Tales of the Wizard of Oz

[ferociousgumby]

Is this the first cartoon or something? I don't remember a narrator. I'm glad they dropped it, it sucked. The series got stranger and stranger.

[SongsJerome]

I wanna fart!

[lordkremlore]

I don't care what anyone says Rakin/Bass Productions must have been influenced purely by cocaine! The backgrounds for this show look like covers for Jimi Hendrix albums.

[143AC]

It's ironic that the actor doing the voice of"The Wizard Of Oz"sounds like W.C.Fields..because Mr.Fields was one of the original choices for the role of "The Wizard"in the 1939 MGM movie musical..the role eventually went to Frank Morgan.

[billysnoid]

Wow, this brings back memories!

[BillFugate]

The Tin Woodsman in the Oz books is named Nick Chopper. Rusty must be a nickname. The Scarecrow and the Cowardly Lion didn't have names.

[RayPointer]

@BillFugate "Rusty" is a "Joke" name, just as are all of the name for the other characters: "Socrates" Strawman, "Dandy" Lion? Rather obvious, isn't it?

[toastichedu]

I used to watch these cartoons every Saturday morning on CKY-TV in Winnipeg, Manitoba on the CTV affiliate.

[CelesteK]

@toastichedu I watched this on CFTO in Toronto, Ontario every Saturday morning on Global TV every Saturday afternoon. :) It was the most fun that I ever had sitting on my grandma's lap. :)

[rattlinurcage3]

@toastichedu I used to watch them on the same channel,I live about 90 miles south of winnipeg in Minnesota..Classic toons at their best !!

[Ifileet]

Does this have Ozma in it?

[RayPointer]

@Ifileet No

[RJRanke]

I first saw these cartoons on Woodrow the Woodsman(KYW-TV)in Cleveland.I saw these were based on The Wizard of Oz,but the more I learned about Baum's original Oz,the more I realized these cartoons had to have been written by those who only used the movie as a base and went on from there in many different directions.They were fun,though-and I remember them fondly.

[woodbinedrinker]

That was a long episode for The Wizard of Oz at over 5 min. It must have been th epilot? The last music of the first episode featured a saw didn't it? I don't think that piece of music reappeared in later episodes, which featured different animation styles.

[only257]

cute, fun and hiliarous shorts, a episode is on amazon website!

[steffsaint]

I watched this as a child in the 80's on CBC in New Brunswick. I think they stopped airing it shortly after that. Too bad.

[2thpic]

Rusty the Tinman is where they get the idea for Bender in Futurama.

[toxee]

I agree, I see so much of Bender in Rusty it's hilarious. "Shuddup Stupid!!"

[tabs2020]

another classic (and somewhat disturbing) show. Great (and disturbing) memories!

[RYTHMMAKER]

It seems like a lifetime ago when I last saw these - I recall racing home after my morning paper route with the Journal just in time to catch these.

[hooperxxx]

Oh my god. I've always thought that I was the only person who'd ever seen this show.

[markojameow]

No, you're not! I saw that show many years ago, when it aired on CFTO-TV in Toronto. (I spent the first years of my life in Oakville, ON.) It was old even in the 1970s, but a lot of fun to watch - the fast animation was favored in the early days of TV because it was cheap and presumably suitable for the new medium's time demands.

[hooperxxx]

I used to watch this show on CBET, the Windsor, Ontario CBC affiliate. My friends, who didn't live as close to the Canadian border, couldn't get that station. So, I've never met anyone else who's ever heard of this show or "The New Adventures of Pinocchio." It also probably didn't help that those reruns aired a 5:00am and 5:30am respectively.

[Nialelorde]

You could get it in Buffalo. It was a staple of my teenage after party television!

[airbus340driver]

It seems there's lots of us who watched this - it was a lot of fun for kids - and followed by that other classic, the New Adventures of Pinocchio..!

[billiey61]

I had some good acid trips to this cartoon ,this brings back a lot of memory.thanks All the funny faces ....coming out my wall ...awsome.

[Euterperocks]

My fave cartoon series ever. It was so weird and subversive. Thank you!

[NYVoice]

You can easily pick out Larry Mann (Tinman) prior to his Yukon Cornelius days. I used to watch these in the mid 60s. Awesome trip.

[RayPointer]

He's the Witch, too!

[Fooblestheclown]

Hey! they changed the look of Dororthy...she has pupils now...I love the soundtrack.

[Fooblestheclown]

So, when this series ended...did they all get what they were looking for? I never did find that out.

[cmurphyslaww]

We lived in St. Catharines, Ontario when we first saw these cute cartoons. I loved them. They had such a good (and a little twisted without being disgusting) sense of humour. I am so glad to see them now. I show them to my son. I wish I had them when he was smaller. He is not as impressed as am I :-)

[143AC]

Dear Foobles The Clown,

Yes! This is very first"TFTWO"

tv cartoon. This was also the series' only

two part episodes. I don't know who does the voice

of the announcer?

[143AC]

I first saw these cartoons on"Felix & The

Wizard"/"Hall In Fun!"with Mr.Fred Hall on

WNEW TV Ch.5 in NYC back in the 1960's.

[Fooblestheclown]

Hey, if this was the first episode....what was the final episode, and what year?

[Fooblestheclown]

It's funny how all of us forty somethings are trying to re capture our childhood thru watching cartoons that use to be on the air when we were young.  Everyone do the Doh doh!

[hobodivine]

does anyone know of someone that are selling copies of this series?

[grazzt519]

hahah, just like pinocchio, watched this on CHCH!

[OofusTwillip]

All the voice talent in this early Rankin-Bass series was Canadian, because they couldn't find any more dramatic radio actors in the USA. Bernard Cowan was voice director & narrator, and other voices included Larry Man (Rusty & the Witch) & others who also did voices on "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" for Rankin-Bass.

[143AC]

MY God!

It's been a long time since I

first "The Tales Of The Wizard Of

Oz"TV Cartoons. Thanks For bringing back this

piece of "Oz"and tv cartoon history.

[stinkywizl]

Awesome!

[fluffyxdestroy]

Smokin'! A legendary cartoon for those of us raised in the 60s. It was Soupy Sales, Sandy Becker, Pixanne and lots of imaginative entertainment. These are great Robby,thanks.