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==In other media== In 1969, [[Jim Henson]] and [[Don Sahlin]] produced a test pilot for ''The Wizard of Id''. By the time interest was expressed in the concept Henson was deeply involved in other projects and decided to not pursue it any further.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.henson.com/jimsredbook/2011/03/3221969/| title = 3/22/1969 β 'Shoot "Wizard of Id" pilot'}}</ref> The comic was also adapted into a cartoon short in 1970, produced by [[Chuck Jones]], directed by [[Abe Levitow]] and with voices from [[Paul Winchell]] and [[Don Messick]].<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aIBWM24ZCQ| title = The Wizard of Id| website = [[YouTube]]| date = March 6, 2015}}</ref> [[Paul Williams (songwriter)|Paul Williams]] in the early 1980s touted an Id feature film as upcoming in talk show appearances.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1980/06/03/twinkle-twinkle-little-star/99050813-998e-46a1-86af-8882f7145f5d/ Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star] [[Washington Post]] June 3, 1980</ref> "I wanted to do The Wizard of Id as a feature. I went up to [[Endicott, New York]] and stayed with Johnny Hart, who became a really good friend, and actually made a deal with [[Columbia Pictures]] to do Wizard of Id as a feature. I was going to play the king. Then that whole [[David Begelman]] thing happened and it all fell apart."<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.toughpigs.com/paul-williams-2/| title = A Thankful Heart: The Paul Williams Interview, Part 2| date = March 6, 2013}}</ref> Characters from the comic were featured in two educational computer games released in 1984, ''The Wizard of Id's WizMath'' and ''The Wizard of Id's WizType''.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/547589/facts-about-the-wizard-of-id| title = Mental Floss: 8 Things You Might Not Know About The Wizard of Id| date = June 18, 2018}}</ref>
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