Dame Julie Andrews says up front in the special commentary on the DVD that it was always the intention of Director Ralph Nelson to show as much on-camera magic (for what was a live telecast) during the critical "transformation" sequence with the Fairy Godmother. This involved a few "cheats", including having an assistant just out of camera shot to plop a tiara on her head as the camera shoots her from the floor up already in the glass slippers - but note that she carries her gloves in hand and displays a floor-length satin robe probably just thrown on over her servant dress. The "Impossible" number wraps up with an intended commercial break, which is probably when she changed into the ball gown. When they returned from commercial, she steps out of the carriage now wearing the gloves, and the ball gown is visibly peering from under the robe. A plain fire sparkler was shown in extreme close-up to represent a magic wand.

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