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Thanksgiving in the Land of Oz

Thanksgiving in the Land of Oz

19805.30h 25mNR

Overview

Dorothy is carried back to Oz by a green turkey balloon on the final Thanksgiving she is to spend with her aunt and uncle, who are moving to a retirement community. She meets Jack Pumpkinhead, The Hungry Tiger, and Tic Toc (sic), and must stop the evil Tyrone the Terrible Toy Tinkerer (looking suspiciously like John R. Neil's depiction of the Nome King), who brings the balloon to life.

Directed by Charles Swenson
Written by Romeo Muller, L. Frank Baum
Produced by Tomoo Fukumoto, Romeo Muller, Fred Wolf
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Top Cast

Sid Caesar

Sid Caesar

Wizard / Mince Pie U.N. Krust / Narrator (voice)

M

Mischa Bond

Dorothy (voice)

Robert Ridgely

Robert Ridgely

Jack Pumpkinhead / Tyrone the Terrible Toy Tinkerer (voice)

J

Joan Gerber

Tic Toc / Ozma (voice)

Frank Nelson

Frank Nelson

Jack, the Hungry Tiger (voice)

Lurene Tuttle

Lurene Tuttle

Aunt Em (voice)

C

Charles Woolf

Uncle Henry (voice)

M

Maitzi Morgan

(voice)

J

Julie Cohen

(voice)

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thanksgiving

About Thanksgiving in the Land of Oz

Thanksgiving in the Land of Oz is a fantasy, family, tv movie, animation film released in 1980 exploring themes of thanksgiving. Directed by Charles Swenson, it stars Sid Caesar, Mischa Bond, Robert Ridgely. Dorothy is carried back to Oz by a green turkey balloon on the final Thanksgiving she is to spend with her aunt and uncle, who are moving to a retirement community. She meets Jack Pumpkinhead, The Hungry Tiger, and Tic Toc (sic), and must stop the evil Tyrone the Terrible Toy Tinkerer (looking suspiciously like John R. Neil's depiction of the Nome King), who brings the balloon to life.

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