What I loved about this movie was the inside joke involving the which as Buck called Elaine. In case there are some who didn't recognize her, Elaine was played by Margaret Hamilton who played the Wicked Wich of the West in The Wizard of Oz. And she plays into it well in this movie especially the very end when she picks up the broom and gives a sly smirk to the camera.
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I thought that was a good one too. But not too 'inside' because I thought it was pretty obvious to who she was. Unless you haven't seen The Wizard of Oz. But who hasn't seen The Wizard of Oz?
I also like the ending with the broom.
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> But not too 'inside' because I thought it was pretty obvious to who she was.
If you watch the extra feature on the DVD, they mention that, in 1960, The Wizard of Oz wasn't really the big cultural phenomenom that it is today. CBS had only shown the "annual" movie a couple of times by then. It would have been quite easy for audience members to have completely missed the fact that Margaret Hamilton played a witch in "some movie" twenty years ago.
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Oh. I was talking more about now I guess when I responded to the original poster. I didn't even think about that for back in the 60's. Good point.
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My earliest memory of the Wizard of Oz was from about 1962. My memory is that it played every year at Halloween, and it was definitely very popular with kids and adults.
I can't imagine anyone, especially adults, not getting that "inside joke." Hamilton was famous for playing that role, and that role was famous before there were movies.
You are right that the Wizard of Oz isn't the cultural phenomenom that it is today. The Wizard of Oz was really a large number of books, and they were extremely popular. The movie came out in '39, and it was instantly loved by all the adults who had read the books, and the children who were presently reading them.
Here is a quote from Hamilton:
I was in a need of money at the time, I had done about six pictures for MGM at the time and my agent called. I said, 'Yes?' and he said 'Maggie, they want you to play a part on the Wizard.' I said to myself, 'Oh Boy, The Wizard of Oz! That has been my favorite book since I was four.' And I asked him what part, and he said 'The Witch' and I said 'The Witch?!' and he said 'What else?'
uh..it's spelled 'witch'
shareDon't you feel smart now for catching that mistake!!!
They were probally typing fast and didn't catch it....idiot.
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Since Medea is also the name of a famous witch in greek mythology and the title of a famous Greek play about her, I found that also amusing as a maybe more subtle in joke.
shareThey made a reference in the 2001 version of "Thri13en Ghosts" as well, where Dennis starts saying, "There's no place like home..." over and over. XD
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They made a reference in the 2001 version of "Thri13en Ghosts" as well, where Dennis starts saying, "There's no place like home..." over and over. XD
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