TV Show Details
Air Date:September 1st, 1961
Last Air Date:January 1st, 2006
Network:Syndication
Status:Ended
Genres:Animation
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Rankin/Bass Productions, Crawley Films
Tales of the Wizard of Oz (1961 - 2006)
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Tales of the Wizard of Oz, created in 1961, was an animated television series crafted by Crawley Films for Videocraft, (later known as Rankin/Bass Productions.) This was the studio's second venture into animation and Rankin/Bass's inaugural foray into traditional animation. Characters from L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz are given additional names, including Dandy the Cowardly Lion, Rusty the Tin Man, and Socrates the Strawman, expanding upon the original with these fresh monikers.
