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Wizard of Oz.
Posted on 5/19/24 at 11:58 pm
Posted on 5/19/24 at 11:58 pm
I grew up watching it from a child and loved it. I did have some nightmares from the wicked witch of the west. 1939 technology. How did they get some of the scenes into it such as a tornado in the background during that time? It's still amazing to watch almost 90 years later. It's masterpiece.
This post was edited on 5/20/24 at 12:05 am
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Posted on 5/20/24 at 12:04 am to chili pup
Posted on 5/20/24 at 12:06 am to beauchristopher
It's still amazing how they were able to do that during that time. Thank you for your post.
Posted on 5/20/24 at 12:17 am to chili pup
Pretty good doc hosted by Angela Lansbury
Should tell you all you need to know about the film, including how the cyclone was done (contains footage of the effect being filmed)
Should tell you all you need to know about the film, including how the cyclone was done (contains footage of the effect being filmed)
Posted on 5/20/24 at 12:52 am to Kafka
Will always love the fact they gave the shakiest one a gun. Scarecrow.
Posted on 5/20/24 at 12:57 am to chili pup
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I did have some nightmares from the wicked witch of the west.
frick them flying monkeys.
Posted on 5/20/24 at 1:04 am to PowerTool
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frick them flying monkeys.
That was creepy as hell.
Posted on 5/20/24 at 1:11 am to chili pup
The whole movie is creepy and I hate it
Posted on 5/20/24 at 2:18 am to chili pup
I watched it every year on TV as a kid and I've watched it with my kids and my gf. It's one of my favorite movies.
Posted on 5/20/24 at 2:54 am to chili pup
1939 is such a monumental year in Cinema. The previous year's winner looks like it was filmed in 1927 and one of the first talkies.
The medium jumped leaps and bounds seemingly overnight.
Posted on 5/20/24 at 4:53 am to Kafka
Good post thanks for the reference. Can’t wait to check that out
Posted on 5/20/24 at 6:12 am to chili pup
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I did have some nightmares from the wicked witch of the west
SOME nightmares?!?!? That bitch and her f’n monkeys scared the shite out of me. Nothing to this day comes close to how scared they made me as a kid.
Posted on 5/20/24 at 6:13 am to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
The advancement of technology with Gone with the Wind and The Wizard of Oz had to be inspiring to Americans going through the depression and seeing the world go to shite around them.
Posted on 5/20/24 at 6:42 am to PowerTool
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frick them flying monkeys.
Agree. Terrified me as a young kid. That bitch witch too.
I remember that movie basically came on once every year. You knew when it was going to come on and was glued to the TV 30 mins before.
Amazing what streaming and the ability to record has done to some of the excitement of shows. Charlie Brown was the same way
Posted on 5/20/24 at 6:59 am to LanierSpots
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I remember that movie basically came on once every year. You knew when it was going to come on and was glued to the TV 30 mins before.
Amazing what streaming and the ability to record has done to some of the excitement of shows. Charlie Brown was the same way
Yep, those were good times. I would see them advertise a week or two before, and write down date, time, and channel and post it on the fridge so I wouldn't forget. Back then, if you missed it, you missed it.
It always seemed like they would show the Wizard of Oz sometime between Halloween and Christmas. Then, there was the Charlie Brown trifecta - the Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas specials. Then there was also The Grinch, Frosty, Rudolph, and some of those other Baskin- Rankin stuff.
Good times. Good memories.
In 1939, my grandmother (no pics) worked at the ticket window for a small movie theater in Portland, Oregon. She told me what a big deal Gone With the Wind and The Wizard of Oz were when they came out. Once the patrons entered the theater, she would close up the ticket counter for awhile and go watch some of the movie. She said she probably saw each one fifty times that year. It was decades later before she watched either one on television because she had seen them so many times in 1939.
This post was edited on 5/20/24 at 7:04 am
Posted on 5/20/24 at 7:19 am to TheFonz
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I remember that movie basically came on once every year. You knew when it was going to come on and was glued to the TV 30 mins before.
Amazing what streaming and the ability to record has done to some of the excitement of shows. Charlie Brown was the same way
Yep, those were good times. I would see them advertise a week or two before, and write down date, time, and channel and post it on the fridge so I wouldn't forget. Back then, if you missed it, you missed it.
It always seemed like they would show the Wizard of Oz sometime between Halloween and Christmas. Then, there was the Charlie Brown trifecta - the Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas specials. Then there was also The Grinch, Frosty, Rudolph, and some of those other Baskin- Rankin stuff.
Good times. Good memories.
As a Gen-Xer that grew up with these movies and Holiday TV shows, we've made it a yearly viewing tradition in our home. With all the holiday specials you listed above plus more holiday moves becoming harder to access, the wife and I have began buying DVDs of these so we have unedited and commercial free copies of these programs so we can ensure we get our little bit of childhood nostalgia every holiday season.
Posted on 5/20/24 at 7:49 am to bknight00
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began buying DVDs
I did the same thing the year they stopped showing Charlie Brown over the air. We got the classic specials as well as some of the classic Christmas movies.
Posted on 5/20/24 at 8:21 am to chili pup
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I did have some nightmares from the wicked witch of the west.
Still scared kids 37 years later.
Episode 847 (commonly known as the "Wicked Witch episode") is the 52nd episode from the seventh season of the American educational children's television series Sesame Street. It was directed by Robert Myhrum and written by Joseph A. Bailey, Judy Freudberg and Emily Kingsley, it originally aired on PBS on February 10, 1976. The episode involves the Wicked Witch of the West, from the film The Wizard of Oz (1939), losing her broomstick over Sesame Street and causing havoc as she attempts to recover it. Margaret Hamilton, who portrayed the witch in the film, reprises her role in the episode. Produced as the 52nd episode of the series' seventh season, the episode was created to teach children how to overcome their fears.
Shortly after its premiere, the creators of the series and Children's Television Workshop received numerous letters from angry parents, who said that the Wicked Witch had frightened their children. Due to this, the episode was pulled from rebroadcast and was not seen by the public again until 2019, when clips of the episode were shown during a "Lost and Found" event celebrating Sesame Street's 50th anniversary and the full episode was archived in the Library of Congress. It was then only available for private viewing until June 2022, when it was leaked online by an unknown individual.
Wikipedia
Posted on 5/20/24 at 8:46 am to NolaLovingClemsonFan
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SOME nightmares?!?!? That bitch and her f’n monkeys scared the shite out of me. Nothing to this day comes close to how scared they made me as a kid.
That "bitch" was a misunderstood student who was bullied. Haven't you seen Wicked?
Posted on 5/20/24 at 9:40 am to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
I love You Can't Take it With You.
Great movie.
Great movie.
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