King Cole’s Party (1987)
film 2 in Wee Sing series
by Pamela Beall, Susan Hagen Nipp, Susan Shadburne

39 characters in this story:

Character (Click links for info about character and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)	Religious Affiliation	Team(s) [Notes]	Pub.	# app.
Old King Cole (King Cole) (lead character)		[king]	Bernard Lintott	30
Jack		[w/Jill went up hill in famed nursery rhyme]	John Newbery	23
Jill		[w/Jack went up hill in famed nursery rhyme]	John Newbery	23
Little Boy Blue		[nursery rhyme: fell asleep, lost track of his sheep]	Mary Cooper	30
Mary (Mary Sawyer)		[from nursery rhyme; had a little lamb]	Marsh, Capen & Lyon	16
Little Lamb	N.A.	sheep [followed Mary to school one day]	Marsh, Capen & Lyon	4
Queen Cole (details)  Identified in credits simply as "Queen."		[queen]	Millennium Pictures; Wee Sing Productions	1
Humpty Dumpty	sentient inanimate	[egg from nursery rhyme; sat on a wall, had a great fall...]	Macmillan	40
Little Bo Peep (Bo Peep)		[lost her sheep]		77
Little Miss Muffet (Patience Muffet)		[1st app: Songs for the Nursery (1805)]	Benjamin Tabart	41
the butcher		three men in a tub	John Ebers and Co.; William Blackwood	6
the baker		three men in a tub	John Ebers and Co.; William Blackwood	6
the candlestick-maker		three men in a tub	John Ebers and Co.; William Blackwood	6
Little Tommy Tucker		[from nursery rhyme; sings for his supper]	Mary Cooper	9
Peter Piper		[farmer; musician]	J. Harris	10
The Crooked Man (Barnaby Crookedman)		[1st app: Nursery Rhymes of England (1842)]	T. Richards	8
The Crooked Man's Dog	anthropomorphic animal	dog		1
Polly		[ 1st app: Molly Put the Kettle On or Jenny's Baubie (1803) ]	Joseph Dale	2
Sukey (Susan)		[took the kettle off, to have tea with Polly]	Joseph Dale	2
Betty Botter		[bought some bitter butter]	Macmillan	4
Jack Be Nimble (Jack)		[1st app: Gammer Gurton's Garland (1815)]	R. Christopher	3
The Fiddlers Three (details)  portrayed by Shawn Rogers, Ross Huffman-Kerr, and Vincent Martinez		[played for Old King Cole]	Bernard Lintott	2
Little Jack Horner		[ate a Christmas pie]		28
Four and Twenty Blackbirds	N.A.	blackbird [baked in a pie; sang for king when pie was opened]	unknown	3
Daughter #1 (? Cole)		[1st app: King Cole's Party (1987)]	Millennium Pictures; Wee Sing Productions	1
Daughter #2 (? Cole)		[1st app: King Cole's Party (1987)]	Millennium Pictures; Wee Sing Productions	1
Son #1 (? Cole)		[1st app: King Cole's Party (1987)]	Millennium Pictures; Wee Sing Productions	1
Son #2 (? Cole)		[1st app: King Cole's Party (1987)]	Millennium Pictures; Wee Sing Productions	1
unnamed jester		[jester]	Millennium Pictures; Wee Sing Productions	1
unnamed trumpeter		[musician]	Millennium Pictures; Wee Sing Productions	1
Dweedle Duck	anthropomorphic animal	duck [name may be based on "Tweedle Dum"]	Millennium Pictures; Wee Sing Productions	1
Baker's Man (details)  Identified in credits as "The Baker." This is a distinct character from "the baker" of "Three Men in a Tub," who also appear in this video.		[baker]	Wee Sing Productions	3
unnamed page		[page]	Millennium Pictures; Wee Sing Productions	1
unnamed juggler		[juggler]	Millennium Pictures; Wee Sing Productions	1
unnamed acrobat		[acrobat]	Millennium Pictures; Wee Sing Productions	1
Six Little Ducks	N.A.	duck	Wee Sing Productions	3
This Old Man (Jack Jintle)		[1st app: Jack Jintle (1875)]	unknown	4
Jack Sprat		[could eat no fat; his wife could eat no lean]	Felix Kyngston	14
Jull Sprat		[could eat no lean; her husband could eat no fat]	Felix Kyngston	3

This video depicts many nursery rhyme characters and portrays many nursery rhymes:
- Old King Cole
- Betty Botter
- Pat-A-Cake
- Polly, Put the Kettle On
- Sing a Song of Sixpence
- Jack and Jill
- Mary Had a Little Lamb
- Little Boy Blue
- Six Little Ducks
- There Was a Crooked Man
- This Old Man
- Humpty Dumpty
- Little Bo Peep
- Little Jack Horner
- Little Miss Muffet
- Rub-A-Dub-Dub
- Jack, Be Nimble
- Little Tommy Tucker
- Peter Piper

Additionally, the following nursery rhymes are depicted which do not feature distinct characters:
- Peas Porridge Hot
- Wibbleton to Wobbleton
- Sea-Saw, Sac-Ra-Down
- Walking Chant

This story was indexed from secondary sources only. The character list above is not necessarily comprehensive. Webpage for King Cole's Party (1987) created 5 May 2013. Last modified 26 December 2013.

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