Writing is very rarely less than very funny, and often hilarious. The music has a pleasant energy and lilt, and it's all brightly and breezily directed. ![]() The lighting and sets/scenery are pleasingly atmospheric and picturesque and at least with the costumes it's easy to figure out what the characters are meant to be. ![]() Visually, "The Three Little Pigs" is above decent, not one of the best-looking of the show but not one of the cheapest either. Both approaches 'Faerie Tale Theatre' does well (though in some episodes better than others on both counts), and 'The Three Little Pigs' is one of those stories that lends itself well to not being played straight and really benefits from that approach and the significant character expansion. Without question, and definitely one of the most successful episodes of the show to play for laughs or go for humour rather than play it straight. Fans fairly widely consider "The Three Little Pigs" one of the funniest episodes of 'Faerie Tale Theatre'. The original story is entertaining if slight, what 'Faerie Tale Theatre's' version does is stick to the basic details and spirit and doing so while giving the story a refreshing and necessary freshness and expanding on the characters' personalities (so instead of the Third Pig and the wolf being the only really, really interesting ones, all the characters are distinct). It's episodes like "The Three Little Pigs" that epitomise what 'Faerie Tale Theatre' is all about. 'Faerie Tale Theatre' puts its own magical spin on the best of the episodes while still capturing the essence of the stories, while also giving further enjoyments in seeing talented performers in early roles or in roles that are departures from their usual roles. Many of their adaptations of various well-known and well-loved fairy tales are charming, clever and sometimes funny, a few even emotionally moving. ![]() There is a lot to like about the 'Faerie Tale Theatre' series.
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