Oy! G'day, mate! This time, we're serving up a Famous Classic Tales episode from 1970, back when Air Programs International of Australia was developing the series.
"Tales of Washington Irving" adapts the author's most famous works, Rip Van Winkle & The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Ya might want to pay close attention to the latter story, which is up first, to get a handle on Fox's modern day Sleepy Hollow, which has little to do with the book or Tim Burton's adaptation of same from a few years back. Instead, Fox is trying to copy CBS' success with Elementary, but we'll discuss that another day over in The Land of Whatever.
Anyway, I remember seeing this the first time around. Sleepy Hollow has been adapted more often than Rip Van Winkle through the years, for obvious reasons.
Edit, 6/25/19: Had to change the video. The trailer was also used for a series review of Famous Classic Tales:
Maybe back then, they should've invented the alarm clock for Mr. Van Winkle, don't you think?
Rating: A.
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