#the wizard of oz is on tv

[madam-o]

Dorothy

Scarecrow

Toto

Tin Man

Ok Season 2, so who's our Cowardly Lion character?

[chaoticace2005]

Alastor: Susan.

Susan: Hello Alastor. You’re looking grey and sickly.

Alastor: So nice of you to greet us, I thought surely you’d still be crushed under that house in Munchkinland.

[birdsofanarchy]

At least we know what movie Percabeth is seeing once this is all over

[citizenscreen]

Dick Van Dyke and his children promoting a 1961 telecast of THE WIZARD OF OZ on CBS, which they hosted.

[ronnierocket91]

Y'all have me so stressed. Did you even watch the show?! Let me clear the air for you:

MAXIMUS: The Tin Man

He's searching for his heart. All his life he has believed the Brotherhood was where he wanted to be but now he's in the wasteland, he's in love and he's had a taste of luxury. He's torn where does his heart belong? He's literally in metal armor.

The Ghoul: Scarecrow

Not as obvious but as it was revealed at the end of the season this whole time he's been searching for the knowledge of his families whereabouts. He literally looks like a Scarecrow.

Norman: The Lion

A coward through and through. He hid during the raider attack, he stayed home instead of venturing out for his father, and his cowardice was even referenced in the show.

Lucy: Dorothy

Because, duh.

And of course don't forget Toto.

[adaptations-polls]

Which version of this do you prefer?

Note: This is a part 2 poll, mostly meant to feature looser adaptations/reinterpretations of the Oz books. You can find the first part here

Further notes:

The stage version of The Wiz looks like it is currently only licensable for school productions; but the script itself also appears to be separately available, and I believe there is currently a revival running on Broadway

Wicked is apparently licensable in Australia(?) and not elsewhere, but it is still running on Broadway, too

All the movies/shows are available on DVD or streaming

There's also a direct Wizard of Oz stage musical, but there's actually like *four* of them and some of them seem to build off each other to a degree? And multiple versions are licensable. I didn't want to include all four versions (this polls is at the max amount of things I want to include even without any of them) and I am not entirely sure which version is the one that is most commonly revived/considered the main version, so I've just opted to leave it off the poll for now.

[ultrakeencollectionbreadfan]

I do hope that if The Wizard of Oz is ever adapted again in any form, I want it to have the 1939 Wizard's tone combined with Return to Oz's technological sensibilities.

[clairebearsparkles]

Not quite Kanas, is it?

[all-too-unwell-13]

"not in kansas anymore."

"no, duh, we left kansas four days ago."

like ok percy, take her to the cinema RIGHT NOW. please and thank you x

[m3r1m4r5u333]

Ring around the rosie,

A pocket full of posies.

Ashes! Ashes!

We all fall down!

...

The Wizard of Oz:

You're out of the woods,

you're out of the dark, you're our of the night,

Step into the sun, step into the light.

Keep straight ahead for the most

glorious place on the face of the earth or the

sky.

Hold onto your breath, hold onto your heart, hold onto your hope,

March up to that gate and bid it open.

...

Eddie: Maybe I'm just not a therapy kind of guy.

Buck: Right, right... You prefer to work it out in the ring.

Eddie: There was no ring, Buck. There was a fence.

...

So, gates, or fences, rings? Sounds like a locked yard mystery. Maybe there's love, locked somewhere in there.

Ring around the rosie

A pocket full of posies

Ashes, ashes

We all fall down

Interesting choice, Marisol's shirt. An image of a dragon (like Maleficent is) and a text that says 'Dreamed'... Yes, Maleficent's been busy cursing imposters, posies!

Ana of course was one, too. She dressed incredibly similarily to Shannon, the red dress with the white pattern is super similar to Shannon's. Kim is obviously one too.

And the way Tommy is reintroduced in an imposter-themed episode. Tommy, who like Eddie is also a firefighter, who was in the army like Eddie, who like Eddie also fights, and likes monster trucks, and on his first date with Buck says almost exactly the same line as Eddie does earlier to Buck's words..

"... Can't save someone from themselves, not if they don't want you to."

Eddie mutters: "Ain't that the truth..."

"Ain't that the truth, right Evan" is also what Tommy says, on the date, it's his reply to Buck inventing a story about him and Tommy being on their way to pick up hot chicks.

Anyway, after Eddie says the thing about there never being enough closet space, and Tommy goes "Ain't that the truth, Evan?"

It's really a subtle reference to the Cowardly Lion from the Wizard of Oz. The cowardly lion being someone who sings stuff like this:

Yeh, it's sad, believe me, Missy

When you're born to be a sissy

Without the vim and verve

But I could change my habits

Never more be scared of rabbits

If I only had the nerve

I'm afraid there's no denying

I'm just an awful dandy-lion

A fate I don't deserve

But I could show my prowess

Be a lion, not a mouse

If I only had the nerve...

Anyway, in the end the Cowardly Lion finally finds his courage to help rescue Dorothy, and receives a medal of courage for it.

That is why "Ain't that the truth?" really does refer to pride and courage. Because it's very similar to something the Cowardly lion, in Wizard of Oz, the capricorn of queer subtext, repeats after he finds his courage!

"Read what my medal says:

"Courage".

Ain't it the truth? Ain't it the truth?"

So Tommy's and Eddie's lines... They are really sarcastic quips, and point out someone lacking courage or pride because the line is iconic words of a Cowardly lion....

And would be falsehood when the topic of the conversation is actually someone making silly, cowardly decisions instead of being someone who found their courage, and is being admired for that courage.

[celestialtitania]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Percy Jackson and the Olympians - Rick Riordan, Percy Jackson and the Olympians & Related Fandoms - All Media Types, Percy Jackson and the Olympians (TV 2023) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Annabeth Chase & Percy Jackson, Annabeth Chase/Percy Jackson Characters: Annabeth Chase (Percy Jackson), Percy Jackson Additional Tags: Fluff, Some Humor, Pre-Relationship, they are twelve, its movie date time, but not a date, annabeth has many thoughts, she's going through a lot rn, Wizard of Oz References, Post-Quest, sally is also here, she's cackling watching these two kids be themselves, Sally Jackson is a Good Mom, not relevant but i like pointing it out, and percy needed it to be said, Blue Food (Percy Jackson) Summary:

The quest is over and Percy and Annabeth finally get a chance to watch that movie just like Percy promised they would.

[showamagicalgirls]

The other episode of 1986 Wizard of Oz (オズの魔法使い) anime I watched on the way over on this trip was the thirty-seventh, which is taken from L. Frank Baum's third Oz novel, Ozma of Oz. Apparently the full title of the original book was Ozma of Oz: A Record of Her Adventures with Dorothy Gale of Kansas, Billina the Yellow Hen, the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, the Cowardly Lion and the Hungry Tiger; Besides Other Good People Too Numerous to Mention Faithfully Recorded Herein. What a name! Anyway, these events may also be familiar to some people because they were included in the 1985 film, Return to Oz.

[tabooi]

THEY'RE FRIENDS

[papermoonloveslucy]

RIP MARTY KROFFT 

1937-2023

Marty Krofft was born on April 9, 1937 in Montréal, Québec, Canada. With his brother Sid, Krofft created some of television's most fantastic and magical programs, mostly centered around puppetry. Lucille Ball's interaction with the Krofft was brief, but memorable.

The Krofft puppets first gained attention at the 1962 Seattle Worlds Fair where they presented a show called "Les Poupees de Paris" that included marionettes impersonating popular celebrities. In 1964-1965, they presented the (updated) show at the Worlds Fair in New York. In 1967, Ball's recorded voice, along with Jackie Gleason, Liberace, and Mae West and many other stars, was heard in “Six Flags presents Sid and Marty Krofft’s Circus”.

On September 30, 1977, Donny and Marie welcomed Lucille Ball, who plays the Tin Lady in a Krofft-style spoof of “The Wizard of Oz” starring Ray Bolger. The first three seasons of "The Donny & Marie Show" were produced by the Kroffts, who also created the variety series. Ball appeared on the 2nd episode of the show's 3rd season, and the Osmonds (after a long legal battle) had finally won creative control from the Kroffts feeling they had outgrown the child-like atmosphere created by them. They moved the show to Utah and took over as producers just two months after this episode aired. In this episode, however, the Krofft vibe is still palpably present.

A few Lucille Ball / Desilu performers were seen on Krofft's many television shows.

Johnny Silver played Ludicrous Lion on TV's "H.R. Pufnstuf" (1969) and appeared as Dr. Blinky in the 1970 feature film.

Charles Nelson Reilly and Jerry Maren (both seen on "Here's Lucy") were part of "Lidsville" (1971).

1972's telefilm "Fol-De-Rol" (a film of their 1968 fairy tale puppet show) included Lucy guest stars Ann Sothern, Mickey Rooney, and Totie Fields.

"Sigmund and the Sea Monsters" (1972) starred Ball's good friend Mary Wickes as Aunt Zelda, and also featured Sidney Miller as the voice of Sweet Mama Ooze.

"The Lost Saucer" (1975) included Lucy friends Ruth Buzzi, Jim Nabors, and Vito Scotti.

"Far Out Space Nuts" (1975) featured Hal Smith and John Carradine, both of whom had appeared on "The Lucy Show."

Also seen on "Donny & Marie" during the Krofft years were Desi Arnaz, Jack Albertson, Bob Hope, Milton Berle, Ruth Buzzi, Buddy Hackett, Edgar Bergen, Andy Griffith, Rich Little, Iron Eyes Cody, Arthur Godfrey, and Vincent Price.

[eramdelas]

no heart..no brain... :0