Being Film #27 for Hooptober 2025

I don’t need to re-watch The Wizard Of Oz to recall with perfect clarity the impact of the flying monkeys had on my six-year-old psyche. I suspect for a large group of people my age watching the film was an annual tradition: VCRs and cable television were still uncommon where I lived in the late 70s/early 80s, and the springtime showing of the film on my local CBS station was the only time a lot of people could see the film. One day. One time. I’m nostalgic for the time though admit the convenience of what you want when you want it is hard to resist. So while I didn’t have to watch the film again, I did. Because it’s 2025 and I can literally bring up the film in 4K on my phone (I didn’t, but I could have…). So no, I didn’t need to watch The Wizard Of Oz again. But I did.

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