Episode 12: Old King Cole

Mother Goose Stories
Written by	David Angus
Director	Brian Henson

The twelfth episode of Mother Goose Stories retells the nursery rhyme of "Old King Cole." The story was adapted from the tale of "Old King Cole" in L. Frank Baum's "Mother Goose in Prose."

Story

“Old King Cole was a merry old soul,
And a merry old soul was he;
He called for his pipe, and he called for his bowl,
And he called for his fiddlers three.”

Muppet Characters

Mother Goose, Goslings, King Cole, Donkey, Bread Peddler, The Prime Minister, The Chamberlain, The Fiddlers Three, Sheep

Cast

• James Conway as Page Boy

Video Releases

• Jim Henson's Mother Goose Stories: Jack & Jill (2005 DVD & VHS)

Notes

• The episode was packaged with "Eenie Meenie" and "Little Nut Tree" to create a half-hour episode for Disney Channel and other outlets.

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