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Henny Penny - Straight, No Chaser

Henny Penny - Straight, No Chaser

1991TV Episode⏱️ 30mTV-PG
ComedyDrama
7.8
IMDB Rating
508 votes

When the entire cast catches the Measles, the girls must take their places in the class play.

Director
Judy Pioli
Writers
N/A
Stars
Bea Arthur, Betty White, Rue McClanahan
Release Date
May 4, 1991
Language
English
Country
United States
💬 3
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Bea Arthur
Bea Arthur
as Dorothy Zbornak
Betty White
Betty White
as Rose Nylund
Rue McClanahan
Rue McClanahan
as Blanche Devereaux
Estelle Getty
Estelle Getty
as Sophia Petrillo
George Hearn
George Hearn
as Frank Nann
David Jay Willis
David Jay Willis
as Delivery Boy

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Stereo
Sound
Dolby Digital
Color
Color
Filming Location
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Production
Witt/Thomas/Harris Productions, Touchstone Television

🏷️ Keywords

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🎯 Categories

ComedyDrama

⭐ Featured Review

Panto season come early.
by Sleepin_Dragon2025-11-28
8/10

"Dorothy is delighted to be directing a high school production, but the whole cast comes down with the measles, leaving an opportunity for the girls to star. Blanche is mortified to read her own obituary. It has a proper panto vibe-very good indeed. There are some glorious moments throughout, and I just love the idea of Rose playing Henny Penny and discovering the ending, Foxy Loxy. The crème de la crème is the actual stage production: outrageous, a sequence you'll want to repeat just to enjoy it again. Turkey Lurkey definitely steaks the laughs. I enjoyed the side story too-Rose being ..."

💡 Did You Know?

'Henny Penny', more commonly known in the United States as 'Chicken Little' and sometimes as 'Chicken Licken', is a European folk tale with a moral in the form of a cumulative tale about a chicken who believes that the world is coming to an end. The phrase "The sky is falling!" features prominently in the story, and has passed into the English language as a common idiom indicating a hysterical or mistaken belief that disaster is imminent. "Wikipedia"

📖 Synopsis

When the entire cast catches the Measles, the girls must take their places in the class play.