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"The Willard of Oz"!!! (Original Post) Heather MC Sep 2012 OP
Being an L Frank Baum collector it kind of rubs me the wrong way too. Pyrzqxgl Sep 2012 #1
He's more the Wicked Willard of the West. valerief Sep 2012 #2
i wonder what would happen if someone toss a cup of water on him? Heather MC Sep 2012 #3
If only LiberalFighter Sep 2012 #4
Oh, what a world, what a world, what a w... valerief Sep 2012 #5
the origin of The Willard of Oz, complete with song "If I Only Had a Bain" Nat King Kong Sep 2012 #6

Pyrzqxgl

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1. Being an L Frank Baum collector it kind of rubs me the wrong way too.
Wed Sep 19, 2012, 05:20 PM
Sep 2012

The wizard in most of the OZ books was a good guy. I can think of Oz villains that more nearly resemble Mitt, like
The Nome King, or Ugu The Shoemaker, or maybe he was just a Growlywog.

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