Robert Rankin's book Nostradamus Ate My Hamster features a version of the story introduced as an old Irish tale. Music Shel Silverstein's song "The Wonderful Soup Stone" tells a version of this story. Bobby Bare included the song on his album Lullabys, Legends and Lies (1973). and Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show included the song on their album Belly Up! (1973). A version of the tale written by Tom Chapin and John Forster appears on Chapin's album Mother Earth (1990). 'Stone Soup' - an album released in November 2001 by the UK artist Moss (a.k.a. Bernard Moss) on Pork Recordings (catalogue ref. PORK 091). Television Jim Henson's The Storyteller series contains one tale called "A Story Short", in which the Storyteller himself (played by John Hurt) is the main character. In the beginning, he arrives at a castle where a man is thrown out for begging for food. He proceeds to trick the King's cook into making stone soup. After the people are happily fed, the cook realizes what has happened and pleads with the King to let him boil the Storyteller in oil, but the King instead offers a way out — to tell him a story every day for a year instead. The PBS Kids show Between the Lions featured an episode with a version of the story being read. In this version, the strangers were replaced by aliens. The tale was adapted as an episode of the show Hungarian Folktales. A Soviet cartoon based on the Russian variant of the tale was made in 1982. Land of the Lost (1974 TV series) Season 1, Episode 14 is entitled "Stone Soup" in which Marshal (the father) uses Stone Soup to get his children to help gather things for dinner. Little House on the Prairie Season 8, Episode 13 is entitled "Stone Soup" and has this story as its theme. Robot Chicken Season 9, Episode 13 is entitled "Gimme That Chocolate Milk" and has a short sketch making fun of this parable. In it, the villagers kill the stranger who tricked them into sharing in order to cover up their "communal embarrassment". The Walking Dead Season 10, Episode 21. Carol mentions the "Stone Soup" story. Lucky Iron Fish A contemporary twist on "nail soup" helps relieve real-world iron-deficiency anemia in Cambodia. The Lucky Iron Fish is a cast iron bar in the shape of the "Try Kantrop" fish