Once Upon a Mattress

I remember watching this as a child. I already was a fan of Carol Burnett and remember being excited about seeing her in this movie on television. Afterwards I wanted my mother to put a pea under my mattress! Of course, being a little girl, I knew I was a princess and wanted to prove it! Lol This was such a magical movie for me from a classic fairy tale. I wish they would air it again. Yes, by today's standards the set is tacky. That's part of what makes this movie so good. A child could use their imaginations. The colors could be whatever they imagined them to be. If my memory is correct, this was in b&w. If I could find it on dvd, I would buy it, if only for the nostalgia factor.

I watched this in 1972 and I loved the ending, as I didn't know the previous history of the on-stage musical (musicals?) that preceded it. Always better the first time.

And I loved the supporting cast, especially Wally Cox's role. I sense that Wally Cox's star has faded more than others in his class of performers.

Early in the DVD era, I found somebody on eBay offering taped-from-the-air video of pretty poor quality, and I bought it. But I just learned that in 2016, TimeLife came out with UPC 610583525496, "Carol+2", which includes this show, though it's not in the cover art.

I'm only including this here because there doesn't appear to be a way to answer my fellow member's "Q".

So, it's classic, it's good, it's available, you can watch it with your kids (if you pry them away from their tech)... what else do you need to know?