Tag Archives: carousel

All’s Fair in Oz

Posted on October 5, 2017 by Nathan

It’s interesting how much of the Oz series can be seen as referencing circuses and fairs. I guess it’s not surprising for children’s books of the time (or, really, even today, although the traditional circus is severely waning in popularity). … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Characters, Dick Martin, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, L. Frank Baum, Monsters, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged amusement parks, bears, camels, carnivals, carousel, circus, clowns, fairs, gravity railroads, handy mandy in oz, humpty bumpty, isle of phreex, jack pumpkinhead of oz, john dough and the cherub, lin carter, merry go round, merry go round in oz, merry-go-round mountains, notta bit more, ojo in oz, roller coasters, round-abouties, scare city, scenic railways, shoot the chute, silver mountain, snufferbux, swing city, the cowardly lion of oz, the enchanted island of oz, the giant horse of oz, the lost princess of oz, the merry mountaineer of oz, the ozmapolitan of oz, willow grove park, wizard of oz | 4 Comments

Goldeneh Moments from Broadway

Posted on March 16, 2015 by Nathan

There Is Nothing Like a Lox: The Lost Song Parodies of Allan Sherman – While Sherman used many different sorts of humor in his songs, he is particularly known for Jewish-themed parodies. While some of the stereotypes are still current, … Continue reading →

Posted in Albums, Humor, Music | Tagged allan sherman, broadway, carousel, irving berlin, rodgers and hammerstein, south pacific, there is nothing like a lox | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: carousel

All’s Fair in Oz

Goldeneh Moments from Broadway

Recent Posts

Archives

Categories

Blogroll

Celebrity Blogs

Comics

More Stuff from Me

Meta

Twitterpated