Ruffus The Dog – “The Emperor’s New Clothes”

In this notorious version of “The Emperor’s New Clothes”, Ruffus plays a dishonest tailor who takes advantage of a less-than-wise Emperor, preying upon his ego and vanity, to sell him something less than he had before – and more than his loyal subjects had bargained for.

Features the song: “Emperor’s New Clothes”

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“Life has no meaning if you don’t look good”

This one is a kids’ show. It sort of warms my heart that people are taking the risk of producing web series for kids. Or should I say, “The Kids.” Having said that, I have to admit that I have no intention of researching the producers and this series may have been funded with porn and/or drug and/or Shamwow money and is most likely leftist brain-softening propaganda.

This segment is a re-telling of “The Emporer’s New Clothes” and it pretty much stays true to the themes of the original, while offering enough new content to keep if from seeming like the producers were dumpster-diving in the annals of the public domain, hoping to hit big playing “flip this fable.”  Desperate selfish joking aside, this clip is really good.

Why is this worth watching? The writing and puppetry are really slick, it rolls along smoothly, it has a catchy original song, and it offers at least one penis size joke, in case you were worried that you wouldn’t have an opportunity to feel dirty and weird during the course of the 14 minute tale.

As a cynical adult, I found it a little distracting that the characters were shot on green screen and keyed into the 2d environments but I’m sure children would find that magical and whimsical.  All in all, this is a solid production. Show it to your kids.