Bobby McFerrin does Wizard of Oz 

As silly and comical as this seems....the amount of musicianship involved is phenomenal. Just his vocal range makes him a god among men, let alone how he outlines the harmonies when the audience is singing... Truly a living legend.

Bobby McFerrin used to go to my church and play peek-a-boo with me! He is soooooooooooooooo awesome!

Bobby McFerrin should be put in CHARGE of Musical Education for all American public schools. We'd all enjoy a much more musical society if we had this man figuring out how kids should learn.

What a performer!!!! He literally embodies everything he sang and fully involved the audience, it was like being at home with family!

Now this is real singing! Having previously heard Bobby McFerrin in San Francisco with his acappella group Voice-estra in late '80s I had a privilege of being in a audience at the National Concert Hall in Dublin a few years ago when he did a concert - he had the whole audience singing with him - obviously all followers and set to sing with him. It was fantastic and I even managed to get on to the stage to sing in a group with him. Is there anyone else out there who could do all this - I haven't heard of them! Thank goodness we have great video record of these events. A wonderful man with woderful musical abilities which he wants to share.

This man literally IS music.

As well as his intonation, phrasing, bass voice, musicality, vocal arrangements and showmanship.

I was in the 2nd row at the Riverside Theatre in Milwaukee, WI and he preformed this. What an AMAZING Performer!!! He did the whole Wizard of OZ!! It was funny and a sight to behold.... I am very glad I was able to see it in person.

I've never seen anyone command an audience as awesome as Bobby McFerrin! Huge range!

I can see why he later became a conductor. He's a natural at it.

his music is great for all ages and hope he lives on all the way for many kids to hear

I saw him do this live at Carnegie Hall in NY back around '85. Breathtaking!

Wow. Thank fucking god for people with VHS tapes and RU-vid. That is pure magic.

I love how everyone knows what Wizard of Oz is.

Bobby Mcferrin is a true individual and a true artist and one of the best performance out there. He's my hero of music. Whoever dislike him does not know the true music of vocalist. His attitude is what make Bobby Mcferrin a aspiring social organization

Excellent....amazing artist....Genius indeed.....not the clown at all....you see the audience transported to each moment in the story.....it takes a great gift to bring to life what this man has in this piece...God continue to smile on Bobby McFerrin, that he may continue to bless the world!

Great songs from the Wizard of Oz. Love how he captured the entire movie in a few minutes. Brilliant.

Bobby is PURE CLASS and the more I see of him, the MORE I LIKE 🎶❤️🎶

Bobby McFerrin is one of my biggest inspiration in life. Love him and his art! Truly amazing!

It took my whole class to do just the acting and singing parts. He can do that *and* sound effects! :D

It's amazing how he can always make an audience participate at they level they do!

I love this fella, he has the best job ever. He gets paid to have fun and he doesn't even have to know the words hahaha! :D

The entire orchestra is like, "What the fuck are we even doing here...?"

I saw him perform this at carnegie hall in early 1986. It just blew me away.

I love It When He Gets the Crowd Involved😎👍✌💙💜🧡💖💗

It's amazing the ranges his voice have... Incredible!

wow. his falsetto is amazing

I saw this many many years ago, when it first aired on PBS. I never forgot it. It is brilliant on so many levels: the humor, his ability to capture precisely those little gestures and silly images from the movie which *everyone* knows. His uncanny ability to unite every one in the audience through the common memories... Thank you for putting this online!

Bobby is a GREAT PERFORMER and I’m very grateful for all of the videos ❤️🎶🙏🏻

I'm crying and loughing all at the same time, can't believe it, just wonderful!!!

I love when he waves the lion´s tail away when his marching toward the Evil Witch castle. Even that detail! He´s got it all!

this man is an acapella MACHINE!

Holy shit, huge pitch range

Heard this on the radio in the mid 90's. Loved him ever since!

RIDICULOUSLY huge range. absolutely amazing.

@maakheru001 That, and he's still at it. He's been asked why he hasn't retired, and he simply answered, "I'm having too much fun."

I remember watching this as a kid when it happened! I can watch this now and laugh aloud with tears streaming down! I am so happy this is here!

He is AWESOME and LOVE To Hear more

wow. he has such an amazing range

oh my god this is one of the greatest things ever!

2:39! amazing!

Thanks so much for both recording and uploading this gem!

in the mid 90s i saw a wizard of oz show there were actors playing the parts but bobby did all the voices it was awesome

I love When He does Over the Rainbow Humming😎👍✌💙💜💖💗

OMG... I haven't seen anything that entertaining in a long time! That man is amazing! I would have loved to have been in the audience!

The internet wins again! marvellous!

When I was a kid, I saw "The Wizard of Oz on Ice" for which Bobby McFerrin did all of the vocals except for Dorothy's part. That was my introduction to both this genius musician and the Wizard of Oz.

How I wish I could have seen this live…!

so much memories...

Rockin those glasses

I've got to share this with my 8th-graders, who have just studied "The Wizard of Oz" and the way all kinds of other cultural expressions refer to it. Bobby McFerrin is a true master of three instruments: his voice, the microphone and last, but not least: the audience!

J'ai eu le bonheur infini de chanter avec lui sur une grande scène parisienne il y a 15 ans, et il avait cette même énergie d'enfant, cette façon unique de vous faire sortir de vous et d'en extraire le plus juste, le plus beau, le meilleur. Je ne savais plus quoi dire pour le remercier après ça. C'était extraordinaire et jamais je n'oublierai ce jour au cours duquel j'ai emmagasiné au contact de cet homme de l'amour pour des années.

What kind of energy a guy must have to do this & still be standing!!??

I remember watching this live.... very cool

I remember, I watched this so many times a few years ago Just amazing! And amazing how much the crowd knows the songs and sang them with him! Love it

Got to see this in 1987 at UNT in Denton, Texas, all thanks to getting lost on the way home and pulling in the KNTU-FM station only to learn that my musical idol was going to be in concert that night. Dragged my brother there and never regretted it! (Also got to see him at UNC-CH in the late '90s.)

jeez, my heart just cracked open a little.

The fact that he is able to run so much while doing all this amazing vocal work is what impresses me the most.

I heard this incredible performer on Prairie Home Companion years ago. He is simply Wonderful!!

WOW! I love the Wizard of Oz, and this was done in a funny manner, but not in a derisive, patronizing way. GREAT VID! Thanks for sharing!

He NEEDS To Be In The HALL Of FAME ❤️🎶 ASAP

The augmented sharp he springs out of nowhere at 1:20 is so damn good, and he knows it too

That`s it mate! Thanks a million!! I found the link on the NPR shop, and it specifically mentions the "riotous performance" by McFerrin singing the Wizard of Oz.

@bingradabwesend clowns are some of the most intellectual people, their pride goes beyond how they may appear, for example the court jester is the only man in the castle who can insult the king and not be decapitated. He has so much power.

Merci d'avoir publié ça, c'est tout simplement génial!

You can really hear the chords in the song the way he "sings" it. I've often told people that if you think you can't hear an octave, just sing the first 2 notes to this song.

Fantastic!!!

What a pleasure!Long live Boby McFerrin! I saw him last week in Sofia!Happy me!

Absolutely amazing 👏

I saw him do this live at The Spoletto Festival in 1984 or 85. Amazing!

F'ing genius!!!! I love this man. I hate that for most of the world he's the Don't worry be happy guy. Those people have no idea.

• When did he do that? • He did the same thing on the Concert of Walt Disney's For Our Children. • He sounded great doing 'Over the Rainbow'! (It's actually cool that the audience we're singing along.) • He sounded funny, saying 'Follow the yellow brick road' on 3:57 (he sounded funny when he said it on 'For Our Children' Concert, too.) • He sounded great, saying the Wizard's quote on 6:17. • He sounded great, doing the guard's chant on 6:42, too. • He really did great, sounding like the witch on 7:17-7:23-7:26

Artista. Se garante! Grande potência musical.

This man was given a whole train load of talent when he was born!

This gave me such a huge smile throughout the whole video.

The Wizard of Oz was performed on A Prairie Home Companion. The program was also carried on The Disney Channel and later broadcast on PBS. Video can be found on the collection highlights from PHC called A Prairie Home Collection, which features 3 PBS specials. You can get it by calling 1-800-998-8173. The item number is PH611746

Bobby is masterful

The first time I saw hime do this was on a show called "For Our Children-The Concert for Pediatric AIDS"..was in the mid to late 80's, and was just as awesome then as it is now.

He is soooo funny and talented!!!!!!!!

If you're looking for an original video of him doing this, he does it as part of a Prairie Home Companion / Garrison Keillior Home DVD series I found on Netflix. It's a series of a couple discs, I can't remember which one it's on though.

Fascinating

Bobby for president!

He's the best next to Take 6. Bobby is Amazing!!

The best!!!!!Genius extraordinaire!

beautiful..

So young. Yet still so talented.

I saw him do this live once, it was so fun!

Love this ❤

It's simply incredible how he gets that "audience sing-a-long" effect. I have not seen that since "Willie The Operatic Whale".

Indeed Joe Gester, this also made me laugh out loud :))) Memories... Fantastic.

Bobby is Genious!!! But I wonder,how he always have so talented audience like this...:)))

Amazing

I love Bobby McFerrin!

Oh God,could you only imagine them 2 together..I would probably pass out!

Just Amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I wonder who will be next to fill his shoes if he just so happens to pass away?

My German teacher showed us this in class. Alittle Weird. Thanks Frau Owsely

Omg GENIUS

what an inspiration!

I used to have this on video. It was part of a Prarie Home Companion special for PBS.

This is fan-flippin-tastic!