High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Wind in the Willows, released on video in the U.S. as Mr. Toad`s Wild Ride, is a fairly loose 1996 adaptation of Kenneth Grahame`s classic novel The Wind in the Willows . It was also notable in that it starred John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin (all of whom were previous Monty Python members).