The Wizard of Oz was an entertainment franchise before franchises were a concept. The original 14-book series by Baum is a rich tapestry of dark fantasy with bizarre characters and settings.
It is the Oz Bowl game, CBS’s annual telecast of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s The Wizard of Oz. From the dance of the rusty robot to Ray Bolger’s tumbling scarecrow and Bert Lahr’s campy lion ...