Tall Tales & Legends
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Tall Tales & Legends is an American anthology television series created and hosted by Shelley Duvall that dramatizes classic American folk tales and legends.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tall Tales & Legends canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Tall Tales & Legends Context triple: [Shelley Duvall, notableWork, Tall Tales & Legends]
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A.
Lendas e Narrativas
Lendas e Narrativas is a collection of historical short stories by Portuguese writer Alexandre Herculano that helped shape 19th-century Portuguese Romantic literature.
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B.
Tales
Tales is a collection of short stories by Amiri Baraka that reflects his politically charged, experimental, and African American–centered literary style.
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C.
Tales
Tales is a jazz fusion album by renowned bassist Marcus Miller that showcases his virtuosic playing, sophisticated compositions, and blend of funk, jazz, and contemporary grooves.
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D.
Moralités légendaires
Moralités légendaires is a collection of ironic, symbolist prose poems and tales by Jules Laforgue that parody and reinterpret legendary and biblical figures.
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E.
Hikayats
Hikayats are a collection of narrative tales and moral stories included in the Sikh scripture Dasam Granth, traditionally attributed to Guru Gobind Singh.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tall Tales & Legends Target entity description: Tall Tales & Legends is an American anthology television series created and hosted by Shelley Duvall that dramatizes classic American folk tales and legends.
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A.
Lendas e Narrativas
Lendas e Narrativas is a collection of historical short stories by Portuguese writer Alexandre Herculano that helped shape 19th-century Portuguese Romantic literature.
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B.
Tales
Tales is a collection of short stories by Amiri Baraka that reflects his politically charged, experimental, and African American–centered literary style.
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C.
Tales
Tales is a jazz fusion album by renowned bassist Marcus Miller that showcases his virtuosic playing, sophisticated compositions, and blend of funk, jazz, and contemporary grooves.
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D.
Moralités légendaires
Moralités légendaires is a collection of ironic, symbolist prose poems and tales by Jules Laforgue that parody and reinterpret legendary and biblical figures.
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E.
Hikayats
Hikayats are a collection of narrative tales and moral stories included in the Sikh scripture Dasam Granth, traditionally attributed to Guru Gobind Singh.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | American television series ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Shelley Duvall's Tall Tales & Legends ⓘ |
| basedOn |
American folk tales
ⓘ
American legends ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creator | Shelley Duvall ⓘ |
| distributor |
Showtime Networks
ⓘ
linked to:
Showtime
The Disney Channel ⓘ
linked to:
Disney Channel
|
| executiveProducer | Shelley Duvall ⓘ |
| firstAired | 1985 ⓘ |
| format | anthology ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
ⓘ
family television ⓘ fantasy television ⓘ |
| hasEpisode |
episode about Annie Oakley
ⓘ
episode about Casey Jones ⓘ episode about Davy Crockett ⓘ episode about John Henry ⓘ episode about Johnny Appleseed ⓘ episode about Pecos Bill ⓘ episode about Ponce de León ⓘ episode about Rip Van Winkle ⓘ episode about The Legend of Sleepy Hollow ⓘ |
| host | Shelley Duvall ⓘ |
| lastAired | 1987 ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 9 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeasons | 1 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork |
Showtime
ⓘ
The Disney Channel ⓘ
linked to:
Disney Channel
|
| productionCompany | Platypus Productions ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Faerie Tale Theatre ⓘ |
| starring |
Shelley Duvall
ⓘ
various guest actors ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
American folklore
ⓘ
folk heroes ⓘ tall tales ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
children
ⓘ
families ⓘ |
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Subject: Tall Tales & Legends Description of subject: Tall Tales & Legends is an American anthology television series created and hosted by Shelley Duvall that dramatizes classic American folk tales and legends.
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