The Wiz old for the part. However, she contacted Rob Cohen of Universal Pictures, who offered to have them finance the film if she were to play Dorothy, at which point he acquiesced. The resulting film version of "The Wiz" also starred former Motown star Michael Jackson as the Scarecrow, Nipsey Russell as the Tin Man, Richard Pryor as the Wizard, jazz singer Thelma Carpenter as Miss One (the name "Addapearle" was not used for this production) and Lena Horne as Glinda. Ted Ross and Mabel King reprised their roles of the Lion and Evillene from the Broadway production. Sidney Lumet served
Wiz 'n' Liz in the UK) as one of the challenges. Players took turns to play the bonus game of collecting the blue wabbits, and the highest scorer won that particular challenge. "Wiz 'n' Liz" takes place on the magical planet of Pum, where a group of "wabbits" (rabbits) have been taken by a spell gone awry, and it's the job of two wizards – Wiz and Liz – to rescue them. Wiz 'n' Liz Wiz 'n' Liz: The Frantic Wabbit Wescue is a platform game developed by Raising Hell Software for the Amiga and Sega Mega Drive and published by Psygnosis in