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The Fool Of The World And His Flying Ship

"The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship" is based on a Russian folk tale. A proclamation went out through all the land that whosoever could build a flying ship would win the hand of the Tsar's daughter. The youngest son of a simple peasant shows up to claim her, and the dumbfounded Tsar quickly has second thoughts, setting several 'impossible" tasks for 'The Fool of the World' and his remarkable friends.

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Rabbit Ears' version of "The Fool and the Flying Ship" contains the following examples:

Crowning Momentof Funny: When the servant tries to tell the Tsar that peasants are on the ship, but the Tsar thought he said "phesants."
Big Eater: The Eater
Pinocchio Nose: The Fool actually has a long nose like Pinocchio's.
Robin Williams: The narrator
The Grotesque: All the characters.

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