For sure we're not in Kansas anymore, not with this adaptation of L. Frank Baum's utilitarian and still enchanting story "The Wizard of Oz," here remade for ABC under the guises of Muppetdom and looking (and behaving) wonderfully goofy for it. It's odd that no one thought of this earlier: one of the world's best-loved family stories reimagined by the universe's all-time favorite group of live-action critters, the Muppets. Kansas, and Oz for that matter, have a pixilated look, and it definitely works.
"The Muppets' Wizard of Oz" has singer Ashanti playing the ever-worried-about-others Dorothy (though she doesn't seem quite as concerned about the world as Judy Garland did), a teenager who wants desperately to be a rock star but whose life in Kansas severely limits that possibility. One day the Muppets come to town looking for young talent, and Dorothy, despite opposition from Auntie Em (Queen Latifah), manages to slip the creatures a demo CD of her singing. Well, that's a start.
1. Kansas - Ashanti
2. When I'm With You - Ashanti/Kermit The Frog/Gonzo/Fozzie Bear/Pepe
3. Witch Is In The House, The - Miss Piggy/Dr. Teeth & The Electric Mayhem
4. Calling All Munchkins - The Munchkin Tap-Your-Knuckle Choir
5. Good Life - Ashanti
6. Nap Time - Dr. Teeth & The Electric Mayhem
7. Muppet Show Theme, The - The Muppets
8. Mahna Mahna - Mahna Mahna/The Two Snowths
9. Bein' Green, (It's Not Easy) - Kermit The Frog
10. Rainbow Connection - Kermit The Frog
11. Lady Of Spain - Marvin Suggs & His Muggaphone
12. Halfway Down The Stairs - Kermit The Frog/Robin
13. What Now My Love? - Miss Piggy
14. Tenderly - Dr. Teeth & The Electric Mayhem
15. Happy Feet - Kermit The Frog & The Frog Chorus
Muppets Wizard Of Oz
