# Tales of the Wizard of Oz

Tales of the Wizard of Oz is a 1961 animated television series produced by Crawley Films for Videocraft (later known as Rankin/Bass Productions). This is the second animated series produced by the studio and the first by Rankin/Bass to feature traditional animation.

## Summary

The series features stories derived from characters created in L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Several characters are given additional names, including Dandy the Cowardly Lion, Rusty the Tin Man, and Socrates the Strawman. In this adaptation, rather than being dropped by a tornado, Dorothy and Toto are blown in from Kansas through a hole cut out of the landscape.
Each episode is a brief vignette about an adventure that the characters are involved in, often centering around the Wizard's attempts to fulfil the characters' wishes.
Artistic renditions of the Oz characters created for this series were later featured in the hourlong television special Return to Oz. The series was also adapted to a comic book for a one-shot issue in Dell's Four Color #1308 (March–May 1962).
As of 2018, this series has yet to be released on DVD.

## Cast

* Carl Banas as The Wizard
* Corinne Conley as Dorothy
* Bernard Cowan as Munchkins, Various
* Stan Francis as Various
* Paul Kligman as Dandy Lion, Ham
* Peggi Loder as Various
* Larry D. Mann as Rusty the Tin Man, the Wicked Witch, Topsy Turvy, Desmond the Dragon
* Alfie Scopp as Socrates the Strawman, Baker, Robby the Rubber Man

## Episode list

* Pilot: Part 1
* Pilot: Part Two - The Witch Switch
* Leapin' Lion
* The Magic Hat
* The Balloon Buzz
* Machine-Gun Morris
* Movie Maid
* Shadow Shakes
* The Big Cake Bake
* Desmond's Dilemma
* Misfire Miss
* Gung-Ho Gang
* Heart Burn
* Stuffed
* The Fountain of Youth
* The Rubber Man
* The Happy Forest
* Dandy's Dilemma
* The Search
* The Bag of Wind
* The Music Men
* To Bee or Not to Bee
* Have Your Pie and Eat It Too
* The Sound of Munchkins
* The Count
* Places, Please
* The Green Golfer
* The Flying Carpet
* The Monkey Convention
* The Big Shot
* On the Wing
* To Stretch A Point
* The Flipped Lid
* Down in the Mouth
* The Gusher
* The Family Tree
* Boomer Rang
* The Great Laurso
* The Pudgy Lion
* Beauty and the Beach
* The Hillies and the Billies
* The School Marm
* An Optical Delusion
* Watch the Bouncing Bull
* All in a Lather
* The Green Thumb
* Leap Frog
* The Cultured Lion
* Chowy Mein
* The Super-Duper Market
* Friends of a Feather
* Monkey Air Lift
* Guaranteed for Life
* The Skills of Bravery
* The Coat of Arms
* Roar, Lion, Roar
* Be a Card
* The Inferior Decorator
* The Salesman
* The Cat's Meow
* The Yellow Brick Road
* Rusty Rusty
* The Scarecrow
* The Invisible Man
* Free Trade
* The Bull Fighter
* The Golden Touch
* The Long Hair
* Roll the Presses
* The Big Brother
* The Cool Lion
* Gabe the Gobbler
* The Raffle
* The Strawman Twist
* The Dinner Party
* The Fire Chief
* The Green Tomato
* The Poet
* The Three Musketeers
* One Big Headache
* Get Out the Vote
* The Wizard's Promise
* Well Done
* The Do-It-Yourself Heart
* The Great Oz Auto Race
* The Jail Breakers
* The Reunion
* The Sucker
* The Bubble Champ
* Too Much Heart
* The Witch's Boyfriend
* The Clock Watchers
* Double Trouble
* The O.N.
* Going to Pieces
* Mail-Order Lover
* Love Sick
* It's a Dog's Life
* The Fallen Star
* Don't Pick the Daisies
* The Munchkin Robin Hood
* The Wizard's Tail-Fins
* The Rubber Doll
* The Magic World Of Oz
* The Wisdom Teeth
* The Brain
* Bake Your Cake and Eat it Too
* A Fish Tale
* The Last Straw
* Plug-In Courage
* The Wizard's Magic Wand
* The Mail Man
* The Pony Express
* TV Romance
Film: Return to Oz (Feb 9, 1964)