The Storyteller: Greek Myths (TV Series)
Orpheus & Eurydice (1991)
Brian Henson: The Dog
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Quotes
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The Storyteller : Orpheus wanted to keep her away from the untrimmed trees and the ragged depts of the forests because he knew who was there.
The Dog : Who was?
The Storyteller : Centaurs, fauns, satyrs, creatures given up to pleasure, hairy and unpredictable.
The Dog : Like me.
[laughs]
The Storyteller : Hairy, anyway.
[scratches the dog's belly]
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The Storyteller : There is almost no sound in Hades.
The Dog : They have a dog there, don't they?
The Storyteller : They have a three-headed dog, Cerberus, if you must know. But this isn't a story about dogs, this is the story of Orpheus, who went down into Hades itself to bring back his loved one.
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The Storyteller : He was almost at the entrance to the cave that leads to Hades and he could hear the birds singing outside...
The Dog : [interrupting] And they walked out into the sunlight and were happily ever after?
The Storyteller : They didn't. They didn't.
[the dog sighs]
The Storyteller : They didn't.
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The Dog : They're realy wild, those women, what are they doing?