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This Could Be Oz, But You Playin’

I dragged Beth along to OzCon International, which was once again held at Kellogg West in Pomona, California. From what I understand, they raised their prices, so the convention was limited to two days, and we didn’t have access to … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Atticus Gannaway, Board Games, Characters, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Eric Shanower, Games, Jack Snow, Jared Davis, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, March Laumer, Oz, Oz Authors, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Sports, Video Games | Tagged a new wonderland, adventure in oz, aron toman, atticus gannaway, cindy ragni, colin ayres, cosplay, david maxine, diana ross, emerald city confidential, ervic, follow the yellow brick road, freddy fogarty, grampa, grampa in oz, j. l. bell, john fricke, john mundt, judy garland, juliana van riper, michael riley, neil cuadra, ozcon international, oziana, ozma, paul dana, peter brown, peter hanff, philips cd-i, pigasus, polychrome, reera the red, ruth cuadra, scavenger hunt, seinfeld, short circuit, super nintendo entertainment system, the chronicles of oz, the magical monarch of mo, the marvelous land of oz, the wizard of oz (1939), the wizard of oz: beyond the yellow brick road, the wonder city of oz, the wonderful game of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, treasures of oz, w.w. denslow, wicked, wonderful dizzy, yellow brick road |

You Cursed Brat!

One television show and two movies this time, all with SPOILERS. Cursed Films – This is a Shudder production that’s had two seasons so far. Each episode talks about a movie that has a reputation of being cursed, due to … Continue reading →

Posted in Conspiracy Theories, Humor, Music, Oz, Television, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged bullying, cursed films, gregg turkington, horror, jason bateman, joel edgerton, john fricke, john landis, judy garland, on cinema, revenge, shudder, stalker, the crow, the gift, the wizard of oz (1939), three billboards outside ebbing missouri, twilight zone the movie |

Heffalumps and Woozies

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 |

Of Bunnies and Bonnets

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 |

The Money Cat Knows Where the Money Tree Grows

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 |

OzConPhilly Back Again

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 |

Pearls of Conventional Wisdom

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 |

What Oz, What Was, and What Could Have Been

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 |