Why the Wicked Witch of the West’s ‘Sesame Street’ Episode Got Banned

“I’ll get you, my pretty, and your little public broadcasting children’s show, too!” Margaret Hamilton might as well have screeched such a taunt as she reprised her role as The Wizard of Oz’s Wicked Witch of the West in a Sesame Street episode that aired just once 50 years ago — before producers deemed it too wicked to re-run.