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Mother Goose Stories

  • 1990 – 1992
  • Ended
  • Kids · Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Family
  • ~8m / ep
  • 3 seasons
  • 7.0/10

Jim Henson's Mother Goose Stories was a children's television show hosted by Mother Goose, who tells her three goslings the stories behind well-known nursery rhymes.

Latest: Season 3 · 1992

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  1. E1. Queen of Hearts

    Aug 22, 1992 · 8m

    The Queen of Hearts baked some tarts, all on a summer's day because the King of Clubs is coming, but a knave steals them away! (The episode retells the nursery rhyme of "The Queen of Hearts.")

  2. E2. Hickety Pickety

    Aug 29, 1992 · 8m

    Hickety Pickety is a hen who lays nine eggs and sometimes ten. But when the truth is revealed, the other hens get a boost. (The episode retells the nursery rhyme of "Hickety Pickety My Black Hen.")

  3. E3. Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat

    Sep 5, 1992 · 8m

    The queen is in her chamber. All she wants to eat is cheese supplied each day by Ellen's dairy. Why won't the queen come out? (The episode retells the nursery rhyme of "Pussy Cat Pussy Cat." The story was adapted from the tale of "Pussy-cat Mew" in L. Frank Baum's "Mother Goose in Prose.")

  4. E4. Peter, Peter Pumpkin Eater

    Sep 12, 1992 · 8m

    Peter's passion for his pumpkin patch poses problems for his wife until their son provides the answer: they can grow themselves a house! (The episode retells the nursery rhyme of "Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater.")

  5. E5. Banbury Cross

    Sep 19, 1992 · 8m

    Nicholas wants a real pony more than anything. Will he win the contest and the pony? (The episode was originally titled "Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury Cross", based on the nursery rhyme of the same name.)

  6. E6. It's Raining, It's Pouring

    Sep 26, 1992 · 8m

    The King is always working and he never has time to play, until one night he goes to bed and bumps his head. (The episode retells the nursery rhyme of "It's Raining, It's Pouring.")

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