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Here is the list of the ten clips we used as our salute to The Wizard of Oz (and the explanation for each):
1. Pinball WIZARD by the Who
2. Jed Clampett as played by Buddy Ebsen, the actor originally cast as the...
3. ...TIN MAN, also the inspiration for a song by America.
4. A 1961 documentary about Ham, sent into space by NASA...a real-life FLYING MONKEY.
5. John Cougar Mellencamp sings Rain on the SCARECROW.
6. Famous television doctor, Dr. OZ.
7. The song Africa by TOTO.
8. A 1966 commercial for the game TWISTER. (as in the phenomenon that sent Dorothy to Oz)
9. The Tokens sing the (cowardly?) LION sleeps tonight.
10. Elton John with the title song from his album Goodbye YELLOW BRICK ROAD.
Apologies to the band Kansas and the song Witchy Woman by the Eagles. Maybe next time.
1. Pinball WIZARD by the Who
2. Jed Clampett as played by Buddy Ebsen, the actor originally cast as the...
3. ...TIN MAN, also the inspiration for a song by America.
4. A 1961 documentary about Ham, sent into space by NASA...a real-life FLYING MONKEY.
5. John Cougar Mellencamp sings Rain on the SCARECROW.
6. Famous television doctor, Dr. OZ.
7. The song Africa by TOTO.
8. A 1966 commercial for the game TWISTER. (as in the phenomenon that sent Dorothy to Oz)
9. The Tokens sing the (cowardly?) LION sleeps tonight.
10. Elton John with the title song from his album Goodbye YELLOW BRICK ROAD.
Apologies to the band Kansas and the song Witchy Woman by the Eagles. Maybe next time.



Mary Kay Zuravleff is the author of Man Alive, a story about a physician whose life changed after he was struck by lightning. She will speak tonight at Nightbird Books.



Tyson Foods responds to issues raised in the new book The Meat Racket.

Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Tuesday, July 8, 2014
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Becca Martin Brown, features editor at Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, gives us details about expansion plans at the Rogers Historical Museum, as well as other events happening today in the area.
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To conclude our series on the 2012-2013 theatre season, we focus on musicals. For more information, visit:
Arts Center of The Ozarks
Rogers Little Theater
the U of A Drama Department
Alma Performing Arts Center
the UA Fort Smith Season of Entertainment
"Shall We Dance" from The King and I
Katy Henrikson gives us a preview of tonight's KUAF Sunday Symphony, which will feature the work of composer Anton Bruckner.
"Bruckner's Eighth Symphony in C minor" by the Munich Philharmonic
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On this segment, we hear from Steel Wheels, David Lewis of Feed Fayetteville and a surprise performance from The David Grisman Folk Jazz Trio.