American Playhouse (TV Series)

Into the Woods (1991)

Tom Aldredge: Narrator, Mysterious Man

Quotes 

• Narrator : You need an objective observer to pass the story along.

  Witch : Some of us don't like the way you've been telling it.

• Mysterious Man : Every knot was once straight rope.

• Narrator : And scarcely had the wolf said this, than with a single bound he was devouring the little girl.

  [laughs] 

  Narrator : Well, it was a full day of eating for both.

• Steward : Who are you, old man?

  Mysterious Man : [with a suppressed sigh]  When first I appear, I seem deleterious, but when explained -

  Steward : Shut up!

• Mysterious Man : When first I appear, I seem delirious, but when explained, I'm nothing serious.

• Mysterious Man : When first I appear, I seem deleterious, but when explained, I'm nothing serious.

• Mysterious Man : You'd be lucky to exchange her for a sack of beans!