The Bobby Mcferrin bit Teague was talking about. I don't agree that Bobby is making this up on the fly, this is totally a bit he has in his repertoire. But either way, it's amazing!

Last edited by BigDamnArtist (2013-08-20 08:31:05)

Indeed Bobby McFerrin's Wizard of Oz bit is not entirely improv. Notably he also did it here:

He is also amazing at improvisation though. For example, the Montreal Jazz Festival concert that was taken at consisted half of surprise (for him) guests that he collaborated with on the spot.

Last edited by Phi (2013-08-20 12:44:45)

Ok, so at 6m this morning, roughly, I started to have a panic attack. I have no idea why, it may have something to do with the fact I couldn't sleep and my cat was doing my head in, who knows? Anyway, to try to calm me down, I decided to listen to this commentary and I'm glad I did. It's a fun listen and it had me laughing, which helped me. so thank you guys

Yeah, I posted this on  Twitter already, but Lydia The Tattooed Lady is always worth reposting

Boy, now we can have a mash-up of Bella Swan singing "If I only had a brain..."

There are two things I wish, with regard to The Wizard of Oz. One, for someone to do an adaptation that follows the later books (even Return to Oz insisted on having Dorothy involved in the events of the second book, instead of the "boy who would be queen"). Second, I'd love to see a production of the original OZ musical. For those who don't know, the author made most of his money not from the books, but from a four hour musical that has lots of dancing girls and very little to do with the original plot. MGM almost just did an adaptation of that, before deciding to go back to the book, but many of the staging elements they came up with were used in the film and it's the reason it is a musical.

You can read the script here: http://static.nypl.org/MOTM/Oz/Oz.pdf

The second book was written with the intent that it become a play, which is why there are armies of women who could double as dancing girls. The second stage play he DID write flopped, so he recycled it into one of the later books.

I actually tried doing "The Dark Side of Oz" and came to the conclusion that it is total, utter bullshit.

The guy who played the coroner of Munchkinland was a hoot.

That character is either the fastest medical examiner of all time or a fraud. Within five minutes of the person’s death, he’s able to positively I.D. the body (which is pancaked underneath a house) and proffer an official death certificate written in calligraphy. He proceeds to claim that he "thoroughly examined her." Really? Thoroughly. In five minutes? Now it doesn't take long to pronounce someone dead, but the document is clearly a forgery created to impress the mayor. Take your eye off these Munchkinland civil servants for a split second, and they try to pull a fast one.

I was so psyched to hear Ian on this! Awesome.

Except of course, he couldn't get a word in Edgewise, poor guy!

But still. Ian. Man.

Any more Dynamo coming soon?

/Z

Well say Hi from me when you see him next, willya?

/Z

Dorkman: "He also played Woody.... Make your jokes here."

THERE'S A SNAKE IN MY BUTT!.... (I'm sorry)

Teague: "Water! My only weakness!"
Brian: "Just like in the movie, Signs!"

Well, she IS Green!

Anytime I hear the line, "Surrender, Dorothy," I am happily reminded of the Scorsese film, After Hours wherein a character is mentioned yelling that out whenever he climaxes during sex.

Yeah so awesome to hear Ian introduced... and the again at the end. Like a celebrity appearance on Happy Days. Never heard him so quiet.

So Ozception... could it be that Dorothy awakes in a second dream? Who is the architect and what song is the kicker?