![]() ![]() The Macy's flagship store offered Muppets' Wizard of Oz plush and a T-shirt depicting the main cast during the promotional period. The windows depicted scenes from the movie in conjunction with the Macy's Flower Show. In addition, Ashanti unveiled six windows at Macy's on March 20, 2005, for promotional purposes. The movie was promoted with special Wizard of Oz commercials that spoofed popular ABC shows at the time.įurther, print ads in various magazines, as well as guest appearances of various Muppets on America's Funniest Home Videos, Jimmy Kimmel Live, The Tony Danza Show, Good Morning America and Live with Regis and Kelly helped to get the word out. Since April 2004, the Muppets had been re-introduced to the public by way of low-key marketing and guest appearances on such shows as Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Good Morning America and Saturday Night Live in hopes for a successful turn in the ratings by the time the new telefilm hit the air. At the time, the Jim Henson Company was consulting with Disney and developing new Muppet series and movies under a three-year production deal. The film marked the first major project after the acquisition of the Muppets property by The Walt Disney Company, although the project had already been in development with ABC. Gootnick, Michael Oosterom, Julie Zobel, Marian Keating, John Criswell, Susan Cox, BJ Guyer, Tamara Carlson-Woodard, Kristan Willet, Robin McCarthy, Andrew Meyers, Joe Colwell, Randall Cooper, Eric Hayden, Tom Lenoci Puppet Workshop Artists: Mary Brehmer, Joan Parkinson.Electromechanical Supervisor: Tom Newby.Muppets & Puppet Effects And Digital Puppetry Performance by Jim Henson's Creature Shop.Executive Producers: Lisa Henson, Bill Barretta.Co-Producers: Bill Barretta, Kristine Belson, Eric Poticha.Rowlf, Bean Bunny, Zippity Zap, Jowls, Zondra, Chip, Hillary the Owl, Cameraman, Bunnies, Penguins Credits ![]() Teeth, Floyd Pepper, Janice, Zoot, The Swedish Chef, Foo-Foo, Camilla, Bubba, Crow, Mulch, Lew Zealand (extended cut only) Sal Minella, Sweetums, Angel Marie, Old Tom, Black Dog, Spotted Dick, Crazy Harry, Aretha, CalicoĬlifford, Animal, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and Beaker as Emerald City Technicians Kermit the Frog as the Scarecrow The Great Gonzo as Tin Thing Fozzie Bear as the Cowardly Lion Miss Piggy as Glinda, the Good Witch of the South Miss Piggy as the Wicked Witch of the West Miss Piggy as Tattypoo, the Good Witch of the North Miss Piggy as the Wicked Witch of the East Pepe the King Prawn as Toto Rizzo the Rat as Mayor of Munchkinland The Rats as the Munchkins Statler and Waldorf as the Kalidah Critics Sam the Eagle as the Gate Guard Johnny Fiama Scooter as Assistant to the Wizard Dr. Ernst Harth as Earl Dan Payne as Weatherman Kelly Osbourne as Herself (uncredited) Edward Hibbert as Theater Man (uncredited) Muppet Cast Dorothy goes to the big, almost industrial-looking Emerald City with her sidekicks, innocently kicks the heinies of oppressive witches, and exposes a crooked ruler in Oz.Steve Whitmire, Dave Goelz, Bill Barretta, Eric Jacobson, Brian Henson, Kevin Clash, John Kennedy, Rickey Boyd, Tyler Bunch, Julianne Buescher, John Henson, Drew Massey, Allan Trautman, Alice Dinnean, Michael Quinn, Gord Robertson, Adam Behr, Jeny Cassidy, Geoff Redknap, James RowleyĪshanti as Dorothy Gale Queen Latifah as Aunt Em David Alan Grier as Uncle Henry Jeffrey Tambor as the Wizard Quentin Tarantino as Himself C. Superman, like Dorothy, was an orphan raised by Kansas farmers, and in his earliest incarnation he travels to "the big city" and battles Depression-era slumlords and crooked mine owners. The superhero comparison dovetails with Depression-era themes seen in the film. Similarly, the farmhands Hunk, Hickory, and Zeke ( none of whom appear in the source material) become the Scarecrow, Tin Man, and Cowardly Lion. For instance, the despicable Miss Gulch (who only exists in the film) essentially transforms into the Wicked Witch of the West while another silver-screen insertion, the sketchy Professor Marvel, becomes the fraudulent wizard Oz. Superman and Batman, both do-gooders with secret identities, gained pop cultural prominence in the 1930s, which is reflected in The Wizard of Oz through the addition of implied alter egos. Time notes the similarity of the characters to superheroes. ![]()
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