The Royal Podcast of Oz

Jay and Sam break down two episodes of the 2003-2008 Strawberry Shortcake animated series: "Toto's Tale," loosely adapting the classic Wonderful Wizard of Oz story, and "Where the Gem Berries Glow," a second adventure in Strawberry Shortcake's version of Oz.

Jay interviews Gregory Hall, the composer of the new opera Marvelous, based on The Marvelous Land of Oz. Gregory explains his fascination with the source and how he's adapted the story, and tells us where and when we can see some of its first performances.

Jay invites author Dee Michel to discuss the queer aspects of The Wizard of Oz. Check out Dee's website at: https://www.deemichel.info/ Opening: Over the Rainbow by the Gay Men's Chorus of Boston: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85ANRvwWyq8 Closing: The Trolley Song by the Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDrX33Xb7Do\

Russia should really get out of Ukraine's business and make some good movies like the one Sam and Jay watch and discuss in this episode! To watch the trailer yourself, go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3-d9qg9Ew4

Jay sits back as Sam Milazzo talks with comics writer Andy Mangels and artist Anna-Maria Cool about The Patchwork Girl of Oz graphic novel, a project you can back on Kickstarter to help bring it to life! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/andymangels/the-patchwork-girl-of-oz-book-one

Erica Olivera joins Jay and Sam in discussing Heartless: The Story of the Tin Man, a short film by Whitestone Motion Pictures, and a little aside about The Tin Woodsman, an animation by Greg Tatum. Heartless: https://vimeo.com/11431902 The Tin Woodsman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sg_pwveYCnY

Jay Davis and Angelo Thomas break down the trailer for the upcoming film adaptation of the musical Wicked.

In this bonus episode, we present an episode from Jay's other podcast, Let's Get Both Ties, a queer culture podcast about the stories that mean something to the LGBT community. Jay is joined by Tim Tucker to discuss L. Frank Baum's The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, the 1902 novel that took a different approach to Santa Claus mythos.

Jay and Sam review Santa's Castle, a film adaptation of L. Frank Baum's A Kidnapped Santa Claus. Watch the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rk5wg-2jqPk The version of "Carol of the Bells" at the end: https://archive.org/details/Carol_Of_The_Bells_Technetium The graphic novel adaptation: https://www.amazon.com/Kidnapped-Santa-Claus-Alex-Robinson/dp/0061782408 Read the original story: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/519

Angelo Thomas gives us a holiday surprise with an interview with Kirk Thatcher, director of The Muppets Wizard of Oz.