“There’s a storm blowin’ up – a whopper, to speak in the vernacular of the peasantry.”
by chuckofish
Seventy-eight years ago The Wizard of Oz (1939) premiered at the Grauman’s Chinese Theater.

I have always considered The Wizard of Oz to be one of the best movies ever made. It is definitely in my personal Top Five. It never disappoints.
Oh, but anyway, Toto, we’re home. Home! And this is my room, and you’re all here. And I’m not gonna leave here ever, ever again, because I love you all, and – oh, Auntie Em – there’s no place like home!
Everyone in this movie gives 100 percent. And this is still one of the scariest scenes ever.
You can watch it year after year and it never gets old. The test of a true classic.
Maybe I will watch it tonight. Or maybe this one:

A Giant comedy–somehow I doubt it…

Good idea!
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