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| - Previous Episode | Next Episode In this ALF Tales episode, ALF and his friends retell the story of The Wizard of Oz. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a children's novel written by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by W. W. Denslow.
- In "Arthur vs. the Very Mean Crossing Guard," Brain references it in one of his plans to avoid crossing the street. His plan is to build a hot air balloon and fly over the street. His drawback is getting blown off course, crash landing in a strange country populated by strange creatures, and having to declare himself "wizard." The drawings shown with these words reference the novel.
- The Wizard of Oz was originally a novel L. Frank Baum, then became several incarnatio ns of films. The best known is the 1939 adaptation by Metro-Goldwin-Meyer. The story is about Dorothy and Toto (the dog), who land in the land of Oz and seek to return home. They must venture on the yellow brick road to The Wizard, and along the way meet The Scarecrow, The Tin Woodsman, and the Cowardly Lion. They also must stop the Wicked Witch and her minions.
- The Wizard of Oz is American Television Series
- The Wizard of Oz is Founded in 1939.
- The Wizard of Oz received a number of Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, (though it had the misfortune of being released the same year as Gone with the Wind, which took that award). The only Oscar it won, however, was that for Best Original Song ("Over the Rainbow"). The Wizard of Oz has remained a much-loved film throughout the decades since its release. It regularly ranks among the most popular films of all time, and in 1996 a study by the Library of Congress estimated that it has been watched more times than any film in history.
- When the books were originally published, many Americans believed they were filled with socialist and unionist propaganda, even going so far as to claim Baum wanted to include a "silver"-brick road in a direct slam against the gold standard. However, Dr. Stephen Colbert, discovered a more sinister underlying theme to the movie: the Gay Agenda!
- The Wizard of Oz is a popular book and later movie made on Earth starring Judy Garland and Margaret Hamilton. Vala Mal Doran once tried to pitch a story plagiarized from it to Wormhole X-Treme! writer Martin Lloyd, unsuccessfully. (SG1: "200")
- The Wizard of Oz is a Little Golden Book. It was based upon the best-loved children's classic The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum.
- List of references to The Wizard of Oz in Mystery Science Theater 3000.
- The Wizard of Oz is a phenomenally successful 1939 musical film starring Judy Garland, and based on the Frank L. Baum children's novel "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz". It has been referenced many times in the BBC television series Life on Mars and both have several similarities.
- The Wizard of Oz is a fictional character from the Oz Books by L. Frank Baum. In the original story, the Oz characters journey to find him, hoping he will help them with their problems. He turns out to be a charlatan. In Beyond the Kingdoms, ch 13, Conner tells the Tin Woodman they are on a secret mission for the Wizard, which helps convince the Woodman to join their cause and lead them to Winkie Country. For more on Baum's Wizard of Oz, click here.
- The Wizard of Oz is a classic movie which is referenced countless times throughout Mork and Mindy. In addition to utterances about the film's characters and reiterations of lines like "There's no place like home," Mork refers to all children as "Munchkins" and owns a pair of ruby time-travel slippers which he used in the three-part finale and the animated series.
- When Miriam Bullock kidnaps Avery Jr. in "One Little Word", Stan and Francine are able to identify their location as Roger's attic by his French Wizard of Oz poster.
- The Wizard of Oz is an FFF skit-off skit. It basically follows the story of the film, with people traveling to get things from a wizard. Among the crew is a scarecrow-esque character, and, most notably, Albert Wesker from the Resident Evil series. Wesker is going to the wizard to get emotion. Eventually, the men find the wizard on a porch. The skit is well-known for being the first to take Alex Sakach's character and parody him. The practice would later be used in Final Fantasy: Parody.
- The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American fantasy adventure film produced by Mtero-Goldwyn-Mayer. Based on the 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, the film stars Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Bert Lahr, and Frank Morgan, with Billie Burke, Margaret Hamilton, Charley Grapewin, Clara Blandick and the Singer Midgets as the Munchkins.
- 'The Wizard of Oz' was an elaborate school play directed by Mrs. Norton, based on a film adaption of the 1900 book by L. Frank Baum titled, 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'. The musical stage song played by Greg and the tree's was Total Eclipse of the Heart by Bonnie Tyler. Ms. Norton chose to stay faithful to the original story by keeping Dorothy Gale's magic shoes Silver like in the book instead of the popular Ruby Slippers from the iconic 1939 film adaption.
- The Wizard of Oz refers to a series of books written by American author L. Frank Baum, the first of which, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, was published in 1900. Baum wrote thirteen sequels to the original novel, and a total of forty books written by a variety of authors belong in the series' canon. None of the sequels, however, have reached the heights of popularity achieved by the first book, which has been adapted for the stage and screen on multiple occasions. “The Wizard of Oz is still one of my favorite movies.It was the first movie I ever saw."”—Jim Henson
- When Internal Affairs Inspector Rodriguez was after the Charmed Ones, he used the demon Tempus to roll time back a day several times. In one history, he told Inspector Andy Trudeau that he believed the Halliwell sisters were witches, to which Trudeau sarcastically responded: "You wait here, I'll go warn the Wizard of Oz." ("Déjà Vu All Over Again") After Paige vanquished the wicked witch in Spin City, she said "Ding dong", which is a reference to a song "Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead" performed by the Munchkins after the Wicked Witch of the East died.
- The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 film starring Judy Garland, loosely based on the Wonderful Wizard of Oz series of novels by L. Frank Baum set in the land of Oz. In 1995, Gregory Maguire wrote a spin-off novel called Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, which has since been adapted into a Tony Award-winning musical.
- Seth MacFarlane has stated in episode commentary that when they do Oz-related cutaways, they have to use the characters as designed in the books due to refusal by MGM to allow access to the movie's characters. This is evident when Dorothy is shown wearing silver/blue slippers instead of the movie's Ruby Red. However, she is shown wearing Ruby Slippers in "Herpe, the Love Sore". In "Holy Crap", Peter talks to the Scarecrow and Tin Man. In the special opening in "PTV", Stewie runs through Oz on his Big Wheel and runs over Dorothy and her posse.
- When responding to a distress call from the ECS Kobayashi Maru, Captain Jonathan Archer sarcastically compared himself to Dorothy Gale of Kansas, the central character of The Wizard of Oz. (ENT novel: Kobayashi Maru) James T. Kirk admitted that he'd seen the film but had never read the original book. (TOS novel: Sanctuary) During a visit to Delta Gamma IV, Kirk nicknamed the blue plants there "Oz poppies", after the poppies which appeared in both the book and the film. (TOS novel: Death's Angel)
- It is based on the 1900 children's fantasy novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum. This film was nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture, but lost to Gone With the Wind. However, it won two others, including Best Song for "Over the Rainbow", which has also been ranked as number one on the top movie songs list compiled by the American Film Institute (AFI). The Wizard of Oz has been ranked as number six on AFI's top movie list, number three on its top musical list, and number one on its best fantasy movies list.
- Dorothy is a girl who lives in a farmhouse in Kansas with her Uncle Henry, Aunt Em, and little dog Toto . One day the farmhouse, with Dorothy inside, is caught in a twister and deposited in a field in the Land of the Munchkins in the Land of Oz. The falling house slays the ruler of the Munchkins, the Wicked Witch of the East. Dorothy uses the Golden Cap to summon the Winged Monkeys to carry her and her companions back to the Emerald City, and the King of the Winged Monkeys tells how he and the other monkeys were bound by an enchantment to the cap by Gayelette.
- The Wizard of Oz was the common name for The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, a children's book by L. Frank Baum, published on Earth in 1900. It is also the title of a 1939 movie adaptation of the book. In 2151, Commander Trip Tucker compared the capital city of Coridan to the Emerald City, a location from the book. (ENT: "Shadows of P'Jem") Starfleet scientists dubbed Gomtuu "Tin Man" after one of the characters in The Wizard of Oz. (TNG: "Tin Man" ) By extension, the episode also derives its title from the character from The Wizard of Oz.
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