Muppets' Wizard of Oz this Friday

[reveal]

http://abc.go.com/primetime/muppetsoz/

I hope this is good. The Wizard of Oz is one of my favorite movies and I love the Muppets.

 

[Crothian]

THe muppet Christams thing which was the last muppet TV movie was really really bad. I hope they have improved since then.

 

[ssampier]

I didn't see the Muppets Christmas one. Unless you mean the recent Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol which was decent. Or the much older Christmas special with all muppets (including Fraggles and Sesame Street) and a guest appearance by Jim Henson himself.

My personal favorite is Muppet Treasure Island. Muppets in Space was decent, if a little strange (since it focuses on Gonzo's origins).

I'm assuming Fozzie is the cowardly lion? Miss Piggy I assume is Dorthy? Who would the Wizard of Oz be or the flying monkeys?

*update: I remember that episode now. The Muppet Theatre was going to be shut down and Kermit had to have a visit from angel (ala It's a Wonderful Life). That was okay, a nice break from all the other holiday movies repeated 10 thousand times (even my beloved Christmas Story is not as special the 200th time)

 

[Crothian]

I didn't see the Muppets Christmas one. Unless you mean the recent Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol which was decent. Or the much older Christmas special with all muppets (including Fraggles and Sesame Street) and a guest appearance by Jim Henson himself.

No, it was 2003 I think. It was like a "Its a Wonderful Life" and it was really really bad. Muppet Christmas Carol I think was really good, true to the Muppets and true to Dickens.

 

[PoppaGunch]

I still laugh, but in the Muppet Christmas Carol, when Beaker and Honeydew are soliciting for the poor with scrooge, and are turned away, Beaker FLIPS OFF scrooge.
I almost dropped my popcorn!
That was enough to make me love that movie, no matter how bad it might be.

 

[stevelabny]

fozzy is the cowardly lion but piggy isnt dorothy... c'mon do you really think piggy would wear the country-bumpkin outfit?

kermit is the scarecrow
and gonzo is the tin-thing.
and pepe the prawn is toto.

ashanti is dortothy. yes, ashanti. and queen latifah is auntie em.

and piggy is the wicked witch.

"jack not name, jack job" -sweetums, muppet movie

 

[Crothian]

15 minutes till it starts, sort of a reminder for everyone.....

 

[mojo1701]

I, myself, am a fan of Jeffrey Tambor (here as the Wizard of Oz), ever since I started watching "Arrested Development," and found out that he was the dad from "Heavyweights."

I flipped between the movie and "Robin Hood: Men in Tights," which was on at the same time.

 

[Crothian]

the King Prawn stole the show. He had allt he best lines and made a few comments I was not expecting from a Muppet. It was a good show, not great by any means. But it had its moments.

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

Tarantino's part was great.