The Truth About Mother Goose
1957 · 14 MIN · IMDB 7.1 · 461 VOTES · DIR. Bill Justice, Wolfgang Reitherman
Overview
We learn the true stories behind various nursery rhymes. Little Jack Horner: a servant to a city official was delivering a present to King Henry VIII, baked, as was the custom of the time, in a pie. The present was the deed to a valuable estate, which Horner stole. Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary: Mary Stuart brought "quite contrary" French style to the Scottish court. After a series of disastrous romances, she was jailed; the jailer's son, captivated by her, helped her escape. After a brief but disastrous attempted coup, she fled to England, where her sister, Queen Elizabeth, soon grew jealous and had her imprisoned. London Bridge: The bridge, finished in 1209, was soon lined by shops with luxury apartments upstairs, turning into a popular commercial and cultural zone. The Great Fire that broke out in 1666 spread to the bridge, but the houses were rebuilt. Over the ages, things decayed. In 1823, things finally got bad enough that the bridge was demolished and replaced.
Dialogue Timeline — 184 lines
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00:00:21 # What's the truth about Mother Goose?
00:00:37 # Conduct a thorough exposé
00:00:57 # Solve this age-old mystery
00:01:31 on his way to deliver a Christmas present to King Henry VIII.
00:02:08 ... which happened to be the deed to a valuable estate.
00:03:01 # Little Jack Horner
00:03:29 # How does your garden grow
00:03:55 Such conduct was frowned upon by the dour Scots
00:04:25 lies one of the most sinister and tragic stories in all history.
00:04:53 But this too, ended on a tragic note
00:05:31 After a few months, Mary's irresistible charms
00:06:00 Queen Elizabeth.
00:06:24 This was her fatal mistake.
00:06:56 # And pretty maids all in a row #
00:07:30 to unite North and South London.
00:08:33 drawing their customers from the tide of traffic
00:09:28 On one occasion a tournament was held on the bridge
00:10:49 Now and then a cargo ship would break away from its moorings
00:11:48 This was the famous Great Fire of London
00:12:31 undermining its foundations.
00:13:10 # London Bridge is falling down
00:13:46 But the original London Bridge still lives on
00:14:07 # Jumpin'jive, old London Bridge
00:14:29 # We'll close our book of history #