Tales Of The Wizard Of Oz: Get Out The Vote [1961]

[jobbers7]

wow... trip back in time. This is wonderful

[esteetabernac]

This was awesome.

[SongsJerome]

Kinda creepy, but enjoyable

[iammrmat]

Good memories! Haven't seen this in decades.

[TullioWalker]

Hi, thanks for upload. Great cartoons! Have you posted the entire series? In negative case, do you know how many episodes were produced?

[manicbhpp]

OMG !!!! Used to watch these on Channel 9 out of Windsor as a child........LOL The Bi-lingual Canadian childrens shows got me in trouble in Kindergarden as I had learned and was quite fluent in French.....My teacher thought I was lying as in her mind.....5 year olds DID NOT SPEAK FRENCH

[mzmuzikluvr]

@manicbhpp i watched (from detroit) on that same channel, as well! not quite sure how i landed here, but sure glad i did. this brings back wonderful memories of spending many a summer vacation with grandma. i'd also watch "the friendly giant", too.

[Jennifoe]

I can't believe I finally get to see this again after all these years. I used to watch it before going to school on the cold winter morning here in Nova Scotia! I loved this cartoon and no one else I know remembers this...but I never forgot :)

[funkydrummer14]

@Jennifoe I remember this and I grew up in Nova Scotia as well....I used to watch it on MITV Channel 6 ( before they switched to Global), I think it came on right after the old Spiderman series....Love the rustic animation of these old cartoons!

[TheManny4511]

I loved this cartoon!!!

[Pbsmike]

O wow! You made my day! From the first note I knew the whole song which I have not heard in 40 years! Now if I can fin the one that ran after it in Detroit on CKLW_9 from Canada..Pinocincoo! I have that theme stuck in my head too!

[AdamYJ]

Rusty? I thought the Tin Woodman's name was Nick Chopper.

[TheGuppyShow1]

Awesome....Haven't seen this in like 40 years

[YearOfCam]

Wow, this is Rankin-Bass's 1st? Hmm. All I know is, I would watch these every frickin' day for awhile when nothing else was on in the AM (was it Channel 12?) -- and however variable the animation quality was, they'd ALWAYS repeat the intro several times per show. That way the high-quality animation was never too far away (even if, by the end of it, you could draw out each frame, having memorized the entire sequence via repetition)

[YearOfCam]

Thanks for posting. The rolling 'O' was the best animation effect in the series. ANYWAY:

'No one ever grows old'?

Was that ACTUALLY part of the Oz mythos? You mean everybody was born their current age? Wouldn't that be painful? What about the Wizard? He looks kind of old. How about the witch? If the Tin Man rusts, doesn't that technically mean he's aging? I know most cartoons don't age in general, but do Oz-ians TRULY not age?? Just checking

[Gravidtron]

@YearOfCam Yes, it's true, and it sort of puzzled Oz fans way back in the early days too. When L. Frank Baum passed away and new authors took up the series, they decided that in Oz, ages are hereditary: different families have different ages at which the children stop growing. Yes, this means that certain families basically stop at one generation because no child ever enters puberty. No one said living in fairyland was perfect.

[HaggisMcCrablice]

@YearOfCam -- The Wizard was already an old man when his runaway balloon drifted into Oz....it just means he won't grow older, unless he leaves Oz.. In one book Dorothy did go to California briefly with the help of wishing sand and experienced something like this--poor thing went through insta-puberty and ripped right out of her clothes. So if Oz were to return to the real world, he would probably rot to dust in seconds.

Larry Mann was also the voice of the Blue Racer at DePatie-Freleng.

[YearOfCam]

@HaggisMcCrablice Oh yeah. That makes sense. I guess Oz isn't the wonderland we thought it was, eh? There are just a few catches, and big ones. That would explain the large population and the low rate of migration. They've become addicted to Oz's seductive yet dangerous charms.

[MaskedMan66]

Of course, in the books, the Tin Woodman ended up as Emperor of the West.

[deeriley24]

The Tin Man sounds like he's doing an impression of Rochester from the Jack Benny Show, lol...

[MrStereo10]

@deeriley24 The Tin Man is voiced by Paul Kligman-who did a lot of work for CBC Canada-and did voices on the original 1960s Spiderman series(voicing J Jonah Jameson, among others)

[wileyk209zback]

@MrStereo10 Actually that is Larry D. Mann (the voice of Yukon Cornelius) voicing the Tin Man

[JohnnyGNV]

I get this cartoon confused with a 1964 cartoon special called RETURN TO OZ. The characters are drawn in a similar manner. I thought RETURN TO OZ was kind of cute as a kid and TALES OF THE WIZARD OF OZ was nice too. Is it available on DVD?

[1952kid]

Wonderful old cartoons , watching them as an adult puts you back into your childhood mindset , and see how much you have changed from the true '' you'' as a child.

[wilek209]

Anyone else notice that this show reused a LOT of animation? You'd see the same walk cycles, poses and backgrounds over and over. It's a lot like "Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?" in terms of the animation production, but then again, this was Rankin/Bass's first traditional-animation series! I think the recycled animation adds to the charm of this series

[detfreaknik63]

I don't care what other say I like Tales of the wizard of oz made in 1961. Do they carry that on CD now!!!!!

[Echoedhowl]

Socrates's feet when he walks, LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL XDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXD

[eexot]

Man it sucks, Time Warner used to have remastered episodes of this show on Demand but now the episodes are all gone. The folder was called "TV Kids", now you can only watch lassie. :(

[vwwarrior]

Holy smokes. Total flashbacks to my childhood. This is a totaly gen X thing!

[MrChuckles35]

LOL!!

Socrates: "I don't have a brain."

Munchkin: "Then you're just the man to be the head of the Oz Public Works."

[Fortomaris]

i havent seen this show since i was a kid

[auspete]

My god! I've just become 8 again. Thank you for putting this up, amazing!

[donniganclan123]

reminds me of running home for lunch as a kid to watch wizard of oz and the Flintstones

thank you

[duchessdragon]

that was AWESOME!!!!!

[911CID911]

i havent seen this show since the mid or late 80's it was better then the 1990's cartoon

[levonhelmet]

too cool. i havent seen one of these in like 35+ years! used to watch this every saturday morning when i was a kid....love the munchkins voices....i remember it being kinda creepy when i was a kid and i didnt really like it.but back then there was basically one channel with cartoons on and that was it...this used to be between the better cartoons of the day -spiderman, loony tunes and scooby etc.

thanks for posting this...i gotta show my kids....so i can creep them out too!!!

[only257]

cute thanks for posting this!

[pharbizorg]

I watched this show at my grandmother's place when I was just a little kid, how I missed that show.

[DebsAnn]

OMG! This was on stupid early in the morning and my mom would want me to go our apt laundry room downstairs. This kinda scared me, but i'd watch cuz it was the only thing on at that early in the morning. The good stuff showed at like 8. lol. This and Hercules!!!! lol... ahh life was simpler then...

[dougat]

Yeah this was lined up with Pinocchio and George Phair Pick a Letter!

[ranka35]

omg i haven't seen this show since i was 4 or 5. its been a long time since then. how in the world did you find these shows. this was a good show.

[ftenzer]

This episode reminds me of politics in real life, which is very strange!

[wweecw1]

wicked is better then the wizered going to see it november 1st in nyc cant wait

[heykev43]

Can anyone tell me what the name of the episode is were the witch has a "count" for a date or a boyfriend. I would really appreciate it.

Thanks much

[chanellel001]

I think that it's called "The Reunion". Don't you just love finding this stuff!!!

[heykev43]

Thank you chanellel001, it is great to find these old cartoons from my childhood, but after watching "The Reunion" I find that it is not the one I was thinking of, but thank you much anyway.

[nightmarequeen70]

Oh I've seen it.The one where the witch has a boyfriend thats like a vampire is called "The Count,"heykev.I remember too,even though I'm 14 and I've seen it on demand.Does that answer ur question?I think its caled The Count...I think so.

[heykev43]

Thank you nightmarequeen70, do you know where I can view it ?

[nightmarequeen70]

Unfortunately,I don't think its up.Sorry to say.

[wiley207]

I have a copy of the episode 'The Count" on tape somewhere; I taped it On Demand. That Count was based off Bela Lugosi's version of Dracula

[DarkMantha70]

Wow.I saw that episode on demand.Any others u have on demand,wiley207? Oh btw its nightmarequeen70. My account got suspended so I made a new one.

[nannyrobina]

Thanks for the memories.

[bigg3469]

Wow! This is the earliest Rankin-Bass cartoon I've ever seen. I heard & read about Tales Of The Wizard Of Oz, but this is the first time I've seen it. Thanks!

[Tazzman]

Apparently the poltics of this cartoon still pertain to the politics of today. Some things never change!

[Fooblestheclown]

Years ahead of its time....now I know how democracy works...knew it since I was four...thanks to this cartoon...

[puppetlimbs]

Back in the day, 1965, I used to watch this show in Detroit on channel 9, a Canadian station from across the river. Damn, I loved it!

[TampaRed]

Holy smokes! I had completely forgotten about this. Watching it as a kid it was all in syndication, but man did I love it.

Can anyone guess who the voices are - or, from which famous Christmas special the voices of Scarecrow & Tinman are from?

[wiley207]

Larry D. Mann, voice of Yukon Cornelius on "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer", was Rusty Tinman. Alfie Scopp, a.k.a. Charlie in the Box on "Rudolph," voiced Socrates.

[TampaRed]

Awesome.

[wiley207]

Yep. Corinne Connley (the Dolly for Sue), Carl Banas (the cowboy that rides an ostrich) and Stan Francis (Santa Claus) also did voices for this show. It was also the only R-B production I know that wasn't animated in Japan.

[TampaRed]

Nice. Thanks for the info. To use a true cliche, they certainly don't make them like they used to.

[lawrypan]

this is the best... i remember watching these along with pinnoccio. does anyone know where i can purchase these on dvd ? thanx, memories are good

[titans102732]

I last saw this back in 1976..

[Angryneck]

Rusty is a dick.

[fendergibsonto]

CTV in Toronto used to run this back to back with the Adventures of Pinocchio in the 60's...I used to watch this every morning ... Thanks.

[debibulated]

Actually, these were made at Crawley Films in Ottawa, a street over from my apartment, and sold to Rankin/Bass in the states. That's why they got so much airplay in Canada - they are Canadian made cartoons!

[ShadesofScorpius]

All these voices sound like they are from Rudolph the Red Nosed Raindeer!

I watched these as a very tiny kid. I never realized how bizzarly adult they were!

[wiley207]

They are. It's the same studio (Rankin/Bass Productions). Larry D. Mann (Yukon Cornelius) voiced Rusty Tin Man.

[SnugglySara]

How precious! I loved getting up early to catch this on Canadian TV.

[vetiver343]

Where can I find these cartoons? I've been searching for so long....sigh.....

[PaulM3131]

I always thought Socrates's voice sounded a little like Larry on the Three Stooges. :D

[PandaMishima]

I've missed these. They're simple and fun, and no real morals. Kind of a nice counter to the overdone ones of the nineties.

[FischerFan]

Great Saturday morning tradition.

I like the part where Socrates tries to smoke the cigar and nearly ends up coughing to death in the smoke-filled room.

Rene Levesque would have been so proud.

[wiley207]

They should recommend that part to the American Lung Association! Disney did similar smoking gags like that before.

[Tomblappy]

So you love it Do you Danny? Becuase The Tin Man Sounds like Mel Brooks and the characters are look like Jay Ward's Characters.

[wiley207]

It does look a little like Jay Ward, but it's actually made by Rankin-Bass Productions (Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer). The Tin Man also reminds me of Bender of "Futurama"

[konokitsune]

Yeah,except the Tin Man isn't a sleazy,thieving robot who smokes,drinks and thinks only of himself.XD

[blastingrod]

An early (if not the

earliest!) effort of

the legendary Rankin-

Bass studio!

[Spanglemaker42]

Wow, thanks do much. I used to watch these on CBC before preschool. I can't beleive you found these.

Brilliant!

[Sneakerjeans29]

I was searching for old cartoons off the Wizard of Oz.I prefer them over the real movie

[goodgirl1966]

Where did you find these long lost cartoons?