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I don’t know about you, but I can’t see that phrase “Follow the Yellow Brick Road” without hearing the song in my head. So if I’ve given you an earworm, sorry not sorry.
But the movie The Wizard of Oz is one of those stories that has passed from being “just a story” to being a part of the commonly understood cultural zeitgeist. If you mention the ruby red slippers, EVERYBODY knows what you mean. Or the Wicked Witch of the West. Or Toto. Or flying monkeys. Or my personal favorite after a long trip, “There’s no place like home!”
I remember being scared of the Wicked Witch and her flying monkeys the first time I saw the movie, on television in the early 1960s. But the moment when the film switches form black and white to color is one of those perfect “Aha!” moments that lives in childhood memories. There’s a cartoon I remember that does the reverse, I think it’s a Roadrunner cartoon, where he races past a sign that reads “Technicolor Ends Here” and then the cartoon switches to black and white. Equally indelible, but I had never seen it again until researching this post and “voila!” there it was on YouTube and it’s Lucky Ducky not Roadrunner. Memory is both fickle and tricksy.
So what do you remember about going “off to see the Wizard”? Answer in the rafflecopter for your choice of either a $10 Amazon Gift Card or a $10 Book.
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Judy Garland is the first thing that I think about when I hear The Wizard Of Oz.
Toto ! I loved that dog LOL I also think of no brain scarecrow and yellow brick road!
I was in a Wizard of Oz play when I was in grade school and I think of the tinman (as that is the character I played).
I think of Toto! Such a classic!
I think of the yellow brick road
Absolutely the Yellow Brick Road!!
I think of Toto and the era.
My mom. The Wizard of Oz was her favorite movie because it’s the first color film she saw.
I think of Dorothy. Actually, Judy Garland as Dorothy.
Dorothy and the red shoes.
I think of how amazing the colors are when it first changes from Black & White to color.
Tornadoes is the first thing I think of!
It used to only come on Thanksgiving on CBS when I was a kid – I couldn’t wait to watch it every year.
I think of the yellow brick road of course! 🙂
Ruby slippers
First thing I think of is the Wicked Witch!
The good witch and her big pink dress
the Wicked Witch
That I performed in it twice while i was in school.
Toto is the first that comes to mind. Thank you
The tin man and the scarecrow guy.
I lived right where the author of the Wizard of Oz did, so I think of home!
I think of the yellow brick road and the ruby red shoes!
First thing I think of is Dorothy and Toto.
Dorothy’s red shoes
I think of the ruby slippers.
I think of the music!
I think of Dorthy’s ruby slippers
I think of Glenda the Good Witch.
The Yellow Brick Road of course and the Emerald City!
“pay no attention to the man behind the curtain’.
Thanks for the contest.
When I read the question the first thing that came to mind was the yellow brick road.
The first thing I think about is my childhood and having to wait all year before it would come back on the television
Dorothy
theres no place like home
THE WITCH AND THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD!
The wicked witch.
I think of the yellow brick road, and then I think of Elton John. LOL.
I think of Toto!
I think of the awesomely scary wicked witch of the west and how she terrified me as a child,now I just think she’s great.
The ruby red slippers
I think of the flying monkeys and how scary they were. Thanks.
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The red slippers.
I think of Kansas!
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I think about how young I was when it first came out. Then I think of the cowardly lion.
The ruby red slippers! followed closely by the scene in which the witch melts down (both of those really impressed me as a kid – for diff reasons, obviously!)
pretty ruby red slippers, click click!
I think of her slippers and the lion-he was one of my favorites
I think of the Scarecrow.
I think of the Yellow Brick Road and Ruby slippers.
I think of the wicked witch of the west
I think of all the munchkins
I think of Dorothy.
I think of Tin Man!
I guess it would be the music – I’m probably like most people that knows the movie and not the books, so whether it’s Ding dong the witch is dead or follow the yellow brick road, it’s always the music from the movie for me.
The first thing I think of is the flying monkeys.
I think of Dorothy and her cute dog.
The Ruby Red Slippers 🙂
Dorothy singing
First thing I think of is ruby slippers 🙂
I don’t think we even owned a color tv when I first saw the movie, so the big transition was lost on me. As wondrous as it was (and still is), I found most of it utterly terrifying at the time–the tornado, the witch, the lion, the trees, the monkeys, the soldiers! Shudder! So, the Wicked Witch of the West is what I think of first.
I think of the ruby shoes 🙂
Toto
I think of the yellow brick road.
The same as you, I was a little kid and freaked out by the flying monkeys.
The first thing I think of is Dorthy and Toto.
I think of the red ruby slippers when I think of the Wizard of Oz!
Dorthy and the Red Slippers especially the red slippers.
I think of Dorothy
Dorthy and the Red Slippers especially the red slippers.
I think yellow brick road when I think Wizard of Oz.
In the words of Dorothy, I just wanna go home
the yellow brick road, but it might be because of this hop
I think of Dorothy.
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
The ruby slippers.
The ruby red slippers, though I believe they are silver in the book, and the creepy flying monkeys.
The song Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Definitely the yellow brick road.
I think of the wicked witch.
I think of Dorothy and the Lion and the Tin Man.
I think of the ruby slippers.
I think of my aunt because she collects anything and everything Wizard of Oz. Last year for Christmas, I made her a shadowbox full of Wizard of Oz things!
I think of them travelling down that yellow brick road.
I think of the red shoes.
I think about the yellow brick road.
I think of the yellow brick road!
I always think of Dorothy saying goodbye to the scarecrow and how she tells him she will miss him the most. Always made me cry!
Fabulous red shoes! LOL 😀
clicking of the red heels
Toto. Such a cute dog!
The first thing I think of with the Wizard of Oz is the flying monkeys!
I think of the song, Somewhere Over the Rainbow.
I think of Toto.
I think of the yellow brick road
I think about the Ruby red shoes!
the red shoes!
The first thing I think of is the Yellow Brick Road.
I think of the yellow brick road and toto.
I think of the red shoes.
I think of the wicked witch
Dorothy and Toto.
I think of Kansas. 🙂 Well, and that wicked witch. heh
judy singing somewhere over the rainbow
Dorothy and the yellow brick road!
I think of the ruby slippers.
i think of dorothy first
Dorothy and toto
I think about the ruby slippers and how excited I am to be going to see Chasing Rainbows a new musical about Judy Garland at the Papermill Playhouse next weekend.
ruby red slippers
Ruby slippers! Thanks for the giveaway! ❤
I think if flying monkeys… and I think how useful having flying monkeys to do your work would be. Or minions… wouldn’t it be cool? Get more stuff done.
Mishelle G
The Ruby Red Slippers
I think of the creepy rumor of the on set suicide.
I think about Toto the dog, he was my favorite character in the movie.
The first things that I think of are Dorothy’s ruby slippers. I was awed by them as a child.
I think of Dorothy.
The Lollipop Guild!!!! They are my favorite.
I think about the flying monkeys. I always thought that they were cool.
The first thing I think of is Dorthy and Toto.
I think of my childhood and when it came on once a year and you can bet I watched it well in to my adulthood. Now I have the DVD
Growing up, The Orpheum Theater in my town hosted a summer movie series, and they always showed The Wizard of Oz. It’s one of my favorite movies, so we always went. It was SUCH a cool experience. The entire crowd would say all the lines together, sing the songs, and cheer when the house smashes the Wicked Witch.
The Munchkins.
I think of the beauty of the castle!
I think of the Ruby slippers and Kansas.
I think of red shoes.
The first thing I think of is dorothy’s red shoes!