Once Upon a Mattress

Once Upon a Mattress

78 mins | Comedy, Music, TV Movie | Dec. 12, 1972

The second television adaptation of Once Upon a Mattress was broadcast on December 12, 1972, on CBS. This production, videotaped in color, included original Broadway cast members Burnett, Gilford and White, and also featured Bernadette Peters as Lady Larken, Ken Berry as Prince Dauntless, Ron Husmann as Harry, and Wally Cox as The Jester. It was directed by Ron Field and Dave Powers. Again, several songs were eliminated and characters were combined or altered. Since the parts of the Minstrel and the Wizard were cut from this adaptation, a new prologue was written with Burnett singing "Many Moons Ago" as a bedtime story.

Once Upon a Mattress

78 mins | Comedy, Music, TV Movie | Dec. 12, 1972

Once Upon a Mattress
The second television adaptation of Once Upon a Mattress was broadcast on December 12, 1972, on CBS. This production, videotaped in color, included original Broadway cast members Burnett, Gilford and White, and also featured Bernadette Peters as Lady Larken, Ken Berry as Prince Dauntless, Ron Husmann as Harry, and Wally Cox as The Jester. It was directed by Ron Field and Dave Powers. Again, several songs were eliminated and characters were combined or altered. Since the parts of the Minstrel and the Wizard were cut from this adaptation, a new prologue was written with Burnett singing "Many Moons Ago" as a bedtime story.
IMDb rating 8.1
Producers CBS Television Studios
Original title Once Upon a Mattress
Directors Dave Powers, Roger Beatty, Ron Field
Writers Jay Thompson, Dean Fuller, Marshall Barer

Cast

Carol Burnett

as Princess Winifred the Woebegone

Ken Berry

as Prince Dauntless

Jane White

as Queen Aggravain

Bernadette Peters

as Lady Larkin

Jack Gilford

as King Sextimus

Wally Cox

as The Jester

Ron Husmann

as Sir Harry