Opening credits prologue: Once upon a time - in 1941 to be exact -
there lived in a great, tall forest -
called New York -
eight men who were writing an encyclopedia.
They were so wise they knew everything:
the depth of the oceans,
and what makes a glowworm glow,
and what tune Nero fiddles while Rome was burning.
But there was one thing
about which they knew very little -
as you will see . . .