The Muppets' Wizard of Oz

The Muppets' Wizard of Oz
Details
Country	United States
Language	English
Channels	ABC CTV CBC
Services	iTunes Amazon Prime Video
Release	May 20, 2005

The Muppets' Wizard of Oz is a 2005 musical fantasy television film directed by Kirk R. Thatcher, and the third television film featuring the Muppets. A contemporary adaptation of the 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, the story follows young Dorothy Gale, who works in her Aunt Em's diner, but dreams of becoming a singer somewhere beyond her small Kansas town. Swept up by a tornado, in her trailer home with pet prawn Toto, she lands in Oz and embarks on a journey to meet the Wizard who can help make her dreams come true.

Cast

Character		Actor
	Dorothy Gale	Ashanti
	Aunt Em	Queen Latifah
	Uncle Henry	David Alan Grier
	The Wizard	Jeffrey Tambor
	Quentin Tarantino
	Earl	C. Ernst Harth
	Weatherman	Dan Payne
	Kermit the Frog/Scarecrow	Steve Whitmire
	Rizzo the Rat/Mayor of Munchkinland
	Beaker
	Statler/Kalidah Critic	Steve Whitmire
		Bill Barretta (one line)
	Gonzo/Tin Thing	Dave Goelz
	Waldorf/Kalidah Critic
	Dr. Bunsen Honeydew
	Zoot
	Fozzie Bear/Cowardly Lion	Eric Jacobson
	Miss Piggy Glinda, the Good Witch of the South Wicked Witch of the West Tattypoo, the Good Witch of the North Wicked Witch of the East
	Sam the Eagle/Gate Guard
	Animal
	Pepe the King Prawn/Toto	Bill Barretta
	Johnny Fiama
	Dr. Teeth
	The Swedish Chef
	Scooter/Assistant to the Wizard	Rickey Boyd
	Crazy Harry
	Crow	Allan Trautman
	Old Tom
	Floyd Pepper	John Kennedy
	Angel Marie
	Janice	Tyler Bunch
	Clifford	Kevin Clash
	Sal Minella	Brian Henson
	Sweetums	John Henson

International versions

• Dubs
• Voice-overs
• Subtitled versions

	Language	Title
	French	Le magicien d'Oz des Muppets
	German	Muppets Der Zauberer von Oz
	Italian	I Muppet e il Mago di Oz
	Japanese	マペットのオズの魔法使い
	Portuguese (Brazil)	Muppets em o Mágico de Oz
	Spanish (Latin America)	Los Muppets y el Mago de Oz
	Spanish (Spain)	Los Teleñecos y el Mago de Oz

	Language	Title
	Bulgarian	Мъпетите и Магьосникът от Оз
	Polish	Muppety w krainie Oz
	Russian	Маппет-шоу: Волшебник из страны Оз

	Language	Title
	Albanian	Kukullat magjistare [unverified]
	Croatian	Muppeti i čarobnjak iz Oza [unverified]
	Danish	Muppets og troldmanden fra Oz
	Dutch	The Muppets' Wizard of Oz
	Finnish	Muppettien Ihmemaa Oz
	Norwegian	Muppetene og Trollmannen fra Oz
	Portuguese (Portugal)	Os Marretas e o Feiticeiro de Oz
	Swedish	Mupparna och trollkarlen från Oz

References

v - e - d Movies The Muppet Movie (1979) • The Great Muppet Caper (1981) • The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984) • The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) • Muppet Treasure Island (1996) • Muppets from Space (1999) • Kermit's Swamp Years (2002) • It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (2002) • The Muppets' Wizard of Oz (2005) • The Muppets (2011) • Muppets Most Wanted (2014) Series The Muppet Show (1976) • Muppet Babies (1984) • Muppet Time! (1994) • Muppets Tonight (1996) • Muppet Moments (2015) • The Muppets (2015) • Muppet Babies (2018) • Muppet Babies: Show and Tell (2018) • Muppet Babies Play Date (2019) • Muppets Now (2020) • The Muppets Mayhem (2023) Specials The Muppets Go Hollywood (1979) • John Denver & the Muppets: A Christmas Together (1979) • The Muppets Go to the Movies (1981) • Of Muppets and Men (1981) • The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show (1982) • The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years (1986) • A Muppet Family Christmas (1987) • The Muppets at Walt Disney World (1990) • The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson (1990) • Studio DC Hosted by Dylan and Cole Sprouse (2008) • Studio DC Hosted by Selena Gomez (2008) • A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa (2008) • Muppets Haunted Mansion (2021) Home Videos Children's Songs and Stories (with the Muppets) (1985) • Gonzo Presents Muppet Weird Stuff (1985) • The Kermit and Piggy Story (1985) • The Muppet Revue (1985)• Muppet Treasures (1985)• Rock Music with the Muppets (1985) • Meet the Muppets! (1993) • More Muppets, Please! (1993) • Muppet Classic Theater (1994) • It's Not Easy Being Green (1994) Video Games Muppet Treasure Island (1996) • Muppet RaceMania (2000) • Muppet Monster Adventure (2000) • Toyland Train (2000) • Shapes and Colors (2004) • Air, Land and Sea (2006) • Animals in Nature (2006) • Thinking and Sorting (2007) • The Muppets Movie Adventures (2014) See also

v - e - d As Muppets, Inc. Hey Cinderella! (1969) • The Frog Prince (1971) • The Muppet Musicians of Bremen (1972) As Henson Associates The Muppet Show (1976) • Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas (1977) • The Muppet Movie (1979) • The Muppets Go Hollywood (1979) • John Denver & the Muppets: A Christmas Together (1979) • The Muppets Go to the Movies (1981) • The Great Muppet Caper (1981) • Of Muppets and Men (1981) • The Dark Crystal (1982) • The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show (1982) • Fraggle Rock (1983) • The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984) • Muppet Babies (1984) • Follow That Bird (1985) • Labyrinth (1986) • The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years (1986) • The Tale of the Bunny Picnic (1986) • The Christmas Toy (1986) • Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series (1987) As Jim Henson Productions The StoryTeller (1987) • A Muppet Family Christmas (1987) • The Jim Henson Hour (1989) • Sesame Street: 20 Years and Still Counting (1989) • The Ghost of Faffner Hall (1989) • The Witches (1990) • The Muppets at Walt Disney World (1990) • The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson (1990) • Basil Hears a Noise (1990) • Dinosaurs (1991) • The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) • Dog City (1992) • Secret Life of Toys (1993) • Jim Henson's Animal Show (1994) • Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree (1995) • Gulliver's Travels (1996) • Muppet Treasure Island (1996) • Muppets Tonight (1996) • Aliens in the Family (1996) • The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss (1996) As Jim Henson Pictures Buddy (1997) • Muppets from Space (1999) • The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (1999) • Good Boy! (2003) As Jim Henson Television Bear in the Big Blue House (1997) • Mopatop's Shop (1999) • Construction Site (1999) • Farscape (1999) • The Hoobs (2001) As The Jim Henson Company Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story (2001) • It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (2002) • Five Children and It (2004) • Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars (2004) • The Muppets' Wizard of Oz (2005) • MirrorMask (2005) • Five Minutes More (2006) • Unstable Fables: 3 Pigs and a Baby (2008) • Sid the Science Kid (2008) • Pajanimals (2008) • Dinosaur Train (2008) • Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare (2008) • Unstable Fables: The Goldilocks and the 3 Bears Show (2008) • Me and My Monsters (2010) • Sid the Science Kid: The Movie (2013) • The Doozers (2014) • Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (2014) • Turkey Hollow (2015) • Splash and Bubbles (2016) • Word Party (2016) • Julie's Greenroom (2017) • The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (2019) • Earth to Ned (2020) • Dinosaur Train: Adventure Island (2021) • Word Party Presents: Math! (2021) • Harriet the Spy (2021) • Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock (2022) • Slumberkins (2022) As Henson Alternative The Happytime Murders (2018)

v - e - d (franchise) Live-action films The Wizard of Oz (1939) • Return to Oz (1985) Animated films Tom and Jerry and The Wizard of Oz (2011) • Guardianes de Oz (2015) • Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz (2016) Series Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz (2017) Other non-MGM (pre-1986)/non–Warner Bros. media also based off of The Wizard of Oz Off to See the Wizard (1967) • The Wiz (1978) • オズの魔法使い (1986) • The Wizard of Oz (1990 • 1991) • Lion of Oz (2000) • The Muppets' Wizard of Oz (2005) • Oz the Great and Powerful (2013) • Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return (2014) • Fantastic Journey to OZ (2017) • Wicked (2024) • Волшебник Изумрудного города. Дорога из жёлтого кирпича (2025) • Wicked: For Good (2025)