I remember back in 1995-96 when I was like 5 or 6 seeing this on an extended version of the wizard of oz at a friend's house. I had seen the original movie a bunch of times before. I was absolutely terrified of this for some reason. There was also a video showing different makeup versions of the tin man while his theme song played. I think they were just showing different designs of the character. There was one in particular that scared the living hell out of me. Let's just say I was sleeping in my parents bedroom that night lol.

Because this was recorded by a stagehand. Its not the copy that was going to be used.

@@amd1273 Wow this is so strange I was the same way. When I was a child this scene in particular and also the makeup test photos for Buddy Epsom as the Tin Man absolutely terrified me. I used to look at both all the time, and to this day they still mess with me in my subconscious I think hahaha. There was also a deleted song where Dorthy sings 'Over the Rainbow,' and that, combined with the set photos, terrified me too.

@@amd1273 There's never been an extended version of this movie.

@@MaskedMan66 i think in theatres this was shown at the end of the movie as an extended cut

Me too! I wanted to see the original. Never heard of it before.

Ditto!

Samesies, Elsa. lol

Same here!

I did too! I never knew of this deleted scene before now.

No, this is clearly a fake. Because the tape was lost, and Gregg's version is the only version out there, and the most accurate given his unparalleled movie expertise. So this one is clearly fake.

Thats how I found this. On cinema is hilarious but they are also good at dropping legitimate jewels in the mix.

@@zacharywoodman6445 Sorry, what are you talking about?

@@MaskedMan66 The Jitterbug song was lost completely, and has only been accurately reconstructed by Gregg Turkington, a true movie expert. Any other images of the Jitterbug you see are a fake.

@@zacharywoodman6445 Nothing's been reconstructed; this here is from someone's personal camera.

Imagine a fully restored extended movie in 4k. Sadly the film we know of was destroyed. Hope theres one out there somewhere.

Amanda P. Same here! It was sweet!

Mike M, that would’ve been a version of "Somewhere Over The Rainbow’s" theme, you know.

Yes!! My nana bought me the 50th anniversary VHS when I was 8. Loved it! ♥️♥️

Yep. You said it, Autumn Alden

Whatever.

Me too Abigail my she rest in peace and live on in all of her wonderful work as an actress R.I.P

Did you know she died from drugs

@@raleighlynnbennett3616 So?

Raleighlynn Bennett I did, and at 47! Not a long time.😭

You don’t see ME doing drugs, Abigail and Olivia Vlogs

Hard work. But actors were used to that, and worse.

Lion's costume weighed 100 lbs!

Nope, it's still lost.

@@MaskedMan66 people would be shocked at what collectors have intheir private collections

@@thomasdelvin3683 Oh, I know! Many years ago, an Argentinian collector passed away, and while they were cataloguing his belongings, they discovered a complete version of the movie _Metropolis,_ which had only been known in a heavily edited form for about eighty years! Thirty minutes were then restored to home video releases of the film.

Still lost

I always thought it was the black bees from the book

I’m gonna agree with you and the one you said.

Gyro ZeppeliMasterOfSpin doing that now haha

@@grahamburdick, you know that movie WAS after Toy Story!

you are 100% correct, it was mentioned in the special edition video I bought. I uploaded a HD version of this on my channel. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/etKZoJp0pqu-pac.html

When I read your comment I had to watch the video again and you're right, Ray Bolger is pretty light on his feet.

@@elenaandrusezko8659 It would've been interesting to see how he would've been as the Tin Man if he hadn't asked Mayer if he could switch roles.

back in the past of 2005, I was at Hawthorne Suites watching The Wizard Of Oz, before 12:00 a.m. on the little TV, while my mom’s out shopping, and I was about to get sleepy, but I’m not sleepy yet; I was STILL playing Mario Kart: Double Dash!! on the Nintendo Gamecube, since I’m gonna be able to finish playing that game, BEFORE my bedtime.

@@AwesomeTitanic, you didn’t notice about what I said. Did you?

@@MOI-gc4ey What?

If they would’ve made a sequel to "The Wizard Of Oz" called "The Wizard Of Oz: Back To Oz" THEY would’ve made that movie!

@@shadowsweetheart7188, weren’t you listening to what I’m saying to you about that?

ferociousgumby Do you still have it?

Finally, somebody who knows about this song only because of the soundtrack! I had it on cassette in college. Didn't remember or recognize it when I heard it in Randy's parody, but everyone else in that same boat that I've seen in these comments was unaware of this scene at all unless they had been in the stage version in school. I knew about the song, I knew about the footage, but I haven't listened to it in 30 years, so I'm grateful to Randy for reviving it and to the person in the comments who gave the link to this vid.

Because it was said to not reflect the stile of the movie it's a bit jazzy basiclily

@@hazelmurraymint433 at least that movie’s AFTER Toy Story, you know that, right?

@@tejaswoman I knew of it and all the other lost scenes only because i purchesd the aniversary dvd and this and other stuff was on it! i was brought up watching The wizard of Oz on tv in the uk in the 70s onwards i was born 1970 and before we had sattalite / cable / steaming like we do now in the uk we had back then 3 tv channels and SO at christmas ,easter ect we got all the big films on tv and some for the 1st time ...wizard of oz , towring inferno and posidon adventure were all big film staples at christmas / new year on TV back then! still one of my fave films! My dad god rest his soul used to make me laugh as i was a kid and they used to show oz and old films on tv and he would say (as they were old films to him obv) why you watching this that or the other they are that old they had hairs on them and they have now gone bald!

It's sent a little islnsct ahead to take the fight out of them

It also left us a third act completely devoid of any musical numbers, and for a musical film, that's pretty odd.

@@samsamson391, why did they have to DELETE that scene from THAT movie?

@@brianjude6789 if your talking about this scene? MGM thought it didn’t fit the theme at the point in the movie

@@just_beyonc7095, they WOULD’VE made an extended version of that "Wizard Of Oz," featuring the deleted scenes, but nooo!

It's Winged Monkeys, and multiple reasons have been given for the song's removal; to this day, nobody's entirely sure.

I think I remember hearing that they removed it because they feared that years later, using such a trendy dance like The Jitterbug would date the movie back. I could kind of see that.. it may have put a damper on the movie’s longevity.. plus, it probably did slow down the pacing of the movie.

@@qkqp It just seems like a forced way to put singing and dancing in the movie. Also, why would the Wicked Witch know about a dance popular on Earth? They don't know anything about Kansas.

And all this time I thought the references to this "bug" or "insect" were metaphorical...

So they obviously didn't read the description RIGHT BELOW THE VIDEO. It says it right there. SMH.

The deleted scene from The Wizard of Oz I wish I had stayed intact in the film or I just wish the entirety of its footage still existed, is the Triumphal Return to Emerald City, which featured a reprise of the song "Ding Dong the Witch is Dead". It occurred shortly after the Winkie Guards handed Dorothy the broom, then the guards started singing the song, and then it transitioned to a parade and celebration in which the citizens of Emerald City start singing the song as well.

Also Over The Rainbow Reprise Was Also Cut Because Its Too Emotional . It Happen After The Witch Leave Dorothy To Died .

Lol I can see why it was cut.

Of course the DELETED scenes from that movie weren’t in that movie, @@mattd6200. But they’re supposed to be in that movie, but no.

@@mattd6200 why was it cut?

Same. It’s believed that the actual footage was destroyed in the fire that happened in the MGM vault back in 1967. Although, this has never officially been confirmed

@@superjackster0165 It wouldn't be the first fire with movie film. 20th Century Fox lost movies in 1937, too. Unless they show up somewhere, I'm unable to see 4 of the Charlie Chan movies because of this.

@@101Volts and Doctor Who lost a bunch of episodes, too

@@superjackster0165 every time i hear about the MGM vault fire I want to tear my eyes out lol, what a horrid loss of history

Here

Yep

Here!

For sure

Yep

It's just someone's behind-the-scenes home movie, that's all.

No way! That’s AFTER Toy Story!

Not sure about Over the Rainbow as it was used as the movie’s theme in much of the promotional material. Got any sources?

I just wish they'd kept the reprise of Ding Dong the Witch is Dead in the Emerald City!

@@Rhewin if you have the DVD or Blu-ray disc there are comments about the Over the Rainbow song almost being cut.

@@CelticAngel1 I used to have the multi-disc collection and went through most bonus features. I don't recall this.

Lol

Ult-roger!

There is one last song,the lion's If I were King of The Forest.

Some very good observations. For me personally, and despite its appeal, I think they made the right call in cutting it. It's too weak plot-wise, and too far removed from the main theme. I also think they definitely made the right call in removing the Over the Rainbow reprise. It's really rather too depressing and upsets the balance with the positive energy. I do strongly agree it's too abrupt a transition back to the wizard without at least a bit of celebrative music. However the biggest mistake was cutting the extended Scarecrow number - very stupid decision. But at least you can splice that scene into your own copy.

⁠@@cchris874The extended Scarecrow number was apparently cut from the film at the very last minute.

The only reference that remained in the final film was the witch saying she "Sent a little insect along to take the fight out of them" to her monkeys.

Not the professional footage. That was lost! This is only a 8mm home movie!

@@Edwin48100 And this is a rehearsal. Not what was shot for the movie.

poikaa3 theres so much missing from the original filming of the movie that it is impossible today to recover enough of it for a full restoration

Yes, it is a shame. TCM app is playing this movie currently, just caught the last half, and in the interview with Bob Mankiewicz, the music historian lady mentions the Jitterbug dance they deleted from final version. Guessing one of film crew caught this side shot of it, shame because the dancing is so nicely choreographed, Judy’s singing just beautiful as always, thinking of alllllllllll the time and hours of learning the steps, all for nothing. Nothing. The public will never see this, it is a shame, because now it is and should be a ‘right of passage’ as Bob Mankiewicz says ... I just am making the kids (gently coaxing;) to watch these movie classics so they will be enriched with the knowledge and history of true classic Americana cinema... that they will know the best movies of all time were the 20s, 30s, 40s and 50s, the great directors, Billy Wilder, Michael Curtiz (whom I would never know if it weren’t for the TCM app), Alfred Hitchcock (many of his early films are excellent plus Strangers on a Train, Dial M for Murder, etc)... funny thing, the audiences back in the day were crazy not to love ❤️ movies like “Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory”, “Wizard of Oz”, both box office bombs, yet now they are hailed as two of the best all time movie classics.

The movie would be better with it in the film !

This behind-the-scenes footage wouldn't really be adequate for a full restoration because it contains extraneous elements (the dancing apple trees, seen from behind), it doesn't show the 4 performers from the front (the way they were shot for the real movie), but mostly because this amateur film does not show the entire musical number.

this is not the actual audio from the sound track as it is just the radio airplay album juke box version. the original soundtrack has dialog as the scarecrow tries to rescue toto from the grabbing trees and the trees are growling at Dorthey who then asks the tin man to rescue toto. there is a black and white copy that was used to orchestrate the soundtrack that still exists

i think that was the first time that it was made public jack palance and his daughter

That movie WAS after Toy Story! And I was at Hawthorne Suites watching The Wizard Of Oz, before 12:00 a.m. on the little TV, while my mom’s out shopping, and I was about to get sleepy, but I’m not sleepy yet; I was STILL playing Mario Kart: Double Dash!! on the Nintendo Gamecube, since I’m gonna be able to finish playing that game.

Why? How do you think the trees moved?

Lmao

Maybe that man behind that tree?

I haven't seen any images of the production stills for the Jitterbug, where can I view them?

@@nobodysperfect06 Actually, I was wrong, there isn't any. I thought that there was. Sorry. This shot of Harold Arlen's home video is the only existing footage.

I remember hearing that this was rehearsal footage. It’s believed that the original footage was destroyed from the fire that happened in the MGM vault in 1967

@@superjackster0165 i believe that vault fire, destroyed the over the rainbow reprise scene as well, as well as the triumphal return to emerald city.

Winged Monkeys.

I saw Leonard Maltin talking about it too yesterday. 😉

Not all of them; some of the extras, particularly the few children who were extra Munchkins, are still around. So is Caren Marsh Doll, who was Judy Garland's stand-in; she's 104.

Back to oz but yes

This would have been just before the flying monkey attack. The witch mentions sending a bug on ahead of the monkeys to take the fight out of them; this would have been that bug. It forces them to dance to tire them out. It was cut for time and because execs thought it would date the movie (good call on their part).

During the flying Monkey attack scene you can just barely see one of these tree guys moving in the background

Where do you see the prop guy coming out of his tree costume?

@@Rhewin Winged Monkeys.

@@zachzilla26 Winged Monkeys.

I read they felt the movie was too long so they chopped a few scenes and this was one of them.

Kid Graz I also heard that they were worried that the song would date the movie

And that it didn't reflect the stile of the movie it's a bit jazzy basiclily

Nearer 70, which was quite enough.

This is true. But then, a Tin Man is also not possible to begin with. Nor a living jitterbug. :)

Not to mention this alone took 5 weeks to film

@@ameliarose8822 fr its wild

I don't think the footage decomposed. No one ever found it --- in any condition, good or bad. I believe the footage was destroyed, but it's hard to comprehend why someone would throw away an entire musical number that took weeks to rehearse and shoot! It's not like it was one line of dialogue that got trimmed in post-production --- I could understand discarding something like that . . . but this was a big budget production number!