Fellow #WizardOfOz fans, SPREAD THE WORD! Nominations are open for the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame at MoPop in Seattle, and neither L. Frank Baum nor "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" are in it! You can nominate one creator and one creation, so I put "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900 novel)" in the latter so it doesn't go to The Movie (which should also go in, but that may be for another day). The deadline is June 19. You can find the nomination form at https://www.mopop.org/exhibitions/science-fiction-and-fantasy-hall-of-fame

Did you know ? Here’s how the tornado effect was done in “The Wizard of Oz” #specialeffects #wizardofoz #tornado #reels #viral #greenscreen #1939 #movies

Added to 4/20/25 Harry Hood at @phish.net: If I Only Had A Brain tease from @trey.com (6:23). Thanks to @zzyzx.bsky.social for the heads up on this one. #phish #wizardofoz

a man and a woman are dancing ...

'The Wizard of Oz' is coming to The Sphere in Las Vegas with reimagined AI-generated scenes—Mashable

Pay no attention to that computer behind the curtain.

@books @bookstodon @religion #ChristianSciFi #ProfessorK #amwritingsf #secretscifinetwork #AI #WizardOfOz #thespherelasvegas

https://mashable.com/article/the-wizard-of-oz-the-sphere-generative-ai

Sometimes you just have to put the silly mini combo together for a laugh.

#LordOfTheRings
#Sauron
#WizardOfOz
#Toto
#miniatures

Bicycled 16K of the Root River Trail to Peterson and back to Rushford. Still sad Burdey's is closed permanently. The branches of this tree remind me of hands, like the scary trees in the "Wizard of Oz" movie.

First bicyclist I've seen on the trail today that seemed to be from somewhere else besides one of these numerous small towns.

Today I learned there’s a crater on the planet Mercury named for the actress Billie Burke, most famous for playing Glinda the Good Witch of the North in the Wizard of Oz; it is near the North Pole on Mercury.

https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/15433

I don’t think enough people understand the implication of the Wizard of Oz being a charlatan from Kansas who gained unquestioned political power by pretending to be some exceptional man and miracle worker that he is not.

Seriously, Daniel O'Brien is one of my favorite #comedy writers These days he's working behind the scenes (and almost certainly better paid) as a senior writer for John Oliver, but I still regularly watch his old stuff from the Cracked days

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hz15yFVF1TI&list=PL_saLI-LH-VoIJCsCXE6Qa2lS37kPS2od&index=22

The ruby slippers were a big deal to Dorothy, who (spoilers for the 1939 film) used them to get home to Kansas. But they're not actually magic — yet they sold for an eye-popping $28 million at auction last week. @ArtNews has more.

https://flip.it/Mj_.qS

Someone want to buy me a new pair of shoes?

https://entertainment.ha.com/itm/movie-tv-memorabilia/props/the-wizard-of-oz-mgm-1939-judy-garland-dorothy-gale-screen-matched-ruby-slippers/a/7388-89182.s?ic4=GalleryView-ShortDescription-071515

A fan theory about "Ted Lasso" has been confirmed by Brett Goldstein. The writer and Roy Kent actor says that the show was influenced by "The Wizard of Oz." @ew talked to him about who he, Ted, Rebecca and Jamie represent.

https://flip.it/Ds0UeX

Just think of all the #energy wasted making something that will do all the #thinking for you.

If I only had a #brain - #scarecrow

https://youtu.be/hG3mJcUzwaI

#WizardOfOz #Follow The #YellowBrickRoad #MuzakLessons #strawMan #ai

"The Wizard of Oz" has spawned umpteen myths and legends about what happened on set — we all heard them as kids and now they're circulating on TikTok. @RollingStone breaks down some of the most common ones, and pulls back the curtain on some stories that were actually true.

https://flip.it/dpd4av

The back stories of the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good are the subject of "Wicked," now in movie theaters with a 90% Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. @Smithsonianmag tells the true story of Matilda Gage, L. Frank Baum's mother-in-law, who inspired the witch characters in "The Wizard of Oz." "After male critics branded Gage as satanic and a heretic, she became an expert on the subject of witch hunts," writes Evan I. Schwartz. "Her 1893 manifesto 'Woman, Church and State' chronicled the five centuries between 1300 and 1800 when tens of thousands of human beings, mostly women, were accused of witchcraft and put to death by fire, hanging, torture, drowning or stoning."

Link: https://flip.it/iL6akN

#Wicked #WizardOfOz #Movies #Books @bookstodon #LFrankBaum #Witchcraft #WomensRights #Suffragists #MatildaGage

So easy.
#toto #africa #wizardofoz #blessiknow

1913 The Scarecrow and The Tin-Woodman by L. Frank Baum.
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#Book #BookCover #WizardOfOz #Retro #vintage

How to make your own Wicked Witch of the West from The Wizard of Oz costume! #margarethamilton #wicked #witch #wizardofoz #cosplay #costume

https://carboncostume.com/wicked-witch-of-the-west-from-the-wizard-of-oz/

I hope this is as good as it looks!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6COmYeLsz4c