The Great Wishy Woz
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The Great Wishy Woz is a radio play that adapted the Oz story (1939 film version) for a Christian audience. It was produced by Focus on the Family for their Adventures in Odyssey series, and originally aired in two parts in 2000.
In this version, Manny Kin, Metal Guy, and Mystical Mountain Lion, figures adapted from the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, and the Cowardly Lion respectively, pursue self-improvement in the form of "smarts", love, and power. Dotty (Dorothy) only wants to find a way back home, and eventually finds it down a path none of the others are willing to follow.
Many of the elements of Oz are present in altered form:
- Toto is Nono
- the Yellow Brick Road is the Big Fat Road
- the Emerald City is the Really, Really Green and Environmentally Correct City
- the Wizard of Oz is the Great Wishy Woz
- the Wicked Witch of the West is the Wicked and Mean and Generally Not Very Nice Woman
- Glinda is the Fairy Oddmother.
John Fornof wrote the script.
