Tales of the Wizard of Oz

Tales of the Wizard of Oz is a 1961 animated television series produced by Crawley Films for Videocraft (later known as Rankin/Bass Productions). This is the second animated series produced by the studio, and the first by Rankin/Bass to feature traditional animation.[1]

Tales of the Wizard of Oz
GenreAnimation
Based onThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
Directed byHarry Kerwin
Voices ofCarl Banas
Corinne Conley
Bernard Cowan
Paul Kligman
Alfie Scopp
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes110
Production
ProducersArthur Rankin Jr.
Jules Bass
Larry Roemer
Antony Peters
Bernard Cowan
Running time5 minutes
Production companiesCrawley Films
Videocraft Productions
DistributorStorer Programs
Release
Original networkSyndicated
Original releaseSeptember 1, 1961 (1961-09-01) –
December 1961 (1961-12)

Summary

The series features stories derived from characters created in L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Several characters are given additional names, including Dandy the Cowardly Lion, Rusty the Tin Man, and Socrates the Scarecrow. In this adaptation, rather than being dropped by a tornado, Dorothy and Toto are blown in from Kansas through a hole cut out of the landscape.

Each episode is a brief vignette about an adventure that the characters are involved in, often centering around the Wizard's attempts to fulfill the characters' wishes.

Artistic renditions of the Oz characters created for this series were later featured in the hour-long television special Return to Oz. The series was also adapted to a comic book for a one-shot issue in Dell's Four Color #1308 (March–May 1962).

As of 2018, this series has yet to be released on DVD. Coincidentally, both this series and Filmation's own animated project, Journey Back to Oz (which began production one year later and was ultimately finished in 1971), are now owned by the same company, Universal Studios.

In October 2010, the series went into rotation on the Retro Television Network.

Cast

Episode list
  1. Pilot: Part 1
  2. Pilot: Part Two - The Witch Switch
  3. Leapin' Lion
  4. The Magic Hat
  5. The Balloon Buzz
  6. Machine-Gun Morris
  7. Movie Maid
  8. Shadow Shakes
  9. The Big Cake Bake
  10. Desmond's Dilemma
  11. Misfire Miss
  12. Gung-Ho Gang
  13. Heart Burn
  14. Stuffed
  15. The Fountain of Youth
  16. The Rubber Man
  17. The Happy Forest
  18. Dandy's Dilemma
  19. The Search
  20. The Bag of Wind
  21. The Music Men
  22. To Bee or Not to Bee
  23. Have Your Pie and Eat It Too
  24. The Sound of Munchkins
  25. The Count
  26. Places, Please
  27. The Green Golfer
  28. The Flying Carpet
  29. The Monkey Convention
  30. The Big Shot
  31. On the Wing
  32. To Stretch A Point
  33. The Flipped Lid
  34. Down in the Mouth
  35. The Gusher
  36. The Family Tree
  37. Boomer Rang
  38. The Great Laurso
  39. The Pudgy Lion
  40. Beauty and the Beach
  41. The Hillies and the Billies
  42. The School Marm
  43. An Optical Delusion
  44. Watch the Bouncing Bull
  45. All in a Lather
  46. The Green Thumb
  47. Leap Frog
  48. The Cultured Lion
  49. Chowy Mein
  50. The Super-Duper Market
  51. ?
  52. ?
  53. ?
  54. ?
  55. ?
  56. ?
  57. ?
  58. ?
  59. ?
  60. Friends of a Feather
  61. Monkey Air Lift
  62. Guaranteed for Life
  63. The Skills of Bravery
  64. The Coat of Arms
  65. Roar, Lion, Roar
  66. Be a Card
  67. The Inferior Decorator
  68. The Salesman
  69. The Cat's Meow
  70. The Yellow Brick Road
  71. Rusty Rusty
  72. The Scarecrow
  73. The Invisible Man
  74. Free Trade
  75. The Bull Fighter
  76. The Golden Touch
  77. The Long Hair
  78. Roll the Presses
  79. The Big Brother
  80. The Cool Lion
  81. Gabe the Gobbler
  82. The Raffle
  83. The Strawman Twist
  84. The Dinner Party
  85. The Fire Chief
  86. The Green Tomato
  87. The Poet
  88. The Three Musketeers
  89. One Big Headache
  90. Get Out the Vote
  91. ?
  92. ?
  93. ?
  94. ?
  95. The Wizard's Promise
  96. Well Done
  97. The Do-It-Yourself Heart
  98. The Great Oz Auto Race
  99. ?
  100. The Jail Breakers
  101. The Reunion
  102. The Sucker
  103. The Bubble Champ
  104. Too Much Heart
  105. The Witch's Boyfriend
  106. The Clock Watchers
  107. Double Trouble
  108. The O.N.
  109. Going to Pieces
  110. Mail-Order Lover
  111. Love Sick
  112. It's a Dog's Life
  113. The Fallen Star
  114. Don't Pick the Daisies
  115. The Munchkin Robin Hood
  116. The Wizard's Tail-Fins
  117. The Rubber Doll

#?    The Magic World Of Oz

#?    The Wisdom Teeth

#?    The Brain

#?    Bake Your Cake and Eat it Too

#?    A Fish Tale

#?    The Last Straw

#?    Plug-In Courage

#?    The Wizard's Magic Wand

#?    The Mail Man

#?    The Pony Express

Film: Return to Oz (Feb# 9, 1964)

See also

References
  1. Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 911–912. ISBN 978-1476665993.
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