Jeffrey McHale’s doc-essay extends its gaze from the L. Frank Baum novel published in 1900 through the beloved Judy Garland ...

Years later, The Muppets’ Wizard of Oz offered a modern spin on the L. Frank Baum tale, and while it wasn’t as well-received, the formula still worked. But what other classic stories could ...

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Wild to realize that, until the release of “The Day the Earth Blew Up,” the Looney Tunes characters have never had an entirely original, feature-length movie to themselves. “The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner ...

Disney similarly missed the same opportunity after the 2005 ABC special, “The Muppets’ Wizard of Oz,” which was critically panned by viewers. However, hit movies like “The Muppets Christmas Carol” and ...

In 1900, at the turn of the century, author L. Frank Baum published a book that took imaginations by storm. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz proved an instant hit, with the story of Dorothy, a farmgirl from ...

“The Muppets,” whose versatility is evident through their various adaptations of classic stories like “The Wizard of Oz” and “A Christmas Carol,” can still have an impact on audiences today. Since ...

He is seen in Muppets from Space (1999), It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (2002), The Muppets' Wizard of Oz (2005), and A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa (2008). Pepé's character is ...

Eighty-five years ago, Judy Garland, Margaret Hamilton, Billie Burke and their castmates brought the classic story to technicolor life MGM Studios/Archive Photos/Getty The Wizard of Oz has become ...

Is there nothing the Muppets can’t do? In 2005, The Muppets’ Wizard of Oz hit television with the film being a contemporary adaptation of Baum’s novel, just with Muppets incorporated in the ...