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Category Archives: Oz
Having a Ball
Remember the Wicked Witch of the West’s crystal ball from The Wizard of Oz? Like when Dorothy sees Aunt Em in it, only for her to be replaced with the Witch herself? As anyone who’s read the book can tell … Continue reading
Posted in Eloise Jarvis McGraw, L. Frank Baum, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson
Tagged big lavender bear, crystal balls, crystal city, dorothy gale, glinda, glinda of oz, gloma, magic picture, merry go round in oz, mombi, nome king, ojo, ojo in oz, oracle, ozma, pigasus, professor marvel, realbad, red jinn, the gnome king of oz, the lost princess of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the wishing horse of oz, the wizard of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, wicked witch of the west, wumbo, yankee in oz
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Gypsies, Tramps, and Thieves
As I mentioned last week, deportation from Oz doesn’t appear to be too common, and new arrivals can usually stay. The general exception to this rule is invading populations like the pirates and Octagon Islanders in Pirates in Oz and … Continue reading
Posted in Characters, John R. Neill, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson
Tagged antiziganism, eureka, gypsies, mifkits, mooj, ojo, ozma, ozoplaning with the wizard of oz, pirates in oz, romani, the scalawagons of oz, zinaro
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The Immigrant Post
I was recently thinking about two things that inspired this post. One was how, in the Narnia books, Aslan basically tells the Pevensies they’re too old to keep coming to Narnia. The other is how Oz always appealed to me … Continue reading
Posted in Authors, C.S. Lewis, Characters, Chris Dulabone, Chronicles of Narnia, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Ruth Plumly Thompson
Tagged aslan, betsy bobbin, dorothy and the wizard in oz, dorothy gale, emerald city, eureka the pink kitten, hank the mule, immigration, jim the cab-horse, jonathan andrew manley, journal of a journey, mary rakestraw, nome king, ozga, ozma, peter brown, sawhorse, shaggy man, the deadly desert around oz, the hidden valley of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, tik-tok of oz, zeb hugson
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Toying with the Occult
Ah, the Ouija Board. Who doesn’t love the idea of a means of possession by evil spirits that you can buy at Toys “R” Us? I’ve never used one myself, but I’ve heard plenty of stories of girls at sleepovers … Continue reading
Posted in Board Games, China, Christianity, Fundamentalism, Games, Harry Potter, History, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Religion, Toys
Tagged charles kennard, demons, divination, elijah bond, fuji, hasbro, ideomotor effect, invisible inzi of oz, kennard novelty company, occult, ouija board, pazuzu, planchette, pythagoras, qing dynasty, spirit writing, spiritualism, the exorcist, virginia and robert wauchope, william fuld
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Sing It Hi, Sing It Lo
I was considering writing a post on prophecies in the Oz books, but it looks like I already did that. Why do I always forget my own post topics? While I mentioned that L. Frank Baum didn’t really use prophecies … Continue reading
Posted in Characters, Jack Snow, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Places
Tagged chick the cherub, hiland, john dough, john dough and the cherub, loland, para bruin, prophecy, the magic of oz, who's who in oz
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Crisis in Infinite Springfields
The Simpsons has just recently ended its twenty-fourth season, and I feel like I’m one of the few people who still watches every new episode. Someone else must be watching it, though, or they wouldn’t keep renewing it. While it … Continue reading
Posted in Cartoons, Comics, Futurama, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Television, The Simpsons
Tagged aging, amy wong, captain america, charles montgomery burns, crisis on infinite earths, cubert farnsworth, dc comics, homer simpson, iron man, marge simpson, marvel comics, matt groening, philip j. fry, principal skinner, professor hubert farnsworth, tarzan, turanga leela, waylon smithers, wolverine, x-men
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Oz in Four Parts
It seems that the division of Oz into separate countries is rather too neat, with all four countries being roughly the same size and shape, and each one color-coded. Is this just part of its being a magical fairyland, or … Continue reading
Posted in Eloise Jarvis McGraw, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Ruth Plumly Thompson
Tagged gillikins, good witch of the north, king randywell, maps, munchkins, ojo in oz, quadlings, the forbidden fountain of oz, the hidden valley of oz, the purple prince of oz, the tin woodman of oz, the wishing horse of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, wicked witch of the west, winkies, woot the wanderer
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Country Colors
Today is L. Frank Baum’s birthday, and I’m making an Oz post. Granted, I do this pretty much every week, but still. Today’s subject is one that comes into play all the way back in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, … Continue reading
Posted in John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson
Tagged david hulan, eureka in oz, eureka the pink kitten, foolish owl, gillikins, high boy, jack pumpkinhead, jack pumpkinhead of oz, king gugu, munchkins, number nine, patch, quadlings, scarecrow, sky island, snif the iffin, the emerald city of oz, the giant horse of oz, the gnome king of oz, the lost princess of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the road to oz, the runaway in oz, the scalawagons of oz, the wonder city of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, tippetarius, winkies, woozy
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Keep on Rockin’ in a Tree World
Trees bearing unusual items are a regular occurrence in the Oz series, so it’s kind of interesting that they weren’t really part of Oz as it was first envisioned. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz has fighting trees, but otherwise fruits … Continue reading
Posted in L. Frank Baum, Melody Grandy, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson
Tagged bunbury, dr. pipt, fighting trees, henry blossom, land of ev, nome king, ozma of oz, the blue emperor of oz, the cowardly lion of oz, the emerald city of oz, the magical monarch of mo, the patchwork girl of oz, the seven blue mountains of oz, the silver princess in oz, the wishing horse of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, tik-tok of oz, travelers' trees, trees, wam, zim greenleaf
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Gabbin’ About Gabooches
The Gabooches are characters in John R. Neill’s Lucky Bucky in Oz, but it’s not entirely clear what a Gabooch actually is. They first show up when Bucky throws enchanted doorknobs at the Nomes, and they promptly turn into four … Continue reading
Posted in Characters, John R. Neill, Oz, Oz Authors
Tagged davy jones the wooden whale, flummux, gabooches, lucky bucky in oz, lucky bucky jones, richard wagner, scarecrow, tin woodman
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