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Heffalumps and Woozies

Posted on July 23, 2022 by Nathan

After two years when it just wasn’t possible, we finally had an in-person OzCon International this year. It was in Pomona, California again, and it was one day and some change, so I initially thought it wouldn’t make sense to … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Atticus Gannaway, Celebrities, Characters, Eric Shanower, Food, Jack Snow, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Plays, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged a day in oz, american fairy tales, ashley chase, billina, bunbury, butterflies, cindy ragni, colin ayres, cowardly lion, dina schiff massachi, dogs, dorothy gale, eric gjovaag, erica olivera, freddy fogarty, geoffrey l. gould, glenn roberson, insects, j. l. bell, judy garland, kabumpo in oz, liberace, nate barlow, naya rivera, oz film manufacturing company, ozcon international, oziana, ozma of oz, polychrome, prince pompadore, return to oz, sam milazzo, steve cox, the emerald city of oz, the glass dog, the master key, the patchwork girl of oz, the real critics, the tik-tok man of oz, the wiz, the wizard of oz (1939), the wonderful wizard of oz, tik-tok, tik-tok of oz, tin woodman, toto, woozy | 7 Comments

Of Bunnies and Bonnets

Posted on April 17, 2022 by Nathan

Picture by Helena Nelson-Reed Happy Easter! Some years ago, I wrote a little about the origins of the Easter Bunny and the name of the holiday. I don’t have a whole lot to add, but there’s some, so I might … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Authors, British, Cartoons, Celebrities, Christianity, Easter, Food, German, Greek Mythology, Holidays, Judaism, Lewis Carroll, Music, Mythology, Passover, Religion, Roman, Television, They Might Be Giants, Toys, VoVat Goes to the Movies, XTC | Tagged alice's adventures in wonderland, aphrodite, bill cosby, charity, coney island, coneys, easter bunny, easter eggs, easter parade, easter seals, eggs, eostre, fat albert, fat albert easter special, fred astaire, hares, irving berlin, jack benny, jesus, judy garland, lent, liberace, march hare, ostara, pikas, rabbits, shirley maclaine, the easter seal teleparade of stars, titian, van johnson, venus, virgin mary, white rabbit | Leave a comment

The Money Cat Knows Where the Money Tree Grows

Posted on December 15, 2016 by Nathan

Gay Purr-ee – Apparently Chuck Jones beat Disney to an animated movie about cats in Paris by almost a decade. There was some real star power behind it, too. It was Judy Garland’s only animated role and Robert Goulet’s first … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Music, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged cats, chuck jones, gay purr-ee, harold arlen, judy garland, robert goulet, united productions of america, warner bros, yip harburg | 2 Comments

OzConPhilly Back Again

Posted on August 8, 2016 by Nathan

It had been sixteen years since I last attended an Oz Convention, and now I’ve gone to two in the same year. The International Wizard of Oz Club‘s National Convention was in Philadelphia this year, so I could stay at … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Atticus Gannaway, Characters, Edward Einhorn, Eric Shanower, Feminism, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Live Shows, Music, Oz, Oz Authors, Plays, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged a day in oz, bill thompson, blair frodelius, brynn williams, captain salt, charles santore, conventions, costumes, cowardly lion, dee michel, dorothy curtiss maryott, dorothy gale, fairies, international wizard of oz club, jane albright, john fricke, judy garland, lurline, matilda joslyn gage, michael patrick hearn, mummers, necile, oz convention, ozcon philly, ozma, patchwork girl, rebecca shimer, reilly & lee, scarecrow, sean barrett, sharif street, the life and adventures of santa claus, the oz project, the wiz, tin woodman, vincent myrand, w. w. denslow, walter krueger, william f. lee | 9 Comments

Pearls of Conventional Wisdom

Posted on July 20, 2016 by Nathan

I attended a bunch of Oz Conventions back in the 1990s, and the Centennial Convention in Indiana in 2000, but haven’t been to any since then. The International Wizard of Oz Club used to do at least three per year, … Continue reading →

Posted in Dick Martin, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Eric Shanower, Gina Wickwar, Jared Davis, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged costumes, david maxine, eric gjovaag, inanna mcgraw, international wizard of oz club, john fricke, judy garland, munchkin convention, ozcon international, paul dana, peter hanff, peter mcgraw, rinkitink in oz, robin hess, scott cummings, sean carlson, winkie convention | 22 Comments

What Oz, What Was, and What Could Have Been

Posted on August 26, 2014 by Nathan

Was, by Geoff Ryman – My friend Tavie lent me this book because of the Oz connection. It’s weird how she’ll read books related to Oz, but not the actual Oz books. Anyway, in one of the first issues of … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors | Tagged dorothy gale, geoff ryman, judy garland, ozma of oz, the baum bugle, the wizard of oz (1939), the wonderful wizard of oz, was | 9 Comments

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