For all that they modernized it and added those special Muppet touches, in some ways they stayed closer to the book than I'd expected.
Our recording fizzled (grr -- the TV Guide Online did some sort of update and fouled up the recording schedule), so I only saw the second half. But yes: especially given that they were Muppetizing the whole thing and bringing it up to date, I was very surprised as how many details were right. In many ways, it hews closer to the original than the Judy Garland movie does...
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Our recording fizzled (grr -- the TV Guide Online did some sort of update and fouled up the recording schedule), so I only saw the second half. But yes: especially given that they were Muppetizing the whole thing and bringing it up to date, I was very surprised as how many details were right. In many ways, it hews closer to the original than the Judy Garland movie does...