Bilbo helps the dwarves escape from an elven dungeon by hiding in wine barrels. After floating down an underground stream, they wash up in a town built on a lake, where a small colony of humans are living a perilous existence near the dragon Smaug. There, Thorin, leader of the dwarves, and grandson of King of the Mountain, declares his return!

Enjoy this episode from The Three Stooges, a long-running American slap-stick comedy act that appeared on vaudeville, television and the silver screen. Along with baseball and apple pie, it's a small slice of Americana!

Here’s another fun clip from the American alternative band They Might Be Giants’ Grammy award winning children’s album Here Come the 123s!

Learn and practice the days of the week in English with this fun kids’ video from the American alternative band They Might Be Giants’ album Here Come the 123s!

The band They Might Be Giants constructed a song with lyrics consisting just of the names of countries, so this is a great chance to brush up on the English forms of place names. But one hint: West Xylophone is, unfortunately not really the name of an actual country!

Learn about the elements and the wonders of chemistry in this fun kids’ video from the American alternative band They Might Be Giants!

Enjoy this animated version of the classic tale of Cinderella, wonderfully narrated by Alexander Pointer.

In the second part of the fairy tale, Cinderella goes to the palace and dances with the prince. At midnight when the clock strikes 12, she runs back home losing one of her glass shoes. The prince looks for her everywhere, until he finds the mysterious lady. Her foot fits the glass shoe perfectly. The prince and Cinderella fall madly in love with each other and live happily ever after.