Yeah, those action figures were pretty cool! There were several variations of BJ, my favorite wearing the striped suit from the film's climax/cartoon series, Adam, Otho, and Smallhead (I can't remember if there were more). They had removable heads (with the exception of Adam, who had a "Beakface" mask), which revealed smaller heads that performed different "scares" (e.g. spinning, sliding down an arm, screaming, etc.). There was also Beetlejuice's grave, which would either make an inserted figure disappear or replace it with a miniature BJ. What was cool about the Smallhead figure is that it included his pre-shrunken head, which seemed to suggest he was killed by an arrow through the cranium.
Well, if you happen to spot Smallhead in any episodes you watch in the future, please be sure to let me know! :) Yeah, I've been curious about "Beetlejuice Goes Hawaiian" ever since I read a bit of the plot, online. Seems the sequel would've involved the Deetz family moving to Hawaii to open a resort, but they choose to build on an ancient burial ground and disturb the spirits who rest there. Not sure how BJ would've fit into that storyline, though. Michael Keaton & Winona Ryder were both willing to do it (I hear Keaton REALLY wanted to do it and still does), but it fell apart for whatever reason (not sure if it had something to do with Burton being too busy with "Batman Returns"). Hopefully the screenplay finds its way online, soon!
I'm familiar with Puck and "A Midsummer Night's Dream". I remember Oberon appeared in an episode of "The Legend of Zelda" cartoon that aired around the same time as "Beetlejuice". Heh, that gag reminds me of one in an old Mickey Mouse short called "Ye Olden Days", in which Mickey battled Goofy for Minnie's hand in marriage (seeing Goofy as an actual villain is pretty surreal). While the two of them are duelling with lances, Mickey's donkey bites Goofy's steed in the behind and sends it crashing into a wall with a portrait of the king (Minnie's father) above it. The impact causes the painting to come crashing down onto the horse's rear-end (link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbJjTiM2xdc). I never realised the MPAA considered "jackass" as swearing, though. Weird, considering they didn't censor a similar line of dialogue from "Shrek", in which Shrek says "I have to save my ass" to Fiona, in reference to Donkey.
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dannyfreddypiccolobart
15 years ago
Well, they only considered it swearing for kids' shows in the late 80's ant through most of the 90's...PLUS, it was alright in PG or higher rated movies, even then. They usually would have rated the show TV-PG, but kept it TV-G because they didn't notice it...They were cautious and a little too protective even then, but they were also a little airheaded...They'd skip on things like that from time to time, but only about five times EVER on a kids' show at that point...Now, they're INSANE!!!
"When I die, my movies will live on..." -Heath Ledger-
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BartlebyScrivner
15 years ago
Apparently the script became too silly for some of the principals; there was supposed to have been a climactic sequence in which Beetlejuice defeats a cadre of malevolent spirits by out-surfing them.
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