Mother Goose Stories
G • 1980 • Adventure
This delightful series, directed by Brian Henson, takes a light-hearted look at familiar nursery rhymes. Each episode features Mother Goose, who shares these nursery rhymes with her three impatient, fluffy goslings.
Episodes
Pussy Cat Pussy Cat & Little Bo Peep & Willie Winkie
Why won’t the Queen come out of her chamber? / Sheep give Little Bo Peep trouble / Wee Willie Winkie is late to bed
Pat-A-Cake & The Giant & It's Raining, It's Pouring
Monsieur Le Pat-A-Cake is asked to bake a cake for the King / There’s a giant on the loose! / The King goes to bed and bumps his head
Queen of Hearts & Banbury Cross & Hickety Pickety
The Queen of Hearts baked some tarts / Nicholas wants a real pony / Hickety Pickety is a hen who lays nine eggs and sometimes ten
Tommy Tittlemouse & Mother Hubbard & The Prince and The Beggars
"Tommy’s pastime is going fishing in a ditch / Mother Hubbard’s cupboard is bare! / The King lets Prince Lilimond rule for a day"
Song of Sixpence & Jack and Jill & Twinkle Twinkle
Young Gilligren sets off with sixpence to make himself rich / Jack and Jill go up the hill / Stella gets her wish from a shooting star
Mary's Little Lamb & Mary Mary & Man In The Moon
Mary’s school rule says “no pets!” / Mary Mary Quite Contrary tries to grow some flowers / Why is there no moon in the sky?
Margery Daw & Hector Protector & Baa Baa Blacksheep
Jackie the scarecrow is supposed to scare crows / Only Hector Protector can save the day / Can Baa Baa grow more than two bags full of wool?
Dicky Birds & Rub A Dub Dub & Humpty Dumpty
Two little dicky birds would like to become royal birds / A butcher, a baker, and a candlestickmaker set sail / A prince needs a riddle
Hickory Dickory Dock & Duke of York & Hey Diddle Diddle
Three mice are still awake after midnight / The Grand Old Duke’s castle has been taken over / Little Bobby tries to write a song
Old King Cole & Eenie Meenie & Little Nut Tree
Old King Cole was a merry old soul / Eenie, Meenie, Minie, and Khan are all in Mr. Mo’s circus / Tom has a little nut tree but nothing will it bear
Little Girl With A Curl & Crooked Man & Tommy Tucker
Jenny must show the wolves how bad she can be / Wrigley Squiggley is the only straight person in the crooked land / Tommy Tucker sings for his food
Eensy Weensy & Jack Horner & Boy Blue
Eensy Weensy Spider is washed down the water spout / Jack hears some urgent cries / Boy Blue is asleep while he should be at work
Miss Muffet & Jack Be Nimble & Peter Pumpkin Eater
Miss Muffet has run off! / Who will win the pot of gold by jumping over the Great Candle? / Peter’s passion for his pumpkin patch poses problems