Over the Hedge by T Lewis and Michael Fry for November 14, 2012
Transcript:
verne: "...prince charming placed the glass slipper on cinderalla's foot...." RJ: Wait. a glass slipper verne: She takes one wrong step...there's blood everywhere. hammy: oh, my! RJ: It's just a fairy tale. it's the fairy godmother...she wants cinderella out of the picture so she can have the prince to herself. hammy: What happened next? Verne: "Cinderella and the prince lived happily ever after." RJ: not with ma the slipper ripper around. next time: glass underwear. hammy: Jeepers!! verne: can I be excused now?
I recall hearing that in the original language of the tale the slipper was silk, by the time it got to the Grimms it had been mus-translated. I’m going by a 40 year memory, so I don’t know the “original” language (Chinese?) or if the tale was really imported from elsewhere.