The Jitterbug - Cut from The Wizard of Oz

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  • Опубліковано 12 тра 2016
  • "The Jitterbug" was a song sung by Dorothy, together with the Scarecrow, Tin Man and Cowardly Lion, that was cut from the soundtrack of the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz. It was both a jazzy development of the plot and a nod to the then-popular bobby-soxer dance craze. As the song begins, the four friends see a jitterbug flitting in the shadows from tree to tree and become frightened. The Jitterbug puts a magical influence on the characters, forcing them to dance the Jitterbug frenetically. Soon there are many jitterbugs, and eventually, everyone collapses from exhaustion and are subdued by the Witch's army of flying monkeys.
    The Wicked Witch of the West makes reference to this number in the finished film, telling the leader of the monkeys that she had sent "a little insect to take the fight out of them", a line that is perhaps the most obvious continuity error in the film. The original Baum novel has no reference to Jitterbugs, but the Wicked Witch sends out a swarm of bees to sting Dorothy and her friends to death in Chapter 12, an attack that is thwarted by the Scarecrow and Tin Woodman.
    The song was restored in various stage versions of The Wizard of Oz, including the 1942 Muny production and 1987 RSC version. It does not appear in the 2011 West End version.

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  • @ddempslay3520
    @ddempslay3520 2 роки тому +552

    Idk why this has such a creepy and unnerving quality to it and I kind of love it. It sounds like being on a nonstop carousel that won't let you off which is fitting considering it's about a spell the witch casts to make them dance forever

    • @amd1273
      @amd1273 2 роки тому +19

      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.

    • @robertrose3068
      @robertrose3068 2 роки тому +12

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

    • @isaachedges1270
      @isaachedges1270 Рік тому +2

      @@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.

    • @MaskedMan66
      @MaskedMan66 Рік тому +5

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

    • @judithemmett9163
      @judithemmett9163 Рік тому +3

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

  • @elsa557
    @elsa557 4 роки тому +661

    Just came here straight from Randy Rainbow's latest vid - The Bunker Boy

    • @shanna9990
      @shanna9990 4 роки тому +31

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

    • @484pjfoc
      @484pjfoc 4 роки тому +6

      Ditto!

    • @bobhenson2752
      @bobhenson2752 4 роки тому +3

      Samesies, Elsa. lol

    • @liztarnove2995
      @liztarnove2995 4 роки тому +3

      Same here!

    • @victhedude417
      @victhedude417 4 роки тому +6

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

  • @jeffethegamingadvocate2821
    @jeffethegamingadvocate2821 Рік тому +186

    Gregg did a fantastic job recreating this in Deck of Cards

    • @zacharywoodman6445
      @zacharywoodman6445 Рік тому +14

      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.

    • @afrank198
      @afrank198 Рік тому +5

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

    • @MaskedMan66
      @MaskedMan66 Рік тому

      @@zacharywoodman6445 Sorry, what are you talking about?

    • @zacharywoodman6445
      @zacharywoodman6445 Рік тому +10

      @@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.

    • @MaskedMan66
      @MaskedMan66 Рік тому +4

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

  • @crazylegskc
    @crazylegskc 6 місяців тому +17

    Given The Wizard of Oz's status as one of the greatest films of all time, The Jitterbug is quite possibly the most famous deleted scene in movie history. Can you imagine how awesome it would be if they someday found actual footage of it somewhere? The film world would go nuts!

    • @Deletemyaccount2023
      @Deletemyaccount2023 4 місяці тому +4

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

  • @kylephalen2591
    @kylephalen2591 Рік тому +118

    This footage was lost until it was restored by film buff Gregg Turkington for his film Deck of Cards (2022, 45 minutes)

    • @MaskedMan66
      @MaskedMan66 Рік тому +10

      Nope, it's still lost.

    • @thomasdelvin3683
      @thomasdelvin3683 4 місяці тому +4

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

    • @MaskedMan66
      @MaskedMan66 4 місяці тому +3

      @@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.

    • @uncled39
      @uncled39 2 місяці тому +1

      Still lost

  • @Rick_King
    @Rick_King 3 місяці тому +12

    For decades, I wondered what the wicked witch meant when she told the flying monkeys "I've sent a little insect ahead, to take the fight out of them." Of course, that little insect was the jitterbug!
    So glad for home movies, so we could see this!

  • @Olivia-ce8nq
    @Olivia-ce8nq 5 років тому +322

    I like this song and Judy Garland is an outstanding actress/singer and dancer. R.I.P Judy!😢😭

    • @ben6305
      @ben6305 5 років тому +5

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

    • @raleighlynnbennett3616
      @raleighlynnbennett3616 4 роки тому +3

      Did you know she died from drugs

    • @morgellon9449
      @morgellon9449 4 роки тому +4

      @@raleighlynnbennett3616 So?

    • @Olivia-ce8nq
      @Olivia-ce8nq 4 роки тому +4

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

    • @brianjude6789
      @brianjude6789 4 роки тому +3

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

  • @ferociousgumby
    @ferociousgumby 4 роки тому +179

    I had an original cast record of Wizard of Oz as a kid, and yes, I remember this song! Every time I watched the movie I wondered why the song wasn't in it.

    • @Marcock000
      @Marcock000 4 роки тому +4

      ferociousgumby Do you still have it?

    • @tejaswoman
      @tejaswoman 4 роки тому +10

      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.

    • @hazelmurraymint433
      @hazelmurraymint433 4 роки тому +6

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

    • @brianjude6789
      @brianjude6789 9 місяців тому

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

    • @dizzydevil547
      @dizzydevil547 6 місяців тому

      @@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!

  • @79agp
    @79agp 5 років тому +255

    In 1989 when I was ten my parents bought the VHS 50th anniversary tape. It had this and alot of other rare footage after the movie was done.

    • @mikem4696
      @mikem4696 4 роки тому +3

      Amanda P. Same here! It was sweet!

    • @brianjude6789
      @brianjude6789 4 роки тому +2

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

    • @autumnalden1109
      @autumnalden1109 4 роки тому +5

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

    • @brianjude6789
      @brianjude6789 4 роки тому +1

      Yep. You said it, Autumn Alden

    • @brianjude6789
      @brianjude6789 4 роки тому +1

      Whatever.

  • @MNBluestater
    @MNBluestater 3 роки тому +74

    I cannot believe what it must have been like to dance those sequences, in those costumes, under the hot stage lights!

    • @MaskedMan66
      @MaskedMan66 2 роки тому +10

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

    • @EarlLedden
      @EarlLedden 4 місяці тому +1

      Lion's costume weighed 100 lbs!

  • @bevaconme
    @bevaconme 4 роки тому +46

    if i were to have a nightmare about this movie, it would be this scene.

  • @TheGreekPianist
    @TheGreekPianist 4 роки тому +329

    When the witch said “I’ve sent a little insect ahead to take the fight out of them”, I think this is what she meant!

    • @rydag11
      @rydag11 4 роки тому +8

      I always thought it was the black bees from the book

    • @brianjude6789
      @brianjude6789 4 роки тому +6

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

    • @grahamburdick
      @grahamburdick 3 роки тому +2

      Gyro ZeppeliMasterOfSpin doing that now haha

    • @brianjude6789
      @brianjude6789 3 роки тому +2

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

    • @ZiggyTheAdventurer
      @ZiggyTheAdventurer 3 роки тому +1

      you are 100% correct, it was mentioned in the special edition video I bought. I uploaded a HD version of this on my channel.
      ua-cam.com/video/Dlim7CAEZus/v-deo.html

  • @tiamia7139
    @tiamia7139 4 роки тому +187

    This is my favorite movie of all time and this is the first time I ever heard of this scene. You can see what a fantastic dancer Ray Bolger was in this. So smooth while still keeping in character as the Scarecrow.

    • @elenaandrusezko8659
      @elenaandrusezko8659 4 роки тому +8

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

    • @AwesomeTitanic
      @AwesomeTitanic 4 роки тому +2

      @@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.

    • @brianjude6789
      @brianjude6789 3 роки тому +2

      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.

    • @MOI-gc4ey
      @MOI-gc4ey 3 роки тому +2

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

    • @AwesomeTitanic
      @AwesomeTitanic 3 роки тому +2

      @@MOI-gc4ey What?

  • @carolynmichalsky9364
    @carolynmichalsky9364 4 роки тому +165

    Randy Rainbow sent me.

    • @brianjude6789
      @brianjude6789 4 роки тому +2

      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!

    • @MOI-gc4ey
      @MOI-gc4ey 3 роки тому +1

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

  • @aarondancelife
    @aarondancelife Рік тому +22

    When I saw this deleted scene as a kid, I got so much more scared of the movie. I love it!

  • @gtlfb
    @gtlfb 4 роки тому +79

    This number was cut because it was felt it stopped the action without advancing the story. As much fun as the song may be, I think it was good decision. There is one little hint to this song left in the movie - when the Witch orders the Flying Monkeys to get Dorothy, she says she “sent a little bug to take the fight out of them”.

    • @MaskedMan66
      @MaskedMan66 Рік тому +5

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

    • @qkqp
      @qkqp 6 місяців тому +4

      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.

    • @jedijones
      @jedijones 6 місяців тому +1

      @@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.

    • @jenniferburchill3658
      @jenniferburchill3658 6 місяців тому

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

    • @Mr21scott
      @Mr21scott 6 місяців тому

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

  • @kayerin5749
    @kayerin5749 4 роки тому +117

    I was unaware of this song, despite my long time love of the movie, seeing it first at a drive in movie lot, back in the late 40's... Until my nephews class included it in their production of the Wiz in the 90's. They did a fantastic job. The music is terrific - so sad it got cut!

    • @nobodysperfect06
      @nobodysperfect06 4 роки тому +1

      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.

    • @m.syauqiabdurahman2798
      @m.syauqiabdurahman2798 4 роки тому

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

    • @mattd6200
      @mattd6200 2 роки тому +1

      Lol I can see why it was cut.

    • @MOI-gc4ey
      @MOI-gc4ey 2 роки тому

      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.

    • @brianjude6789
      @brianjude6789 Рік тому

      @@mattd6200 why was it cut?

  • @j.c.b6473
    @j.c.b6473 4 роки тому +141

    I can see why it was cut, but it left us with a confusing line: "I sent a little bug ahead to take the bite out of them."

    • @hazelmurraymint433
      @hazelmurraymint433 4 роки тому +15

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

    • @samsamson391
      @samsamson391 3 роки тому +40

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

    • @brianjude6789
      @brianjude6789 3 роки тому +5

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

    • @just_beyonc7095
      @just_beyonc7095 3 роки тому +6

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

    • @MOI-gc4ey
      @MOI-gc4ey 3 роки тому +6

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

  • @mikejohnson515
    @mikejohnson515 2 роки тому +19

    Had this been kept in the film, the Jitterbug would have never gone out of style.

  • @JackieBrown111
    @JackieBrown111 4 роки тому +110

    I’m here bc of Randy Rainbow #BunkerBoy

  • @jessicashae2005
    @jessicashae2005 3 роки тому +43

    Wish this survived as an actual scene instead of a behind the scene so it could be restored into a new cut of the movie. Would have been entertaining.

    • @superjackster0165
      @superjackster0165 2 роки тому +11

      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

    • @101Volts
      @101Volts 2 роки тому +2

      @@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.

    • @LooneyNuke
      @LooneyNuke Рік тому

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

    • @birdie8006
      @birdie8006 Рік тому +3

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

  • @VladSicoe
    @VladSicoe Рік тому +28

    This looks and sounds like it would have been a fun sequence in the movie. Too bad they cut it. This one, the Emerald City reprise of "Ding Dong, the Witch is Dead" and Judy's tearful reprise of "Over the Rainbow" are sequences for which I hope they will find the footage someday.

  • @DanXmas
    @DanXmas Рік тому +8

    Thanks Gregg

  • @elijahblechman8633
    @elijahblechman8633 3 роки тому +10

    This is so surreal. There's a lot of factors leading here. It's something so fermiler but new. The footage is so old. There's a lit to unpack here

    • @MaskedMan66
      @MaskedMan66 2 роки тому

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

  • @namj8145
    @namj8145 4 роки тому +80

    "PAY NO ATTENTION TO THE MAN IN THE TREE!!"

  • @youtoo2233
    @youtoo2233 4 роки тому +94

    There were several scenes and songs that had to be cut because it made the movie too long and this was one of them, they almost cut Over the Rainbow too because they said it was slowing the movie Down

    • @brianjude6789
      @brianjude6789 4 роки тому +3

      No way! That’s AFTER Toy Story!

    • @Rhewin
      @Rhewin 4 роки тому +2

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

    • @bluewhaleking6227
      @bluewhaleking6227 4 роки тому +4

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

    • @CelticAngel1
      @CelticAngel1 3 роки тому +3

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

    • @Rhewin
      @Rhewin 3 роки тому +1

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

  • @dooterino
    @dooterino Рік тому +15

    Expert movie buff Gregg Turkington sent me here

  • @lydiafayre9806
    @lydiafayre9806 4 роки тому +466

    Randy Rainbow fans here in 2020.

  • @adelinesieber1881
    @adelinesieber1881 4 місяці тому +3

    I’m glad more people are recognizing this. When my high school did the Wizard of Oz last year, we actually added in the Jitterbug scene.

  • @charlesrice-davis5983
    @charlesrice-davis5983 10 місяців тому +7

    The recreation in Deck of Cards really nails it

  • @martinedwards4522
    @martinedwards4522 10 місяців тому +7

    i wish there was more of this to be seen 👍🏻👍🏻

  • @CheeksMcSpreadem
    @CheeksMcSpreadem Рік тому +17

    Oz heads everywhere can rejoice!

  • @cyndykated358
    @cyndykated358 4 роки тому +23

    Wow! So cool...even the trees are dancing! 😀

  • @majkus
    @majkus 10 місяців тому +9

    Between this cut, the removal of Dorothy's tearful 'Over the Rainbow' moment near the crystal ball, and the removal of the 'Hail Hail the Witch Is Dead' reprise returning to the Emerald City, the film as a whole is completely front-loaded for musical numbers. There are no songs after 'The Merry Old Land of Oz' in the finished film. I notice that the stage version performed by high schools nowadays (the Royal Shakespeare Company version, I think) restores at least this number to the act, and makes more of the Winkie march, which balances things a little better.

    • @tonycanabal1659
      @tonycanabal1659 10 місяців тому

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

    • @cchris874
      @cchris874 10 місяців тому +1

      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.

    • @superjackster0165
      @superjackster0165 6 місяців тому

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

  • @SummerBayJournal
    @SummerBayJournal 2 роки тому +4

    I am glad this was cut. Oz was supposed to be other-wordly and the jitterbug was a contemporary American dance craze very much of its time. It really places the movie in a very specific time and place. It ruins the feeling of Oz. Having said that, it's a great shame the footage wasn't kept. I know back in those days they did not forsee the longevity of movies, and then VHS, dvds, etc. But it's still a shame it wasn't preserved.

  • @princessozmaofoz5242
    @princessozmaofoz5242 2 роки тому +61

    So wonderful~ even though this song wasn't in the actual movie, I love it just as much as the others! The "Jitterbug", beautifully sung by my dear friend Dorothy, and performed along with her three loyal companions, is just magical.
    A pity it was cut, but at least the footage survived! 😊🌹

    • @RedwoodTheElf
      @RedwoodTheElf 10 місяців тому +2

      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.

    • @Edwin48100
      @Edwin48100 10 місяців тому +1

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

    • @jedijones
      @jedijones 6 місяців тому

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

  • @JesseOsher
    @JesseOsher 3 роки тому +12

    I performed in the Wizard of Oz in High School and we sang and danced to this scene. What memories watching this now!

  • @brandoncutler09
    @brandoncutler09 4 роки тому +12

    I do not know why...but this song came to mind very recently. I had not seen this since I was a sick kid. My mom and I used to watch this. I missed those times...

  • @poikaa3
    @poikaa3 6 років тому +83

    With today's photo chopping and digital effects, this could be restored in it's full! BTW we're watching the 'Wizard of Oz' right now! December 22, 2017

    • @pottergoose
      @pottergoose 6 років тому +12

      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

    • @patrick7mary
      @patrick7mary 6 років тому +11

      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.

    • @user-ic4zx1mq7s
      @user-ic4zx1mq7s 5 років тому +2

      The movie would be better with it in the film !

    • @hebneh
      @hebneh 5 років тому +6

      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.

    • @thomasdelvin3683
      @thomasdelvin3683 4 роки тому +2

      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

  • @degenerategaming6535
    @degenerategaming6535 2 роки тому +6

    I came here after finding out that the Jitterbug scene from the Tom and Jerry and the Wizard of Oz sequel was actually based off a removed scene from the original movie. I love it.

  • @michaellevin6608
    @michaellevin6608 4 роки тому +17

    Me, too. (Another RR fan)

  • @tandre31
    @tandre31 Рік тому +5

    So damn atmospheric. This is what plays on TVs in houses in A24 films 😂

  • @coyotix
    @coyotix 2 місяці тому +2

    The main reason this number was cut wasn't just expenses- it was also because it featured the original actor for the Tin Man, Buddy Ebsen. But after the aluminum dust used for his makeup got in his lungs, he was unable to film much else, so he was recast, and they didn't have the funds to redo this number.

  • @everlasting9292
    @everlasting9292 Рік тому +4

    I am going to be in a production of Oz this summer and I’m really excited for Jitterbug. It’s such a cool, jazzy song. And our Jitterbug will be flying so she can leap between trees to dance in!

  • @billthecat666
    @billthecat666 3 роки тому +8

    I first saw this on Ripley's Believe it or Not in the 80s. I didn't realize at the time that it was a home movie and not from the studio cameras.

    • @thomasdelvin3683
      @thomasdelvin3683 3 роки тому

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

  • @billygonzales4446
    @billygonzales4446 2 роки тому +7

    The scene seems so scary but the song is so cute

  • @shadowfurychaos96
    @shadowfurychaos96 3 роки тому +7

    I came here because I remembered this as a deleted scene, because I'm a huge Wizard of Oz Fan. I wanted to share it to my family because I was proud for knowing about it because they were talking about Jitterbugs 😌

  • @shelbyelsing3699
    @shelbyelsing3699 5 місяців тому +1

    this song is stuck in my head and it's just like so eerie and creepy but something so good about it, but its just so creepy but stuck

  • @rqnbix4872
    @rqnbix4872 2 роки тому +5

    We’re doing The Wizard of Oz as a play at my school, and we’re doing this scene. It’s so catchy lol

  • @phoebelajoie5466
    @phoebelajoie5466 3 роки тому +2

    Thank God the audio was saved. Love the song

  • @HaroldWayneSaxton-fj6st
    @HaroldWayneSaxton-fj6st 7 місяців тому +2

    I love this movie! Why Oh Why Oh Why was this scene cut ???
    Definitely a little on the creepy side ... This is what makes it great

  • @stevenprice8253
    @stevenprice8253 4 роки тому +15

    When that dude pops out of the tree, though. Disturbing.

    • @brianjude6789
      @brianjude6789 3 роки тому +2

      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.

    • @MaskedMan66
      @MaskedMan66 3 роки тому

      Why? How do you think the trees moved?

    • @LMAOINMEMPHIS
      @LMAOINMEMPHIS 3 роки тому

      Lmao

    • @brianjude6789
      @brianjude6789 Рік тому +1

      Maybe that man behind that tree?

  • @BlueGuy44
    @BlueGuy44 6 місяців тому +1

    Watch it at the Theater Yesterday from Fathom Events, and when this Musical Sequence was brought up, curiosity kicks in. Pretty cool Sequence. It’s a shame it was cut out.

    • @jedijones
      @jedijones 6 місяців тому

      I saw Leonard Maltin talking about it too yesterday. 😉

  • @moshomaniac1
    @moshomaniac1 4 роки тому +22

    The jitterbug scene was going to be in the haunted forest right before the flying monkeys. If you listen closely to the scene before, the witch says: “I’ve sent a little insect on ahead to take the fight out of them.” However, this video is not the original deleted scene, it was just rough cut of a rehearsal, you can obviously see the man coming out of the tree costume. The original scene is lost forever, say for a few production stills.

    • @nobodysperfect06
      @nobodysperfect06 4 роки тому +1

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

    • @moshomaniac1
      @moshomaniac1 4 роки тому +3

      @@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.

    • @superjackster0165
      @superjackster0165 4 роки тому +3

      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

    • @initiatorhater0688
      @initiatorhater0688 4 роки тому +1

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

    • @MaskedMan66
      @MaskedMan66 2 роки тому

      Winged Monkeys.

  • @apriltorres3684
    @apriltorres3684 4 місяці тому +1

    Judy's singing was just wonderful in this film clip !!
    I can see why the dance scene was cut because it just doesn't fit in with the rest of the film.
    Yet, on the other hand with this scene cut it doesn't explain why the lion has a butterfly net, the tin man a gun, and the scarecrow a mallet, after they leave the castle.
    The one area of the film that I thought could have been reworked is near the end when Dorothy throws water from a bucket onto the Scarecrow and it accidentally splashes the witch.
    I thought a hose connected to the castle wall would be a more realistic scenario than just the bucket sitting all by itself.
    A great film and all of the actor's did their very best with the limited technology in 1938( Film released in 1939 ).

  • @chefff_Zch
    @chefff_Zch 3 роки тому +7

    Im glad the movie tom and jerry back to oz added this song when they were in the forest

  • @deannayoung720
    @deannayoung720 4 роки тому +7

    Now the Bunker Boy!

  • @elizabethvasilioualiabadi3030
    @elizabethvasilioualiabadi3030 4 роки тому +7

    Randy Rainbow 😍

  • @Bros-fh2mi
    @Bros-fh2mi Місяць тому

    This was cut? Noooo! It looks so good!

  • @WDI2008
    @WDI2008 4 роки тому +12

    If you do The Wizard of Oz as a school or amateur production.They do include The Jitterbug.And The Jitterbug is also included in Tom and Jerry and The Wizard of Oz.

  • @gemlover7523
    @gemlover7523 Рік тому +3

    I wish they would add this in the movie it sounds catchy

  • @angelcatpycmember1152
    @angelcatpycmember1152 3 роки тому +3

    AHHH SHE SOUNDS SO HAPPY

  • @MRNSFRTRMP
    @MRNSFRTRMP 4 роки тому +18

    Randy Rainbow is a genius.

  • @truerebels10_
    @truerebels10_ 2 місяці тому

    Just finished a musical production of The Wizard of Oz. The Jitter was my favorite number. Still sad I didn’t get to see it would the cast in costume.

  • @patrickspencer6550
    @patrickspencer6550 3 роки тому +7

    RIP Every actor in The Wizard of Oz (1939)

    • @MaskedMan66
      @MaskedMan66 Рік тому +2

      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.

  • @nesoldier74
    @nesoldier74 Рік тому +1

    I just read that this footage is lost but UA-cam comes through again! 😊

  • @liamdonohoe1988
    @liamdonohoe1988 3 роки тому +3

    This was used for Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz

  • @me-ok8dt
    @me-ok8dt 4 роки тому +9

    Thank you Randy for bringing this back!

  • @ET-or8rt
    @ET-or8rt 4 роки тому +2

    My school did this song In the school play, and I had it stuck in my head for so long.

  • @bettyottman1718
    @bettyottman1718 4 роки тому +4

    If feels like we've been forced to dance!

  • @lightseeker108
    @lightseeker108 5 місяців тому

    I was a jitterbug in the on a stage production.. didn’t even know this was part of the film that was cut.

  • @nickwheeler5396
    @nickwheeler5396 3 роки тому +3

    Randy Rainbow didn't send me here. I sent me here

  • @Leamichellefan2244
    @Leamichellefan2244 28 днів тому

    I read somewhere that one of the reasons they took this song out was because it would’ve dated the movie so what it’s a freaking good song and I bet the dance looks like cool too.

  • @stebaer
    @stebaer 6 місяців тому +1

    This is a very cute rendition of a popular song and dance. But sadly the possible reason that it got cut was to no pun intended cut to a chase.

  • @joebustos3513
    @joebustos3513 4 роки тому +13

    this is Rare from the wizard of oz I've seen The wizard of oz i don't know how many times but i never seen this at all this is rare extremely rare why would they cut this scene out this is an amazing scene i think any wizard of oz fan's should see it's extremely rare

    • @kidgraz9139
      @kidgraz9139 4 роки тому +1

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

    • @superjackster0165
      @superjackster0165 4 роки тому +1

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

    • @hazelmurraymint433
      @hazelmurraymint433 4 роки тому +1

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

  • @danielcruz8347
    @danielcruz8347 2 роки тому

    Chain lightning time travel..20 years ahead of this song performance on The Judy Garland Show..Ms Judy and Ray Bolger perform song again...luv footage of stage prop man working creepy tree.. Jitterbug song has amazing qualities its wide sound pulsates like harbinging beacon of impending woe!! Many different instrumental movement sequences..flute pipe organ...nose harp.Great sounds!!! Magical. good song for holly ween.knights...Thank you for posting!! Much appreciated..

  • @YouSimon1000
    @YouSimon1000 10 місяців тому +1

    The Jitterbug's bite wouldn't have affected the Tin Man or the Scarecrow, since they weren't living beings like Dorothy & the Lion. Nice that they got into the swing of the dance anyway!

    • @cchris874
      @cchris874 10 місяців тому

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

  • @michaelbruns449
    @michaelbruns449 2 роки тому +5

    Instead of trashing this wonderful scene (that most people back in 1939 would've loved) they should've deleted the lions lame and too long king of the forest number, with carpet robe and flower pot crown.

    • @paulabdul4505
      @paulabdul4505 2 роки тому +1

      That was meant to be a longer. some of the song did get cut

    • @MaskedMan66
      @MaskedMan66 Рік тому

      Troll.

  • @hippychick2879
    @hippychick2879 Місяць тому

    Listening to this is has actually made it my favourite song from the wizard of oz 😂😊 i wish they had kept it in its just fabulous

  • @davaotripsters
    @davaotripsters 3 роки тому +3

    Later used as a animated movie from Tom and Jerry and The Wizard of Oz sequel, Tom and Jerry: Back To Oz way back in 2016.
    Who's here because of Tom and Jerry?

  • @ParanormalShortStory
    @ParanormalShortStory 4 роки тому +42

    Incredible! I love it when the prop guy comes out of his tree costume and looks at the camera like: "oh hell." Would love to get more background on this scene - looks like it took place in the forest of those scary trees, but in this scene, they're clapping along.

    • @Rhewin
      @Rhewin 4 роки тому +12

      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).

    • @zachzilla26
      @zachzilla26 2 роки тому +1

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

    • @carolinestephens5943
      @carolinestephens5943 Рік тому

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

    • @MaskedMan66
      @MaskedMan66 Рік тому

      @@Rhewin Winged Monkeys.

    • @MaskedMan66
      @MaskedMan66 Рік тому

      @@zachzilla26 Winged Monkeys.

  • @rurugby
    @rurugby 5 років тому +5

    It's on my Wizard of Oz soundtrack album.

  • @guntherthequizmaster9515
    @guntherthequizmaster9515 5 днів тому

    When I was in the play, I called them freaky bugs❗️

  • @patriciajohnson3017
    @patriciajohnson3017 2 роки тому +1

    Imagine dancing like that in those heavy costumes. The lion costume was almost 100 lbs

    • @MaskedMan66
      @MaskedMan66 Рік тому

      Nearer 70, which was quite enough.

  • @taylors4986
    @taylors4986 Рік тому +2

    Oz heads can finally rejoice

  • @a2pha
    @a2pha 4 роки тому +3

    When you can't see the dancers for the trees.

  • @morganyakkofan9052
    @morganyakkofan9052 3 роки тому +2

    Now it was featured in “Tom and Jerry Back to Oz”.

  • @synthonaplinth5980
    @synthonaplinth5980 3 роки тому

    This was my first FWB's favorite movie. RIP, Kathy.

  • @mikeshirleyforever
    @mikeshirleyforever 3 роки тому +2

    I can hear Buddy Ebsen's voice. Must have been recorded early on before he was replaced by Jack Haley.

    • @superjackster0165
      @superjackster0165 2 роки тому +1

      Actually, that was Jack Haley

    • @MaskedMan66
      @MaskedMan66 Рік тому +1

      Haley re-recorded all the Tin Woodman's solo singing, but when the group is singing, it's still Ebsen.

  • @C4T_Z
    @C4T_Z Рік тому +1

    Its crazy how this scene cost 8k but they STILL cut it

    • @ameliarose8822
      @ameliarose8822 11 місяців тому +1

      Not to mention this alone took 5 weeks to film

    • @C4T_Z
      @C4T_Z 11 місяців тому +1

      @@ameliarose8822 fr its wild

  • @refoliation
    @refoliation Рік тому +2

    You have know idea what this means to us Ozheads

  • @bellhopwalrus2517
    @bellhopwalrus2517 3 роки тому

    I had this song on a 45, when I was a kid.
    It was the B-side of Over the Rainbow

  • @DavidLS1
    @DavidLS1 4 роки тому +15

    Thanks Randy, I'd never seen this before.

  • @independentpuppy7520
    @independentpuppy7520 2 роки тому +2

    I like this song. A shame it was cut from the film.

  • @princesskateforthewin
    @princesskateforthewin 4 місяці тому

    Randy Randy Randy Randy! I'm glad I finally found the song that inspired "The Bunker Boy"!

  • @user-to5qs3tk5z
    @user-to5qs3tk5z 4 місяці тому

    We did this song in my theatre troupe’s version! My sister got to play a Jitterbug.

  • @caramass2557
    @caramass2557 3 роки тому +5

    Kinda sad that nearly every comment is people seeing this from another channel rather than being genuinely interested in the song or wizard of Oz 😔😕🙁

  • @charlesbutton4770
    @charlesbutton4770 4 роки тому +14

    This is nice to see but it does ruin the witches fear

  • @lawrencephelps3181
    @lawrencephelps3181 3 роки тому

    Wowzer! Wonderful piece of film! Wish they'd left it in! Heard they didn't want to date the film

  • @loriengram2786
    @loriengram2786 4 роки тому +5

    Another redirect from Randy Rainbow !