Tales of the Wizard of Oz

"Tales of the Wizard of Oz" was a 1961 animated television series, produced by Crawley Films for Videocrafts (later known as Videocraft and ultimately Rankin/Bass). This was the second animated series produced by the studio, and the first by Rankin/Bass to feature traditional animation.

The series featured stories derived from characters created in L. Frank Baum's book "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz". Several characters were given additional names, including Dandy Lion, Rusty Tin Man, and Socrates the Scarecrow.

Artistic renditions of the Oz characters created for this series were later featured in the hour-long television special, "Return to Oz".

As of 2008, this series has yet to be released on DVD.

Episodes

*The Witch Switch
*Leapin Lion
*The Magic Hat
*Machine-Gun Morris
*Movie Maid
*The Big Cake Bake
*Desmond's Dilemma
*The Raffle
*Be a Card
*The Great Oz Auto Race
*Well Done
*The Do-It-Yourself Heart
*The Hillies and Billies
*Love Sick
*The Wisdom Teeth
*The Brain
*Bake Your Cake and Eat it Too
*A Fish Tale
*The Last Straw
*Plug-In Courage
*Boomer Rang
*The Family Tree
*The Pudgy Lion
*The Great Laruso
*Beauty and the Beach
*The Wizard's Magic Wand
*The Balloon Buzz
*Shadow Shakes
*Misfire Miss
*Gung-Ho Gang
*Heart Burn
*Stuffed
*The Fountain of Youth
*The Rubber Man
*The Happy Forest
*Dandy's Dilemma
*The Search
*The Bag of Wind
*The Music Men
*To Bee or Not to Bee
*Have Your Pie and Eat it Too
*The Sound of Munchkins
*The Count
*Places, Please
*The Green Golfer
*The Flying Carpet
*The Monkey Convention
*The Cultured Lion
*The Jail Breakers
*The Reunion
*The Sucker
*The Bubble Champ
*Too Much Heart
*The Witch's Boyfriend
*The Clock Watchers
*Double Trouble
*The O.N.
*Going to Pieces
*Mail-Order Lover
*The School Marm
*An Optical Delusion
*Watch the Bouncing Bull
*All in a Lather
*The Green Thumb
*Leap Frog
*The Big Shot
*On the Wing
*To Stretch a Point
*The Flipped Lid
*Down in the Mouth
*The Gusher
*It's a Dog's Life
*The Munchkin Robin Hood
*The Wizard's Tailfins
*The Fallen Star
*Friends of a Feather
*Monkey Air Lift
*Guaranteed for Life
*The Skills of Bravery
*The Coat of Arms
*Roar, Lion, Roar
*The Inferior Decorator
*The Salesman
*The Cat's Meow
*The Yellow Brick Road
*Rusty Rusty
*The Scarecrow
*The Invisible Man
*Free Trade
*The Bull Fighter
*The Golden Touch
*The Long Hair
*Roll the Presses
*The Big Brother
*The Cool Lion
*Gabe the Gobbler
*The Strawman Twist
*The Dinner Party
*The Fire Chief
*The Green Tomato
*The Poet
*The Three Musketeers
*Get Out the Vote
*The Magic World of Oz
*The Mail Man
*The Pony Express

Cast List

* Carl Banas - Dandy Lion, the Wizard, Ham
* Corinne Conley - Dorothy
* Bernard Cowan - Various
* Stan Francis - Various
* Peggi Loder - Various
* Larry D. Mann - Rusty Tin Man, the Wicked Witch, Desmond the Dragon
* Alfie Scopp - Socrates Strawman, Baker, Robby the Rubber Man

ee also

* F. R. Crawley
* Rankin/Bass
*The Wizard of Oz (adaptations) — other adaptations of "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"

External links

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* " [http://www.bcdb.com/cartoons/Other_Studios/R/Rankin_Bass_Productions/Tales_of_The_Wizard_of_Oz/index.html Tales of the Wizard of Oz] " at the Big Cartoon DataBase
* " [http://www.tv.com/tales-of-the-wizard-of-oz/show/25103/summary.html Tales of the Wizard of Oz] " at TV.com