when was the original wizard of oz released
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Wonderful Wizard of Oz", reprinted as "The Wizard of Oz" and "The New Wizard of Oz". Copelman's illustrations were more influenced by the 1939 Judy Garland MGM film version of the book than by W. W. Denslow's original 1900 illustrations, although the credits on the book stated otherwise. The year that Copelman's illustrations first appeared, 1949, was also the year of the film's first re-release. In 1959, The Howard W. Sams Company purchased Bobbs-Merrill. When Sams was acquired
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The Wizard of Oz on television


background with title was shown at the start, while a still of Emerald City with title was used during commercials. Angela Lansbury also narrated a documentary about the making of the film, originally entitled "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic" and years later re-titled "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Making of a Movie Classic". It was first shown immediately after the movie's 1990 telecast, and is included as a supplement on all the DVD releases beginning with the 1999 DVD release.
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The Wizard of Oz (1902 musical)


The Wizard of Oz was a 1902 musical extravaganza based on "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" by L. Frank Baum, which was originally published in 1900. Much of the original music was by Paul Tietjens and has been mostly forgotten, although it was still well-remembered and in discussion at MGM in 1939 when the classic film version of the story was made. Although Baum is the credited bookwriter, Glen MacDonough was hired on as jokewriter after Baum had finished the script. The show premiered at the Chicago Grand Opera House
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Wizard of Oz". The 1955 and 1998 theatrical re-releases were matted in movie theaters to produce a widescreen effect for the Academy-standard aspect-ratio film. When shown in HDTV, the film is pillarboxed so that its aspect ratio is preserved. On DVD, the film has always been issued in its original 1939 aspect ratio. The movie has also been shown on television successfully in the United Kingdom, Canada and is shown every year in Australia, but it has not become the television phenomenon there that it
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The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)


a new 5.1 surround sound mix. The DVD also contained a behind-the-scenes documentary, "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Making of a Movie Classic", produced in 1990 and hosted by Angela Lansbury, which was originally shown on television immediately following the 1990 telecast of the film; it had been featured in the 1993 "Ultimate Oz" LaserDisc release. Outtakes, the deleted "Jitterbug" musical number, clips of pre-1939 "Oz" adaptations, trailers, newsreels, and a portrait gallery were also
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Oz admirer who restored some of the music from Baum's "The Maid of Arran", the 1902 "Wizard", "The Woggle-Bug", "The Tik-Tok Man of Oz", "Prince Silverwings", and "The Patchwork Girl of Oz", which had not been heard in recent decades. The production premiered in 2000 at the Toronto Civic Light Opera Company, directed by Cascone with choreography by Lesley Ansell. Two original cast albums were released. One by Hungry Tiger Music in 2000
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Pez


the first "Star Trek" dispensers were released in a gift set with the seven original series crew and the "Starship Enterprise". A second "Star Trek" gift set, based on "The Next Generation" series, was released in Fall 2012. In 2009, in honor of the 70th anniversary of "The Wizard of Oz", Pez released a boxed set with dispensers in the likenesses of the Cowardly Lion, the Tin Man, the Scarecrow, Dorothy Gale, Toto, Glinda, the Wizard of Oz
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Sharp Wizard


little resemblance to the original "OZ-7000". In 1991 Sharp released also a series of IC cards allowing programming in BASIC for the OZ-7000, thus turning the organizer to more a PDA-like device. The same version of BASIC had been used in later Sharp PDAs, both Wizards and pocket computers such as the Sharp PC-E500S. The line of devices utilizing touch-controlled IC cards had been concluded with the "IQ-8500" model. Starting with the "OZ-8900" and, later, the "OZ-9xxx" series,
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Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz


Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz is the fourth book set in the Land of Oz written by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by John R. Neill. It was published on June 18, 1908 and reunites Dorothy with the humbug Wizard from "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" (1900). This is one of only two of the original fourteen Oz books (the other being "The Emerald City of Oz" (1910), to be illustrated with watercolor paintings. Baum, having resigned himself to writing a series of Oz
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-released (each time with different cover art), and the album eventually appeared in an expanded version on CD in 1989, released by CBS Records instead of MGM. The 1989 release also contained the original deleted film version of The Jitterbug, albeit without its full intro, as a bonus track. In 1998, to coincide with a digitally restored and remastered theatrical reissue, the album was reissued on Rhino Records as "The Songs and Story of the Wizard of Oz". The album was edited from the digital stereo
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1910 film)


Oz", and "His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz" (all released in 1914) and The Wizard of Oz (1925). The Selig Polyscope sequels are known only from their catalog descriptions, derived from press releases printed in "The Moving Picture World": Dorothy and the Scarecrow are now in the Emerald City. They have become friendly with the Wizard, and together with the woodman, the cowardly lion, and several new creations equally delightful, they journey through Oz -- the earthquake -- and into the
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The Wonderful Galaxy of Oz


The Wonderful Galaxy of Oz is a 1992 Japanese anime television series that is a futuristic adaptation of the classic story The Wonderful Wizard of Oz produced by Enoki Films, TX Network and E&G Films. It was originally debuted on October 5, 1992 in Japan as Space Oz no Bōken (スペースオズの冒険, "Adventures of Space Oz"), and consists of 26 episodes. The plot parallels the original but imposes a science fiction theme. In 1996, A highly truncated (76 minutes) English dubbed version of the original was released
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Ozoplaning with the Wizard of Oz


Ozoplaning with the Wizard of Oz (1939) is the thirty-third in the series of Oz books created by L. Frank Baum and his successors, and the nineteenth and last written by Ruth Plumly Thompson. It was illustrated by John R. Neill. The phrase "The Wizard of Oz" was included in the title to coincide with the MGM film "The Wizard of Oz", which was released the same year the book was published. As such, the focus of the story is on characters who appeared in the
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Copyright status of The Wizard of Oz and related works in the United States


Oz" was still copyrighted. "The Wizard of the Emerald City" is an adaptation of "The Wizard of Oz", borrowing liberally from the original book without even crediting Baum. The subsequent four books were published between 1963 and 1970, and the last one – "The Secret of the Deserted Castle" – was published in 1980. At the time of publication, "The Wizard of Oz" and "The Land of Oz" were in the public domain, but the other Oz books were still copyrighted.
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The Wizard of Oz (album)


2002 and featured Nikki Webster as Dorothy. "The Wizard of Oz" was first staged at the Lyric Theatre in Pyrmont, New South Wales before moving to the Regent Theatre in Melbourne, VIC then onto the Lyric Theatre in South Brisbane, Queensland. The original cast recording was released in 2001 through BMG Australia. Track list: Webster released "Over the Rainbow" as a single along with another song, "The Best Days". The double A side single peaked at #21 on the ARIA Singles Chart and was
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Musical selections in The Wizard of Oz


"The Songs and Story of "The Wizard of Oz"", which expanded the 1956 MGM album even further, taking off The Jitterbug, adding the deleted dance music from "If I Only Had a Brain", and including additional bits of dialogue absent from previous releases. This was also the first time that the Oz songs were made available on CD in stereo, some in simulated stereo, and some in true stereo thanks to the existence of most of MGM's original multi-track recordings of the music from
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The Wizard of Oz (1933 film)


overexposed and poorly framed, while disc copies are all at faster speeds, and underexposed and correctly framed. The first known commercial release was in Canada in 1985, on Betamax, VHS and Laserdisc, through the efforts of Fred M. Meyer, longtime Secretary of The International Wizard of Oz Club. This is not an original color print, but has been colored to match the original intent of the filmmakers, which, as in the MGM film that followed, had the film go from black and white to color upon Dorothy's
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz


the same as the original Hebrew name of the Biblical "Land of Uz", homeland of Job. Thus, for Hebrew readers, this translators' choice added a layer of Biblical connotations absent from the English original. "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" received positive critical reviews upon release. In a September 1900 review, "The New York Times" praised the novel, writing that it would appeal to child readers and to younger children who could not read yet. The review also praised the illustrations for being a pleasant
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Dorothy and the Witches of Oz


Dorothy and the Witches of Oz is a 2012 film directed by Leigh Scott, based on the novels "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz", "Ozma of Oz", "The Road to Oz" and "The Magic of Oz" by L. Frank Baum. The film stars Paulie Redding, Billy Boyd, Eliza Swenson, Mia Sara, Lance Henriksen, and Christopher Lloyd. A longer version of the film was originally released as a TV miniseries in 2011 called The Witches of Oz, distributed by MarVista Entertainment. The
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List of Oz characters (created by Baum)


everything in the land of Oz lives an enchanted life and cannot die. The Rak appears in "Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz". The Scarecrow first appears in "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz", when he joins Dorothy to go to the Wizard in search of brains. When the Wizard leaves Oz, he makes the Scarecrow ruler, a position he holds until the middle of the second book. Later, he moves to a corn-shaped house in the Winkie Country. The Scarecrow appears in many of
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film's Jiminy Cricket, as lead soloist. This is also the year that MGM Records first released an authentic soundtrack album of "The Wizard of Oz". The 1940 Decca "cover album" stayed in print throughout the 1950s, even after MGM Records' authentic soundtrack album of "The Wizard of Oz" was released. Judy Garland's 1939 cover versions of "Over the Rainbow" and "The Jitterbug" were released years later on the 1994 Decca box set "The Complete Decca Masters (plus)",
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Wizard of Oz experiment


In the field of human–computer interaction, a Wizard of Oz experiment is a research experiment in which subjects interact with a computer system that subjects believe to be autonomous, but which is actually being operated or partially operated by an unseen human being. The phrase "Wizard of Oz" (originally "OZ Paradigm") has come into common usage in the fields of experimental psychology, human factors, ergonomics, linguistics, and usability engineering to describe a testing or iterative design methodology wherein an experimenter (the “wizard”
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The Wizard of Oz (2011 musical)


"Red Shoes Blues"), two songs for the Wizard ("Bring Me the Broomstick" and "Farewell to Oz") and another song for Dorothy ("Nobody Understands Me"). A song featured in the film but omitted in the musical is "If I Were King of the Forest." Also not used in this musical was "The Jitterbug". A cast album, featuring the songs from the original production, was released as a CD and digital download on 9 May 2011. Opening night
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The Wizard of Oz (TV series)


gingham style from the film. In addition, the series incorporated music from the original film, including a slightly altered version of "We're Off to See the Wizard". Toto, as in the film, also seems to be able to "smell" the Wicked Witch or her spellwork, even when she's in disguise. A reversal of the archetype from the film was that Dorothy got herself from Kansas to Oz by clicking her heels in her slippers and saying "There's no place like Oz". While
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The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)


include this film or elements thereof. Roughly 40 identifiable major differences exist between the original book and the MGM interpretation. An official 1972 sequel, the animated "Journey Back to Oz" starring Liza Minnelli, daughter of Garland, was produced to commemorate the original film's 35th anniversary. In 1985, Walt Disney Productions released the live-action fantasy film "Return to Oz", which starred (and introduced) Fairuza Balk as a young Dorothy Gale. Based loosely on "The Marvelous Land of Oz" (1904)
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His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz


Wizard of Oz and was slightly more successful. The film is loosely based on Baum's book "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz", but in the screenplay Baum introduced many new characters and a large new story that later became the basis for the 1915 book "The Scarecrow of Oz". Similar to "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz", the Scarecrow's origin is revealed, although his life is now attributed to "the Spirit of the Corn", who appears as a conventional Hollywood depiction of a Native American.
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The Wizard of Oz (1902 musical)


a waitress), Cynthia Cynch (a lady lunatic), Sir Dashemoff Daily (the poet laureate), Sir Wiley Gyle, and General Riskitt. Dorothy Gale's surname was introduced in this version. It was not mentioned in the original novel, though it is mentioned in "Ozma of Oz" (1907). The main plot of the show, as recounted in newspapers of the time, is Pastoria's attempts to regain the throne from the Wizard of Oz. The original protagonists' search for the Wizard puts
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The Muppets' Wizard of Oz


production on "The Muppets' Wizard of Oz" took place throughout February 2004, and filming occurred during September 2004. ABC made several changes to the film after the initial script was written, ultimately deciding to adapt plot elements from Baum's original novel rather than the 1939 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musical film, "The Wizard of Oz". As with the preceding Muppet films, "The Muppets' Wizard of Oz" became a musical, and included five new songs written and composed by Michael Giacchino. The special
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The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1914 film)


problems for the other Oz Film titles that followed it. This would also contribute to the failing of The Oz Film Manufacturing Company. The movie is one of three made by the Oz Film company that have not been lost. Some versions contain uncredited narration by Jacqueline Lovell. The International Wizard of Oz Club has extensive information on the production, for example in "The Baum Bugle", Christmas 1972. The original film was screened at the 2013 Winkie Convention of the International Wizard of Oz Club with the original Gottschalk score played
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List of Wicked characters


a character from Baum's original Oz series. Rain and Tip find him in an antiques shop in Shiz no longer functioning. Rain also discovers his secret drawer containing a blood stained knife and a map of Oz. The Grimmerie (derived from 'grimoire' and 'gramarye'): A book of magic that originated on Earth but was taken to Oz by a wizard to prevent it from being used for evil. It is sought by the Wizard of Oz, and is the reason he traveled to Oz. In the
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The Wizard of Oz (pinball)


The Wizard of Oz is a Jersey Jack Pinball, Inc. pinball machine designed by Joe Balcer and released in April 2013. It is the first US pinball machine with an LCD in the back box as well as the first one to have color on the monitor produced in the US since the Pinball 2000 games. Although it is not the first pinball machine with a LCD worldwide because MarsaPlay in Spain manufactured a remake of Inder's original "Canasta" titled "New Canasta", with an LCD screen in the backbox in 2010
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Wizard of Oz experiment


of Oz experiments" in a 1982 proceedings paper by Ford and Smith. One fact, presented in Kelley's dissertation, about the etymology of the term in this context: Dr. Kelley did originally have a definition for the “OZ” acronym (aside from the obvious parallels with the 1900 book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L Frank Baum). “Offline Zero” was a reference to the fact that an experimenter (the “Wizard”) was interpreting the users’ inputs in real time during the simulation phase.
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1986 TV series)


. "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" is split into four distinct parts, or story arcs, each loosely based on different Oz books originally written by L. Frank Baum. The first story arc is an adaptation of the first Oz book, "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz". It follows the adventures of Dorothy, an orphan girl living out in the gray prairies of Kansas with her Aunt Em, her Uncle Henry and her dog Toto. One day, After Em and Uncle Henry leave Dorothy and Toto alone in order
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Paradox in Oz


contradiction in the Oz literature. In the second chapter of the original Oz book, "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz", Baum specifically places the Munchkin Country in the eastern section of Oz; Dorothy's house famously kills the Wicked Witch of the East when it lands on her there. Yet in later books, "Tik-Tok of Oz" and "The Lost Princess of Oz", maps show the Munchkin Country in the west. In Obsidian City, the alternative version of Omby Amby calls himself Wantowin Battles —
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Wizard of Oz (character)


) and the China Girl (a living china doll and the sole survivor of an attack on China Town whose legs he repaired with glue). The Wizard of Oz appears in the "Once Upon a Time" episodes "New York City Serenade", "A Curious Thing" and "Kansas" portrayed by Christopher Gorham. Originally, Walsh is from Kansas, but finds himself in the Land of Oz. Giving himself the name "Oz the Great and Terrible", he masquerades as an all-knowing wizard.
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Silver Shoes


The Silver Shoes are the magical shoes that appear in L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" as heroine Dorothy Gale's transport home. They are originally owned by the Wicked Witch of the East but passed to Dorothy when her house lands on the Witch. At the end of the story, Dorothy uses the shoes to transport her back to her home in Kansas, but when she arrives at her destination finds the shoes had fallen off en route. "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" (1900
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Mitchell Lewis


the sound era, but his career would diminish to small uncredited roles like the Captain of the Winkie Guards in "The Wizard of Oz" (1939). His last film was "The Fastest Gun Alive", starring Glenn Ford and Broderick Crawford, which was released shortly before Lewis' death in 1956. Mitchell also served as one of the original board members of the Motion Picture Relief Fund, now known as the Motion Picture & Television Fund. Although uncredited in "The Wizard of Oz", he had several
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Wicked Witch of the West


the Good Witch of the South feared her. The 1910 silent film "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" features a character similar to the Wicked Witch of the West, identified in intertitles as "Momba the Witch" (Compare the character Mombi from "The Marvelous Land of Oz"). In the film, Momba has an unspecified hold over the Wizard, who promises his crown to anyone who can release him from Momba's power. Momba captures Dorothy and her companions, evoking the events in Baum's original novel,
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Emerald City


the Wizard the crown had passed to him. The book quickly concerns itself with finding the rightful heir to the crown of the city. Princess Ozma remained the king's heir, though both she and the original king were transformed to the ruler of all Oz. However, the story reverted to the Wizard's having built the city in "Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz" (1908), with the four wicked witches having usurped the king's power before the Wizard's arrival. The Oz books describe the Emerald City
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Copyright status of The Wizard of Oz and related works in the United States


However, Volkov's books are mostly original sequels to "The Wizard of the Emerald City", so whether they are infringing or not is difficult to say. Barely any of the elements from later Oz books are featured in Volkov's works, so most likely they were not infringing. The Soviet Union did not have international copyright relations until 1973, when it joined the 1971 Paris version of the Universal Copyright Convention. This meant that when "The Secret of the Deserted Castle" was published in 1982, it was automatically
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The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)


Williams. It was the second film based on Baum's "Oz" series to be produced by Disney, after "Return to Oz". It was a commercial success and received a mixed critical reception. In 2014, now-defunct independent film company Clarius Entertainment released a big-budget animated musical film, "", which follows Dorothy's second trip to Oz. The film was a box office bomb and was received negatively by critics largely for its plot and unmemorable musical numbers. Regarding the original Baum storybook,
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Wizard of the Hood


Wizard of the Hood is the debut EP by Violent J. Released in 2003, it is the Insane Clown Posse member's first solo release. The EP is a concept album based on "The Wizard of Oz", which is retold in an urban setting. Several tracks from the EP also sample music from the 1978 film "The Wiz", another urban reimagining of "The Wizard of Oz". Violent J takes on the role of this story's version of Dorothy, making his way through this strange new land
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The Fairylogue and Radio-Plays


Saint-Saëns's score for "The Assassination of the Duke of Guise", and is therefore the earliest original film score to be documented. It was based on Baum's books "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz", "The Marvelous Land of Oz", "Ozma of Oz" and "John Dough and the Cherub", with intermission slides showing previews of "Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz", which was not sold in stores until near the end of the run. Francis Boggs directed the Oz material
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The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)


at the Capitol Theatre, Sydney beginning December 2017. An animated film called "Tom and Jerry and the Wizard of Oz" was released in 2011 by Warner Home Video, incorporating Tom and Jerry into the story as Dorothy's "protectors". A sequel titled "" was released on DVD on June 21, 2016. In 2013, Walt Disney Pictures released a spiritual prequel titled "Oz the Great and Powerful". It was directed by Sam Raimi, and starred James Franco, Mila Kunis, Rachel Weisz and Michelle
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz


The Wonderful Wizard of Oz () is an American children's novel written by author L. Frank Baum and illustrated by W.W. Denslow, originally published by the George M. Hill Company in Chicago on May 17, 1900. It has since seen several reprints, most often under the title The Wizard of Oz, which is the title of the popular 1902 Broadway musical adaptation as well as the iconic 1939 musical film adaptation. The story chronicles the adventures of a young farm girl named Dorothy in the magical Land of Oz, after she
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Eric Shanower


Comics, illustrated by artist Skottie Young. The first, "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" was released in a hardcover collection on September 2, 2009. The follow-up, "The Marvelous Land of Oz" began in November 2009 as an 8 issue monthly comic series, while the third mini i.e. "Ozma of Oz" began in November 2010. The fourth and fifth books, "Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz" and "The Road to Oz", were also subsequently adapted by Shanower and Young for
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Twister (play)


Twister: A Ritual Reality in Three Quarters Plus Overtime if Necessary, is a 1999 play by Ken Kesey, loosely based on L. Frank Baum's novel, "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" and the 1939 film version, "The Wizard of Oz". The play also features the West African deity Legba. Kesey starred as the Wizard of Oz in the premiere of the play with Ken Babbs (as "Frankie Frankenstein") and other Merry Pranksters. A video of this production was released in 2000 by Key-
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The Wizard of Oz on television


introduce the film was dropped when "The Wizard of Oz" went to NBC in 1968, where no "wraparound" sequence was shown. The presentation consisted only of the film itself, with its original opening and closing credits, and no special NBC-created credits or hosting segments. The famous NBC peacock was shown immediately prior to the beginning of the film, with announcer Mel Brandt saying that "the first 22 minutes of this program [i.e. the Kansas and tornado sequences] will be shown in black-and-
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The Magical Mimics in Oz


and their minions fly to Oz as big black birds, and waylay Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz. By stepping into their shadows, Ra and Umb take the shapes of Dorothy and the Wizard; the originals are paralyzed by the magic, and are carried off to Mount Illuso by Mimics. Ra and Umb, in their stolen forms, search Ozma's library for the antidote to Lurline's magic spell. Umb and Ra are not capable of imitating the Wizard and Dorothy convincingly; people become suspicious, and Toto exposes them
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The Tin Woodman of Oz


The Tin Woodman of Oz: A Faithful Story of the Astonishing Adventure Undertaken by the Tin Woodman, Assisted by Woot the Wanderer, the Scarecrow of Oz, and Polychrome, the Rainbow's Daughter is the twelfth Land of Oz book written by L. Frank Baum and was originally published on May 13, 1918. The Tin Woodman is reunited with his Munchkin sweetheart Nimmie Amee from the days when he was flesh and blood. This was a back-story from "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz". The book was dedicated to
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Rinkitink in Oz


the cover off her basket revealing the eggs, and a frightened Kaliko immediately orders the release of Inga's parents. The reunited father, mother, and son with Bilbil and Rinkitink journey to the Emerald City, where it is revealed that Bilbil is actually enchanted himself. The Wizard asks Bilbil how it is that he is able to talk when he is not from, nor ever visited, the Land of Oz. The Wizard learns that the crusty goat is actually Prince Bobo of Boboland, and the enchanter who transformed him into
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The Criterion Collection


1941), "Singin' in the Rain" (1952), and "The Wizard of Oz" (1939). Typically, the chapter-indexed commentaries are exclusive to the Criterion releases and their initial DVD reissues; they became collector's items when the original-owner studios re-issued titles previously licensed to Criterion (with newly produced commentary tracks or not). The Criterion Collection began in 1984 with the releases of "Citizen Kane" (1941) and "King Kong" (1933) on laserdisc
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Oz the Great and Powerful


adaptation to the "Oz" books than the 1939 classic. After "Return to Oz", Disney lost the film rights to the "Oz" books and they were subsequently reverted to the public domain. When "Wicked" came out Screenwriter Mitchell Kapner felt he had missed his opportunity to explore the origins of the Wizard of Oz character. In 2009 he met with producer Joe Roth who turned down his current pitches and asked if he had any other ideas. Kapner, who had been reading the "Oz" series
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Straight Outta Oz


Straight Outta Oz is the second solo studio album and original musical written and produced by American singer-songwriter and YouTube celebrity Todrick Hall with music produced by Jeeve Ducornet and wiidope, released on 23 June 2016. Featured artists include Nicole Scherzinger, Jordin Sparks, Perez Hilton, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Amber Riley, Raven Symoné and Tamar Braxton. It is based on the "Wizard of Oz" whilst being a semi-autobiographical account of his rise to fame in Los Angeles (Oz). The trailer for the album
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Munchkin Country


Munchkin Country or Munchkinland, as it is referred to in the famous MGM musical film version, is the fictional Eastern region of the Land of Oz in L. Frank Baum's Oz books, first described in "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" (1900). Munchkin Country is in the East, noted by later being ruled by the Wicked Witch of the East. In "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz", it was originally called "the land of Munchkins", but is referred to as "Munchkin Country" in
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The Muppets' Wizard of Oz


to "Mary Jane/Mary Lane" from "Reefer Madness". Ashanti and the Muppet cast, mainly Bill Barretta and Eric Jacobson, contributed the vocals for each of the songs. Ted Kryczko produced the album, Booker T. Washington White prepared the songs for recording, and Paul Silveira and Brandon Christy mixed the film's songs. "The Muppets' Wizard of Oz" official soundtrack was released on May 17, 2005. The album was an enhanced soundtrack titled "Best of Muppets featuring The Muppets' Wizard of Oz
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The Making of The Wizard of Oz


The Making of the Wizard Of Oz, written by film historian Aljean Harmetz, is a book about the production of the 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz". It was the second book ever published documenting the making of this film, released a year after Doug McClelland's 1976 work "Down the Yellow Brick Road". The book was published in November 1977, after the film had been telecast a total of nineteen times. With 93 photos, the book tells readers how the film was made and describes the Golden
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Paradox in Oz


a name introduced by Ruth Plumly Thompson in her "Ozoplaning with the Wizard of Oz" (1939). When dealing with Dorothy, the Evil Version of the Wizard makes a reference to the 1939 movie version, by reversing part of the Wizard's dialog, describing himself, as "a very bad man, but I am a very good wizard," before performing a wicked spell on the girl. Eric Shanower's black-and-white illustrations for "Paradox in Oz" are faithful to the richly romantic style
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The Wizard of Oz (1925 film)


media releases of the film are available in assorted formats, including Betamax, VHS, Laserdisc, CED, DVD, HD DVD and Blu-ray. It is also available for streaming on the Internet Archive as well as on YouTube. The film is included as well as an extra feature, along with earlier silent films based on the Oz stories, on some home-media releases of MGM's 1939 version of "The Wizard of Oz", beginning with the 2005 three-disc "Collector's Edition" of the
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The Muppets' Wizard of Oz


the Witch of the North's sister who was killed when Dorothy's trailer fell on her. Soon after, she embarks on a journey with Toto on the yellow brick road to meet the Wizard of Oz, who lives in the Emerald City, the capital of Oz. On her journey, she meets three creatures: a Scarecrow (Kermit), a Tin Thing (Gonzo), and a Cowardly Lion (Fozzie). They are also seeking the Wizard of Oz to give them a brain, heart, and courage
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Wizard of Oz (character)


of the other shapes that he appears in the book. Screenwriters Florence Ryerson and Edgar Allan Woolf created Professor Marvel for the Kansas sepia tone sequences. The Wizard's hot air balloon in the movie has the name Omaha on it, reflecting that the Wizard originated from Omaha, Nebraska, just as in the book. "Oz the Great and Powerful" serves as an unofficial prequel to the "Oz" series. The film centers on Oscar Diggs (portrayed by James Franco) and follows his journey from small-time magician
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (musical)


, and one by The Civic Light Opera Company in 2002, featuring the revised score. The Toronto Civic Light Opera revived the show in 2002 and again in 2010. Joe Cascone and David Haines, of the original and revival casts (as, respectively, Baum/Wizard and the Cowardly Lion), presented highlights of this musical as well as of many other Oz musical incarnations at the International Wizard of Oz Club's Winkie Convention at Asilomar Conference Center in Pacific Grove, California, on July 9, 2011 as part of
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Toto (Oz)


Toto is a fictional dog in L. Frank Baum's "Oz" series of children's books, and works derived from them. His name is pronounced with a long "O", a homophone of "toe toe". He was originally a small terrier drawn by W. W. Denslow for the first edition of "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" (1900). He reappears in numerous adaptations, such as "The Wizard of Oz" (1939), "The Wiz" (1978) and "Return to
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L. Frank Baum


editions of the novel, have been titled "The Wizard of Oz", rather than using the full, original title. In more recent years, restoring the full title has become increasingly common, particularly to distinguish the novel from the Hollywood film. Baum wrote a new Oz book, "The Marvelous Land of Oz", with a view to making it into a stage production, which was titled "The Woggle-Bug", but Montgomery and Stone balked at appearing when the original was still running. The Scarecrow
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Wizard of Oz (character)


. The Wizard returns in the novel "Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz". With Dorothy and the boy Zeb, he falls through a crack in the earth; in their underground journey, he acts as their guide and protector. Oz explains that his real name is Oscar Zoroaster Phadrig Isaac Norman Henkle Emmannuel Ambroise Diggs. To shorten this name, he used only his initials (O.Z.P.I.N.H.E.A.D.), but since they spell out the word "pinhead," he shortened his name further and called himself "Oz". When
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Sharp Wizard


The Sharp Wizard is a series of electronic organizers released by Sharp Corporation. The first model was the "OZ-7000" released in 1989, making it one of the first electronic organizers to be sold. The name "OZ-7000" was used for the USA market, while in Europe the device was known as the "IQ-7000". The OZ-7000 was about 6.3 inches (163 mm) tall, 3.7 inches (94 mm) wide closed, 7.25 inches (184 mm) open, and 0.85 inches (21.5 mm) thick
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Cheech Wizard


Bodé in "The Lizard of Oz" (Fantagraphics, 2004), a send-up of "The Wizard of Oz" based on an original concept by Vaughn Bodé. The Wizard wears a very large yellow Phrygian cap decorated with wizard symbols instead of a wizard's pointed hat, with his legs, clad in what appear to be red tights, visible underneath. His appearance and species have never been revealed. In an early comic, "Captured by Morton Frog" (1967), Cheech takes off his hat
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The Wizard of Oz (1925 film)


he died at the age of 39 later that year—just three years after the release of "The Wizard of Oz"—"Variety" attributed "ceaseless worry" about his dire financial circumstances as a contributing factor to Semon's early death. The film was first broadcast in 1931 by television station W2XCD of Passaic, New Jersey, owned by the DeForest Radio Company, serialized over the nights of June 8, 9, and 10. Since this version of "The Wizard of Oz" is in the public domain, many home-
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The Wizard of Oz: Beyond the Yellow Brick Road


The Wizard of Oz: Beyond the Yellow Brick Road, known in Japan as RIZ-ZOAWD, is a role-playing video game developed by Japanese developer Media.Vision for the Nintendo DS. The game is an adaptation of L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz", using its characters, locations and plot. The game was originally published in Japan by D3 Publisher on December 25, 2008. Xseed Games published the game in North America on September 29, 2009. Gameplay is restricted entirely
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Copyright status of The Wizard of Oz and related works in the United States


until 2006. However, its copyright was renewed in 1962, so it will remain copyrighted until 2030, per the 95-year term. "The Laughing Dragon of Oz" was the first high-profile case of infringement on the Oz books, and it would be the first of many. Alexander Volkov's six Oz books were published in the Soviet Union, so they are subject to Russian copyright law. The first book – "The Wizard of the Emerald City" – was published in 1939, when "The Wizard of
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (musical)


musical of "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" that was truer to Baum's original intentions, and as such, was able to incorporate various influences from the many adaptations of the story produced throughout the 20th century, including the original 1903 musical, the famous 1939 MGM film, the musical "The Wiz" and several others. In writing the libretto for the new musical, Cascone made Baum a character in the play as a narrator, also doubling as the Wizard. Composer and lyricist James Patrick Doyle was a long time
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Ross Wilson (musician)


on his own label Oz Records. When his contractual obligations ended, Wilson also scored Chris Löfvén's 1976 film, "Oz", inspired by "The Wizard of Oz" but set in Australia. Wilson performed "Livin' in the Land of Oz" (also released as a single), "The Mood", "Greaseball", "Who's Gonna Love You Tonight" and "Atmospherics", with fellow ex-Daddy Cool members Gary Young and Wayne Burt; he produced the soundtrack which also
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List of Oz characters (post-Baum)


when he is caught and released from the pirate sack Peter found in "The Gnome King of Oz" as well as the enchantment being broken by the Wizard of Oz. Afterward, he vows never to grow a beard again as he finally marries Shirley. In "", Belfaygor is shown among the captives of the Jester that were turned into marionettes. Bell-snickle is the major villain of "The Scalawagons of Oz". He is described as being like a blue-green buckwheat cake, and is proud to
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The Muppets' Wizard of Oz


in a 1.33:1 (fullscreen) aspect ratio, whereas the international versions are in the original 1.78:1 (widescreen) aspect ratio. During Macy's annual Flower Show promotion, the store's windows along Broadway displayed flower arrangements illustrating six scenes from the movie, while the store sold "The Muppets' Wizard of Oz"-related merchandise, such as plush dolls. 7.75 million viewers watched "The Muppets' Wizard of Oz" on its television premiere night in the United States; it ranked as the forty-second most-watched television program
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Bloodstained Oz


Bloodstained Oz is a "Wizard of Oz" related novella by Christopher Golden and James A. Moore, and it was illustrated by Glenn Chadbourne. It was published as a limited edition hardcover by Earthling Publications in 2006. It comes with an introduction by Ray Garton. It was nominated for the Horror Writers Association's Bram Stoker Award for Best Long Fiction in 2006. The story falls outside of L. Frank Baum's original storyline for his "Wonderful Wizard of Oz" series and its official sequels. Being outside of the canonical restrictions
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After the Wizard


After the Wizard is an independent film written and directed by Hugh Gross, based on "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" by L. Frank Baum. The film premiered in 2011 in Kingman, Kansas. The DVD, distributed by Breaking Glass Pictures, was released on August 7, 2012. A 12-year-old Kansas orphan turns to the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman for help during a difficult time. She imagines that things have not gone well in Oz since the Wizard left and that the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman must travel
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Scarecrow (Oz)


story in "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" of becoming aware of each sense as the relevant organs were painted on his head. The Scarecrow has appeared in nearly every early Oz film, portrayed by different actors each time. In the 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz", the Scarecrow was played by Ray Bolger in what is arguably the actor's most famous role. He was originally cast as the Tin Woodsman, but Bolger had always wanted to play the Scarecrow, so he was upset about it since he wanted
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Over the Rainbow


to release the "cast album" into the 1960s after it was reissued on disc, a 33-rpm album. The film version of "Over the Rainbow" was unavailable to the public until the soundtrack was released by MGM in 1956 to coincide with the television premiere of "The Wizard of Oz". The soundtrack version has been re-released several times over the years, including a deluxe edition by Rhino in 1995. After "The Wizard of Oz" appeared in 1939, "Over the Rainbow" became Garland's
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List of Oz characters (created by Baum)


of animal in "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz". They are mentioned and featured in the first half of the story when Dorothy Gale and her companions are traveling through the dark forest. A Kalidah is characterized as a ferocious monster having the head of a tiger and the body of a bear. Although two kalidahs are killed in "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz", Baum had decided by "The Magic of Oz" that the inhabitants of Oz are immortal, so a kalidah, though pierced through the heart, survives
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The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True


Tin Man hugged the Wizard (Joel Grey) toward the end with a pleasant "Thank you from the bottom of my heart!". The Wizard did not depart from the Emerald City inside a hot-air balloon due to being in the same scene as Glinda the Good Witch. The performance was originally broadcast November 22 on both TNT and TBS, and issued on CD and VHS video in 1996. The video has not yet been released on DVD. Both the CD and video are currently out-of-print
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Tik-Tok of Oz


edition sold a little over 14,000 copies — a respectable figure, but 3,000 fewer than "The Patchwork Girl of Oz" had done the year before. Baum's books were facing stiff new competition — from his own earlier books. The reprint house M. A. Donohue & Co. had purchased the rights to several early Baum works from Bobbs-Merrill, and was marketing cut-rate editions. People were less willing to pay the usual $1.25 for a new Oz book, when the original "Wizard of Oz" was selling
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1986 TV series)


The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, known in Japan as , is a Japanese anime television series adaptation based on four of the original Oz books by L. Frank Baum. In Japan, the series aired on TV Tokyo from 1986 to 1987. It consists of 52 episodes, which explain other parts of the Oz stories, including the events that happened after Dorothy returned home. In 1987, HBO purchased the rights to the series and dubbed it into English. Production for the English version was done by the Canadian studio Cookie Jar Group
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Jersey Jack Pinball


Jersey Jack Pinball, Inc. is an American company manufacturing pinball machines, which was established in 2011. The first table released by the company, "The Wizard of Oz", was released in 2013. Jersey Jack Pinball was founded in January 2011 by industry veteran Jack Guarnieri. Starting in 1975, he had serviced electromechanical pinball tables for a living, and he created the website PinballSales.com in 1999. The company's first table was "The Wizard of Oz", released in 2013 and based on the 1939 film. This
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His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz


it back on. (The Wicked Witch of the East in "The Tin Woodman of Oz" is later described as having done a similar thing to him when he was still human.) Having replaced her head, Mombi encounters Pon and turns him into a kangaroo. Dorothy, Button-Bright, the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman escape from Mombi by crossing a river on a raft. As in the original novel "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" (1900), the Scarecrow's barge-pole gets stuck in
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The Wizard of Oz (album)


The Wizard of Oz, subtitled "Live Australian Cast Recording" is a cast recording of the 2001 Australian production of the stage musical "The Wizard of Oz", featuring Nikki Webster. It was nominated for the 2002 ARIA Award for Best Cast or Show Album. In 2001 an Australian musical theatre staging of "The Wizard of Oz", an adaptation of "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" toured the country. It was directed by Nancye Hayes with Peter Casey as musical director. It ran from November 2001 until December
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Musical selections in The Wizard of Oz


Oz", but was constantly interrupted and almost kept from attending the film's premiere by the toddler, who virtually forced him into taking her along. The entire program, as well as the "Leo is On the Air" episode, is included as a supplement on the "Wizard of Oz" DVD. The first record album of music from the film was not a soundtrack album in the sense that the term is used today, or even an original cast album, although it is sometimes erroneously called so. It
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Wizard of Oz festival


The Wizard of Oz festival was an annual festival in Chesterton, Indiana for "The Wizard of Oz". It was cancelled in 2008 after 27 years following poor financial performance due a complicated history with town government, the declining health of actors from the 1939 movie, and a severe storm that essentially stopped the 2008 festival dead in its tracks. The festival was revived in the fall of 2009 under new management and greatly overhauled in structure and organization. It was once again cancelled in 2013 when the primary sponsor dropped the festival
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The Wizard of Oz on television


make its properties exclusive to Turner-owned outlets in the late 1990s; as such, in 1998, "The Wizard of Oz" made its last appearance on CBS, moving exclusively to Turner-owned properties the next year. 2000 marked the first time that the film was shown on U.S. television during the summer. In 2002, it was shown five times. On November 6, 2011, TBS became the American television channel on which "The Wizard of Oz" has been shown most often, when the film had
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Leap Day (Modern Family)


turning 10. Mitchell (Jesse Tyler Ferguson) is extremely pressured to arrange the perfect party for him and has planned a Wizard of Oz-themed party and sets everything up while Cameron is away. However, when Cameron comes back home, he tells Mitchell that he will be busy for most of the day talking to his family in the aftermath of a tornado that hit his hometown. Realizing the Wizard of Oz is famous for a tornado, Mitchell abruptly cancels the Wizard of Oz-themed party and is forced to come
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz


from the North, and that Dorothy may use it to summon them two more times. When Dorothy and her friends meet the Wizard of Oz again, Toto tips over a screen in a corner of the throne room that reveals the Wizard. He sadly explains he is a humbug—an ordinary old man who, by a hot air balloon, came to Oz long ago from Omaha. He provides the Scarecrow with a head full of bran, pins, and needles ("a lot of bran-new brains")
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The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)


I've sent a little insect on ahead to take the fight out of them." Another musical number cut before release occurred right after the Wicked Witch of the West was melted and before Dorothy and her friends returned to the Wizard. This was a reprise of "Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead" (blended with "We're Off to See the Wizard" and "The Merry Old Land of Oz") with the lyrics altered to "Hail! Hail! The Witch is Dead!" This started
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Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz


they use it to travel back to Oz, but not without causing some damage to the State Fair in the process. Once in Oz, they are attacked by the flying monkeys again, but Dorothy and the others have to separate from the Wizard when his balloon ends up getting several flying monkeys glued to it with one of his inventions and leave him to fend for himself. As they try to make it to the Emerald City on their own, they are attacked by the Jitterbug, whom Ruggedo released to slow them down
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Professor Farnsworth


Groening's other series, "The Simpsons". West has stated that the voice for Farnsworth is meant to be a bit shaky and that when developing the voice he came up with "a combination of all the wizard-type characters you heard when you were a kid, Burgess Meredith and Frank Morgan in "The Wizard of Oz"." There is a direct nod to this in the episode "Anthology of Interest II", in which the Professor portrays the Wizard of Oz. In the initial storyboards of "
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1910 film)


loss of the rights to "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" and temporary licensing rights on "The Marvelous Land of Oz" and "John Dough and the Cherub". "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" was later followed by the sequels "Dorothy and the Scarecrow in Oz", "The Land of Oz", and "John Dough and the Cherub", all 1910 and are all considered to be lost films. Other Oz silent films include "The Patchwork Girl of Oz", "The Magic Cloak of
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Foreign Beggars


was introduced to Nonames through DJ Gizroc, then part of the Mixologists Crew, whilst working on sound and lighting for "The Wizard of Oz", where Nonames was doing the entire sound with a Technics 1210, a vestax 05 and a "Wizard of Oz" vinyl. By late 2002 Orifice Vulgatron and Dag Nabbit decided to release Foreign Beggars on their own imprint Dented Records and started performing and recording alongside DJ Nonames, Metropolis and beatboxer Shlomo. The debut release from Foreign Beggars was a two-track single released on
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List of Oz characters (post-Baum)


Scalawagons of Oz", Captain Salt was present when the Wizard of Oz unveiled his latest invention in the form of the Scalawagons. Jinnicky the Red Jinn is a character who frequently appears in Ruth Plumly Thompson's Oz books. He is depicted as a character who owns a lot of slaves and has his red body enclosed in a ginger jar. For long distance travel he uses a magic jinriskishka. He maintains a friendly but sincere rivalry with the Wizard of Oz and is anxious to stop Faleero in "The Purple Prince of
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Bert Lahr


warned that Hollywood had a habit of typecasting actors, Lahr replied, "Yeah, but how many parts are there for lions?" An original Cowardly Lion costume worn by Lahr in "The Wizard of Oz" is in the holdings of The Comisar Collection, which is also the largest collection of television artifacts and memorabilia in the world. In June 2013, Lahr's original reading script for "The Wizard of Oz", bequeathed to his great-grandson, was appraised with an insurance value of $150,000 on PBS
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Little Wizard Stories of Oz


Twins" series ended with their second volumes, "The Flying Girl and Her Chum" and "Phoebe Daring", both published in 1912. Disappointing sales through 1911 and 1912 convinced Baum and Reilly & Britton that a return to Oz was needed. Baum wrote "The Patchwork Girl of Oz" for a 1913 release, and in the same year his publisher issued the six "Little Wizard" stories in individual booklets at a cost of $0.15 each. The goal was to reach the youngest beginning readers, and create
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Little Wizard Stories of Oz


in them an interest in the larger Oz canon, as part of a "promotion of L. Frank Baum and all of his books." The six tales in the "Little Wizard Stories" are: The strategy of reaching beginning readers was successful enough for Reilly & Britton to repeat it within a few years. The publisher released selections from "L. Frank Baum's Juvenile Speaker" (1910) in six smaller books called "The Snuggle Tales" in 1916–17, and again as the "Oz-Man Tales" in
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The Wizard of Oz (2011 musical)


played in Chicago in 1902 and was a success on Broadway the following year. It then toured for nine years. The 1939 film adaptation bore a closer resemblance to the storyline of Baum's original novel than most previous versions. It was a strong success, winning the Academy Awards for Best Original Song and Original Score, and continues to be broadcast perennially. Among the many musical theatre adaptations of "The Wizard of Oz", two previous ones have used the songs from the film. In 1945, the St. Louis Municipal
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