The Wiz (1978)

Michael Jackson: Scarecrow

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Quotes 

• Scarecrow : Public office is the last refuge of the incompetent!

• Scarecrow : Now I'll never get my brain!

  Tinman : Nor my heart.

  Lion : Or my courage

  Dorothy : But you don't need them now because you've had them all the time. Scarecrow, you're the one who figured out how to find the yellow brick road and how to destroy Evillene, and every smart move we've made, didn't you? Lion, you wouldn't even give up when Evillene strung you up by your tail. And, Tin Man, you have more heart than anyone I've ever known.

  Tinman : [hopeful]  Honest?

  Dorothy : Yeah, you never needed anything from the fake wizard, anyway.

• Scarecrow : Success, fame, and fortune, they're all illusions. All there is that is real is the friendship that two can share.

  Dorothy : That's beautiful! Who said that?

  Scarecrow : [modestly]  I did.

• Scarecrow : Barnum said there's a sucker born every minute.

  Tinman : I was there when he said it, but I never thought I'd be one of them.

• Lion : Mamma would be so proud - goin' to see da WIZ!

  [preens] 

  Lion : My momma used to say ta me, Fleet -...

  Tinman , Scarecrow , Dorothy : FLEET?

  Lion : That's my name: Fleetwood Coupe de Ville!

  Tinman , Scarecrow , Dorothy : [snickers] 

  Lion : Momma had high ideals...

  Tinman : Yeah!

  Lion : - Y'know what I mean?

  Tinman : Yeah!

  [Lion and Tin Man high-five] 

  Tinman : Ha hah!

• Scarecrow : Stay right there.

  Tinman : [stuck underneath a big heavy round tin-woman]  Don't worry, I wasn't planning any promenades.

• Dorothy : [Attempting to make the Tinman cry]  Quick! Find a really sad saying!

  Scarecrow : [Reaches into his hair and pulls out a piece of paper]  Uh... showers this morning, clearing by tonight!

• Scarecrow : [after Tinman's crying]  He rusted himself cryin'.

• Scarecrow : I'll think about you all the time, Dorothy!

  Tinman : And I'll miss you... every day. Even if I had to go back to that junk pile... even as teeny's seat cushion... I wouldn't mind... because I have known... real love.

  [cries] 

  Dorothy : Aww... don't rust yourself now.

  [wipes away the tears] 

• Scarecrow : [quoting]  "Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown." - W. Shakespeare.

• Scarecrow : [after finding out the Wiz is actually is politian from New Jersey, quotes]  'Public office is the last refuge of the incompetent' - Penrose!

  The Wiz : [laughs hysterically]  Incompetent! That's me!

• Scarecrow : Say, what's your name?

  Dorothy : My name is - Dorothy.

  Scarecrow : Dorothy and Toto? What intelligent names. Okay, Dorothy and Toto, seems like we're gonna have to find our own yellow brick road. Ease on down. Ease on - down the road!

  Dorothy : There it is!

  Scarecrow : Ease on down. Ease on down - down the road!

  Dorothy : Oh!

  Scarecrow : Don't you carry nothin', that might be a load.

  Dorothy : There it is.

  Scarecrow : Dorothy! Look! Dorothy! Ta-da! Woo! Come on, Dorothy! Come on! Woo! Woo.

  [singing] 

  Scarecrow : Come on and...

  Scarecrow , Dorothy : Ease on down, Ease on down the road, Come on, ease on down, Ease on down the road, Don't you carry nothin', that might be a load, Come on, ease on down, Ease on down, down the road...

• Scarecrow : [singing]  Hello, world! lt's like a different way of living now...

• Scarecrow : But Bacon said -...

  The Four Crows : Bacon? Once over lightly, please.

  Scarecrow : "Knowledge is power," and Cicero says -...

  The Four Crows : Cicero, row, row your boat...

• Scarecrow : l gotta sing that thing again?

• Scarecrow : You go ahead, Dorothy. "He who hesitates..." Et cetera, et cetera.

• The Wiz : So, you wanted to meet the Wizard? What do you sniveling deadbeats want? That's close enough!

  Dorothy : My name is Dorothy and. - and l'm trying to get home. And these are my friends. This is the Scarecrow. He wants... Tell him.

  Scarecrow : A brain, Your Majesty. Some of your great wizdom.

• Scarecrow : The results of the first experiment, subject is a hopeless failure.

  Dorothy : You are not.

  Scarecrow : Yes, I am.

  Dorothy : You're just a product of some negative thinking.

• Scarecrow : That was so smart of you! I wish I thought of that.