Shelley Duvall Fairy Tale Theater

Three Little Pigs in a minute

On her first foray into film: ““I thought: boy, if it’s this easy, why doesn’t everybody act?”

The wonderful Shelley Duvall passed away today. Here is her version of The Three Little Pigs narrowed to a minute. From her 1986 Fairy Tale Theater

With Billy Crystal, Jeff Goldblum, Valerie Perrine. and Fred Willard.

Everybody loved Shelley. Look at the cast of her eccentric 1998 made-for-TV musical where Gordon Goose, Dan Gilroy, tries to solve the mystery of what happened to his mom, Mother Goose. Gilroy, her long-time partner, was with her until the last. Shortened to 3 minutes. The full movie is Here.

With Jean Stapleton, Harry Anderson, Cyndi Lauper, Terri Garr, Woody Harrelson, Art Garfunkel, Little Richard, Howie Mandel, Paul Simon (as Simple Simon), Brian Seltzer, Pia Zadora, Dweezel Zappa, Dusty Hill and Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top) Ben Vareen, Bobby Brown, and Deborah Harry.

One of my favorite Shelley Duvall movies, along with her Olive Oyl, Wendy in The Shining, and Millie in 3 Women, is Altman’s Thieves Like Us - below