Ya, Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen are joining the cast as regulars.

I like Steve Martin's punchline in this scene.

They're getting ready to leave for the school play and he says, responding to Mary Steenburgen's claim that Grandma is wise, "If Grandma is so smart, how come she's sitting in the neighbor's car?"

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They're making your favorite movie into a broadway play!

In reply to this comment by my15minutes:
favorite quote from the film:

"The first man to raise a fist, is the man who's run out of ideas."

i'll sift that too, as soon as i can find a clip. it's a great scene.

Malcolm MacDowall was flawless.
David Warner did what he does best. Evil.
and i'm still puppy-eyed for Mary Steenburgen.
rent or own it today.

favorite quote from the film:

"The first man to raise a fist, is the man who's run out of ideas."

i'll sift that too, as soon as i can find a clip. it's a great scene.

Malcolm MacDowall was flawless.
David Warner did what he does best. Evil.
and i'm still puppy-eyed for Mary Steenburgen.
rent or own it today.

Other adaptions include:
--The New Gulliver (1935): Russian film by Aleksandr Ptushko about a Soviet schoolboy who dreams about ending up in Lilliput. Notable for its intricate puppetry and a decidedly strange twisting of Swift's tale in favor of Communist ideas. This was the first film to contain stop motion animation in nearly its entire running time.

--The 3 Worlds of Gulliver (1960): The first live action adaptation of Gulliver's Travels, but also incorporating the stop motion animation of Ray Harryhausen. It was directed by Jack Sher and starred Kerwin Mathews.

--The Adventures of Gulliver (1968): This animated series was directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. Young Gary Gulliver, voiced by Jerry Dexter, searches for his missing father in the land of Lilliput.

--Gulliver's Travels (1977): Live action/animated musical film directed by Peter R. Hunt and starring Richard Harris featuring the Lilliput voyage only.

--Gulliver's Travels (1979) : Animated cartoon made in Australia that was seen on Famous Classic Tales on CBS. It starred Ross Martin as Lemuel Gulliver and features two voyages.

--Gulliver's Travels (1992): Animated television series starring the voice of Terrence Scammell.

--Gulliver's Travels (1996): Live-action television mini-series starring Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen. In this version Dr. Gulliver has returned to his family from a long absence. The action shifts back and forth between flashbacks of his travels and the present where he is telling the story of his travel and has been committed to an asylum. It is notable for being one of the very few adaptations to feature all four voyages, and is considered the closest adaptation to the book, despite taking several liberties.

(from Wiki)