Summary: There’s no place like home. On today’s Thanksgiving podcast adventure, Adolfo and Mark discuss the 1939 MGM classic: THE WIZARD OF OZ! On this week’s show: More Alamo Drafthouse! Watching CASABLANCA on the big screen It’s not an isosceles triangle! What human being on this planet hasn’t seen Wizard of Oz? A Thanksgiving tradition The troubled production and box office woes of Oz Dark Side of the Moon The power of watching a movie on the big screen The rotating door of directors Wizard of Oz on stage High school productions The Jitterbug A Thanksgiving tradition Engrained in pop culture Roseanne Barr as the Wicked Witch? The bankability of Fantasy films in the 30s. Why the film was a dream sequence The darkness of RETURN TO OZ “Over the Rainbow” was almost cut from the film Dorothy and Scarecrow love connection? The pros and cons of blu-ray The amazing make-up artistry Shirley Temple: The original Dorothy? Ray Bolger originally cast as Scarecrow Buddy Ebsen’s allergic reaction to the silver Tin Man make up, causing him to be recast by Jack Haley Who were WC Fields and Ed Wynn considered to play? Frank Morgan, the MGM character actor Margaret Hamilton severely burned on a stunt Juvenile Oscars The television broadcast gave the film new life Urban legends Midgets groping Judy Garland There is still one Munchkin left! Sequels & spinoffs! Wicked the Broadway Musical The debut of the Random CHRISTMAS Movie Generator FILM REFERENCES IN THIS EPISODE: THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ (1910) THE WIZARD OF OZ (1925) SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS (1937) A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1938) GONE WITH THE WIND (1939) THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER (1940) CASABLANCA (1942) IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946) THE BISHOP’S WIFE (1947) ALICE IN WONDERLAND (1951) SCROOGE (1951) REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (1955) THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK (1959) MARY POPPINS (1965) BONNIE & CLYDE (1967) GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER (1967) WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (1971) THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (1974) STAR WARS TRILOGY (1977-1983) MOMENT BY MOMENT (1978) THE WIZ (1978) THE SHINING (1980) BLOW OUT (1981) THE THING (1982) E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1982) MICHAEL JACKSON’S THRILLER (1982) SCARFACE (1983) A CHRISTMAS STORY (1983) GREMLINS (1984) RETURN TO OZ (1985) CAPTAIN EO (1986) THE PRINCESS BRIDE (1987) THE LOST BOYS (1987) MOONWALKER (1988) DIE HARD (1988) GREMLINS 2: THE NEW BATCH (1990) HOME ALONE (1990) MGM WHEN THE LION ROARS (1992) THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL (1992) FALLING DOWN (1993) ED WOOD (1994) BATMAN & ROBIN (1997) STAR WARS: EPISODE I - THE PHANTOM MENACE (1999) POKÉMON: THE MOVIE - I CHOOSE YOU! (2000) THE ROOM (2002) TIN MAN (2007) 500 DAYS OF SUMMER (2009) THE LORD OF THE RINGS TRILOGY (2001-2003) ROOM 237 (2012) THE AVENGERS (2012) THE HOBBIT TRILOGY (2012-2014) OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL (2013) SPOTLIGHT (2015) THOR: RAGNAROK (2017) MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS (2017) JUSTICE LEAGUE (2017) AMERICAN ASSASSIN (2017) KINGSMAN THE GOLDEN CIRCLE (2017) THE DISASTER ARTIST (2017) IRVING BERLIN’S HOLIDAY INN: THE MUSICAL (2017) THE GREATEST SHOWMAN (2017) THE POST (2017) LINKS: The Essential Films: essentialfilmspodcast.com Key & Peele: Gremlins 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x01l_jMhjVM Moment by Moment TV Spot - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYyjvyvx6c0 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpV29YZ7Ksw The Wizard of Oz (1925) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CBmDZjvjGs Return to Oz Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CklyKCKFtwE Maragaret Hamilton on Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I89lklpp8cM Michael Jackson in The Wiz (1978) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3r1ssg1LIt4 Moonwalker Trailer (1988) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFoVHVeLk-M Captain EO - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONRTzWy26Ko Tin Man trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUWyDjuHEC0 SOCIAL MEDI(continued)
