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Wow. What's up everybody?

Today we would like to do an episode I'm really excited about for one particular reason.

It's an awesome movie, but also this is my mom's favorite movie.

Seriously, like, she has, I wouldn't call it an altar.

It's not a religious thing, but she has like a section in her house.

Is this still there?

Yeah.

Dude, she has, yeah.

She has a section in her house with layers of Wizard of Oz toys.

I always like looking at it when I. It's. It's funny because it was originally a China cabinet and she like took the China out and put Wizard of Oz stuff. Yeah, like all the McDonald's toys over the years, little like stuff figurines. Oh dude, I remember when they did that. For some reason, at some point, McDonald's did this thing where the Happy Meal toys were like porcelain Wizard of Oz dolls. Doesn't she have everyone? She has everyone. Yeah. The reason I remember it is because she went back every day until she had all of them. I totally would. Yeah, I know. If I'm sorry. Yeah. Yeah. So shout out mom. Love you. You're the best. Shout out, mom.

Yeah.

His mom.

Her favorite episode.

Her favorite, this is her favorite episode. It will be. Yeah. I told her that we were going to do this. And she was like, oh my God, no way. You have to send it to me when you do it. That's awesome. Yeah. So this is about Wizard of Oz. So it was actually your idea, I think.

Was it?

Because, you know, and to be perfect. Wizard of Oz. So it was actually your idea, I think.

Was it?

Because, you know, and to be perfectly clear, I never fully, I don't know why.

I never put any of the pieces together that this is like a deeply esoteric film.

I thought, or story, because today we're not just going to talk about the film. We're also going to talk about the book. Oh, there's a book? Oh, the movie is based off of a book. The book came out in 1890. I didn't know that. Yeah, yeah. I didn't, well, no, I did know, actually, because my mom has a copy of it. Nice. But yeah, it is, yeah, we're going to talk about the book and the movie today. But, you know, I always, I always, like, picked up on some of the esoteric, like a couple little things, but I never, never thought, oh, there's enough here to, you know, talk about it extensively. Yeah. You know. But I think you, you ended up suggesting it. So what, what exactly about it? I'm just curious. Before we get deep into it, I'm curious to know, like, what, what are the

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