As Chew says, it wasn't broadcast in widescreen. It makes no sense to me either, but this was apparently shot and broadcast 4:3.

thats strange...but at least that makes this OAR.

from davis

The Muppets' Wizard of Oz

Buena Vista Home Entertainment is looking for fans to help choose a TV commercial for the upcoming The Muppets' Wizard of Oz DVD due on August 9th. Participants will have a chance to win a free copy of the DVD! Head on over now to take the survey.

the link is closed at the time i am posting this...i wonder if this means we don't get all the tv show bumpers? anyhow..hopefully a dvd talker will win a free copy

I'm going to assume that you meant this as a joke. Still, I hope you realize how your comment might appear to someone who doesn't "get" that it comes from the Muppet Show.


kingtopher, if you have a problem with a post, please report it to the moderators. Personal attacks are against forum rules.

I assumed that, in a thread about "The Muppet Show," everyone would get a joke that references the theme song that played at the beginning of every episode of "The Muppet Show."

I was wrong.

I got an email from the advertising agency that Buena Vista closed down the TV spot site a few hours after they put it up. They asked me to remove the post with the link until further notice, so there you go.

Count me in as not getting the joke... still. Ah well, occasionally one has to soar way over your head, right?

edit: Sorry guys, it's been years since I've seen the Muppet Show, despite my love for the movies and my love for the show (in distant memories of course). I apologize, Walter.

No worries at all.

Is something not loading for me, or did you make a blank post, Cameron?

sorry...here are the menu shots

best buy has the WOZ disc for 15.99 and the muppet show for 29.99. If you buy both you get 10 bucks off....there is also a 5 dollar mail in rebate for this...thats .99 cent muppet wizard of oz plus a stamp

Perhaps at that price it would be worth it.

Cameron, where is the rebate form for the MWOZ dvd? Is it on / in the DVD itself?

that is what has been claimed over in the bargains thread. It is inside the dvd case for one/both.

kingtopher gets a balcony seat....

I guess this still mystifies me. Sorry for going off-topic, but can somebody explain to me what the problem with some things being shown in full-screen is? I don't mean the merits of wide-screen and OAR, because I fully understand that, but why is it so wrong is the creator of a series wants to film in full-screen format to do it that way then? We seem to be so high on artistic integrity and directors' vision, so why should they have to change? Why must "everything" be in widescreen?

i don't think everything should be in widescreen...i think most people were under the impression this was broadcast WS in HD (however it was not) so there was some debate on what the OAR was.

i have heard that Kermit's line of

What the Hell is that

has been cut from the dvd

anybody?

This saddens me...not because i need to hear Kermit swear, but one of the things Disney said they were going to do was bring some adult humor back into the mix...i thought they achieved a bit of that with this movie (though still not the best by far). It's hard to believe in a day and age of Shrek that Disney would do that. Now i know dreamworks and Disney are different things, but I think Shrek showed that parents weren't all up in arms over mild profanity. I also think it would be different coming from mickey or donald...but this isn't Disney, its henson.

just my rant, sure you guys have some things to say on the matter.

Can anyone comment on the extra twenty minutes that were added back in?

Count me in the camp that knows this movie is not good, it's simply devoid of heart, but danged if I didn't laugh a lot while watching it. Pepe. Gonzo. Piggy. Johnny Fiama and Sal. Funny stuff.

I watched the DVD the other night and the new 20 minutes of stuff don't add up to much except a handful of funny jokes, and a few extended scenes. None of which add much to the overall story, but the extended version of the film is much more fluid than the broadcast TV version.

That's good to know. I'm pretty sure I have a free copy of this heading to me in the mail, so I'll probably unwrap it and give it another watching regardless of my dislike for the flick. After all, it still is the Muppets, and if there's twenty minutes extra that adds in more time with the Muppets (the lack of which is my biggest complaint about the flick) then it will be worth it I suppose.

so everyone laughed at the movie (but no one likes it) Huh...

I hope you enjoy it this time Kingtopher. I didn't expect everyone to love this movie. But i still think Disney did a good thing by reintroducing the muppets in a television movie. They kept the budget low, and gave everyone a chance to see it for free on broadcast television. I hope Disney puts these charachters back into the hearts of a new generation.

Its nice to see them in something other than a pizza hut commercial.

anyone report on if the line i mentioned in my previous post has been cut...can anyone compare their DVR copy.

Its hard to explain. There were funny parts, but at its core the movie had no heart at all. It was just a big, empty, shallow mess that featured far too little of the Muppets and far too much Ashanti (who is a terrible actress with no screen presence at all). I'm hoping the extra twenty minutes helps, but we'll see.

I completely agree with you kingtopher. How did someone involved in the production not notice that the lead actress was completely awful? I'm talking high school produciton of Wizard of Oz awful. Ashanti's pitifully acted reactions to the Muppet hijinx would have been laughable if it were just a commercial or something, but in a project with so much potential, it's just sad. I know she sells a lot of records and all, but can't the Disney brass recognize that in the long run, putting a rotten no-talent actress at the forefront of a Muppet movie will just cheapen the franchise and they'll have fewer viewers in the long run. This coming from someone who really enjoyed It's A Very Muppet Christmas. On a positive note, there were some very funny moments that made the purchase worth it to me. Oh yeah, what was up with the Frank Oz cheap shot?

So seeing how Muppet Wizard of Oz is actually a TV-Movie...

How many TV Muppet Movies have been made and are they available on DVD?

Also...whats the titles on the theatrical movies?

Thanks Guys...