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Starring
  
Various

Original language(s)
  
English

First episode date
  
25 September 1985

Network
  
Showtime

Presented by
  
Shelley Duvall

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IMDb

Created by
  
Shelley Duvall

Country of origin
  
United States

No. of seasons
  
2

Final episode date
  
2 January 1987

Number of seasons
  
2

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Also known as
  
Shelley Duvall's Tall Tales & Legends

Cast
  
Shelley Duvall, Rob Reiner, Megan Mullally, Michael Richards, Paul Rodriguez

Similar
  
Faerie Tale Theatre, Nightmare Classics, Happily Ever After: Fairy Tale, Shirley Temple's Storybook, CBS Schoolbreak Special

Tall Tales & Legends (also known as Shelley Duvall's Tall Tales & Legends) is an American anthology series created by actress Shelley Duvall, and produced by Fred Fuchs, following her success with her first anthology series, Faerie Tale Theatre. It ran from 1985–1987 on Showtime as well as The Disney Channel and comprised nine episodes, adapted from various American-based folk tales and stories of bravery. The series was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award. It itself was followed up by a four-part anthology series, titled Nightmare Classics.

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Episodes

  1. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
  2. Pecos Bill
  3. Casey at Bat
  4. Darlin' Clementine
  5. Johnny Appleseed
  6. Ponce De Leon
  7. John Henry
  8. Davy Crockett
  9. Annie Oakley

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Several episodes were issued on VHS by CBS/Fox Video in the 1980s. Lyrick Studios made it a nine video series on VHS in 1998. Koch Entertainment issued the entire series on DVD in 2005. The episodes were available as separate DVDs or together as a nine-disc box set. The complete series was issued again, this time in a three-DVD set, by E1 Entertainment in 2009.

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    References

    Tall Tales & Legends Wikipedia
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