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  Wizard (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A wizard is a person with magical, or at least exceptional, abilities.
The Wizard (TV series) is a short lived 1980s CBS tv series starring David Rappaport, Douglas Barr, and Fran Ryan.
The Wizard (DC Comics), a supervillain and enemy of the Justice Society of America.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Wizard   (291 words)

  
 The Wizard of Oz (1939)
The Wizard of Oz The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Dorothy and the Scarecrow in Oz The Land of Oz The Wizard of Oz (1921), all of which are lost today.
The Wizard of Oz is a film that is steeped in such classic status that the story surrounding it has become the stuff of legend, even urban legend.
The Wizard of Oz is perhaps the nearest that we have to a genuine native American fairytale mythology.
www.moria.co.nz /fantasy/wizardofoz.htm   (2040 words)

  
 Wizard of Oz picture, Tin Man, Wicked Witch of the West, soundtrack, Cowardly Lion   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Along her journey to the Wizard, she encounters a cowardly lion, a scarecrow, and a tin man. Each of these characters desires something for their life.
Ultimately the Wizard of Oz is reached and each of the travelers gets their one wish granted.
The Wizard of Oz was orignally shown in theaters in 1939.
www.movieprop.com /tvandmovie/reviews/thewizardofoz.htm   (454 words)

  
 L. Frank Baum - Free Online Library
Buddy Ebsen, originally cast as the Scarecrow, had a severe allergic reaction from the aluminum dust used on his face, Margaret Hamilton, who played the Wicked Witch of the West, burned her face and right hand, and Betty Danko was put in the hospital after her broomstick exploded.
In the film adaptation of Wizard of Oz, Dorothy (Judy Garland) is knocked unconscious during a tornado.
The Wizard proves to be a phony, but Dorothy’s friends have found the qualities they sought through their own endeavors.
baum.thefreelibrary.com   (1770 words)

  
 The Wizard of Oz TV Show - The Wizard of Oz Television Show - TV.com
The Series began with the two part story 'Rescue of the Emerald City', and concluded with the episode 'Hot Air'....
The Wizard takes part in a Hot air baloon race with Dorothy, little realising that they are walking into a trap set by the Wicked Witch...
Tales of The Wizard of Oz was the second cartoon series produced at Rankin-Bass Productions, famous for their Christmas specials such as "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer." The animation studio was...
www.tv.com /wizard-of-oz/show/9210/summary.html   (264 words)

  
 Mr. Wizard Studios - Experiment - The Story of A Scientific Search - TV Series
This series was produced with grants from the National Science Foundation and the Alfred P. Sloane Foundation and was copyrighted in 1966.
These programs document the scientific procedures practiced in the early 1960's and thus are examples of scientific history.
The Experiment Series are modest masterpieces that even the least scientifically minded viewer can find clear and compelling.
www.mrwizardstudios.com /experimenttvshow.htm   (163 words)

  
 "The Wizard" (1986)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
I remember watching "The Wizard" when I was about five years old, and thinking it was one the best things around.
Although I can't remember much of what it was about, the cool inventions that dwarf Simon McKay made were one of the things that made it so appealing.
"The Wizard" was a really great programme, and it's a pity it didn't last past the second season, because not too many people remember it.
us.imdb.com /Title?0090547   (272 words)

  
 Batman
By 1966 the comic book was in decline and a Batman mid-season replacement tv series (in January) played the character as a campy semi-spoof that was quickly embraced by college students, becoming an overnight sensation.
In September, a third half-hour was added, on Friday nights: spin-off series The Green Hornet starring a rather stiff Van Williams as the Hornet and a young kid named Bruce Lee as his crime-fighting assistant Kato (Bruce Lee choreographed the fight scenes and tutored Burt Ward in karate).
In the 1990s, a gritty new animated series was started by the Fox network, reflecting the new Dark Knight Batman comic books, then went to first-run syndication starring mostly unknown actors, and with Mark Hamill as The Joker.
www.angelfire.com /mn/nn/BatmanPrint.html   (1117 words)

  
 Batman and Robin: 1949 serial   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Before Tim Burton would transform the Caped Crusaders into a high tech marvel in the 90s, and before they became camp icons in the 60s TV series, Columbia Pictures brought Bob Kane's Dynamic Duo to life in a pair of fifteen-chapter serials, the first of which would debut in 1943.
The Caped Crusaders' pursuit of The Wizard and his gang is hampered by radio personality Barry Brown (Rick Vallin), who somehow keeps a step ahead of the police, and his broadcasts sound suspiciously like warnings to the bad guys.
Wong series: she is forever being cowed into not taking photos and not printing stories (while Barry Brown exposes the police department's most secret plans over the radio).
www.classicsondvd.com /batman1949.htm   (507 words)

  
 TheHometownChannel.com - Entertainment - George Lucas Plans 'Star Wars' Spin-Off Series
The first, "Clone Wars," actually exists as series of animated shorts on the Cartoon Network, but Lucas said it will be turned into a "3-D animated version full-series" 30 minutes in length.
This won't be the first hit film saga from Lucas to have a spin-off series.
The series was also produced by the prequel trilogy's producer, Rick McCallum.
www.thehometownchannel.com /entertainment/4412547/detail.html   (400 words)

  
 IESB TV   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The series is also bucking the trend that's witnessed numerous veteran shows losing large chunks of their viewership year-to-date.
Ritter, making a TV series comeback 25 years after he starred in “Three’s Company,” became ill on the “8 Simple Rules” set and died Thursday of an undetected heart problem.
As a series it wasn't crash hot but it did have a interesting non-goofy tone to it and a gruff actor in the lead by the name of John Wesley Shipp.
inlandempirestrikesback.net /TV.HTM   (6530 words)

  
 The TV Series Timeline   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
As the name implies, this is a timeline to show the events documented on the TV series "Captain N: The Game Master" and "The Legend of Zelda".
I felt that a comprehensive timeline on the series was needed, not just to entertain you, the readers, but also to serve as a guide for me and other Captain N fanfic (fan fiction) writers.
A short while later, in the Communications room, Bo and the N Team watch and laugh as Mother Brain, King Hippo, and Eggplant Wizard are being chased by the evil baseball equipment.
ldloveszh.tripod.com /tvtimeln.html   (4309 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Entertainment | TV and Radio | Beverly Hillbillies star Ebsen dies
Buddy Ebsen was cast in the 1930s film The Wizard of Oz Buddy Ebsen, the actor who played Jed Clampett in the popular 1960s TV series The Beverly Hillbillies, has died in the US aged 95.
Mr Ebsen's big break almost came in 1939 when he was cast as the Tin Man in the classic film version of The Wizard of Oz - but was allergic to the aluminium paint used in the make-up.
In the 1950s he starred as Davy Crockett's sidekick Fess Parker in a Disney TV show, and his role as Doc Golightly in the movie Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) led to the role of Jed Clampett.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/3051774.stm   (433 words)

  
 Cinescape - Home - Editorial
Each of the undercover aliens are investigating a specific aspect of what it means to be human, experiencing and sometimes being caught unaware by the wide range of emotions.
MOTEL MAN: This series follows a police detective that happens upon seemingly everyday objects that have strange powers, such as a comb that can stop time or a pencil that creates 1961 pennies from thin air when tapped.
One of the newest cops, Robin, is secretly a witch herself and uses her powers to track down the evildoers.
www.cinescape.com /0/editorial.asp?aff_id=0&this_cat=Television&action=page&type_id=&cat_id=270355&obj_id=41212   (817 words)

  
 100 Years of Oz A Century of Classic Images From the Wizard of Oz Collection of Willard Carroll by John Fricke ...
In 1900 L. Frank Baum published The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and since then, the never-out-of-print book has spawned thirty-nine sequels, five silent movies, innumerable stage productions (the first in 1902), a radio series, countless animated cartoons, and perhaps the greatest MGM musical of all time.
When The Wonderful Wizard of Oz appeared in 1900, forty-four-year-old L. Frank Baum was the veteran of a dozen careers -- actor, playwright, storekeeper, newspaperman, and traveling salesman among them.
He and Denslow had fallen out over the division of royalties from the stage Wizard, so illustrations for the new title (and all of Baum's subsequent books) were done by John R. Neill.
www.halcyon.com /piglet/books8-Fricke.htm   (1161 words)

  
 Amazon.com: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Animation Collection: DVD: Morgan Hallet,Margot Kidder,Tim Reid (VII),Gerald ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
For those hoping to find the wonderful TV series they grew up with, be very, VERY wary.
I was SO thrilled to find that the Wizard of Oz animation series had come to DVD, that I bought it as soon as I could.
Sadly, this is not the entire series uncut, at least as shown on HBO or Disney's Family Channel in the 80's.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0001Z4P3C?v=glance   (949 words)

  
 Everything Tarantino | A Tarantino TV Series!?
Regarding the TV show, I would prefer him to stay into making motion pictures and films, but I am sure the show would be awesome as well.
Everybody seems to be complaining about a TV series because it would be edited.
But seriously, his movies are already like TV mini series so you wouldn't see a single difference between his movies and TV series, except that with the TV series instead of one movie every four years, we get thirty to sixty minutes of movie from QT EVERY SINGLE WEEK!
www.everythingtarantino.com /data/2005/0511-230256.shtml   (959 words)

  
 Fred Savage
He is the youngest performer ever nominated twice for an Emmy Award as Lead Actor in a Comedy Series.
Recently, Savage appeared in his first adult role in the TV series Working, where he played an idealistic young man seeking to climb the corporate ladder.
School is the great equalizer, especially when people see you running to class or pulling your hair out over a test just like everyone else." He enjoys roles that no one expects him to do, and likes playing different types of characters.
www.geocities.com /Hollywood/Makeup/6353/fred.html   (358 words)

  
 The Death Valley Driver Anime Review - Issue #17   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
It is an insult to “Dagger of Kamui”, a real epic and just another example of Wizard sticking their nose up Studio madhouse ass.
Serial Experiment Lain — right this isn’t popularÂ… it is only the most heralded series of the past 3 yearsÂ…
Yes they make some good choices and even the right choices as far as position sometimes but the glaring omissions of what I have listed as well as at least 10 other series not named just shows you that the lack of expertise that the Wizard staff has in the field of anime is miniscule.
www.deathvalleydriver.com /anime/dvdanime17.html   (1553 words)

  
 Lord of the Rings Movies Information | TheOneRing.net™ | News Archives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The actor has already won many plaudits for playing the wizard in the film versions of The Lord of the Rings.
McKellen, who is currently appearing in a West End production of August Strindberg's play Dance of Death, has suggested to Peter Jackson, the director of the Rings trilogy, that he makes a television version of JRR Tolkien's novel The Hobbit, the prequel to the Lord of the Rings.
I also think a long-running TV series is a good idea, as that way you won't have to cut anything.
www.theonering.net /perl/newsview/8/1047285900   (631 words)

  
 ANIMEfringe: Reviews
In the literal since, the movie preludes the OVA and TV series because the wizard Rowdy is a member of the clan that spawns Lina's companion Gourry in the Slayers TV series.
This stunning softcover presents a straight-forward and definitive look at each of the series AIC has worked on for the past 15 years.
Matsuzwa is a former anchorwoman who acts as the host to tie together a series of random interviews that her male cameraman conducts.
www.animefringe.com /magazine/00.03/reviews/index.php3   (285 words)

  
 Pop Occulture: Earthsea TV Mini-Series   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
I have yet to find the air-dates for it, but one of my favorite series of fantasy books has been made into what looks like a shitty tv mini-series.
Based on comments on the Imdb page, it looks like they tried to condense only the first two books into 4 hours of tv.
But yeah, I really highly recommend the first book in that series especially, A Wizard of Earthsea.
www.timboucher.com /journal/2004/11/earthsea-tv-mini-series.html   (352 words)

  
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I'll still be watching the show unconditionally until the series ends, but I'd like to hope that future episodes pack bigger punches than this one.
Benjamin Robinson draws parallels between the Wizard of Menlo Park and the Wizard of Evergreen Terrace: Homer certainly set the bar high when he chose Thomas Alva Edison as his role model.
In the olden times, if you were watching TV and nature called, you'd have to get up and walk to the bathroom.
www.snpp.com /episodes/5F21   (10779 words)

  
 Transformers Wizard Magazine Talks Armada - TFormers.com
The Wizard article continues on to mention when the toys will be released and some details about the packaging that will include art from Dreamwave:
Wizard also reveals a bit more about the actual TV series behind it and what we can expect to see in the show:
The Wizard article also describes what audience Hasbro will be directing the show at.
tformers.com /article.php?sid=188   (873 words)

  
 The Wizard of Speed and Time - The Cast
He was soon guest-starring on the TV series Trapper John M.D., Strike Force, Starsky and Hutch, and many others.
Fleeing to Los Angeles, Ryan began a long relationship with the Walt Disney Co., writing countless original songs for records, TV and films; and then providing voices for many of their characters, including Goofy, Tigger, Pegleg Pete, Rabbit, Dale, Willie the Giant, and a gaggle of others.
And all five talents played the Sun and her Planets, in WIZARD's studio dance extravaganzas, as well as voice-overing numerous individuals, objects, and entire mobs in the feature soundtrack.
www.zteamproductions.com /wizard4.html   (2119 words)

  
 Fran Ryan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Her last regular tv series roll was in the short lived tv series The Wizard as Tillie Russell from 1986-1987.
Fran has made many Guest appearances on many tv shows,her appearances range from Batman, Adam-12, CHiPs, Quantum Leap, Baywatch and The Commish.
This page was last modified 15:40, 17 November 2005.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fran_Ryan   (153 words)

  
 Snowblood Apple Forums - Eko Eko Azarak
Seems that the subbed TV series is at last making the rounds.
erm : misa the dark angel, birth of the wizard, wizard of darkness...
I don't know what the second TV series is like, but I wouldn't be too interested in seeing it unless they bring back the 'old' Misa Kuroi.
www.mandiapple.com /forum/printthread.php?t=8   (1764 words)

  
 The Smurfs TV Show - The Smurfs Television Show - TV.com
The Smurfs were a group of over 100 dark blue, three-apple tall humanoids who lived in the mushroom homes of Smurf Village.
Their lives would have been perfect were it not for the villainous Gargamel, a wizard who spent his days trying to capture the wee creatures.
The premise for the show was quite elaborate: In 1643, the captain of a ship under pirate...
www.tv.com /smurfs/show/3352/summary.html   (299 words)

  
 The Nitpickers Site: Movie Nitpick - Wizard of Oz, The - 1939
At the end of the movie, Dorothy and her friends have discovered that the Wizard really isn't a Wizard.
They are standing together, scolding the Wizard and asking him what about all the things he promised to grant them.
The scene flashes to the Wizard, and then back to the four, where we see that the scarecrow has magically moved to the end of the row, next to the Lion.
www.nitpickers.com /movies/nitpick.cgi?np=8596   (167 words)

  
 Gary Westfahl's Bio-Encyclopedia of Science Fiction Film: Lorne Greene
William SHATNER and Lorne Greene were both born in Canada, and both starred in science fiction series, but there the resemblance ends.
For all his faults, Shatner always took an active and passionate role in shaping the shows he was in; Greene was a lazy actor who came to the set every morning, did whatever he was told to do, and went home at the end of the day without giving the matter any further thought.
After his death in 1987, he was appropriately brought back from the dead (via footage from Earthquake) to appear in Quantum Leap, the series of the 1980s and 1990s that endeavored to make sense of the 1950s and 1960s, Greene's golden years as an actor.
www.sfsite.com /gary/gree01.htm   (247 words)

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