Remember way back, when The Wizard of Oz was shown on TV once a year? I believe it was in the fall. The next day at school, we would all be discussing what the best parts were. And somebody would mention the part where the movie starts to be in color. I didn�t know what point that would be, because it was black and white all the way through on my TV! Which explains why I didn't see the humor in the "horse of a different color" joke until I became an adult. My children can't fathom a world where you had to wait a year to see a movie. I say it builds character!

Apocalypse Oz is just what it sounds like, a feature film mashup of Apocalypse Now and The Wizard of Oz. A young Amerasian woman escapes her dull existence in Kansas by going on a mission to find and eliminate her father. More here.


SONG PARODY
Wizard of Oz characters gone bad, written by wdh.

SCARECROW:
I would sneak into the showers
During the school's late hours
Hiliarium will reign
I'd put it on the potty
And then it would get all spotty
If I just had cellophane
They would then relieve upon it
Coming down like a comet
it won't go down the drain
The bathroom would start stinkin'
From all the stuff they're drinkin
If I just had cellophane

TIN-MAN:
When your butt is so unwilling
But you want to "send it spilling"
Your prank gets torn apart
I'd break the quiet tension
With some power gas ascension
If I only had to fart
While it'd be detrimental
It would sound so instrumental
It'd be a true piece of art
I would let out all my chili
It'd be funny- really, really
If I only had to fart

LION:
Yeah, it's fun, believe me missy,
When you get to beat up sissies
Who like to study birds
I like to show off my power
While the little pipsqueak cowers
I want to beat up the nerd
The pain I'll start applyin'
While the twerp starts dyin'
Destruction is the word
After I beat his face in
His glasses will need replacin
I want to beat up the nerd

The similarities between Star Wars and The Wizard of Oz are pretty apparent. Here’s the video mashup, The Wizard, Oz.

I’m sure you’ve heard of The Dark Side of the Rainbow. That’s where you start the movie and play the Pink Floyd album Dark Side of the Moon at the same time. At least it was doable with VHS and an LP (some of you may have to look those things up). You can see the effect in this video of the first “play through” of the album with the first 42 minutes of the movie. If you don’t want to take the time, you can see selected clips of the creepiest sync-ups at Rolling Stone Magazine.

The Wizard meets Goodfellas in this parody script.

Collection of Wizard of Oz comics.

You’ll get a kick out of this 1971 version from Turkey.

IF THE WIZARD OF OZ WERE REMADE TODAY
there would likely be some changes...
10. Grizzly scene in which Dorothy blasts flying monkeys out of the sky with an uzi
9. "Katie bar the door! There's a giant asteroid headed straight for Oz!"
8. Dorothy steps outside and says, "Like, this is so not Kansas!"
7. Instead of "oil," tin man moans, "Viagra."
6. Kathie Lee Gifford plays Dorothy -- audience roots for witch
5. It would be named "Twister II"
4. To prepare for his role as the Scarecrow, DeNiro would actually have his brain removed
3. Lovable dog Toto replaced by lovable droid T.O.T.O.
2. "Lions and tigers and bears, oh fu**!"
1. New title -- "Wiz Got Game"

LINKS FOR OZ FANS

Wizard of Oz website.
International Wizard of Oz Fan Club.
A fansite with lots of links.
Oz fans in costume.

Yep, there's no telling what you'll find on the web when you just wander around. I found a battle between two movie: The Wizard of Oz vs. Monty Python and the Holy Grail. "A heated argument broke out at the D&D tournament between Glinda the Good Witch of the North and Tim the Enchanter. It eventually escalated into a high stakes wager - the loser is barred from competition for life, turned into a newt and flattened by a farm house." See how Dorothy and her friends fare against King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.

POLITICAL OZ

The Wizard of Oil, the US involvement in the Middle East plus The Wizard of Oz. Not to be missed.

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1910)

Thought for today: Certe, Toto, sentio nos in Kansate non iam adesse.
You know, Toto, I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore.

This post first appeared on February 13th, 2006.

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