Paul Frees: Narrator, Magic Mirror
Quotes
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Prince Charming : Mirror, l beseech your help, no matter what the cost. ln the name of love eternal... show me where l can find my beloved Snow White. Where is she? Tell me where.
[the mirror shows him the cabin where Snow White lives]
Magic Mirror : On mountain high, beyond the blue... thy faithful heart will guide thee true.
Prince Charming : I thank you with all my heart.
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[first lines]
Narrator : Once upon a time, in a far off land of Fortunia, there lived a noble king and his lovely young queen, who lacked but one blessing, to make their joy complete.
[the page turned to Larry]
Moe : Not you, come out of there!
[grabs and pull Larry's hair out]
Narrator : I beg your pardon, ladies and gentleman.
[turning the page]
Narrator : The good queen longed for a child to love, whose skin would be as white as snow, her lips as red as rubies, and her hair is black as ebony.
[the page turned to to Curly]
Moe : Who let you in?
Curly-Joe : My hair used to be black.
Moe : Out, before you get a pair of eyes to match!
[slaps Curly out]
Narrator : Really, this is most-- Sorry.
[turning the pages]
Narrator : The queen's prayers were answered. A child as delicate as a snowflake was born to her, and they called her Snow White.
[turning the pages]
Narrator : But the king's joy was swiftly changed to grief for his frail and gentle queen was taken from him and summoned back to heaven.
[turning the pages]
Narrator : The king mourned her with a broken heart; but at last, in submission to the pleading of his people, he wed again.
[turning the pages to Queen]
Narrator : But, alas, the new queen's heart was cold and evil.
Queen : Mirror mirror on the wall, who is fairest of them all?
Magic Mirror : Only truth reflects me, indeed. No one lives as fair as thee.
[turning the pages]
Narrator : But, she reckoned without Snow White, who even in childhood, showed the promise of a beauty that would one day far outshine the queen's.
[turning the pages]
Narrator : Now, it so happened that there dwelt in the neighboring kingdom of Bravuria, a fearless and handsome prince.
[turning the pages to Moe]
Curly-Joe : He said handsome.
Larry : Yeah, get out of there.
[They both grab Moe out]
Moe : Hold on, I'm a citizen!
Narrator : Gentleman, I must protest.
[dissolves to a young prince]
Narrator : This is Prince Charming, the hero of our story... destined to love Snow White with all his heart.
Moe : Come back here, you! That belongs to me! Give it to me!
Narrator : Gentleman, gentleman, not in front of royalty.
Curly-Joe : No, you don't!
Narrator : [sighs] A thousand pardons, ladies and gentleman.
Larry : Hey, wait for me!
Narrator : And If, by now you're wondering what on earth the Three Stooges have to do with the fairy tale of Snow White, it's very simple... ln this version, we're telling the story of...
[closes the book and reads the title]
Narrator : Snow White and the Three Stooges.
