Wizard of Oz (Goodtimes) - Phelous 

Pretty good impression

@@sweetcinnamonpnchkin That or, Peg Leg Pete doing his best Bert Lahr impression.

And Tigger doing a Cowardly Lion impression.

Yeah, it’s umm… Very interesting.

Do you think she was just flat-out told "Do a Judy Garland impression" or that was her choice as an actor?

Also in the book he survived multiple amputations and a decapitation, book Tin Man is a tough son of a bitch.

He was programmed by bender or futurama's robot mob

In the book he dismembered himself and decapitated about 50 wolves.

After he has no heart until the end

@@Tareltonlives the scarecrow also has a bit a kill count as well.

It has been a good while since I wheeze laughed at something but that really got me good

I mean, Tin Man is supposed to not have a heart.

Haven't you _read_ into Tin Woodsman's backstory? He was always the most brutal one of Dorothy's friends! Original name Nick Chopper, the guy used to be a flesh-and-blood human. he's the way he is now because the Wicked Witch of the East cursed his axe to keep hacking away at him piece by piece. so he had to have himself refitted with metal for every bodypart lost in order to stay alive. _(in short, People in the land of Oz don't die as easily as you or I- they can survive a full-body prosthesis and still be themselves. Hell, Tin Man's severed human head still exists as its own character, who doesn't self-identify as_ the _original Nick Chopper!)_ *_Edit:_*_ omitted an unnecessary "the"_

@@blackheartzerotheundergrou3225 So, in other words, Wizard of Oz follows Ship of Theseus logic.

@@jlev1028 Pretty much, I figure that all that's left of "Nick Chopper" on the Tin Man is his original body's life force- his "soul," as it were- that's animating the hollow metal golem that is now his vessel. Though that doesn't explain how his human head has its _own_ life force as well, unless it sorta took on a life of its own some time after being severed and discarded...

Honestly this is one of their better productions. Lame that he chose this. SO many worse things to choose from, hundreds of other things, in the 90s alone

@@riseagain845 the 1992 Goodtimes one yes? Ya that’s what I’m talking about, stick to the worst of the worst. Basically any Goodtimes/Golden production that has Diane Eskenazi’s name attached to it. She produced & directed all of their most awful, bizarre productions. She directed Miracle In Toyland, for example 🤢 🤮, which is obviously one of Phelan’s most entertaining reviews

I guess Old Man was asking for more money to be in this production.

@@wstine79 Yeah, his cousin Old Mayor must be broke by now. Too bad he doesn't have a daughter to sell to a Beast.

Imagine if there’s a Golden Film’s adoption of Wicked

Lol Sailor Dorothy. Im in stitches right now along that good witch of the north.

Luna, I've a feeling we're not in the Moon Kingdom anymore.

then she cries 😭😭😭😭😭

Sailor Dorothy would have totally run away from a real fight, and left the others to deal with the Wicked Witch of the West.

I've been to Kansas repeatedly. Haven't I suffered enough?

I understand that reference 🤣

If you know, you know...🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

That is actually great. Thank you. 🤣

Lol this made my day 😂👌

better than my version of the Sailor Moon theme, posted under Phelous' Wabuu-review

The witch's response was also pretty funny ("I hope you are happy!").

About 12 years earlier, yeah

@@elinfini Those will be my last words if I ever get murdered.

@@elinfini Was "what a world" copyrighted or something?

"My bad. Can I get you some water or...oh."

I prefer gold and silver, ty.

Yeah definitely

When you see comments from a week before this video's official posting date and are confused, but then you realize "oh right - Patreon subscribers".

@@bendavenport4136 Damn right. :D

NO, FREE SILVER!!!!!

Tin Man: All the other travelers are SOOOOO stupid!

Lion murderer! Lion murder-er-er-er!

Sent on this whole mission to learn a lesson she learned in the first fifteen minutes. Few people mention this for such a landmark movie. Which is strange when you realise the credits refer to the book in a rosy nostalgic manner, yet the movie's fame overshadows it anyway. I always thought the book was better. It was kind of written more like a series than a three act story, and the 1980s anime (which can be seen here on YT) handles the tale much better, recognition or not. Oz exists, unlike something like *Through Looking Glass* and the other major characters show far more evidence of having what they think they lack than that film, the Scarecrow being the only one done right, Lion being done the worst. When watching it often, it gets harder not to see those shortcomings, doubly when you have working knowledge of the novel.

Well I did hear that glida was a combination of the north and south witches

Well it was an adaptation 😅

@@TheNotverysocial "Sent on this whole mission to learn a lesson she learned in the first fifteen minutes." As I said before, that's nonsense. Marvel never taught Dorothy anything. He only convinced her to go home. Convincing someone to go home *is not the same* as teaching someone "there's no place like home."

@@TheRealJames76 The single most annoying thing about book Dorothy is her unexplained desire to go back to Kansas and calling it home without the least bit of critical thought to it. It really gets repetitive and obnoxious, and what is worse is when directly asked about it, she doesn't say because that is where Aunt Em is, but because that is where (Dorothy) supposedly lives. Whenever she mentions her Aunt and Uncle, I feel she deserves praise, but those moments are few and far between. Besides, when you know where the story is going to ultimately end up, Kansas did not matter, and all this fuss over it was for nothing. Had her guardians been in the house at the time, she would not be so discontent, but this does not dawn on her in the 1900 book. The movie fixes this particular mishap and makes quite clear she is worried about her Aunt Em, and that is established early on. Nothing is great about Kansas itself.

Guess they weren’t expected...

Not everyone can be Old Man.

He was missed in this Episode~

Well they had just gotten wet so..

I was going to say something like how I feel Dorothy and the old man must be related. Bet she's his niece or what.

I've been doing that for twenty years. Can confirm. It helps you get better. It's a process, but it's worth it.

That's the Meghan Trainor way!

Well that would have been nice to know while I was playing through Crash Bandicoot 4.

NO! *Yoshi falls out of the pit*

Lucy, in the Toto basket: "I want my DAMN HAIRBRUSH"

Stupid Bonesteel, he should have just had a butterfly yell “courage!” at him.

I want a rock.

This needs more thumbs up. Though to be fair, the one who needs a brain would be all four turtles from The Next Mutation.

@@TommyDeonauthsArchives I give you rock, you give me fire, deal?

And Scarecrow breaks the necks of 40 crows.

And after he does this viscous act of violence, he smokes a pipe, looking very satisfied with his handy work in the original illustrations.

Well they were going to attack Dorothy and her friends lol

and the scarecrow snapped the neck of several crows

@@matane2465 Killcrow!

I think, in the 1939 classic, the scarecrow was actually smarter than all of them! The cowardly lion was also hilarious in it!

Hey, Wakeangel! Pretty cool to discover you watch this channel too! And you're absolutely right; the Lion even faces off with a giant spider! Strangely enough, this cartoon actually gets a lot of details right, but only in a cheap, cliff-notes-style. But Phelous has a point too; 'Return to Oz' oddly enough comes the most close in tone to the OG books. Trust me; I've lived in Kansas my whole life, and 'WWOZ' is practically a religion around here. ; )

Also, I think your assessment was true of Dorothy as well, only her case was more subtle. =)

"Anime sure is weird."

The best part in that original scene is the Scarecrow reciting a false geometry theorem.

The 1939 version is putrid & awful. There have been dozens upon dozens of stellar Oz adaptations. That one is among the worst

@@bustersales6921 How very dare.

It's not like there's a book out there that they could stick to instead of copying iconic scenes from the '39 movie.

That may be true, but I will say that the 1939 Wizard of Oz film is what go me into the world, which lead me read the original book. My family has a VHS that goes into a sort of behind the scenes stuff with the cast that's really interesting. But that's just my opinion, of course. Though, I am curious which other Wizard of Oz adaptations, if any, stick closer to the book. ( Same goes for any of the sequel books of the Wizard of Oz, if there are any brought to film.) Any recommendations?

Yeah, and in the book he's actually a total badass. Not only does he fight off those tiger-bear monsters, but he also fights a giant spider and turns back the entire Winkie army with a single roar.

@@cartooncritique6625 From what I remember of the book that was basically the case with all of them. They always had what they thought they lacked they just didn't have the coincidence to accept that fact or something. I remember the Wizard gives them all symbols of what they asked for to represent that. I also remember the Scarecrow getting some kind of thing with pins sticking out of his head because he was sharp-minded or something and, in later books, when he would cushion Dorthy or someone else's fall they had to be careful of the pins. This all just reminds me of how long it's been since I read the whole series of books.

The lions story is more about how he feels like a coward for feeling fear.

"You've killed me!" "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to hurt you."

"I've won!"

@@elinfini Legit gonna say this after accidentally causing someone's death.

"You've Killed Me!" "Good" "I've won"

The wicked witch is completely useless now.

Luna, I don't think we're in Minato ward anymore.

Lool

Now we need Tuxedo Mask throwing his Rose, & told Dorothy would to Melt Old Westie here.

Weird, I was getting Princess Cici Flashbacks

Agreed, she definitely does. :)

Yes!!! Her impression is pretty damn good. Like a higher pitched version of Judy. Maybe Judy at age 10 sounded just like this. And actually listening back to the Wizard of Oz, Judy actually sounds a lot like Terri in this film whenever Dorothy is either yelling or just saying something with a lot of passion.

​@@JimmyJohn89808totally!

If crushed the left witch

Also his love interest fall in love with the flesh golem

@@edstevenskw5542 he got fleshzoned

It sounds similar

Or Mr. Weatherbee in disguise.

Do you believe plagarism?

Do you believe in magic…in a young girl’s heart?

And it was hell to wear, always made him sweat like mad in it.

And with the guild, doing the movie did allow them to escape the Nazi regime.

Oh lord

Bert Lahr also played a cartoon lion in a Terrytoon short called the Nutty Network, which was also the short where a Tarzan stand in did a very awkward Tarzan yell. That same old yell got used twice by Mighty Mouse in the 1945 shorts Mighty Mouse and the Pirates and Mighty Mouse Raiding the Raiders.

Probably should've been the lolipop union

IIRC, the Tinman actually did accidentally step on an insect, and it made him cry so hard he rusted and they had to oil him again so he could move. Of course, there is one small problem with that whole plot point: tin doesn't rust.

Me too

isn't it Gravity?

@@Hromovlad1 No shit.

I DID

Isn't that phrase usually a sarcastic remark?

power couple

@@jacm4150 Phelan better add this Good Witch onto his cast of characters. It’s like he’s made his own cinematic Phelanverse.

Oh my god its his long lost wife

Jim Cummings as Tigger, as the Cowardly Lion.

Dude, that would be like the cinematic equivalent of Plato's Cave.

Probably too afraid of getting retaliation from MGM.

@@cartooncritique6625 Yeah, that makes sense.

He sent them to kill the witch because Dorothy had already killed one witch. He thought she might be able to free the land

@@bigred8432in summation, he’s a fraud

Ohhhhh! You could be right!

Old Man: Who has summoned. MeEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-EEEEEEEEEEEE!

@@DanzigFan-vq3zf We got a Goodtimes movie here. You know what to do.

@@dustinsimoneau4780 Gotcha! *Throws water at the Tin-Man* Oh no! Tin-Man has gone all wet. He's completely useless now! *Throws him into the city dump* HYEEEEEEEEEE!

And also in the movie it was important to show that Dorothy's dress is blue because *Glorious Technicolor!* Seriously, though. I really like the 1939 film's use of Technicolor. Actually, I'm very interested in the 1930's in movies and animation, like the first moments ever filmed in 3-strip Technicolor.

@@davidhileman8567 that too. That was also why, in the movie, the slippers were ruby when, in the book, they were silver.

@@LibraGamesUnlimited Old 3-strip Technicolor movies (and shorts) are very interesting.

@@davidhileman8567 I bet.

@@LibraGamesUnlimited Stuff like the Silly Symphonies and Disney's exclusivity rights to use the 3-strip Technicolor process (meaning other cartoon studios can't use it until those rights wore off in late-1935, meaning those other studios stuck with 2-strip processes like Cinecolor and 2-strip Technicolor) and things like that.

"The wicked witch is all wet. She's completely useless now.."

@@wstine79 LMAO

"I am the great and powerful wizard of... of... useless...

Phelous needs to do some Sailor Moon bootlegs sometime...

@@TommyDeonauthsArchives YESSSSSSSS

*glances at the line-up of Pretty Face dolls I just had shelves put up for so I could display them nicely, the poster from the stage show framed on my wall, and the Sailor Jupiter funko pop in my car* can't relate no siree bob

Best trained dog in the world

It sounds a bit like Hal Smith to me.

The way I misheard it made me think she was gonna say "I shit you not."

Wicked witches are soooooo stuuupiiiid

Can we get the creepy Blood Bush as the Wizard?

@@DistractedGlobeGuy no the bush would be the Tim Man he needs a heart for all the blood

Dorothy's gonna find the Wizard of Oz. The Wizard! Ma gawd!

Witch murderer! Witch murderer!

Why, you little...

We're a No-Homers society. We're only allowed to have one.

Heh. I went and did it. Sometimes you just gotta grab life by the Menzels, ya know?

I'm glad I'm not the only one who that thought of that.

I'm pretty sure the Lion, Scarecrow an Tin man, already having what they were looking for was the whole point of their characters to begin with. So the Lion being brave kind of makes sense.

He's so brave he needs courage!

I think the idea is that whole "courage and fearlessness are two completely different ideas" moral that some harder-edged kids' stories try to teach.

@@DistractedGlobeGuy tbh Phelous should do the 87 version of wizard of oz narrated by Marget Kidder

@@magicalpasta5462 He should totally review the complete anime, too. It's available in English on Blu-ray and DVD and in Japanese on Blu-ray, albeit in standard definition on both Blu-rays (sadly), from Discotek Media, who also released The Castle of Cagliostro on Blu-ray and 4K Blu-ray.

*Canadiens Sorry. Pet peeve lol.

It sounds more like Cummings' Pooh voice though. Just with a bad fake stutter.

I just thought of something: He voiced a lion, a tiger, and a bear.

@@Hylianguy38 Takei!

Tigger was voiced by famed Hanna-Barbara voice actor Paul Winchell. The Cowardly Lion was played by Burt Lahr, whose voice was so iconic that it was later imitated by Daws Butler when he voiced the Hanna-Barbara character Snagglepuss. In fact, Butler's imitation was so good that Lahr actually sued to make him stop using it in TV commercials.

@@Hylianguy38 OH MY!🤣

So Oz is on Mondas? Or is it on Pete's World's Earth?

@@DistractedGlobeGuy i think the tinman one was mondasian

technically it was the tinmans body parts and the body parts of a soldier named captain fyter patchworked together...you know im not sure whats worse, the fact that the original has the witch of the EAST originally doing it for hire, or that baum retconned so that not only did the witch do it because he pissed her off, but then went on to do it twice

@@magicamadeye I forgot all that. I need to read the books again it's been ages.

@@magicamadeye I can understand why everyone was celebrating her death afterward.

And another duplicate joined the Gypsies and became Esmer-Melody's mother.

This wasn’t a good choice. It’s one of their more competent productions

@@bustersales6921 By their standards, that's a low bar to clear.

@@themysteriouscrumpet regardless, there is a marked distinction between their more average productions, such as this one, and their truly deplorable outings. ‘Meh’ productions such as this one don’t deserve to get riffed, especially when there are literally hundreds of brutally terrible animated films out there that he has yet to review

Well yes we’re in for a ‘GOOD TIME’😈

@@bustersales6921 Well, what can you say? Phelous is so entertaining that it delights me to see him riffing on even a mediocre movie.

It turns out Dizzy still has the spare 100th coin!

That would have actually been a good movie, though. No such luck here.

Honestly this is one of their better productions. Lame that he chose this. SO many worse things to choose from, hundreds of other things, in the 90s alone

@@gmcoates5980 nah this isn’t that bad. Definitely one of their better productions. The Jim Simon-directed Golden/Goodtimes are probably the “best” the company ever produced. He needs to get back to reviewing truly awful stuff like Xmas In NY consistently. The Brittanica productions aren’t bad either. It’s just awkward to watch someone riff something that isn’t truly awful

Well the way the world looks in Chibiusa's time period does bear a striking resemblance to the Emerald City.

@@bustersales6921 You mean, more stuff from Mondo TV, and SEK Films? I'm actually *surprised* that Phelan hasn't reviewed _The_ _Legend_ _Of_ _The_ _Titanic_ . I really would like to see *his* opinion on the film.

Yeah, it's a shame how few film adaptations actually get his character right. The only one I can think of that does a decent job is the anime adaptation.

Holy shit-all this time, they were just trying to get approval for a _Goldilocks_ adaptation!

@@DistractedGlobeGuy Too bad Bevanfield beat them to it I guess.

Looks like I've been expected!

I know that feeling. Hang in there, ok?

"I AM THE SOURCE OF ALL EVIL"

Was looking for the animated Heavy Metal reference congratulations sir👌👍😎😎

Damn, you beat me to it! lol

Yeah, but I'm struggling to remember if it actually does anything in the story. I think it might have been why the Wicked Witch didn't just kill her or something.

@@LibraGamesUnlimited yeah I think it is, and why the winged monkeys didn’t harm her or toto

I own a copy of the original book and read it often. The kiss had no explicit enchantment, so much as indicating she's aligned with the North witch, who is famous and powerful enough for all beings in Oz to recognise and no one wants to oppose her, West included. This did not protect her from natural hazards like falling into the ravine or suffocating from excessive pollen inhalation. And she had to eat like always.

@@TheNotverysocial I seem to remember that. It has been years. :)

@@TheNotverysocial I've just gone and grabbed one of the copies I've got. (I collect different illustrators) and yeah it does read as if it's how you say.