"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" (1985) - From Tall Tales & Legends

Timid schoolteacher Ichabod Crane faces a headless horseman one dark Halloween night. Ed Begley Jr. stars. Co-starring: Beverly D'Angelo as Katrina Van Tassel, Charles Durning as Uncle Duffue/Narrator, Tim Thomerson as Brom Bones, Barret Oliver as Heinrich Van Tassel, Diana Bellamy as Mrs. Van Tassel. Episode 1 from Season 1 of this series which first aired on September 25th 1985
Shelley Duvall's Tall Tales & Legends. Tall Tales & Legends is an American folklore anthology television series of 9 episodes created by television and film actress Shelley Duvall, who also served as Executive Producer and Presenter, alongside Fred Fuchs, following her success with her first anthology series, Faerie Tale Theatre.
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[@shawnmulligan2894]

R.I.P., Shelley Duvall. Lovely in this, as in all things she did.

[@gysgt.k.r.daltonusmcmed.re5680]

I Concur 100% Shawn. Semper Fidelis, The Gunny

[@jamesrichardson771]

Ive "always" loved this story !!! Im 72' yrs. Old now. and still get a kick out of it 💥 🤗🎃🤗

[@mackenzieneal1660]

I'm 29 years and still love it.

[@maryland9987]

57 and me, too!

[@whatdoyoumeantheresnocoffe9141]

YES! 🍃🍂🍁🕸🕷🎃🦇🌝

[@francisvicejr355]

45 me too I can still hear the clop clop of hoof beats outside my window at night!!!

[@livingdeadgirl939]

35 here to rep the thirties crowd!

[@wondergranny2299]

In 1985 I was 24 years young. Now I'm a worn-out 62 year old. Life really is short.

[@alitlweird]

I was 13. Now 51. Yes, life IS short, but We are created by God to be eternal beings. When I perish, I perish with Christ who lives in me. ✝️😇

[@jewelofthesouth27]

Me too 😢

[@tonysimmons647]

Just like a vapor, here today, gone tomorrow. I'm 74 and it's hard to think I'm that old... but I am.

[@alitlweird]

@@tonysimmons647 The spirit is willing but the flesh is gettin’ weak.

[@komamix]

Gross... why would you describe yourself as worn out... disgusting.

[@melissawalker3888]

I don't mean to disparage Ed Begley, Jr.'s acting creds but when Ichabod said that he had a nervous disposition it struck me that the perfect person for this part would have been Don Knotts. With his nervous persona and his bulging eyes, this would have been comic gold as well as very creepy. Charles Durning is very effective at his narration abilities and inciting fear in poor Ichabod.

[@stiofanloingsigh351]

Fact: Charles Durning stormed Normandy on D-Day. He was pretty much Captain America🇺🇸

[@fuckTrump-v7j]

He was in the first wave of soldiers to storm the beach! A pure suicide mission. Fact that the man survived that makes him a few notches below Jesus.

[@phillgreenland2390]

How very odd.

[@marjax633]

Shelley Duvall made some of the best short story, movies in the 80s.👍🏻

[@maryland9987]

Ik,r? Late 70s early 80s great tv shows, and were the best times for me-so much freedom.

[@yamato0965]

Met Tim Thomerson/Brom Bones at a Dallas convention a few years ago. He was thrilled that I remembered this role.

[@starmnsixty1209]

To be that young again as I was in 1985! RIP Shelly. Revisit this every autumn 🍁

[@jocelienjimenez9821]

I agree with you I was 13 years old that year I still love this story I actually have the movie with Jhonny Depp and Christina Ricci and watch it every year for Halloween with my teenage kids RIP Shelly Duvall 🎉

[@batman5224]

I remember I got this on VHS when I was a kid around 1999 or 2000. I was too young at the time to watch the Tim Burton version, so I watched this. This has a fairytale atmosphere that I find to be quite charming. It evokes images of Washington Irving writing beside a fire. It’s nice to revisit old memories.

[@starmnsixty1209]

👍👍👍 and in memory of Shelly Duvall.😢

[@samanthab1923]

Ed Begley Jr did a show on HGTV back in 2007. Beverly show up on an ep. Needed Ed’s help on noise pollution reduction. She had bought a haunted house from Dan Ayckroyd. MaMa Cass was her ghost 👻

[@elizabethcovarrubias6244]

I love Shelley Duvall. I remember seeing her enjoying apple cider while reading the legend of sleepy hollow when I was little. It is one of my core memories ❤

[@007romryan]

yeah same here. I remember my older sister and I watched this.

[@maryland9987]

This is great. My fav version stars Jeff Goldblum.

[@Lily_of_the_Forest]

Yes! I loved that one too! Had it on VHS for a while but no idea what happened to it.

[@thesoultransferprotocol721]

I remember this back in the day along with all the other cool Halloween programs. Good stuff.

[@mrs.ericalaurenhornmason3825]

Happy Halloween 🎃

[@jasminnemcdonald94A]

When I see Shelley Duvall, I see Olive Oyl from Popeye with Robin Williams.

[@chubbrock659]

I see the wife from the shining

[@hippyelise1]

Excellent. I missed this as a kid, I loved it. ❤❤

[@whatdoyoumeantheresnocoffe9141]

Quite a cast, too! 🍃🍂🍁🕸🕷🦉🦇🎃🍁🍂🍃 I'm watching this while having hot pumpkin soup with root vegetables .. then, for dessert, apple pie with hot apple cider.

[@ricktherrien8235]

Shelley Duvall is so marvellous and is such a great talent. I always enjoyed her acting and she seems like such a nice lady. Hope she is well and is enjoying her golden years, Cheers to Shelley Duvall!!

[@elgato894]

check her out on line,she has CHANGED A BIT.`

[@glynnphillips9703]

Truly a wonderful movie and story. Great job

[@wel408]

The version my great grandmother told me doesn't end this way. Instead it's a loop where Ichibad crane runs away from the jerk who's pretending to be the headless horseman and ichibads head gets knocked clear off by a low branch and in a frazzle he picks up his own head and rides away. The moral is that we create our own monsters and should be careful what we make up lest it become true. I still love Shelley Duvall but I don't think this is the original version

[@BigMike2112]

Well it’s not the original version… it’s a dramatic retelling/reimagined version for TV and neither is the version you’re great grandmother told you by your telling…..read the original version written by Washington Irving in 1820. There’s no tree branch….the story has been told many different ways over the years… I’m sure your GGs version was just fine especially how she added a moral….but the original ends differently…

[@MrScaryLemonHead]

Yet, Ichibad was telling the truth. He wasn’t making up any monsters.

[@AnthonyWLeone]

I guess cutting paper dolls was considered a real talent back in the day. ha ha

[@blueduck9409]

That was back when there was good shows on tv. Not like all the garbage today. Shelly Duval dont get as much credit as she deserves. I always like the stuff she did.

[@davidmitchell6873]

Back when your life still had promise. Now not so much.

[@dean828]

I turned 16 one day before this was originally aired on 25 September 1985... now I'm 54... Durning & Duvall are both now deceased...

[@dianewilliams1125]

In the book Ichabod isn't such a coward!😮😮😮

[@EPEREZ-xk8ri]

I remember reading in school. 40 something years ago. 😬😆

[@gypsybluewaves580]

Thank you so much for posting this! The story itself got me here. The actors I was like no way! Cool. ☺

[@collinjames9201]

Happy Halloween everybody in 2🎃23! And this legend will never die!

[@lisacooper3991]

This is a ole tale, one of my favorites and this here was greatly done.. thanks for sharing..

[@andrewcormack-foster3790]

I love how Brom got what he deserved in the end!

[@Caffeine_Club]

Yeah, they changed the ending from the novella. It was never confirmed that it was Brom, and Ichabod's fate is unclear. His hat and a smashed pumpkin are found at the end of the bridge. He's never seen in the area again (did Brom actually kill him? The real horseman kill him?). There are rumors that Ichabod is alive several counties away, but never confirmed. A very ambiguous ending.

[@antoniogirgenti9738]

Yeah, that guy's a jerk.

[@nativevirginian8344]

It’s not ambiguous at all. Brom decided to finally get rid of Crane, dressed up like the Horseman, & chased Crane & threw a pumpkin at him. He played on Crane’s naive & superstitious nature to scare him away. I don’t like how they changed the ending here, but it’s still my favorite version.@@Caffeine_Club

[@TDL-xg5nn]

@@antoniogirgenti9738 Actually it is Crane that was the jerk. In the real story Crane only wanted to marry Katrina to inherit her father's wealth. He didn't actually care about her. Brom did love her and did not care about the money. He knew Crane was trying to use her. He is the hero of the story.

[@antoniogirgenti9738]

@@TDL-xg5nn Fair point in some different versions of the story.

[@mattryan9444]

This awesome never saw it. Her aunt was my 2nd grade teacher

[@audreyann1975]

I love this story.

[@headlesspiper936]

Same here

[@amoghcoorg4920]

Happy first year since you were published on KZbin

[@pamelahein712]

Love love love it. Thank you sooo much😊😊

[@joshuagill993]

Thank you for posting this I member to from HBO

[@samanthab1923]

I wasn’t sure if it was HBO. Thanks 🎃

[@BigMike2112]

Yes Showtime. 9 episodes between 1985 and 1987. This was first story episode… I believe Disney channel ran the series after it ended on showtime for awhile

[@thermalascension]

Great show 👍

[@mattterranova2654]

I was 15 in 1985 and NEVER heard of any of these. And trust me, I watched A LOT OF TV! And only had ABC, CBS, NBC, UHF & PBS so which of those was this on? We didn't get cable until 1986 but my grandparents had it and my dad and stepmom had it by '85. The info provided for this channel doesn't mention a Network the show aired on.

[@BigMike2112]

It was not on any of the main traditional TV networks. It was on Showtime cable TV channel. It was only on for two seasons- 9 episodes from 1985 through 1987. This was the first episode. Aired on my 19th birthday September 25 1985…

[@CharForce]

RIP Shelley Duvall. She was great in the movie Popeye.

[@spikespa5208]

And , dare I say, _The Shining_ .

[@shawnsharpe1912]

Katrina was for the streets/trails.

[@3mate1]

Keep coming!

[@MrJasonshores364]

In 1985, I was 8, and I loved this eve Fairytale Theater so much.

[@samanthab1923]

Who is playing the Horseman?

[@amoghcoorg4920]

48:10 I imagined that the Headless Horseman was me, and I chopped Brom Bones’s head off

[@doriangrey9702]

Shelly Duval. 👏👏👏❤

[@summerrose791]

I wish there was a way to watch this entire series

[@wilmamcphail4686]

Check your local library. Ours has the whole set.

[@ErinNacAllison]

Oh, I loved the Jennifer Beals episode!!!

[@Lily_of_the_Forest]

Why is everyone talking about their ages?

[@garystotler3149]

Olive Oyle!

[@erinsereflatcher2088]

Thompson Richard Walker Nancy Brown Melissa

[@DaveSCameron]

Super channel.

[@samanthab1923]

Like the narrater

[@Hannah_The_Elon_Jew]

Y].

[@Jwags15w]

Getting kicked out of English class for laughing at 4:15

[@MrLenroc82]

I had a huuuuuge crush on Beverly D'Angelo

[@tednorton5150]

farewell our Lovely. Sweet Dreams.

[@peridotstan8997]

4:17-4:23 best moment in school video history.

[@loriengram2786]

What a charming version !! You will be missed, Ms Shelley Duvall 😢

[@vincentnichols402]

In 1985 I was 20 I didn't see this show

[@MsDisneylandlover]

#DisneyDiva 🎉

[@michaellacroix8029]

I'm still in love with miss shelly

[@mottthehoople693]

hot apple cider???

[@janieunger8840]

In 1985 I was 34 and now I 71

[@thepanda1044]

I love these old plays. Thats how i saw them. And they are such a joy to watch.

[@cynthiaMercer-qs9ue]

Great movie

[@curtistucker8059]

🎉STUPID

[@ssppeeaarr]

ya kinda cheesy and hokey. bit disappointed. thought it be a bit more tales from the crypt or tales of the darkside kinda style. but its good shelly. guess ill check out some other episdoes tho...

[@Lily_of_the_Forest]

What? This was for children. Purposefully cheesy.

[@ssppeeaarr]

lol was it?? okay i didnt know that going in. was expecting more. thought it be darker tone like the other shows i mention. @@Lily_of_the_Forest

[@opybrook7766]

Sadly this is a poorly done representation of Sleepy Hollow. 🥴

[@michelleshelley995]

Isn't crain a doctor in real life??

[@BigMike2112]

Real life? It’s a fictional story from 1820….in that original story Ichabod Crane is a school teacher just like here… maybe you are thinking of the Tim Burton movie? I think in that one he is a doctor but that version is very different than the original 1820 story by Washington Irving

[@Zuxiasunicorn]

Good grief this boring!

[@mammam4827]

The story wud have been niice ,had katrina ended up with the school master nd nt with that country bumpkin. Somebody z change the end.

[@TDL-xg5nn]

In the actual story Ichabod only wanted to marry Katrina because he wanted to inherit her father's wealth not because he loved her. Brom on the other hand actually loved her and did not care about the money. That is why he ends up with her.

[@kaylahensley1581]

Yeah, in the original story Ichabod was a greedy interloper and Brom was the crafty local that used Ichabod's superstitious and cowardly nature to scare him off. Crane was not the hero of Washington Levine's tale.

[@maryland9987]

Washington Irving.

[@kaylahensley1581]

@@maryland9987 autocorrect

[@gelatinskeleton8745]

I was 11 when this came out… I know about her Fairy Tale Theater or whatever it was called. (That was seriously creepy and it wasn’t on purpose.) Yet, I’ve never heard of this series.

[@MrScaryLemonHead]

Growing up with this show on HBO… later I tried to explain it to others. Has no clue what it was.