Let’s try this new theme. It seems like it should be doing something up there at the top, since it’s NOT SHOWING THE BLOG TITLE. However, I still like how this looks, so whatever. I’ll leave it for now.

“Tales of the Wizard of Oz” was an early TV foray by Rankin-Bass, the creative team behind all those Christmas specials. Using Canadian voice actors as usual, this show went a step further and did the animation at Canada’s Crawley Films.
The show is badly animated, but the writing and acting are sharp. Because of its [...]

Mort Crim in Philadelphia, before he becomes a news icon in Detroit, gets even with sportscaster Big Al in this legendary clip.