BACKGROUND: The classic
movie "The Wizard of Oz" has
recently been re-released here in the U.S.
The Top 12 Changes in the New "Wizard of Oz"
12 Scarecrow, Tinman and Cowardly Lion now referred to as the
"PETA-Approved Crow-Frightening Person
of Straw", the
"Non Gender Specific Recycled Metallic
American", and
the "Assertiveness-Challenged Feline."
11 "Wicked Witch of the West" replaced by
"Misguided Independent Counsel of the
Beltway"
10 Restored scene in which Jabba the Hutt advises Dorothy
not to dump the ruby slippers at the
first sign of monkey
bat attack.
9 Dorothy clicks her heels and says, "There's no place
like
the mall."
8 Victim of a careless oversight in 1939, Bob Dole is
finally
credited for his role as "Elderly Farm
Hand #2."
7 "Come with us to the Emerald City! I'm sure the
Wizard can
help you find the real killers!"
6 Dorothy wakes up in rehab and swears she'll lay off
the
stuff forever.
5 Through the magic of special effects, all munchkins
now
played by Danny DeVito, Gary Coleman
and Michael J. Fox.
4 Then: "Poppies! Poppies! Poppies!"
Now: "Dude, I can't find a vein!"
3 Vanilla Dot and little T-Dogg barely survive the drive-by
from the Munchkrips.
2 "PAY NO ATTENTION TO THE MAN BEHIND THAT INTERN!!!"
and Top5's Number 1 Change in the New
"Wizard of Oz"...
1 Tin Man axes Toto after hearing "Yo quiero Taco Bell"
for the zillionth time.
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