Director Kenny Ortega recalls “good laughs that turned into, ‘Okay, this isn’t funny anymore.

Get a ladder!'”

with Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy.

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Sarah Jessica Parker, Bette Midler, Kathy Najimy in ‘Hocus Pocus.'.Disney

“The technology then was, really, pulling ropes.

“On occasion, there would be electrical failures where they would be left up there, dangling.

It was funny until it hurt, right?”

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Thora Birch and Bette Midler in ‘Hocus Pocus.'.Disney

he says with a laugh.

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