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>>> YOU'RE WATCHING "CINEMA CLASSICS" ON PBS.
>> GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME TO "CINEMA CLASSICS."
I'M YOUR HOST REESE DeWHAT. TONIGHT WE TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT
THE BELOVED 1939 FILM, "THE WIZARD OF OZ."
AND A RECENTLY DISCOVERED ALTERNATIVE ENDING.
WHY DID THEY FILM THIS ENDING? I DO NOT KNOW.
THIS IS NOT WHY I'M HERE. I'M A BAD GUESSER.
JUST ASK MY WIFE. SHE ASKED ME TO GUESS WHAT SHE
LEARNED IN HER EXERCISE CLASS, AND I SAID. "ACCEPTANCE?"
WORST COUPLE'S BALLOON RIDE EVER.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK NOW AT THE ALTERNATE ENDING IN WHICH
DOROTHY WAKES UP TO FIND OUT THAT HER ADVENTURES IN OZ WERE
ALL A DREAM. ♪♪♪
>> WAKE UP, DOROTHY. >> THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME,
THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME. >> DOROTHY, DEAR, IT'S AUNT EM,
DARLING. >> AUNTIE EM, IT'S YOU.
>> YOU'VE GOT QUITE THE BUMP ON THE HEAD.
WE THOUGHT WE MIGHT LOSE YOU FOR A MOMENT.
>> OH, BUT I DID GO. I LEFT.
AND I TRIED TO GET BACK FOR DAYS AND DAYS.
>> WELL, THERE, THERE. YOU JUST HAD A BAD DREAM.
>> REMEMBER ME, YOUR OLD PAL HUNK?
>> WHAT ABOUT ME? >> YOU COULDN'T FORGET MY FACE,
COULD YOU? >> NO, BUT IT WASN'T A DREAM.
IT WAS A PLACE. AND YOU WERE THERE, AND YOU WERE
THERE, AND YOU. AND YOU WERE A LION AND A TIN
MAN, AND A SCARECROW. >> AND WHAT ABOUT ME?
WAS I THERE? WAS I IN YOUR DREAM?
>> OH, HI, DR. PICKENS. >> YES, DOCTOR.
THANKS FOR COMING TO CHECK ON DOROTHY.
>> SHE SEEMS FINE. SO, WAS I IN YOUR DREAM?
>> I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER. >> AND WHAT ABOUT US?
>> YEAH! >> YEAH!
WERE WE IN THE DREAM? >> WELL, I MEAN, EVERYONE WAS IN
THE -- HEY, WHERE'S BREAKFAST? >> WHAT WAS I IN THE DREAM?
WAS I A DOCTOR THERE, TOO? >> DOES IT REALLY MATTER WHAT
EVERYBODY WAS? >> WHAT ABOUT ME?
WAS I ALSO A TEACHER? >> AND WAS I A LAWYER?
>> TELL ME WHAT I WAS. >> OKAY, WELL, UM, ACTUALLY, YOU
WERE A MAYOR. >> REALLY?
A MAYOR? OF WHERE?
NEW YORK, CHICAGO? >> I'D LOVE TO MOVE OFF THE
DREAM STUFF, BUT IF YOU'RE INSISTING IT WAS --
MUNCHKINLAND. >> MUNCHKINLAND?
WHAT WERE WE, FUNNY LITTLE WEIRDOS TO MAKE YOU LAUGH?
>> OH, NO. NOT AT ALL.
>> WHAT WERE WE WEARING? >> WHAT?
>> WHAT WERE WE WEARING? >> WELL --
♪♪♪ >> OH, MY GOD.
WHEN YOU CLOSE YOUR EYES THAT'S HOW YOU SEE US?
AS YOUR LITTLE NIGHTMARE BABY DOLLS?
>> NO, NO! YOU WERE ALL HEROES IN YOUR OWN
SMALL WAYS. >> I WISH THE TORNADO HAD KILLED
YOU. >> DOCTOR!
>> SORRY, BUT I'M MAD AS HELL. >> ME, TOO.
SO MAD! ♪♪♪
>> OKAY. THIS IS THE EXACT DANCE YOU DID
IN THE DREAM. >> THAT'S PRETTY ADORABLE.
>> SO WE JUST DANCE FOR YOUR AMUSEMENT?
>> LIKE FOOLS? >> NO, NO, YOU DANCED ON THE
GRAVE OF THE LADY I KILLED. THAT WAS YOUR JOB AS PART OF THE
LOLLIPOP GUILD. >> SO WE OWNED A LOLLIPOP
FACTORY? >> NO, YOU JUST KIND OF HELD
THEM, KISSED THEM AND RODE THEM AROUND LIKE LITTLE HORSES.
>> OH, MY GOD. >> SO THESE LOLLIPOPS.
>> WERE BIGGER THAN YOUR HEAD? YES.
IT'S MORE DIGNIFIED THAN IT SOUNDS.
THE MUNCHKINS, YOU SEE, WERE A NOBLE RACE.
>> RACE? >> I CAN'T HELP WHAT I DREAMED.
THERE WERE ALL SORTS OF CREATURES THERE.
>> CREATURES? >> YEAH, LIKE FLYING MONKEYS.
>> SO WE'RE ON THE SAME LEVEL AS AN AIRBORNE CHIMP.
>> I'M SO SORRY. I KNOW THIS ALL SOUNDS STRANGE,
BUT YOU WERE A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THE WHOLE ADVENTURE.
>> SO WE WERE WITH YOU THE WHOLE WAY?
>> NO, I KIND OF PEACED OUT TO THE WOODS WITH MY DOG AND I
THINK MAYBE SAW THAT ONE OF YOU HAD HANGED YOURSELF?
>> WHAT DID YOU DO ABOUT IT? >> UM, GOODNIGHT.
>> LET'S GET OUT OF HERE. YOUR HOUSE IS A DUMP, BY THE
WAY. ♪♪♪
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