. . . episode of The Bullwinkle Show has disappeared into the bowels of the Internet as if it had never existed. The on-screen title is given as THE ELVES AND THE SHOEMAKER, but the DVD index calls it THE SHOEMAKER AND THE ELVES #2. At any rate, it is busted bedtime stories' second stab at adapting this classic tale, previously the source for dozens of earlier cartoon variations. The original splintered fairy tale featured a cobbler who doubled as a frustrated artist, saddled with a scheming spouse who ended up cornering the market for high-end footwear. This second, seemingly unavailable, take on the story centers on a three-way conflict between a shoemaker, an unhinged monarch and a rogue band of troublemaking elves. The last line here is "There's no business like s-h-o-e business."
The Bullwinkle Show: Boris Badenov and His Friends?/Bars of Steal, or The Hard Cell
(1961)
The so-called broken fairy tale from this . . .
Season 2, Episode 42
20 March 2024