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==Notes==
 
==Notes==
*The forms the wizard takes in his first scenes are based mainly on the one's described in L. Frank Baum's book. However, except for Dorothy's seeing the head, the movie makes some changes regarding which character sees which identity. In the book, the scarecrow sees the lovely lady, the tin woodman a terrible beast (which the dragon is meant to represent here), and the lion the ball of fire.
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*The forms the wizard takes in his first scenes are based mainly on the ones described in L. Frank Baum's book. However, except for Dorothy's seeing the head, the movie makes some changes regarding which character sees which identity. In the book, the scarecrow sees the lovely lady, the tin woodman a terrible beast (which the dragon is meant to represent here), and the lion the ball of fire.
   
 
==External links==
 
==External links==

Revision as of 14:07, 9 October 2014

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The Wizard in formal attire

The Wizard is the ruler of the Emerald City and Oz, as seen in The Muppets' Wizard of Oz. Actually a former tour bus driver named Francis Cornfine from Hollywood, CA. The Wizard came to Oz and the residents assumed he was an all-powerful figure. Cornfine's talent at manipulating his fingers impressed the populace, and feeling a need to "give the public what they want," he developed a number of devices and tricks to maintain the illusion of "Oz, the great and powerful."

The Many Faces of the Wizard

Through a complex system of special effects, the Wizard is able to appear to supplicants as an enormous, mythical being of some kind. His forms vary according to the person seeing him, and serve as a front for his more mundane appearance. He appeared as a dragon to The Cowardly Lion, a fire-like entity with a face to The Scarecrow, a sexy woman that transforms into a chicken to the Tin Thing, and a big, green monster-like head to Dorothy and Toto.

Jeffrey Tambor also voiced the Dragon Form, Fire Form, and Monster Head Form while the Woman Form was voiced by Julianne Buescher.


Other Portrayals

Notes

  • The forms the wizard takes in his first scenes are based mainly on the ones described in L. Frank Baum's book. However, except for Dorothy's seeing the head, the movie makes some changes regarding which character sees which identity. In the book, the scarecrow sees the lovely lady, the tin woodman a terrible beast (which the dragon is meant to represent here), and the lion the ball of fire.

External links