Once upon a time, there was a handsome prince

Once upon a time, there was a handsome prince who wanted to get married. He was introduced to a thousand youn beautiful girls, but he didn' like them.

So his Uncle, the TV producer said, "Why don't we televise your bride search?" The prince was dubious. But he thought this might be a way to prove his uncle killed his father.

"Did his Uncle kill his Father Get Me Out of Here" was a hit. The Prince with 20 potential brides and Uncle ate worms in Burmese jungle while they interrogated Uncle mercilessly

until he cried "Uncle!" Then and only then was he broken...mentally & musically. Prince & Uncle found inspirational sounds in the Burmese jungle, though, sounds that became

The soundtrack for "Purple Rain". Uncle produced the film and Prince sang. It rained purple everywhere for two days!

This is why penguins turned purple, at least on that day. It all depended on Uncle's penchant for Prince and the color purple.

Uncle Gus' strained relationship with Aunt Gertie led to his long periods of seclusion in the outhouse: it's where he penned the first draft of The Purple Penguinadon, The Musical.

The way he saw it, he was simply a penguin who somehow ended up with a human body, it was very rare but not unheard of. He was not strong enough to overcome the human's social pres

but to everyone else he was the conductor of the Antarctic Philharmonic. He tapped his baton, lifted his flippers and waited for eye contact from the entire orchestra.