Off to See the Wizard: Difference between revisions

* The ''[[Scrubs (TV)|Scrubs]]'' episode "My Way Home", contains many [[Shout Out|Shout Outs]]. It's starts with J.D. listening to Toto. When he arrives at the hospital, the Janitor has painted different routes on the hallways, with yellow (yellow brick road) leading to the exit. He also as a prank spray paints J.D.'s sneakers red, in reference to the ruby red slippers. Dr. Cox calls J.D. "Dorthy" and his only goal now is to get out of the hospital so that he can spend what is supposed to be his day off at home. Eliot as the Scarecrow (needing brains to give a lecture); Turk as the Tin Man (needing a heart for surgery - but also empathy with the couple whose son might be a donor); and Carla as the Lion (needing the courage to talk to Turk about having kids). Other characters were more mix'n'match, with both Dr Cox and Dr Kelso as the Wizard, and a one-off gag with Jordan as the Wicked Witch.

* The De La Soul music video for "Oooh" (from their 2000 album, "AOI: Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump") was a ghetto version of ''The Wizard of Oz''. In the video, a woman with a chihuahua in her purse is denied access to a club (by [[Hey It's That Guy|Dave Chappelle]], using the voice he uses for his crackhead characters on ''[[Half Baked]]'' and ''[[Chappelles Show]]''). When she tries to sneak in, the woman falls and finds herself in the land of "Oooh" dressed as Dorothy with the three members of De La Soul as the Lion, The Scarecrow, and the Tin Man heading off to Brick City to see the Great Wiz (played by Wu Tang Clan member Redman). The difference between this parody and all other ''Wizard of Oz'' parodies is that: (1) The shoes "Dorothy" has on are silver platform heels (which is a reference to the ''Wizard of Oz'' book, which had Dorothy's shoes as silver rather than ruby like in the popular film version), and (2) The whole thing turns out to be a thought in the woman's head as she's being insulted by the bouncer, averting the [[But You Were There and You And You]] trope (and referencing "An Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge"'s ending in which everything the protagonist did was just an extended fantasy), and the woman enters the club unnoticed.

* Before ''The Muppets' Wizard of Oz'', there was a ''Wizard of Oz'' medley in ''The Muppets Go to the Movies'' with Miss Piggy as Dorothy, Scooter as the Scarecrow, Gonzo as the Tin Man; and Fozzie as the Lion. (The last two reprised the roles in ''Muppets' Wizard of Oz'', which had Kermit as the Scarecrow and [[Lions and Tigers And Humans Oh My|human star]] Ashanti as Dorothy. Piggy played all the witches.) The segment starts in black and white, which leads to Rowlf interrupting Piggy's performance of "Over the Rainbow" because he thinks something's wrong. When Piggy explains that it will turn to color in a minute, he tells the viewers, "Don't adjust your sets, folks!"

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