Return to Oz

Podcast Release Date:

Nov 07, 2025

The Wizard of Oz Series Episode 5

The story of the first child to go crazy for TikTok 

Dorothy Gale makes a Return to Oz in this 1985 sequel to the 1939 musical. But will Judy Garland fans Balk at the way their iconic Kansas farmgirl has become a tuneless trauma victim? Can the future star of The Craft cast a spell that brings a pile of junk to life and aids her flight away from headhunting witch Jean Marsh (Willow)?  And what gives Nicol Williamson (Excalibur) the right to depose King Scarecrow and strip Emerald City of all its green bling? Find out if Walt Disney Company laid a poison egg when you Donate  to support Now Playing Podcast and Listen Now.

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