About the RiffTrax app, Get 10% off riffs for Halloween with coupon code, This website uses cookies as described in our. Dust off your NES Advantage, blow in the cartridge even though we all know that doesn’t do anything, and join Mike, Kevin, and Bill for a walk down “not how you remember it from childhood” memory lane with The Wizard! Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. I suppose this kind of thing should be expected from the director of Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny. Along the way, they encounter Lucas Barton (Jackey Vinson), a popular preteen big shot who owns a Power Glove and shows his skills at Rad Racer, declaring he is also entering the tournament. On her way to the Emerald City, Dorothy meets and befriends the Scarecrow who wants a brain, the Tin Woodsman who desires a heart, and the Cowardly Lion who is in need of courage. The movie was almost too painful to watch… despite good riffing. The Woodses, the Batemans, and Putnam convene in the crowd as Jimmy competes with Lucas and another finalist in a game of Super Mario Bros. 3, which at the time had not been released in the United States. The film was also well known for being North America's introduction to what would become one of the best-selling video games of all time, Super Mario Bros. 3. The acting from the child character is horrible, he just says his lines as low and unenthusiastic as possible, but everyone else was acceptable. What do I even say about this insanely inept fever dream of a film. He is determined to go to "California", at first nearly the only word he can say since the tragedy. Jimmy Woods (Luke Edwards) is a young boy who has suffered from an unnamed, but serious mental disorder ever since his twin sister Jennifer drowned in the Green River two years earlier. RiffTrax Wiki is a FANDOM Movies Community. Those who gave us Thumbelina and the Ice Cream Bunny had a hand in this despicable piece of trash where a gang or Majorettes flash a lot of leg and invade Oz… and that’s the high point in this one. Over time, the film has gained somewhat of a cult following.

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The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American musical fantasy film, and is the most well known and successful adaptation of L. Frank Baum's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its many sequels. There are scenes that go way to long and go nowhere, and one scene was just the boy recapping the original Oz story to the pumpkinhead guy. Read more. Reviewed in the United States on January 13, 2019. They meet Professor Marvel, a phony fortune teller, who realizes Dorothy has run away and tricks her via his crystal ball into believing Aunt Em is ill. As Dorothy returns home worried for her Aunt Em's health, a powerful tornado comes. Like watching a high school musical with talent. Glinda soon arrives and tells her that she can still return home by clapping her heels together three times and repeating, "There's no place like home." Also that animatronic cow head puppet was hilariously pathetic. He credits having fresh eyes on the source material for finding several flaws and oddities in the film to comment on. Glinda tells Dorothy to follow the yellow brick road to the Emerald City, where the Wizard of Oz might be able to help her get back home. Jimmy wins the tournament at the last second after finding a Warp Whistle and getting the star. These guys were hilarious with one brilliant riff after another! Holy crap. Thanks! At the castle, the Witch again fails to get the slippers due to magic, and remembers Dorothy has to be killed first. Miss Gulch arrives with permission from the sheriff to have Dorothy's dog Toto destroyed for biting her on the leg. It's a headache of a movie, it's very confusing. The bug thing is going to give me feverish nightmares for sure but I think most of all, I feel sorry for the boy who had to sing because he clearly did not want to. He is taken away, but escapes, much to Dorothy's delight. My first RiffTrax episode, and I love it! The Wizard of Oz (RiffTrax Trailer 2) [Spoilers Begin] Dorothy Gale is a farm girl who lives with her Aunt Em and Uncle Henry, in sepia-tinted Kansas in the early 1900s. The movie itself is one of the stupidest things I have ever seen. You may be looking for another page titled The Wizard of Oz. This feature is a parody and contains the original movie combined with a comedic commentary by Mike, Kevin and Bill from RiffTrax (former stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 aka MST3K). And at one point he is even accused of inappropriate touching. This film is so big and influential that not only movies but books, song lyrics, and even ordinary everyday conversation are 90% Oz references! RiffTrax - Twilight Breaking Dawn pt 1 - Trailer!-0, RiffTrax - Twilight Breaking Dawn pt 1 - Trailer!-1, RiffTrax - Twilight Breaking Dawn pt 1 - Trailer!-2, RiffTrax - Twilight Breaking Dawn pt 1 - Trailer!-3, RiffTrax - Twilight Breaking Dawn pt 1 - Trailer!-1403144837, RiffTrax - Twilight Breaking Dawn pt 1 - Trailer!-1403145396, RiffWiki.net Riff of the Year competition. What do NTSC or PAL mean? James Cruise had never read the original novel "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" until he began to write for this riff. The Wizard has been shot in the hand and in a twist that would make the writers of even the worst Scooby-Doo episodes, the ones with Scooby-Dum, shake their heads in disgust, every other suspect in Gotham has also suffered a mysterious She runs away from home with him to escape Miss Gulch. How to sync Just the Jokes The trio hitchhike across the country, using Jimmy's skill and appearance to hustle people out of their money by playing video games. The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American musical fantasy film, and is the most well known and successful adaptation of L. Frank Baum's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its many sequels. More info. The youngest of the three is emotionally withdrawn with a gift for playing video games. When Jimmy is put into an institution, Corey breaks him out and runs away with him to California.

I have a hard time believing any kids found this type of material entertaining.

Yes, the boy wonder teams up with Fred Savage, strapping on Power Gloves to win the tournament and the hearts of gamers everywhere.