Bill Cosby as "Aesop" that have been passed down from family to family for thousands of years. Every story has a lesson.

Genres

TV Movie

Animation

Family

Comedy

Fantasy

Production Companies

Lorimar Productions

Filmation Associates

Aesop's Fables Trailers

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Cast

Aesop

Bill Cosby

Joey

Keith Hamilton

Marta

Jere Fields

(voice)

John Byner

(voice)

John Erwin

(voice)

Dal McKennon

(voice)

Larry Storch

(voice)

Jane Webb

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0.0

The Sycamore

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5.9

Mr. Deeds

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0.0

Sport Competition in the Forest

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Fable about woodland creatures holding a competitive sporting event. However, when the wolf and fox kidnap the napping pig, everyone bands together to boil the kidnappers alive.

6.5

The King and the Goblin

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Wealthy but alone, a king spends his days obsessively polishing shiny objects throughout his opulent castle. After a visit from a puckish forest wizard, the king earns a blessing – or curse – that turns anything he touches to gold.

7.6

The Little Fox

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A tale about a little fox Vuk from the novel of the famous Hungarian writer István Fekete.

6.0

Sparrows

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In a Buddhist temple, young monks begin their meditation when the master arrives. One of the children is distracted by a sparrow and follows the bird outside the monastery. Here begins a walk off the beaten paths that goes to the tour of his lifetime. When he has become an old monk, he returns back to the temple where young monks are waiting for him. One of them is distracted by a sparrow…

7.0

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0.0

On the Forest Stage

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The animated film was created based on the fables of Sergey Mikhalkov "Cautious birds" and "Hare in the hops." Drake with his assistants arranges a performance on the forest stage for animals. He tells fables about forest dwellers from the stage.

4.6

The Daydreamer

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A young Hans Christian Andersen goes in search of knowledge in the Garden of Paradise in order to make his studies easier. Each time he falls asleep, he experiences in his dreams the different characters he would later write about in fairy tales including The Little Mermaid, Thumbelina, and The Emperor's New Clothes.

0.0

Androcles and the Lion

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6.5

The Grasshopper and the Ants

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0.0

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Yasha and Leonid Brezhnev

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