The Tales of Rindercella

I have been convinced and concluded myself that the spoonerization of the Fairy Tale of Cinderella was first achieved by Colonel Stoopnagel of radio fame. See what I deem the original version and learn more about Stoopnagle.

This next versoin is generally attributed to Archie Campbell. I have a transcription with the original recording of this version.

I also have another version with a cut-off recording, written by Jack Ross.

To go along with the Jack Ross version is an extraordinarily similar version. Sent to me by Paula M. its a transcription from a CD she owns of Tom Callinan’s Come On An Sing-Along! I am suspicious of the originality of this version and attribute its origins to Jack Ross. Normally I wouldn't post something so similar, but the transcription does a lot to show that it is actually a separate version. (It's like a sub-species.)

Next, there is the version which I've had the longest, which is very close to the transcribed Campbell version.

I was sent this version to be attributed to Milburn Stone. Stone was a guest on Dean Martin's weekly TV show and told Cinderella, interactive with Dean Martin. Stone was also Doc on the TV Series Gunsmoke.

Then, I received a new version from Alan H of England. To quote Alan:

"I first heard Rindersella in the early sixties. I have never been to the US and haven't (knowingly) listened to US radio. However, after growing up in England, I moved to Cyprus in 1963 when my father was posted with the RAF. I was about 15-16, and I heard the story on British Forces radio. I must have heard it a couple of times, but could not track down the actual record. It was only years later that I used the internet to figure out it must have been Jack Ross, whose 7" disk reached the US charts in early 1962. Anyway, I was hooked on the idea and developed the story as a party-piece which I started in school later the same year. Subsequently - in the RAF myself and in later life _ have consistently used the routine as an after-dinner piece. I have used it in concerts in the Officers' Mess; at a revue at an Open Prison in Northumberland; to entertain work and sport colleagues. Hundreds have groaned at my version of the story. Having found your website recently, I have compared my version to the original - and there are very few similarities, but a few phrases have survived from the Jack Ross chart-breaker. These obviously stuck in my mind: 'sisty uglers'; 'pransome hince'; 'ears in her ties'; 'mome by hidnight'; 'and you can't change that around!'"

Check out Alan's Rindersella and the Prince.

Ann C sent me a version she memorized from her high school news letter. It's yet another fun take on the classic. This makes number seven: Ann's Prinderella and the Cince.

This website is 20 years old and I am starting to think that there are infinitely many versions of this tale. I hope you enjoy them all.