The Wizard Of Oz

[HardyGirl]

I just bumped into the middle of this movie on TBS. Anyone here remember when the airing of this was an event every year? It usually came on during Easter Break on a Sunday. I always begged to stay up and see it. We had a B&W TV so I didn't know the OZ part was in color until I saw it at a friend's house. And I just about fell outta my chair when the horse of a different color actually changed colors! I guess I just miss when stuff like this was a big deal.

Comments?

[cjefferys]

Oh yeah, that movie was a big yearly event in our house too. Back in those pre-video days, I saw that film far more times than any other, yet it was still a big deal every time it aired. Those were different times alright, compared to these days when you can watch almost any film you want, when you want. Regardless, the film is an absolute classic.

[mego73]

There were many movies that, when they came on TV were events. The Ape movies, Wizard Of Oz, the original Universal Monsters movies. It's what made them special and I love the fact I can dig them out to watch whenever I want these days. Even though it's less of an event like when you only had one chance and way to watch a movie.

[jwyblejr]

I can't believe it's 70 years old.

[toys2cool]

They still do that about 3 times a year with this film :grin: truly a timeless classic

[The Toyroom]

TBS/TNT shows this film to death....as they do with everything else they have the rights too....remember Beastmaster? :smiley1:

[noelani72]

yup, annual ritual for our family back in the day. Ya gotta remember, that's was when a lot of folks only had 3 or 4 channels anyway....which I totally miss.
It's coming out on BluRay. I saw some screenshots and I could really see stuff I never noticed before.
THe Lollipop Guild can be seen clear enough that you can make out their skull caps and makeup.

http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-Wizard-of-Oz-Blu-ray-Screenshots/6366/

[Mikey]

It was great when it was an "event" and you had to wait once a year for the showing.

After VHS, DVD and the multiple times it's played on cable it kind of ruined it, imo

Like Spock said --- Having is not so pleasing a thing as wanting. It is not logical, but often true

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[Goblin19]

I miss the days when it was a special event. I really love that movie.

[megozilla13]

Last Wednesday they played in theatres around the country for one showing only. I tried to take my daughter but it sold out early. I would have loved to have seen it on the big screen.

mikej

[MIB41]

Yes, I certainly remember the days when the Wizard of Oz was a once a year event. It was right up there with holiday shows like Rudolph, Frosty, or the Great Pumpkin. When it was advertised, you planned for it and you made sure you were home to see it because, if you missed it, that meant waiting another year.

[megoapesnut]

My Blu-ray copy will be at my door tomorrow! I heard they did a fantastic job restoring this for the Blu-ray release.

[mego73]

My Blu-ray copy will be at my door tomorrow! I heard they did a fantastic job restoring this for the Blu-ray release.

I have that coming too! The original WOZ negatives (that they used for this) are less than a half hour away from me at the Eastman House.

How many remember the WOZ merchandise that came out alongside the Mego figures. The board game, coloring books, and 2 comic books. One with the movie story and another Land Of Oz comic using the movie likenesses. I had both and actually saw the Marvel/DC comic of WOZ before seeing the movie (actually, I probably saw the movie before but didn't remember it until after I got interested in the comic)

Land of Oz is long lost and the WOZ comic was in bad shape so this thread got me to skip over to ebay to see if I could find a Land Of Oz, at least. I ended up finding this with 8 minutes left.

Two Large Comic Books of Wizard of OZ - eBay (item 300350371667 end time Sep-29-09 20:15:40 PDT) (http://cgi.ebay.com/Two-Large-Comic-Books-of-Wizard-of-OZ_W0QQitemZ300350371667QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_Defa ultDomain_0?hash=item45ee46f753&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14)

So I snipped it up in the last minute at my exact high bid (second bidder was watching and bid it up). It was fate :)

[cjefferys]

I`m waiting for reviews on the Blu-ray, and if they didn`t screw it up in some way (hopefully not!), I`ll be picking that up. :yes:

[ScottA]

I saw the Oz DVD and Blue-Ray at Wal-mart last night. One of the extras on the DVD was the movie with John Ritter playing Braum and writting the Oz story.

[trekman101]

It was a big event in my house too as a kid ....me and my sister would watch it every year.70 years old and still going strong......A few years ago the top movie songs in history were voted on..."some where over the rainbow" came in #1 of all time.My 5 year old niece can't get enough of "OZ"....every generation gets hooked :yes:
As a foot note....when the world trade center got bombed the first time,the broadcast antenna got knocked out.....the only TV station that was still broadcasting was CBS(from the empire state building).....guess what aired that night...."the wizard of oz"

[Manspider]

I too remember when the annual showing of Oz was a family event. One year we went to a relatives house to watch it because we didn't have a color tv. What a spectacular!

[jessica]

Having is not so pleasing a thing as wanting. It is not logical, but often true

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Wow I love that quote! I'm going to write it down on my daytimer. :heart::heart: