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{{quote|''When people told themselves their past with stories,
''explained their present with stories,
''and foretold their future with stories,
''the best place by the fire was kept for . . . The Storyteller.'' |'''[[Opening Narration]]'''}}
One of [[Jim Henson]]'s hidden gems, '''''The StoryTeller''''' featured an enigmatic [[Trickster Mentor]] and his pet dog, sharing European folk tales with the audience. Wittily told with clever narration and artful animatronics, this short-lived series remains the best-kept secret of Henson's history.
The first set of nine episodes featured John Hurt as the storyteller and Brian Henson voicing the dog. A follow-up, ''The StoryTeller: Greek Myths'', featured a new storyteller, played by Michael Gambon, but the same dog; it lasted only four episodes.
A graphic novel with [http://natecosboom.tumblr.com/post/5582647532/jim-hensons-the-storyteller-cast-revealed nine stories announced] will be coming out in September 2011 by [[Archaia Entertainment]].
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* [[Affably Evil]]: The Cook in "The Luck Child". Despite being the self-confessed "nastiest" of a thieves band who he claims would happily slit a sleeping boy's throat, he takes pity on Lucky and helps him out several times with a sanguine attitude and loveable charm. Then again, when the Griffin ate his sisters and not him, he claims his cooking saved him...[[Fridge Horror|urgh]].
* [[Big Bad Ensemble]]: In "The Luck Child", the Storyteller describes the setting (implied to be Russia) as "ruled by two cold hearts". The first is the King, a cruel and greedy tyrant, and the second is the Griffon, a rampaging monster with a taste for human flesh.
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