Rip Van Winkle

"Rip Van Winkle" is an 1819 short story by Washington Irving and, along with "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," his best known tale (with both stories appearing in Irving's serialized collection The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.) It concerns a man in colonial America who wanders into the mountains and, after encountering a group of mysterious Dutchmen, falls asleep for two decades (having slumbered through [[the American Revolution). During his sleep, Rip grows a long beard, which has become the character's visual trademark and a pop culture signifier when characters end up in the future (via sleeping or time lapse dream sequences).

Connections

 * Tim Conway played a mayoral candidate in the Faerie Tale Theatre episode (1987)
 * Harry Dean Stanton played Rip Van Winkle in the Faerie Tale Theatre episode (1987)

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