They aren’t going to the Emerald City…. They are going to…. where does the road paved with good intentions go? …. Uh, oh. … That’s where they are going.
Juxtaposition. If they were on the yellow brick road they’d be heading happily to the Emerald City. But they are on the road to hell… that’s a juxtaposition. Juxtapositions are funny.
Only the lion seems concerned, but then, he’d be cowering no matter what. The tinman is heartlessly indifferent, and the scare-crow is brainlessly optimistic — so, nothing to see here.
The joke is that in this sweet, innocent story for the children, it turns out the characters are on the wrong road and headed to Hell. So it’s funny, get it? So really, CIDU Bill, I don’t think this is a CIDU for you. It’s a Comic That Is Really Weak.
Hey, I resemble that remark; I have five Totos (plus a Chorkie and a Havanese), and NONE of them is allowed to be yappy. However, *I* have neighbors with ONE yappy dog and yes, that is a Hell, even (or especially) to a dog lover.
The original Not Ready For Prime Time Players had a weird little sketch about the Canadian version of “Wizard of Oz”. Gilda Radner was Dorothy, and she encountered a mountie, a hockey player and (I think) a bear. The one real joke was that they sang about following a yellow trail in the snow.
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They aren’t going to the Emerald City…. They are going to…. where does the road paved with good intentions go? …. Uh, oh. … That’s where they are going.
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Yeah, “pathway to hell” and all that. But what’s the joke here?
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Juxtaposition. If they were on the yellow brick road they’d be heading happily to the Emerald City. But they are on the road to hell… that’s a juxtaposition. Juxtapositions are funny.
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Where are you taking me? …And why am I in this hand-basket?!
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Everyone seems concerned…except the scarecrow. He seems oddly pleased.
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Only the lion seems concerned, but then, he’d be cowering no matter what. The tinman is heartlessly indifferent, and the scare-crow is brainlessly optimistic — so, nothing to see here.
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I think Scarecrow is just perplexed.
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The joke is that in this sweet, innocent story for the children, it turns out the characters are on the wrong road and headed to Hell. So it’s funny, get it? So really, CIDU Bill, I don’t think this is a CIDU for you. It’s a Comic That Is Really Weak.
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Singapore Bill, it was a CIDU in the sense that I thought there might be more here than was immediately apparent.
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Actually Toto was in the handbasket.
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Was? Where’s the handbasket? Is Toto already in Hell in a handbasket?
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Bill, when are you going to learn that in cases like this there is NEVER more than is immediately apparent?
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DemetriosX, someday there will be. Someday…
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Like this . . .
http://www.alldogssite.com/dogscelhowloween1448.html
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@Mark in Boston: “Is Toto already in Hell “?
He’s a little yappy dog, so I’d think it’s his next-door neighbors who would feel they were in Hell.
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Hey, I resemble that remark; I have five Totos (plus a Chorkie and a Havanese), and NONE of them is allowed to be yappy. However, *I* have neighbors with ONE yappy dog and yes, that is a Hell, even (or especially) to a dog lover.
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The original Not Ready For Prime Time Players had a weird little sketch about the Canadian version of “Wizard of Oz”. Gilda Radner was Dorothy, and she encountered a mountie, a hockey player and (I think) a bear. The one real joke was that they sang about following a yellow trail in the snow.
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According to link below, it’s “The Incredible Man”. Oddly, the detailed description was mostly a lead-in to discussing the role of the cat.
http://www.cinemacats.com/?p=9564
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Toto is not in the comic because All Dogs Go To Heaven.
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Here, from MAD TV, is the alternate ending to The Wizard of Oz. https://youtu.be/6exm2Hi28Xw
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Here, from MAD TV, is the alternate ending to The Wizard of Oz.
That was pretty good.
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. . . and here’s another canine version . . .
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