A ‘scary’ Sesame Street/Wizard Of Oz crossover movie has been pulled from syndication

The episode begins with strong winds blowing on Sesame Street. A broom falls from the sky in front of Mr. Hooper’s shop and is picked up by David (Northern Calloway). Then the witch appears from behind the corner. “I know I’m not in Oz anymore,” she says, a joke clearly aimed at parents watching their children.

He tried to summon the witch to retrieve the broom from David and ran into several Sesame Street residents. She threatens to turn Big Bird into a feather duster and catches Oscar’s attention when she hides behind a trash can in his house. (Even the Wicked Witch can glow like a schoolgirl when little Grouch calls her pretty.)

In the end, the witch disguises herself as a good-looking old lady (i.e. the real Margaret Hamilton). David, discovering the deception, makes her say “please” before returning the broom.

So, yeah, it’s not exactly a scary story, although the witch is sometimes left scratching her head, and Hamilton plays the role as if she just stepped off the set of “The Wizard of Oz.” She even brought out her charming chatter a few times. Apparently this was enough to make the children scream and cry, prompting their parents to write letters of complaint. if Angry parents can bring Optimus Prime back to lifeThey can defeat the Wicked Witch of the West.

Hamilton, who is famous for scaring young children, was a teacher before she became an actress – which may actually help explain why she’s so good at scaring children. Given her experience in education, it also makes sense that she would want to be a guest on “Sesame Street.” I’ve appeared before on An episode of “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” Which was about teaching kids that acting is fake and that someone playing a mean character doesn’t make them a mean person. In an interview with Mister Rogers, Hamilton recalled playing the Witch in The Wizard of Oz and the legacy she left behind:

“Sometimes, Mister Rogers, I’m a little unhappy because so many kids are so afraid of the Wicked Witch, and it makes me a little sad because I don’t think any of us thought, you know, that it would be as scary as it sometimes seems, but When you get it and realize that it’s just pretend, and that everyone can do it, you can do it.

To make the message clear in a way that children can fully understand, Hamilton mentioned that she was dressed as a witch on Halloween when she He was a child. Pretending to perform during the witch’s appearance on “Sesame Street” was never dropped, so kids who… no They realize that acting is “just pretending,” so they cannot calm their terror. Once the episode was pulled from the air, the kids had to wait to meet Miss Hamilton’s Wicked Witch until they were old enough to watch “The Wizard of Oz.”