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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.
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>> 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 --
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>> 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!
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>> 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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[ APPLAUSE ]
