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I actually had such a good time watching this film! Having Dorothy meet these caricatures of people from her farm in Kansas made for such an entertaining plot with so much heart. Enjoy :)

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THE WIZARD OF OZ PATREON

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Liam

You should watch the jurassic world films

Thomas B

Oh now this is a nice surprise! If you’re interested in older cinema, I can’t recommend golden age Hollywood anymore! “Gentlemen prefer blondes” with Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russel is such a good film about friendship - and it subverts the stereotypes in a way that I gather you would appreciate!

melissa.xoxo

I suggest The Sound of Music also; it’s from 1965 and a timeless classic 😊

Fenrir30

You should watch Disney's dinosaur

Teej

This movie holds a special place in my heart as a musical theatre performer and as someone who loves movies. I’ve loved this film ever since I was a little kid. It’s definitely an interesting one to study. A lot of cool ways they filmed this, but also a lot of sadness behind the scenes. Here’s some interesting facts about the movie… -The ruby slippers were initially supposed to be silver. Also there were four sets of ruby slippers used during filming. -Somewhere Over the Rainbow was almost cut from the film because they thought it slowed down the movie. Also, the composer of the song, Harold Arlen, came from Buffalo, New York where I was born, raised, and currently live. -Buddy Ebsen was originally cast as the Tin Man, but had a severe allergic reaction to the makeup, so he was replaced with Jack Haley. -Toto was actually a female dog named Terry and earned $125 a week. -Margaret Hamilton who played the Wicked Witch of the West got badly burned when filming the scene of her exiting Munchkinland and she had to recover for six weeks. Also her green makeup was copper-based and toxic if absorbed. -The Cowardly Lion’s costume was actually made from real lions’ pelts. -The horses in the Emerald City were colored with Jell-O, which they kept trying to lick off. -Margaret Hamilton who played the Wicked Witch of the West was a kindergarten teacher before becoming an actress. -This movie was released in theaters 85 years ago yesterday.

Penny

yes that is judy garland singing that song in the studio the actress playing Dorothy at the age of 16 and the first movie to use the black and white to color transition in film.

Kru Timmy

I've loved this one since I was a young boy. They used to put it on TV once a year - back in those heady days with no internet, no streaming - not even the humble VHS cassette lol.

Raquelly Reacts

Any chance you’d watch princess diaries 2 royal engagement? Also Lilo and stitch 2: stitch has a glitch?

Shanae K.

Time get a little cozy before work and watch this. "YYYEEESS, Let's go!"

Laura Cabrera

Somewhere over the rainbow is my favorite song. The actress has an amazing voice :)

Ali D

Not comedies, but if you’re interested in checking out older films, The Apartment (#100 on IMDBs top movie list) and Twelve Angry Men (#5!!) are two absolute classics. I can see you getting really invested in TAM!

Liam

I remember doing a school play of this around 12 years ago.

belly

I remember watching this with my mom when I was a child.. haven’t watched it since. but now I finally have a reason to revisit this classic❤️❤️

Anna H

Happy 85 years to the Wizard of Oz! The magic, joy, and excitement of this groundbreaker still holds up today, and I'm so glad you enjoyed it. That Twister scene has to be one of my favorites of any movie. Just breathtakingly impressive for what tools they could work with way back then. And still far more gripping and frightening than any CGI storm that can be whipped up today.

TB

Watching you watch this for the first time was so much fun. An amazing film on so many levels and so much a part of popular culture. I remember watching as a child and how spellbinding it was. Classic lines, classic music, and classic scenes. And the over arching stories about life -- hope, dreams, love, support -- celebrating so much of the human spirit with a background of over-the-top images. Happy to see you discover this iconic film.

Johnny Stapleton

Praying your next video is Stranger Things season 2 🔥

Shanae K.

Something came up this morning. I'll definitely watch this right before bed with a cup of hot cocoa

Kitty Underwood

Although it's not actually canon, the story of "Wicked" which is about the wicked witch of the west, actually describes her as very beautiful, just with green skin. I don't think all of the characters see her that way tho, since green skin can be very off putting lol

SubourbonMermaid

HA! I literally just bought a hoodie with glittery ruby slippers on it that says "Shoes to DIE for" online, then I decide to check out what's happening on The Cocoa Couch and you upload this?! Trippy, man!

Sarah

Not a recommendation for a video necessarily, but I can highly recommend the video "Todrick Hall - The Wizard of Ahhhs (ft. Pentatonix)" (on YouTube). It's a mashup with a music video, following this story but with mostly modern songs and obviously shortened a lot. Really well sung and hilarious at the same time xD

Tom

'it's like a fever dream'. 😂 Nailed it! Fabulous film.

Anna H

Yes my friend, that is Judy Garland actually singing! She remained legendary for her voice the rest of her career.

Stone27

Speaking of classic old movies, I highly suggest that you should watch Gone With the Wind

Rhetorical Thrill

I get what you're saying about older movies, and I think you're spot on. Tastes change, styles of filmmaking change, fashion and slang change, but truly timeless films transcend that. Everything can't be timeless, but this one is. I don't watch it regularly, in fact I can't remember the last time I sat and watched it. Or maybe I never actually did, I recognized all of it but my memories of it are it just being on the tv while I was playing and watching in pieces.

olivia rose

would you ever consider watching 9-1-1 or modern family?

shawnee douglas

love Judy Garland. i have a soft spot for old movies they just hit different. Yes Judy did sing her parts in the movie. Thank you for reacting to this. some times its nice to watch a classic.

Geothro

I wondered why you didn't really seem to notice the "fly my pretties" reference in The Hunchback of Notre Dame lol

Ae Jae

It's crazy to me how this movie game out 11 years after my great grandmother was born. 15 years after my grandmother. And by the time I watched it in 99 it was 60 years old. Here I am at 30 knowing its 85 years old. I myself never much cared for the movie. Even as a kid. But I appreciate the history. It's crazy to think about a classic film 15 years away from being 100 years old. So many movies we love now will eventually be 100 years old and it's crazy. Great great great grandpa loved this classic *pops in deadpool*

Jim Schmitz

Oh, Oscar, it was so refreshing to see this film with fresh eyes, especially your eyes. I hold it as dear as most of the commentors above. Now I'll offer my 8 cents worth (inflation, you know). This film was not one of the first shot in Technicolor. That process had been around since early 1910s in one form or another. It was hailed for enhancing the fantasy scenes with it for a magical effect. I hope you'll continue to investigate older films from time to time. And you'll have to check out the reinvented Oz mythology in "Wicked" coming in Dec. (half of it, at least) It also has great songs.

J C

I'm glad you liked this movie. It's a true classic. This Thanksgiving, they're bringing the musical "Wicked" to the movie screen. "Wicked" is another book that is based off of this classic that explores how the Wicked Witch of the West may have come to be so "wicked." We should watch it once it comes out and is available for streaming! :)

Arion Floyd

wow I didn't remember the beginning of this movie AT ALL

Tracy R

If you’re interested in more classical musicals, I suggest Mary Poppins and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Sound of music is another great one suggested above

Paul

That is definitely Judy Garland singing

Sofia W

First time actually seeing this movie, and this was such a lovely surprise! Exactly like a fever dream, but so wholesome as well. Understandable why it's such a classic. I've (sadly) always heard about the horrors of the behind the scenes stuff that went on with this movie, and then to see it in actual context is a bit crazy. Like how the original actor for the Tin Man had to give up the role because all the aluminum makeup almost killed him. Or the Wiched Witch actress got second and third degree burns during an accident. And how Judy Garland was kept on amphetamines and barbiturates, and a diet of chicken broth and black coffee to stay thin. Old hollywood was a trip and a half to say the least.

Tara ✨💫

Someone else recommended The Sound of Music with Julie Andrews. (The grandmother from The Princess Diaries) I would love watching you react to that, especially knowing that it’s based on a real family. Julie Andrews is also Mary Poppins

Tara ✨💫

My mom was born in 1939. She will be 85 in October. Hard to believe this was 85 years ago.

Sarah Marion

I’m surprised you didn’t watch this while studying performing arts

Shanae K.

Hey, life has been a little busy. I exploring something new. I'm not sure if ever heard Charlie Chapin. Edna Purviance, his wife and actress, grew up in Lovelock, NV. A little fun fact. It reminded of this. I went on Lovelock ghost tour. I learned a lot

Caryl C

I so enjoyed watching this with you, after having seen it so many times in my youth. Your reactions were so spontaneous and genuine. I love how you were so open to being amazed, amused, and entertained by such an old film.

Brian Matthews

Yes, it really was Judy Garland singing Over the Rainbow. She was 16 at the time. She did a lot of films with Mickey Rooney who was just as popular and near her same age during this era. The tornado is actually a dark sock, and using a vacuum to fill it with air, and blow sand,dirt,dust..whatever they used for the land around...for 1939 effects it was phenomenally lifelike. The last scene of the movie will explain a lot. The munchkins were all full grown midgets. The actor who played the Scarecrow was a professional dancer as well. Ergo the physicality. The Wizard of Oz was a book originally by L. Frank Baum. Poppy's are what morphine is made from, that is why you cant eat poppy seed rolls before submitting to a drug test. It gives a false positive due to the seeds. If you want more info on the wicked witch of the west's back story see the play or read the book "Wicked"...it tells about her back story a bit...her actual name is Elphaba but they never tell us in the film. When Dorothy sings the question can you even dye my eyes to match my gown in the clean up shop, the film actually foreshadows colored contacts.

demon8883

So fun fact there is a scene that was cut in the dark forest. When the witch says she sent a little insect to take the fight out of them. She sent the jitterbug which forces you to dance if you are bit by it and there was a song written for this as well. It was cut as it was deemed to sexual for the movie to force a woman to dance.

Fantasy Land

I remember watching a wizard of Oz I think it was this one as in the first one I watched it was very long time ago so I don't for sure remember,but I remember the other one I watched which was many times it's the tom and jerry wizard of Oz movie it's so good, there's many tom and jerry movies that I love and love the show aswell, the tom and jerry car race movie and the the movie where jerry gets a witches ring stuck on his head were my other two fave movies.

Danna

Fun fact, Margaret Hamilton who played the wicked witch regretted playing her. In real life she loved children. But kids were afraid of her. She even went on Mr Rodgers TV show and he dedicated a show for her showing how she was only dressing up and acting mean because she was playing a character.

Juley

My dad was born in 1929 and my mom in 1930. They saw this in the theater when they were children. Gone With the Wind came out the same year (1939). They described the wonder of these films. They weren’t the first films in color but color was very rare. The processes used to make them were too expensive and weren’t very good. But the color used in Wizard of Oz and Gone With the Wind was a remarkable improvement. Still, films largely remained in black and white for decades afterward because of the expense. By the way, the horses were dyed with Jello!

Juley

You’ll love Twister! It has so many little references to The Wizard of Oz. See if you can catch them!

Heidi Elizabeth Marcum

The Wizard of Oz- Thank you very, very much for watching this beautiful movie for us, my friend!! I have absolutely loved, loved, loved The Wizard of Oz ever since I was a little girl!! I grew up watching this movie over and over. And it’s always been one of my all time favorite movies. :) I had such a blast being able to watch this movie I love again with you, as you enjoy it for the first time!!! And I am so, so happy to see and hear that you really did enjoy The Wizard of Oz. The Scarecrow played by Ray Bolger, and Dorothy played by the phenomenal Judy Garland, are my favorite two characters throughout this movie. I absolutely love them!! I’ve seen a number of these actors’ other movies as well. But Scarecrow/Hunk and Dorothy, as well as Toto, Tin Man/Hickory (Jack Haley) and Cowardly Lion/Zeke (Bert Lahr), the Wicked Witch of the West (Margaret Hamilton), Glinda (Billie Burke), the Wizard (Frank Morgan), Auntie Em (Clara Blandick), and Uncle Henry (Charley Grapewin) have all stayed with me as some of my favorite movie characters of all time. Judy Garland was sixteen and seventeen years old when she starred as Dorothy here in The Wizard of Oz. And becoming the main character in this movie meant the world to her. She fought like hell and sacrificed her health over the years in order to play Dorothy, even after the role of Dorothy originally went to another famous beloved young actress at the time… Shirley Temple. And Judy Garland was absolutely crushed. However, Shirley Temple soon stepped away, and Judy Garland became Dorothy. Tragically, the film’s director and others involved in Hollywood at the time were terrible in how they treated Judy Garland. They always put her down and told her she was too fat, even though Judy was only ninety pounds at the time. They insisted she eat a very unhealthy diet, and asked her to smoke over eighty cigarettes, about four packs, a day. It’s sickening. And yet Judy Garland endured it all because this role meant so much to her. And this all cost her very dearly, So, so heartbreaking. I admire her for standing strong and fighting through her pain she suffered for so many years, until her tragic death in 1969 at the young age of forty-seven years old. Due to a drug overdose, after Judy suffered from drug and alcohol addictions for so long. But I absolutely love, love, love Judy Garland as an actress!! And her beautiful singing voice!! Sensational and beautiful!!! Judy Garland never really wanted to be an actress as much as we might expect an actress, or any actor to want when getting into the film industry. It was tragically her mother’s influence, relentless pushes, and her insistence that Judy become the famous actress Judy Garland became. Playing Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz was truly the only role Judy ever truly wanted for herself. I love Judy Garland in a number of her movies. She’s one of my absolute favorite actresses of all time!! I absolutely love her!!! Margaret Hamilton who plays the Wicked Witch of the West, also suffered a number of burns while filming the scene in Oz when she first makes her appearance as the Wicked Witch in front of Dorothy, Glinda, and the Munchkins. When she vanishes in her puff of smoke and fire. But she enjoyed playing the witch. Even though her playing the Wicked Witch scared a number of children for a brief time. Margaret Hamilton made an appearance on Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood as herself, in order to show the children that she wasn’t scary. She was in fact... a very good and kind woman. Sadly, there are many tragedies that occurred and came from making this beloved classic. All of these actors suffered to some degree during the filming of this movie. But they all stood by one another and fought through their pain, all because making this movie meant so much to all of them. There's good reason why The Wizard of Oz is such a memorable, beautiful, and beloved classic that means the world to so many people. With the tragedies that came out of these movies aside… The Wizard of Oz is truly beautiful, with beautiful lessons and messages many take to heart for many years. Dorothy, the Scarecrow, Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion all sought out the Wizard for help so they could earn what they deeply wanted. Dorothy to return home, the Scarecrow a brain, the Tin Man a heart, and the Cowardly Lion courage. However, the Wizard helps the three companions to discover that they’ve already had each of their yearnings all along. And it’s true, because they never would have been able to join Dorothy on her journey and help her fight against the Wicked Witch without them. The Scarecrow always had a brain, and he showed as much because he often came up with their plans to help Dorothy as they fight the Wicked Witch. The Tin Man shows he has always had a heart because he loves Dorothy and his friends so deeply, that he fights against the Wicked Witch to protect them. And the Cowardly Lion faces his fears long before he gains his medal of courage from the Wizard for Dorothy and his friends as well. And Glinda the Good Witch of the North helps Dorothy to recognize how much home truly means to her, allowing for Dorothy to return home thanks to the magical Ruby Slippers. Now… Did Dorothy really go on this journey to Oz, or did she just dream of her adventures with her friends in Oz while she was unconscious after getting hit in the head on account of the twister? There are numerous theories and possibilities. Who’s to say what is the truth? It’s open for interpretation. And I love that it’s as such! I love your comparison of Alice in Wonderland to The Wizard of Oz. Both stories are very similar in some ways. I do believe that Alice in Wonderland was written first, but The Wizard of Oz was written too long afterwards. And both of these beloved classic stories are uniquely different in lots of ways as well. As for Wicked, the Broadway Musical... I absolutely love, love, love this now beloved Broadway classic, that so many people over these years have also grown to love!! I've seen this show twice, and I have loved it both times!1 The beautiful and powerful story that is most set before the events of The Wizard of Oz, the characters, the songs, the music, the costumes, the sets, etc... I absolutely love everything about Wicked!!! If you have never seen Wicked on Broadway before, I highly, highly recommend that you go see it!! I believe you would absolutely love it as much as I do!! :) And lastly... My favorite song throughout this beloved musical is absolutely Somewhere Over the Rainbow sung by, Judy Garland. It’s a memorable classic, it’s beautiful, it’s heartfelt, and it’s magical. :) Thank you once more for such a wonderful reaction to this beloved musical I love so much, my dear friend! I truly appreciate you watching this movie. Sincerely, Heidi

Dave M.

Listen to Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon while watching this movie. It's a whole new experience!

Imnotacop

While we're on absolutely classic musicals, you must must must give Oliver a watch. ^_^

TheEcstaticObservator

I feel like the reaction to Return to OZ would go very differently O.o

Cayu18

This is such a classic and so groundbreaking at the time. I just came back to watch this reaction after watching wicked both films are so good and the music fantastic. Hopefully you will at some point react to wicked.

Marionette

1939! I knew the movie was old, but I didn't realize it was that old. This movie's older than my parents and they were both born in the 1940s. Judy Garland was only 17. I didn't realize they had color films in the 30s and 40s. I can't imagine what it was like to all the people who'd never seen color films before when it transitioned to color. I first saw this movie 40 years ago and I haven't watched it in ages. So happy to have watched it again with you. It looks like you watched this before Wicked. Glad you did it in that order. All of the munchkins were little people. They were significantly underpaid compared to the other cast, though not a starvation wage for the 1930s. But from today's viewpoint, they were clearly exploited. And I clearly haven't seen this movie in ages because I didn't realize Scarecrow spit out an incorrect Pythagorean theorem until now.