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Where to watch "Tall Tales & Legends"
9. Davy Crockett
1986 - Season 1
Davy Crockett was the ultimate hero of the wild frontier, and fought and died gallantly at the battle of the Alamo against the Mexican invasion of Texas.
8. John Henry
1986 - Season 1
Danny Glover stars as John Henry, the American folk hero who gave his all to prove that while the industrial revolution was indeed a boon to the country, the power, strength, and integrity of a ""natural born man"" could never be replaced by a machine.
7. Ponce De Leon
1986 - Season 1
He traveled with Columbus on his second voyage, discovered Florida, and searched for the fabled Fountain of Youth.
6. Johnny Appleseed
1986 - Season 1
The story of the boy who loved to eat apples, portrayed by Martin Short in JOHNNY APPLESEED. He ate apples all his life and hardly anything else. But then, he discovers the consequences...This is a charming and humorous tall tale from this wonderfully amazing series.
5. My Darlin' Clementine
1986 - Season 1
This is one of the more complex features in this show. DARLIN' CLEMENTINE is based on the famous song. Shelley Duvall plays a beautiful maiden who is loved by all. This was one of the most complex features because the cast and crew all had to work together to find the perfect plot.
4. Casey at the Bat
1986 - Season 1
Elliott Gould as the newsboy-capped benchsitter who wants nothing more than a chance to play. Finally granted his wish, he turns out to be an ace hitter, elevating the struggling sport's profile and foiling the plans of an evil mud factory magnate to buy the stadium on the cheap and turn it into a sludge dump. Aided by his faithful fiancée (Carol Kane) and a magical mentor (Bill Macy), Gould fights the good fight until the mogul tempts him with a less-than-virtuous beauty.
3. Pecos Bill
1986 - Season 1
Elliott Gould as the newsboy-capped benchsitter who wants nothing more than a chance to play. Finally granted his wish, he turns out to be an ace hitter, elevating the struggling sport's profile and foiling the plans of an evil mud factory magnate to buy the stadium on the cheap and turn it into a sludge dump. Aided by his faithful fiancée (Carol Kane) and a magical mentor (Bill Macy), Gould fights the good fight until the mogul tempts him with a less-than-virtuous beauty.
2. Annie Oakley
1985 - Season 1
Shelley Duvall narrates this tale of the surest shot in the west. Annie joins Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show and becomes one of the most celebrated performers of all time.
1. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
1985 - Season 1
A retelling of Washington Irving's 1820 Halloween novel.
