Keep in mind none of them are related in Baum's original story. All four witches being portrayed as sisters, although Locasta's counterpart is really the only one who acknowledges this in both.Locasta's counterpart being able to see Dorothy off in the end.
She does point out Glinda could probably help in the book, but mentions that she is even harder to travel to than the Wizard. In the original book, we could have excused her as genuinely believing that only the Wizard could send Dorothy home and being unaware of the Slippers' true power. Glinda reprimanding Locasta (Addaperle/Tattypoo) for not telling Dorothy that the Slippers could have taken her home before with her giving the excuse that this it would have otherwise ruined the story.Word of God confirms ABC at one point wanted to remake The Wiz, so it is possible it somehow turned into the Muppet project: Older Than They Think: A lot of ideas are taken from The Wiz, especially in the stage show.Why hurt the latter two? Just For the Evulz! Moral Event Horizon: The Wicked Witch tries to murder Dorothy, the Lion and Toto alive with buzzsaws and before that, she has her minions shred the Scarecrow and Tin Man to pieces.literally.Teeth and Sam, respectively, to this day. In fact, Barretta and Jacobson continue to perform Dr. Teeth, Rickey Boyd as Crazy Harry, Tyler Bunch as Janice, Alice Dinnean as Camilla, Eric Jacobson as Sam Eagle, John Kennedy as Floyd) also do a good job in emulating their predecessors. The other Muppets recast to different performers for this film (Bill Barretta as Dr.While David Rudman does a great job as Scooter too, one wonders why Rickey's stint as Scooter consisted of this film and nothing else. He was so good that, apparently, Dave Goelz and Steve Whitmire both complimented him afterwards for how good it was. He Really Can Act: Many believe one of the film's only bright sides were the recasting of certain characters that got reduced to background roles after Henson and Hunt's respective deaths, as well as Nelson and Oz’s semi-retirements.This widely called out as one of the few good things about the film, and it's worth noting that it was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics (losing to "Mary Jane/Mary Lane" from Reefer Madness) While it's nothing special admist the other songs in the Muppet music library, it is rather cute since we get a scene that exhibits the characters truly care about each other. The musical number "When I'm with You".It's especially sweet because he's a prawn rather than something traditionally cute, so you know she really cares about him. Dorothy going back to the house with in the midst of a tornado just for Toto.
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It also is a rather jarring shift in tone and seems to serve no other purpose than for the movie to say "Hey, look everyone! We got QT! Isn't that awesome?!" The page linked under So Okay, It's Average below insisted that the scene would have been funnier if it showed up directly after a commercial break.
Big-Lipped Alligator Moment: Quentin Tarantino's cameo comes completely out of left field, drags everything to a screeching halt, has little (if anything) to do with the actual movie itself, and upon its conclusion is never revisited.The film was quickly swept under the rug when a much-more appealing one came along six years later. It was released during a time where the Muppets were at an all-time low popularity-wise, with this film failing both to appeal to longtime fans and to attract new viewers. Audience-Alienating Era: Widely considered to be the worst Muppet movie.
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