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Dogged Perseverance

Yankee in Oz, by Ruth Plumly Thompson – When I first joined the International Wizard of Oz Club, I was excited to learn that not only did they sell many of the official Oz books I hadn’t read yet, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Book Reviews, Characters, Conspiracy Theories, Dick Martin, History, Humor, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Melody Grandy, Music, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Space Program | Tagged aunt doffi, badmannah, crystal balls, dogs, drag net, fern greenleaf, giants, loxo the lucky, moon, ozma, ozma of oz, ozoplaning with the wizard of oz, slavery, smith and tinker, speedy in oz, su-posy, the seven blue mountains of oz, tidy town, tompy terry, upandup mountain, wackajammy, yankee, yankee in oz, zim greenleaf |

Dear Dairy

Scan by Jared Davis Here we are, safe and sound, back in good old Oziana 1985. The cover has a drawing of the Nome King by Eric Shanower, which is kind of confusing, as I know Ruggedo appears in a … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Characters, Eric Shanower, Food, Fred Otto, Jack Snow, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Names, Onyx Madden/Jim Nitch, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged badmannah, bucketheads in oz, cows, dr. pipt, father goose, giants, horners, ice cream, jack pumpkinhead, jane mcneive, jay delkin, jellia jamb, jim vander noot, jimb jamb, joe bongiorno, john dough and the cherub, king kleaver, liquid of petrifaction, magic in the kitchen, mark manley, michael gessel, mombi, mombi's pink polkadot vest, mr. yoop, mrs. yoop, nome king, oziana, ozma, paul dana, phogg horner, polychrome, red jinn, robert luehrs, robin olderman, sir pryse bocks, the baum bugle, the butter lamb of oz, the fate of the yoops, the hearts and flowers of oz, the ice cream man of oz, the lost king of oz, the mysterious chronicles of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the shaggy man of oz, thrug, tottenhots, utensia, wicked witch of the west, witches |

The Wonderful Whistles of Oz

I mentioned in my post on the warp whistles in Super Mario Bros. 3 that there were some magic whistles in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, although as far as I know none of them summoned the tornado. One is … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Mario, Music, Oz, Oz Authors, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Video Games | Tagged badmannah, bandbox, box wood, cowardly lion, dorothy gale, field-mice, gayelette, gili bar-hillel, glinda, high coco-lorum, jack pumpkinhead, king randywell, magical musical snuffbox, man-eating plants, nome king, number nine, ojo in oz, opodock, orchestra and glee club, ozma of oz, ozoplaning with the wizard of oz, pokes, queen of the field-mice, red jinn, silver whistle, singra, sir hokus of pokes, sun top mountain, super mario bros. 3, the fairy's silver trumpet, the gnome king of oz, the lost princess of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the royal book of oz, the runaway in oz, the silver princess in oz, the wicked witch of oz, the wonder city of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, the woozy's tale, the yellow knight of oz, thi, tin woodman, tune town, warp whistles, wicked witch of the west, witches, yankee in oz |