The Wizard of Oz first televised 65 years ago
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It had one of those magical moment connotations in my mind like many of the holiday specials I used to watch and it excited me to realize the treat I was about to enjoy.
The film The Wizard of Oz from 1939 aired on television for the first time in 1956 and was seen by an estimated 45 million viewers.
That viewing was 65 years ago and would make the anniversary a year younger than me. Suffice it to say that my viewings ocurred years later because these are memories of the time I was in elementary school in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Over the years it enjoyed repeated airings on TV and these helped make the movie the enduring classic. I used to watch each and every one I encountered while sitting before the tube.
One of those things about it I recall is just how endearing it became in my lifetime and how I could stop everything for the duration of it's showing.
Now, I just flip the channel. It's sad to note how my brazen tastes have devolved over the years — and I think it's a function of CGI and that inability to shock me like those special effects of days gone by did so well.
Ah, to go back and do it all over again.