It's a musical that started out off-Broadway, then moved onto Broadway, and now has been on TV and will very soon be for sale on a DVD near you.

I saw Once Upon A Mattress this weekend on the Wonderful World of Disney. Carol Burnett, who starred as the princess in the original off-Broadway performance, got to be the evil mother in the TV version.

Based on a fairy tale, the one about the Princess and the Pea, Tracey Ullman was the princess and the Pea played itself.

I really liked this production. It has music, it has dancing. It has Carol Burnett and Tracey Ullman! I mean, really!

It's a great DVD to get if you have kids. It's the kind of story that works great for kids and has enough intelligence to play well for the adults who have to watch along.

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