Previously, I posted a song from an old record that appeared in a scene from Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Here’s the scene
Pre-Kong-nition
I’ll get back to OZ soon, but first, as promised, here is a Winsor McCay Dreams of a Rarebit Fiend cartoon. Keep in mind that The Pet is from 1921, twelve years before King Kong.
Chapter II. The Council with the Munchkins.
Audio Adaptation of The Wonderful Wizard of OZ, Crown Publishers, Inc., 1961
Chapter I. The Cyclone.
Audio Adaptation of The Wonderful Wizard of OZ, Crown Publishers, Inc., 1961
OZ Fest
My home page has a link to the Eric Carle Museum in Amherst, MA. Carle is a children’s book illustrator and author, famous for The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
Until October 22, the museum has an exhibit called “The Wonderful Art of OZ.” I’ve seen it and I recommend it highly. The exhibit includes about 20 original W.W. Denslow drawings from the first OZ book, and that should be incentive enough.
Starting with the next posting, I will begin an audio presentation of the 24 chapters in The Wonderful Wizard of OZ. The adaptation is from a 4-disk LP album published by Crown in 1961. My family received it as a Christmas gift from our maternal grandfather over 40 years ago.
… can you find it?
Here’s a quiz for my twinster Jean. Where have you heard this song?
[audio:https://dograt.com/Sounds/Wordpress/square.mp3]