Comments on: National Geographic Map of the Day: The Marvelous Land of Oz http://www.neatorama.com/2008/08/14/national-geographic-map-of-the-day-the-marvelous-land-of-oz/ The Neat Side of the Web Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:39:30 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Lionheart http://www.neatorama.com/2008/08/14/national-geographic-map-of-the-day-the-marvelous-land-of-oz/comment-page-1/#comment-747135 Lionheart Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:51:50 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/08/14/national-geographic-map-of-the-day-the-marvelous-land-of-oz/#comment-747135 I never liked the film. I never liked the film.

]]> By: travelina http://www.neatorama.com/2008/08/14/national-geographic-map-of-the-day-the-marvelous-land-of-oz/comment-page-1/#comment-746650 travelina Fri, 15 Aug 2008 03:30:31 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/08/14/national-geographic-map-of-the-day-the-marvelous-land-of-oz/#comment-746650 Did you know the right answer to the trivia question about how many minutes the actress Margaret Hamilton (who plays the Wicked Witch of the West and Miss Gulch) appears on screen during the movie? I guessed wrong. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/map/map-day/2008/08/12 Did you know the right answer to the trivia question about how many minutes the actress Margaret Hamilton (who plays the Wicked Witch of the West and Miss Gulch) appears on screen during the movie? I guessed wrong.

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/map/map-day/2008/08/12

]]> By: Edward http://www.neatorama.com/2008/08/14/national-geographic-map-of-the-day-the-marvelous-land-of-oz/comment-page-1/#comment-746139 Edward Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:50:34 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/08/14/national-geographic-map-of-the-day-the-marvelous-land-of-oz/#comment-746139 The original of this map is much older than 1980. My family had a complete set of the Oz books in the 1960s and that map was in quite a few of them. Baum was prolific and wrote many other series for children. The public, and his publishers, pushed him for more tales from the "Land of Ahs", so he transported most of them into Oz and created all the places on the map. The original of this map is much older than 1980. My family had a complete set of the Oz books in the 1960s and that map was in quite a few of them.

Baum was prolific and wrote many other series for children. The public, and his publishers, pushed him for more tales from the "Land of Ahs", so he transported most of them into Oz and created all the places on the map.

]]> By: Polx http://www.neatorama.com/2008/08/14/national-geographic-map-of-the-day-the-marvelous-land-of-oz/comment-page-1/#comment-745908 Polx Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:29:25 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/08/14/national-geographic-map-of-the-day-the-marvelous-land-of-oz/#comment-745908 Wow.... an oblong continent.. or is this the mercator map of planet Oz? Wow.... an oblong continent.. or is this the mercator map of planet Oz?

]]> By: bean http://www.neatorama.com/2008/08/14/national-geographic-map-of-the-day-the-marvelous-land-of-oz/comment-page-1/#comment-745308 bean Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:28:32 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/08/14/national-geographic-map-of-the-day-the-marvelous-land-of-oz/#comment-745308 Thanks to that stupid Russian invasion, I looked at that map and immediately thought of how difficult it would be to defend the capital if one of those outer quadrants fell. Thanks to that stupid Russian invasion, I looked at that map and immediately thought of how difficult it would be to defend the capital if one of those outer quadrants fell.

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