Seventy years after the Lollipop Guild first sang to Dorothy in The Wizard Of Oz, the actors who portrayed the Munchkins reunited.
Newsweek caught up with the spry and nostalgic Octo- and Nona-generians as they met for what one former Munchkin believes is the last time. Half of the group was dressed in costumes and was seated in wheelchairs. One held a cane.
The Wizard Of Oz is was first released August 15, 1939.
A couple weeks ago, the Empire State Building was supposed to be lighted in green (color of "The Emerald City"), to celebrate the movie's release. But that never happened. Instead, the new york city landmark was bathed in red light.
Highlights from the video:
• Toto got paid more than the little people playing the munchkins. "He had a better agent than we did," said an 86-year-old Munchkin alum.
• Judy Garland was kind. The group recounts how the actress gave them a huge box of candy. Setting the box on the set's yellow brick road, Garland said, "Sweets for the sweets," according to a former Munchkin.
• 92 is old. Former Munchkin Meinhardt Raabe, 92, dozes off during the interview. Raabe's former cast members and the Newsweek crew wake him up.