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For years, Grimm Party was considered a lost episode of Faerie Tale Theatre. I didn’t know much about it going into these reviews, either. When I found out it was packaged with the complete series I was more than a little excited, and knew I had to include it in these reviews. What could it be? A behind-the-scenes look at how the show was made? An in-depth documentary detailing the grim and often amorphous history of the fairytales adapted? A mindbendingly surreal crossover episode with all the fairytales that makes the Mad Hatter’s tea party look like dinner with Ben Stein?
It turns out to be none of things.
It’s a clip show.
Just another crummy clip show occasionally interspersed with some of the actors talking about their roles in a way that feels more coerced than candid.
Granted, it does boast several generations of the most beloved entertainers of all time in one room and there are a few interesting things to talk about. So let’s get this Grimm Party started, shall we?
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