It's comforting to hear that the professional pretenders will be forgot as individuals


If you seek immorality through art you're a fool


This entire production sounds like a nightmare

@Shiloh Ci Except that it wasn't. It was hard work, like any movie, and some films have had even worse things happen, and I mean recent movies.

@Laughingat U Funnily enough, that movie had a Dorothy Gale in it! 🙂

@Laughingat U Moreau, and are you talking about the Marlon Brando version?

@MaskedMan66  margaret hamilton is a victim

@MaskedMan66 "Daft little indie house" just revealed what you're really like hahaha.

@KudosK Not at all. Far worse things have happened on other films; three actors died making "Twilight Zone: The Movie."

@Princess EEmmiilley Chan It wasn't the "true," it was the "Bro, what?"

@Kirb Gamin I'm not sure why they replied to you with that seeing that all you said was "True".

@Kirb Gamin Making movies is hard work, and the more complex the movie, the harder the work. "Wizard" is not unique. At least nobody got killed; read about "Twilight Zone: The Movie" sometime.

@i think i might abandon this channel goodbye No, just hard work, like any movie.

@Cab🎌Ikari It wasn't chaos; this was MGM, not some daft little indie house.

@SQuinGedSUB Got ya. And I'll recommend you some books: “The Making of The Wizard of Oz" (1977) by Aljean Harmetz, "The Wizard of Oz: The Official 50th Anniversary Pictorial History" (1989) by John Fricke, Jay Scarfone, and William Stillman, and "The Road to Oz: The Evolution, Creation, and Legacy of a Motion Picture Masterpiece" (2019) by Scarfone and Stillman.

Those are truly authoritative texts, written by researchers who spoke with actors and behind-the-scenes people who worked on the movie, as well as delving into studio records about the production and collecting hundreds of newspaper and magazine reportage about the film and its personnel.

@MaskedMan66 sorry, I meant "Show" not "Some"

@SQuinGedSUB What do you mean by "Some something?"

@MaskedMan66
How? Show something credible as well.

@MaskedMan66
How? Show something *credible* as well.

Did your teacher never point out all the things when watching this in class?

This video exaggerates things to ridiculous degrees and even lies.

Yooo I did NOT expect to see you here lol

@Cab🎌Ikari Good art always comes through sacrifice. We rarely get good movies by actors just hanging out having fun on set.

It's really horrible knowing that an amazing film was created out of chaos

@DeanLC Do not question, consume entertainment.

That is the point of a YouTube poop production.

@King Crimson verified man says verified thing


I hope more people watch "Mank" on Netflix.

Really great, recent film about MGM, Mayer, and Orson Welles working on "Citizen Kane". Big name actors, as well.


Great information. If i could give some feedback, your choice in background music is not great. I generally have a decent attention span, and can listen to information whilst doing other things. Your music choice matched with your pace became background noise so quickly, it took me roughly 40 minutes to watch a 21 minute video, cause id realized id zoned out for a minute missed 3 points and had to rewind. Great video overall though.


Okay so I didn’t even realize the beginning was an add until 2:30
That shit was funny as hell


I love the dark side of the moon reference at the end.


I used to adore the movie as a kid. Now that I'm an adult, it just makes me sad. Now that I know the full extent of how sick and exhausted all the actors and stagehands were during the making of the movie, it's hard to watch it without feeling bad.

Jack Haley, who starred in his own radio show every Sunday night, actually made jokes about how exhausted he was and other oddities involved in dealing with that buckram suit.

@Viscount Rainbows Are those reports accurate?

People get tired, especially if they're doing something physical; that's a fact of life. There's no such thing as a movie whose cast and crew didn't get tired. Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, and Margaret Hamilton never watched the movie and said, "Oh, man, I remember being so tired that day," or, "Agh, that was such a rough time." They enjoyed the movie for itself, and they would want you to as well.

@Viscount Rainbows Oh gosh really?? That's so sad. I don't think I've ever seen the movie before but I think I've heard of it. I just looked it up and it was made in 1989.. That's a little more recent compared to the Wizard Of Oz. Damn, even they were greedy and went as far as abusing animals too.

I feel the same way about Milo And Otis. As a kid it was just an adorable adventure movie starring an orange tabby and a pug. Then you hear about the animal mistreatment that went into a lot of the scenes and the possibility that animals were killed or put at severe risk.

It's a massive ball of yikes which is a shame because otherwise it's probably one of the cutest films ever made.


“The dark side of Hollywood” implies there’s a light side.

@E. T. Ah, got off the phone at last, have you? What's up?

@MaskedMan66 "Most people don't want to know the good things"

E D G E

@MaskedMan66 "Most people don't want to know the good things"

*_E D G E_*

@MaskedMan66 I'm sorry. I was just kidding.

Of course there is, but tragically, most people don't seem to want to know about good things.


If there was ever a gender reveal party movie, this is what I expect it to be.


You’re right, you put a lot of work into that ad for keeps


I will show this to anybody who says that CGI diminishes modern cinema.


I gotta admit, this video's thumbnail REALLY helps sell the story. I'm very glad that someone tackled the topic. Early Hollywood was hell for those who worked within it.

Also makes me wonder what would happen if you did a video on the impact of Mickey Mouse and Bugs Bunny. That would be amazing.

Actually yeah. A video on Bugs Bunny and the development of Loony Tunes and Merrie Melodies would be intriguing.


As for the 825$ from the Stunt at 12:21, given the inflation rate from 1938 to now that would be around 15.000$.
Always gotta keep the times in mind.


i wish there were punishments for these kind of actions by execs


Man, even though the world now is super PC and sensitive. Imagine living back then where everyone is brash, unapologetic, and a bigot. Shit's rough.


am I the only one who finds the rendition of 'I only had a brain' at the beginning beautiful


As an actual descendant and relative of Ray Bolger, this is terrifying to see all that he and the crew had to go through. My goodness...

Oh dear I'm sorry you had to find out like this

Firstly, that is so cool you being related to an actor in this movie, very few people talk about that probably because they like the privacy of not being recognized as a descendent of an actor and being hounded 24/7. Secondly, which character did he play? I've only seen WoO (Wizard of Oz) twice, but skip over the credits.


When I read "The dark side of Hollywood" my mind just went to "Dark Side of the Moon"


The original Tin Man was supposed to be played by the same guy who eventually became Jed Clampett in The Beverly Hillbillies.


15:17 just THINKING like that is HORRIBLE

FAME is WORTHLESS WITHOUT HEALTH


I can't help but feel like this film's production would ironically make for a decent film all its own... like a period-correct Noire flick or something.

So long as John Fricke was in charge of it; that way we'd get the true story and not any sensationalized garbage.

They made a movie in the 1980s about the casting of the munchkins, but it wasn’t very good.

Nah that'd have to be ironically colorfully


Is it worth it to go through incredible pain just to create a piece of media that will last forever in the collective mind?


Who could expect that a industry all about wearing a mask would be toxic?


I actually teared up a little when Garland's corset came up. Shit man, you made the movie pretty much unwatchable now.

<b>smh</b> Judy never had any problem watching the movie. She found the corset uncomfortable, but never complained about it, especially considering what her co-stars had to deal with.

*smh* Judy never had any problem watching the movie. She found the corset uncomfortable, but never complained about it, especially considering what her co-stars had to deal with.


Genuinly one of the greatest youtube videos I've ever seen.


And what's funny about the Wizard of Oz and MGM's quest to use it as a way to flex their strength, is that MGM doesn't even own it anymore, or any of their pre-1980s movies.

@tripplefives That'll be a sight to see.

@BigBoi554 Poor management in the 70s and 80s for one. Two would be that there was some corporate reshuffle that resulted in them losing all their pre-80s movies to Turner/WB.

MGM is such an incredibly irrelevant studio in the current entertainment landscape.

Now I want to know what happened that made them fall so far.


To be fair, Buddy Ebsen later went on to achieve a reasonable modicum of success as the patriarch of the Clampett clan in The Beverly Hillbillies, not to mention his role as the titular character in Dougie Houser, so it’s not as if missing out on portraying the Tin Woodsman game ended his film career, just sayin’.

@Jolis Parsec No worries. 🙂 "Doogie Howser" was the show from the 80's and 90's about a teenage surgeon. I gather there's a new version in the works.

@MaskedMan66 Yeah, I’m a bit fuzzy on old television shows these days since my dad and I rarely get the time to sit down and watch them together like we used to do back when I was a kid. Thanks for the correction. ☺

"Dougie Houser?" That's a strange way to spell "Barnaby Jones."   ;-)  But you're right, his career didn't really suffer for his Oz snafu; in fact, once he'd recovered, MGM cast him in two more movies, both of which were released in 1939 as was <i>Wizard</i> .

"Dougie Houser?" That's a strange way to spell "Barnaby Jones."   ;-)  But you're right, his career didn't really suffer for his Oz snafu; in fact, once he'd recovered, MGM cast him in two more movies, both of which were released in 1939 as was _Wizard_ .


So Al Jolson actually used blackface in order to try to bring exposure to the black community. He received blessings from almost all of the major black artists from the time, including and especially Duke Ellington. He himself was a Jewsish man and was determined to bring awareness to a culture that many had no exposure to.


And then there's the munchkins, whose actors were stuck in a grim contract for a series of exploitation films to follow.  If you want a weird western of sorts, there's Terror of Tiny Town.


I have a great idea for a never ever series.Maybe do the tonight show. That show has so much history behind it like johnny carson and joan rivers. Jack parr hating nbc and possibly the most famous conan being swindled by jay. And to now where people dislike jimmy as the current host.

There was a movie called "The Late Shift" about the battle to succeed Johnny Carson as host of that show, starring Daniel Roebuck as Jay Leno and John Michael Higgins as David Letterman, with Rich Little as Carson.


Dear Lord, it's gonna be so hard to rewatch this movie knowing the torture and turmoil of the actors had to go through

@Melissa Cooper It was hard work-- which was typical of any movie, especially a musical-- under hot lights-- which was typical of any Technicolor movie. It was uncomfortable, but it was what was done. And they did take breaks.

It wasn't hard for the cast to watch it; they loved it. There was no turmoil to speak of, but as far as torture, everyone on the sound stages had to deal with the blazing hot lights that were necessary for Technicolor. But that was par for the course, and the cast and crew dealt with it.

I now watch The Wizard of Oz and appreciate the actors because of all the brutal hell they went through.

Let me make it even worse for you. As well as being fed a steady diet of drugs, Judy Garland was also bullied on set by all of her co stars and physically abused by the director. Her only friend was, ironically, Margaret Hamilton. The Wicked Witch of the West.

Ironically for me I had no intention of doing that up until this point, whereas now I might have more of a reason to (if your going to tell me I should have had the intention due to whatever mytholgical ideas it has, there's like A TON of that out there so...yeah lol, I'm not discounting the movie itself I acknoledge its good!). Its kinda sickening in a way how people tend to be drawn to negative experiences, but I suppose that's what happens when people lose sight of what really matters in life. (In my case its religion, but yeah, I get not every believes in that...still, I think its important in general to aim as high as you can in all scenarios!)


"It is the art, not the artist, that stands the test of time."<br>w o a h

"It is the art, not the artist, that stands the test of time."
w o a h


Havent been on this channel forever, forgot how fucking good you were. Cheers


The things I've most heard about were Judy Garland being driven to alcoholism and Margaret Hamilton being burned in the scene where the witch first disappears in a cloud of smoke because the trap door that was supposed to lower her didn't work.

Judy became an alcoholic in her adult life, not while she was sixteen. The elevator (not trap door) worked fine-- in fact, the first take went off perfectly-- but on a later take the flames shot up too soon. But Miss Hamilton got over her injuries and continued her work because she loved playing the Wicked Witch.


This is one of many reasons why animation is superior.


Honestly the “pay no attention to the man behind the curtain” is iconic

@AnArn B Because "them" is a plural, and I'm talking about one person; however, not knowing the person's sex, I'm allowing for either.

@MaskedMan66 No reason, but I always wonder why people say he/she instead of just them?

@plebbyspakebby420 And indeed no complaints by the OP. For all we know, he or she might have left one of those likes. ;-)

@plebbyspakebby420 I just said "It was a screen in the book." A simple fact stated simply (and it got seven likes, as you'll notice). No invective, no all-caps, no remarks about the OP's ancestry or mental capacity.

@MaskedMan66sure, just dont be such a knob jockey about it

@plebbyspakebby420 Nothing wrong with a bit of trivia here and there.


As for Emp's last point. There is a way, the way, to received eternal life: "He who believes in the Son has everlasting life; and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.” John 3:36. Art does come close, in worldly means but "Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away." Matthew 24:25. Why ought you care about Jesus' words? because he is risen from the dead.
It is a good question you pose and an important theme you point out in the video, and given your premises (I presume they are/include materialism, nihilism, atheism, etc.) your answer is not too bad, but if in fact God is real, and he is risen from the dead, then your understanding is incomplete, hence your conclusions are merely partial.
God bless you Emp, and any fellower commenters, I really enjoy your content and wish you the best.


The ending of this video gave me goosebumps !


Really scary how bill Cosby just got his case overturned lol


Sometimes i laugh about how the fallout series portrays big corps and how little they care about their employees/consumers... then i remember it’s supposed to be a parody on real life...


Jesus... I would never imagine that one of the most cherished movies in modern consciousness would have been created from such a nightmare.
Thank you for making us aware of this, but I would be lying if I said it didn't stain a childhood classic.
I just hope the cast and crew that were subjected to those conditions can rest in peace, knowing their inexcusable sacrifice is still valued to this day, even if so few really know about it.


Another thing to mention is that Garland was hated or ignored by nearly ever actor on set, with the only one being really freindly to her being Hamilton.


I'll wait here; you're crazy
Those vicious streets are filled with strays
You should've never gone to Hollywood
They find you to charm you
Say you're the best they've ever seen
You should've never trusted Hollywood


16:20 you know it’s gonna be good when you start to hear gymnopedie no 1 by Satie.


It's a shame MGM didn't keep the original title, Blood, Sweat And Tears: An Oz Story


I feel like even with the limited technology back then, they could have still made the costumes and makeup less insufferable to be in. For example, they could've used lighter material for the lion suit and green gloves for the Wicked Witch's hands.

@ManYoureAStrangeAnimal  In which case, you could have read the discussion that followed. The topic was enlarged upon.

@ManYoureAStrangeAnimal Typical cut and run. You really don't know what you were talking about, so you just ignore the whole issue.

@ManYoureAStrangeAnimal You're becoming prolix. You mentioned a "sick employee" and his dismissal. The only person on this movie who fits that description is Buddy Ebsen.

@MaskedMan66 Read the original comment, this really isn't difficult.

@ManYoureAStrangeAnimal You mean you weren't talking about Buddy Ebsen? Okay, so who were you talking about?

@MaskedMan66 Did you, I don't know, even read the comment I wrote? It sure doesn't seem like it.

@ManYoureAStrangeAnimal So... you would have made Buddy Ebsen work in his condition? Would you shut down any business just because one employee gets sick? That's no way to keep an industry running in general, or to keep a project on schedule in particular.

The major issue is that you're assuming the higher ups cared. I think the summary dismissal of a sick employee in favor of someone else gives us a pretty good idea where the priorities lie.

@l it's stupid to talk as if you were there

@Corrupted Player This was MGM, and money was no object.

they could, it'd just cost more money. what are lives of humans for some cash?

@MaskedMan66 Alright, I think we've both come to a similar conclusion. You seem pretty confidant in replying like this. Oh well, such is life. Shall we close it off here? <br>My point was that people back then weren't stupid. That was my main point here.

@MaskedMan66 Alright, I think we've both come to a similar conclusion. You seem pretty confidant in replying like this. Oh well, such is life. Shall we close it off here?
My point was that people back then weren't stupid. That was my main point here.

@Hannah BG It wasn't "the wrong path." They went through a lot of different ideas and materials, and what they ultimately used worked. There was some pioneering work done in all levels of the film, and like I said before, various methods of doing things were initiated by MGM's "Wizard."

I have yet to see a "regular" Lion costume or a "regular" Tin Woodman costume, whatever "regular" may mean.

The lion suit was not unprecedented; the costume worn by Arthur Hill (and his successors) as the Lion in the stage version of "Wizard" which began in 1902 was also made from lion hide.

Bottom line: accidents will happen no matter how well things are planned, no matter what the industry, no matter what the project, no matter how many precautions. "Wizard" is not unique in having unfortunate things happen. And again, what would have been your recommendation for bringing See-Threepio to life which would not have involved an actor trudging about the desert encased in fiberglass?

@MaskedMan66 I suppose that's true. However they did have a few alternatives that could have been done, I recall seeing a comment on here speaking about those alternatives but I can't really find it. Again, people back then weren't stupid, they were aware their technology was limited to an extent. Unfortunately, the directors chose the wrong path in making those effects and costumes. There were other films and also regular costumes that had people wearing them safely without injury. Alternatives were a thing and they might always will be if we have enough supplies.

@Hannah BG There were no alternatives in those days, especially as regards the make-up; prosthetic appliances were in their infancy; make-up men like Jack Pierce, who created Boris Karloff's make-up from scratch every day of filming for "Frankenstein," thought that pre-made, fitted appliances of the sort that Jack Dawn pioneered for "Wizard" were a lazy, un-artistic way of doing make-up.

What Pierce didn't know was that such appliances would become the norm and continue on; they are still used today, and while the processes have been refined, it still takes hours to put the blamed things on.

@MaskedMan66 Although that could have been the case, they were still selfish and greedy. Other directors would have found alternatives.

@Hannah BG There were months of preparation, and it's not a matter of greed, it's a matter of art.

@Hannah BG The costume designer was a professional who knew what he was doing. But any Tin Woodman costume of any degree of authenticity is going to have its problems. At least Jack Haley only had to wear buckram. Think of Anthony Daniels in his fiberglass See-Threepio costume!

Miss Hamilton did wear a green glove after her hand was burned. But it is standard practice in movies and theater that if someone's face is one color, then any bits showing must also be that same color, so make-up is most often used to achieve that.

As for the rest, what would have been your suggestion to George Lucas as far as putting Anthony Daniels out in the desert in an all-enclosing fiberglass costume?

@Rated R Like I said, some things could've been changed easily. Getting green gloves is easy and cheap.

Exactly. They weren't idiots in that era, it was just them wanting the film to look its best. They didnt look much into the costumes and how to make them more comfortable.

@Rated R No, they were just rushing and were too greedy.

They couldn't, that's why they did what they did, keep up


Ironically, I've only seen wizard of oz once in my life.


they do say you die twice, once when your soul leaves your body, and the 2nd time when someone says your name for the last time.


I don’t know if Keeps is paying Emp too much or not enough


Honestly, the hell that actors went through in those days are terrifying.

"In those days?" I might refer you to Olivia Jackson, a stuntwoman who lost an arm while making the last Resident Evil movie, or David Holmes who, because of a stunt gone wrong while making the last Harry Potter movie, is now a quadriplegic. Moviemaking is, and always has been, a dangerous business. The Wizard of Oz is not unique in the least.

"In those days?" I might refer you to Olivia Jackson, a stuntwoman who lost an arm while making the last _Resident Evil_ movie, or David Holmes who, because of a stunt gone wrong while making the last _Harry Potter_ movie, is now a quadriplegic. Moviemaking is, and always has been, a dangerous business. _The Wizard of Oz_ is not unique in the least.


If the artists themselves really do fade out of memory while the art lives on, then the people who sacrifice themselves to have their art outlive them can never really be immortal that way, can they?

@Coffin Tears Vincent didn't sacrifice himself for his art. He did his art for self expression in a time where his style was strongly rejected. His death came purely from his health issues, the art had basicaly nothing to do with it.

If art is an interpretation of the way an artist sees the world, then maybe the artist doesn't live on, but his perspective does.

If the core of human experience is to just be known and understood, than having your understanding of the world becoming immortalized is, in essence, to be known.

Except that they haven't faded out of memory, thanks in large part to their art.

Yeah, but then how do explain the notority the artist gets after they've died like Vincent Van Goe no gave two craps about his art until he went deceased.


0:00 - 0:27 Clever intro! Loved it!
2:25 Okay, Moving on!
14:08 4 hours every 3 days!? I would have quit! Don't care about being blacklisted! That is not enough sleep!

Judy Garland only worked for four hours every working day of "Wizard."


it’s surprising that he didn’t mention the constant harassment judy had while filming due to her being a the main character and female. also how judy was sexually assaulted by the munkins on set.

@MaskedMan66 how was i supposed to know you’re a dude 😭

@Maddie Smerdon And I'm a man; I was just going along with your gag of calling the other person by the wrong title.

@MaskedMan66 i’m a girl but yes i guess i am the fool. now anyways, have a good day. stay safe in this crazy world. good luck. all that

@Maddie Smerdon I hope it sinks in, sir. Right now, you're making yourself look a fool.

@MaskedMan66 you’ve already told me that. so like i said earlier, have a good day ma’am

@MaskedMan66 once again, have a good day maam ❤

@Maddie Smerdon No, I'm comparing the people who believe the lies about this movie to the people who believe the earth is flat. Cut and run if you will, but you're plunging headlong into willful ignorance, and that's no way to live.

@MaskedMan66 ok ma’am gtfo. you’re now comparing this movie to the earth being flat. its ridiculous. i’m not replying anymore. i’m not gonna sit here and argue with some 55 year old troll. foh💀

@Maddie Smerdon I have plenty to do; this takes almost no time at all. compared to the rest of the day. What difference does age make? Or do you think that at your age you should be beneath older people's notice?

There was nothing "dark"; it was hard work under excruciatingly hot lights, punctuated by some terrible accidents. Apart from that, it was pretty much routine. People try to say that "Wizard" is somehow unique in the accidents that happened, but as such things go, and have gone all throughout movie history right up to the present day, the "Wizard" cast and crew got off easy. Look up the names of stunt performers Olivia Jackson and David Holmes, as well as actor Vic Morrow, and what happened to them on the movies they worked on.

@MaskedMan66 ok so i’m assuming you really don’t have anything else to do if you’re still arguing with an 18 yr old about the wizard of oz lol. but i believe you. there were so many wonderful things about this movie but there’s a lotta dark shit that happened on set that not many people talked about. it’s finally getting light and awareness.

@Maddie Smerdon I've read “The Making of The Wizard of Oz" (1977) by Aljean Harmetz with an introduction by Margaret Hamilton, "The Wizard of Oz: The Official 50th Anniversary Pictorial History" (1989) by John Fricke, Jay Scarfone, and William Stillman with an introduction by Jack Haley, Jr., and "The Road to Oz: The Evolution, Creation, and Legacy of a Motion Picture Masterpiece" (2019) by Scarfone and Stillman. Read those and you'll learn everything I've been saying, and more.

As if a person's age has any relevance to decades-old facts, mine is 55, which makes me a Gen Xer, at least until the next time someone decides to revise the calendar.

Now, back to the actual topic, which is "The Wizard of Oz." Your serve.

@MaskedMan66 once again, just sayin what i read. i heard MANY traumatic things about this movie. don’t get me wrong, it’s an amazing movie. i grew up watching it. i’m just saying that bad things have happened according to her family and different articles. i suggested you read some before coming at me. if you did read them, then just leave because obviously you’re a boomer who needs to think they’re always correct. a quick google search quickly disproves your statements. i honestly would love to see where you’re getting your information from because i can’t find any of the things you’re saying 😬

@Maddie Smerdon She was not groped by anybody (it's frankly bigoted to just accuse the Singer Midgets, half of whom were women), she required no meds as she only worked for four hours a day, and her diet (which included solid food (not just soup before you trot that one out) was enough to keep body and soul together. She had a far easier time of it than any of her co-stars, that much is plain, and she always spoke of it with fondness. Which alleged members of her family blame "Wizard?" Certainly not Liza, Joey, or Lorna.

@MaskedMan66 “Groped by munchkins, drugged on set and put on a strict prisoner-style diet, Garland went through hell making the film when she was just 16 years old. Her family even blame her following drug addiction and alcoholism on working on the iconic musical film, where she was sexually assaulted by numerous men.”

@Maddie Smerdon And I read that it didn't; on the contrary, Judy had as good a time as anyone could have had under those crushingly hot lights. She was uncomfortable in her corset, but never complained about it, and she would like to have eaten more (what teenager wouldn't?), but on the whole, it was a time that she always looked back on with fondness.

@MaskedMan66 idk dude. just heard that it happened 🤷♀

Probably because there was no harassment and certainly no sexual assault; neither Mervyn LeRoy nor Victor Fleming would have tolerated any such activity, especially not during working hours, and most especially not against their star.


"They gave her amphetamines to function for long days, she only slept for 4 hours every three days" that just sounds like public school

Not when she was making <i>Wizard</i> , they didn't.

Not when she was making _Wizard_ , they didn't.


"there is a hell in Hollywood and it's the Wizard of Oz's production cycle"

- Minemaster 1337, 07/23/2021 12:01 AM


Hollywood has always been like an anglerfish honestly, it baits in you with something nice and shiny and then it eats you whole and shits you out with no remorse

@Skillofthehand you had me smiling with that. I'll be honest, we all get so mad so easily on the internet, we see everything as an insult and it starts bleeding into our lives. The irony, is it means when we finally get a good, happy moment it, we cherish it, cause we know how few there are. I'm not a happy person,I get mad or on edge easily. Even me trying to be nice I come off as a prick. Something I need to work on. Well, if you read all this cringey ramble,thanks for the smile. I appreciate it.

Dave Chapelle has basically said that is the reason he left Hollywood

@JetpacksWasYes you misunderstood me. I'm not mad, though my phrasing was rough, I just didn't want them to go to such effort because I wouldn't remember it. Your phrasing was a bit rough as well, but I got your intent, you have a good day and be careful out there :)

@Hippo The Hippo Hey this is good info, bastards in school and other websites don't explain it as easily as this. Nice.

@Joshna Frank You seem like you need a hug. Imagine being this way over simple information you could've easily just ignored if you say you don't care. I hope the days ahead of you start to look up man. I know it's been hard on everyone.

@Joshna Frank On a full technical level it’s a simile, because it uses the word “like”. A metaphor directly equates two things, a simile relates them. So “Hollywood is <i>like</i> an anglerfish” is a simile, while “Hollywood is an anglerfish” is a metaphor.

@Joshna Frank On a full technical level it’s a simile, because it uses the word “like”. A metaphor directly equates two things, a simile relates them. So “Hollywood is _like_ an anglerfish” is a simile, while “Hollywood is an anglerfish” is a metaphor.

sℋε ✩ Aℳℯ✘hƴst

@Joshna Frank It is a methaphor, don't worry, you were right.

That's a good metaphor.. hyperbole? Other english terms? I dunno, I'm not an Englishalogist


Nowadays, with all the things they can do with special effects and the like that they couldn't do back then, this probably wouldn't be anywhere near the horror story it is.  I suppose that it would've been easier back then if MGM had contracted production to an animation studio and made it an animated film like Snow White had been, but I don't know that they were able or willing to do that.

@MaskedMan66 Yeah, MGM's cartoons always lagged far behind Disney and Warner Bros.  And while we're on the subject, it's worth mentioning that when it came to live action musicals, Warners was second in prestige only to MGM for most of that period.  Some time around the late 50s or early 60s, they probably even surpassed MGM between films like The Music Man and My Fair Lady.

For all that MGM was the top movie studio in the nation, they didn't have much of an animation department. But things were not as hellish on this movie as the sensationalists want people to think. Worse things have happened on other movies. I mean, if the Harry Potter films had been animated, David Holmes would not be a quadriplegic today.


Just goes to show you really do need to suffer for your art.


There's just something about Hollywood back then that's just scary. I'm talking like from the 1960s and earlier just like where this is taken place.


I’m thankful you didn’t perpetuate the old dead body in the movie myth


I would trade Wizard of Oz for the safety of the actors.
I know it’s an amazing movie, but it wasn’t worth it.

My ideal sacrifice isn’t for a sort of worldly eternal life from my works, but if my deeds are remembered as overwhelmingly good, I can Rest In Peace

They thought it was worth it. Margaret Hamilton was probably the film's biggest fan, and without a doubt she had the worst of it.


I could not imagine getting copper paint taken off of my burnt skin with alcohol. OOOOOOO that burns so bad just thinking about it, gosh darn.


12:07
Lion : "Unusual Weather We're Having, Ain't It ?"
Yeah, it's not everyday you see lung tissue shredding asbestos powder raining from a film studio's skies. Oh wait, this is The 1930s...


wow, Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon synchs up exactly with this video


You are one of my favourite youtubers. I love these documentary style videos


"Just two minutes ago."<br>I checked the timestamp  and lo and behold he was right.

"Just two minutes ago."
I checked the timestamp  and lo and behold he was right.


9:42 Bert was a hypochondriac? Sounds more like he was the only sane person on the set that cared about his health.


Art is always a sacrifice you cant have it all you have to give up something creativity, integrity and somtimes even your very well being (mental and physical) that is the nature of art.


I love the reference to the Dark Side of Oz with "Any Colour You Like" by Pink Floyd playing in the outro


If I didn't know Hollywood, I would have almost called this video dark satire, nuts.


Remember that creepy scene of someone hanging in the far woods, that seems legit now after watching this 😥


The Behind the Scenes Production of the Wizard of OZ was ones of the early instances of "Suffering For Your Art."

There were far earlier examples; read up on Harold Lloyd and Lon Chaney.


I wonder why none of the main cast didn't just walk out, considering all they had to go through


"You have to wonder if any of them ever regretted it"

The guy who played the first tin man: "Am I joke to you?"

In fact, Buddy Ebsen did regret not being able to continue.

In fact, he did regret not being able to continue.

He was in the Beverly Hillbillies. Classic show.


Imagine being in a 100lb suit, with skin tight makeup on so tight you cant sweat, with 100 degree lights bulbs beaming down on you, while asbestos is being showered down over you, lmao you can't make this shit up!!!!

Nobody was in a 100 pound suit (Bert Lahr's was 70 pounds, which was quite enough), prosthetic make-up by its nature is right on the skin (it's the same now), the lights were what everyone had to deal with when making a Technicolor movie (and they were shut off every half hour so people could cool down), and the snow was crushed gypsum.


Remember back when we thought the most disturbing thing about the movie was the rumor about the hanging munchkin


This is the first video of yours that has truly made me feel horrified. Having these people go trough literal torture for the sake of entertainment is not something I expected. Hollywood has always been rooted in evil for me, this video only secured that thought more.


"the top 8 studios controlled 95% of american cinema"<br>wow thats a lot of studios. only a single country too?

"the top 8 studios controlled 95% of american cinema"
wow thats a lot of studios. only a single country too?


I was wondering if there was gonna be a Floyd reference in here. After finishing the video, I am now satisfied


anyway it's sad how people still want to do acting regardless of how the directors treat people


Actress: I will not do another shot with fire because I just got 2nd degree burns
Producers: We assure you, it's safe
Actress: no
Producers: Ok fine, we will use your stunt double instead
Prop: explodes under stunt double
Stunt Double: hospitalized

Actress: I will not do another shot with fire because I just got 2nd degree burns
Producers: We assure you, it's safe
Actress: no
Producers: Ok fine, we will use your stunt double instead
Prop: *explodes under stunt double*
Stunt Double: *hospitalized*


A popular myth is that a munchkin hung himself in the background of one scene. I'm pretty sure the background was painted, and even if it wasn't, any other copy of the movie doesn't have it, and probably never will.

@DeltaLeeds Conditions were entirely normal for a Technicolor movie (which means crushingly hot lights that had to be turned off every half hour or so for cast and crew to get a breather). It's just that being a fairy tale, it required more fantastical elements than most. Nobody died on any of the sets, let alone by suicide.

@Jared Griffiths There were only two performers from the stage version of <i>The Wiz</i> who transitioned to the movie: Ted Ross as the Cowardly Lion and Mabel King as Evillene, the Wicked Witch of the West.

@Jared Griffiths There were only two performers from the stage version of _The Wiz_ who transitioned to the movie: Ted Ross as the Cowardly Lion and Mabel King as Evillene, the Wicked Witch of the West.

@Morrigan101 Michael Jackson was in the 1978 movie adaptation of the Wiz which was a take on The Wizard of Oz with an all black cast. I think Michael Jackson was only in the movie version not the stage version.

@LivingLidless same. It had haunted me for half a week. Even worse was my brother who was in constant fear for months.<br>Knowing it was a hoax is both infuriating and laughable.

@LivingLidless same. It had haunted me for half a week. Even worse was my brother who was in constant fear for months.
Knowing it was a hoax is both infuriating and laughable.

This is one of the earliest myths I remember as a child. My mom told me and showed me the scene where it looks like someone swinging in the background lol

No it's been debunked, some guy eddited the Munchkin and made the rumor up.

It’s just a bird. Watch a high quality version of the film and you can see it clear as day.

Isn't that about the theater musical version of wizard of oz that had young Michael Jackson in it?


The people who did this makeup and suits and thought it was a good idea should go to jail


Well at least the girl playing Dorothy doesnt have an awful custom

13:05

oh....


The snow in the Wizard of Oz was asbestos? Holy fuck.


They should make a movie about this...It could be marketed as a horror film...


Sadly, many classic movies had abysmal filming conditions for actors, and that’s completely ignoring more personal kinds of abuse by directors.

-Michael J Fox was severely overworked shuffling between Family Ties and Back to The Future.
-George Lucas nearly gave himself a heart attack completing Star Wars: A New Hope.
-Bob Hoskins had severe alcohol abuse working on the Mario Bros movie.
-The infamous ending of Sleepaway camp involved the actor standing in for the “big twist” feeling so uncomfortable with the product that he had his name removed from the credits to avoid discussing it again.
-The dinner scene of Texas Chainsaw Massacre was filmed in the summer in over 100 degree temperatures, and some of the actresses threw up.
-The entire filming conditions of “The Room”, which was an independent movie.
-Stunt actors passing away continually due to accidents on set, one of the most recent, prominent examples being Deadpool 2.

Not to dismiss the extreme conditions that these actors had to deal with over the span of several months, but the fact is that strain on actors and staff has not gone away by any means.

You might also mention Olivia Jackson, Milla Jovovich's stunt double on the last Resident Evil movie, losing her left arm in a motorcycle stunt, and David Holmes, Daniel Radcliffe's stunt double in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows winding up a quadriplegic because of a stunt gone wrong.

You might also mention Olivia Jackson, Milla Jovovich's stunt double on the last _Resident Evil_ movie, losing her left arm in a motorcycle stunt, and David Holmes, Daniel Radcliffe's stunt double in _Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows_ winding up a quadriplegic because of a stunt gone wrong.

@True Blue Ryu thats crazy and understandable why the actor chose not to be credited. Surprised they went that route even back in the 80s.

@CyberNinjaZero And Sleepaway Camp the actor wasn't even a Actor, he was a college kid

To add more for TCM, a lot of the props for that film, were from a Slaughter House, so it was extra terrible

I did not hit her!  It's not true, it's bullshit!  I did not hit her I did not....  Oh hi mark!

@Crzypengu This is a spoiler for the end, I will condense it as much as possible to make it clear.

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At the end of the movie it’s revealed that our killer was actually the little boy, Peter, who survived the boating accident and was forced against his will to life his life pretending to be female.  They used a wax covering of actress Felica Rose’s face and got some drunk guy from a college to pose naked for the reveal that the character was male.  Because the guy had to stand naked, was mildly drunk, and kept getting bothered by the chilly nighttime lakeside air, he felt very uncomfortable after the fact and asked that he not be credited so no one knows who he was.

@Andrew Wilson That was more fan backlash toward the actor and not so much on-set issues, but yes, a handful of actors involved in the Star Wars prequel and sequel movies have been harassed to the point of wanting to retire from acting altogether

Look at all the BTS stuff from James Cameron's Abyss. Ed Harris was crying on his way to the set every single day, and still refuses to talk about that film.

Don’t forget about the fact that Bob Hoskins broke his finger on set and was in a cast for the entire rest of the filming

I mean the Micheal J Fox example and the Sleepaway camp examples are not on par with the others on the list. The first is Micheal J Fox trying to work two jobs at once hardly the fault of either studio the other one is an actor not liking the film he was a part of. Not really at the same level or even close with the rest of the list

Can't forget the living hell that followed Anakin's actor from The Phantom Menace.

"To Boldly Flee" (Chanel Awsome) puts all these movies to shame.

So what happened with the sleepaway camp movie anyways? I never saw the movie so why did one of the actors remove their name?

Behind the scenes of Apocalypse Now was also very cutthroat, brutal, and deadly. It would end up being one of the greatest films Coppola has ever made.

Hey, you forgot the best part about chainsaw massacre, in the dinner scene, when they cut the girl's finger to feed the grandpa, they DID cut the actress finger, and the actor DID drink her blood

@Eric Cartman Dang, don’t know how I forgot her, but yeah, she got out through a lot!

You forgot Shelley Duvall in The Shining.


Damn I remember this channel back when it made YTP's


I already can't stand The Wizard of Oz, but now I have even better reason to


We need more singing! It was a really nice intro!


I always found something creepy about the original movie. Probably because it's basically a torture film.


that Cosby Jab didn't age so well, other then that, outstanding video and love the dark history.


You forgot to mention the one dude that literally hung himself on set. You can see it in the background of some copies of the film. They later edited it out when the technology became available.


I remember when I was in kindergarten there was a Wizard of Oz play at my school and my music teacher let us sign up to be Munchkins, I was the last one in line and when I asked he told me there wasn't any Munchkin spots left but he did have a role for me...<br>I was the tornado

I remember when I was in kindergarten there was a Wizard of Oz play at my school and my music teacher let us sign up to be Munchkins, I was the last one in line and when I asked he told me there wasn't any Munchkin spots left but he did have a role for me...
I was the tornado

@Crack Sure, watch the movie; they made good use of their special effects, and in the stage version it's presented (most often) as a ballet of sorts.

You could have been Dorothy's dog. At least, the tornado only appears a few seconds

Truly the most important role of the play


The national weather service has issued a downward spiral warning
Rusty: Are you fucking serious

The national weather service has issued a *downward spiral warning*
Rusty: Are you fucking serious


Loved the nod to "The Dark Side of the Rainbow" at the end


No one has seen this since it aired in 1976, but Margaret Hamilton was on an episode of Sesame Street. This sesame Street episode is considered lost media, Margaret Hamilton was also on Mr. Rogers neighborhood.


Who could forget the timeless characters: Dora the Expat, Ironman, Snoop Lion and, my favorite, Strawdog Millionaire.

Expat is right; in the books, Dorothy and her aunt and uncle move to Oz full time.


*_Hold on! Hold on! I'm starting to understand something!.... It would appear all these Hollywood directors have a common theme.... What could it be?!?_*


What a horrible history to come from an otherwise really classic movie, even from the 1930s.


Well, Macaulay Culkin is doing pretty well these days.


16:19
It's not fair using Erik Satie's Gymnopedie No. 1
The sound alone is enough to make any grown man cry


EmpLemon: "During these 5 months, the stars were subjected to the most horrendous conditions in the history of the American film industry."

Super Mario Bros. Movie: Am I a joke to you?


imagine having nearly 800k subscribers and you still wont buy subtitles for your videos


You and Bill Burr are masters of tricking me into not skipping ads


Judy Garland was on amphetamines long before the shoot of the wizard of oz, her parents used to give her drugs to improve her performances in acting and singing when she was barely 10 years old, 6 years before the shoot of the wizard of oz so i would disagree that she suffered the most on set compared to others. I'm not downplaying the fact that she was fed drugs at the age of 10, just that in terms of before vs after the shooting of the movie, she was far from having the worst effects in my opinion.


And yet, no one discusses the production nightmare the film went through, compared to others like Apocalypse Now or The Twilight zone Movie.


This movie is scary to look behind the scenes. The stories about the midget orgies really scarred me.

@Generic Gaming Channel oh no, I looked at you for too long. No. NO. NOO, DON'T LOOK BACK AT ME!

@Alvin Yakitori It's not a joke. My great grandpa told me stories as he was in the crew and witnessed some of it. They would pass around a jar of crunchy peanut butter "for extra grit" and wore nothing but clown masks. He said the smell when he walked in the room could be described as burned mushrooms and sour milk.

I would mention the hanging munchkin, but it turns out to just be a bird lol

@Generic Gaming Channel I'm intrigued and horrified at the same time

@Generic Gaming Channel <br>Yeah I second that.

@Generic Gaming Channel
Yeah I second that.


the thing i like about emp is that he talke about his own topics he wants to talk about


Bro the end of this voodoo blows my mind with the transition and the midi track and how it all relates amazing


any color you like at the end was a really nice touch. great work on this one emp!


It's funny that they were getting tortured simultaneously as Europe was being tortured by WW2.


Fun Fact: this is all just an alcohol-withdrawal induced hallucination in Rusty’s swamp shack.


I love your channel it's like if nerd city posted consistently


I think its time we finally got a sequel to "YouTube Has Been on a Downward Spiral"


Was the inclusion of Pink Floyd at the end intentional? Especially given the title.. 'Dark side' of Hollywood. Nice detail I thought if it was.


Someone needs to make a film about this. We need more movies showcasing that a career in Hollywood is not all sunshine and rainbows (no pun intended).

Actually I'm surprised there isn't like, a documentary or something to my knowledge. Though it'd be impossible now, what with the nearing a 100 years later and all... Damn, and I feel weird thinking about stuff I grew up on from the late 90's and early 00's being 10+ years old, can't imagine what someone who was a kid when this movie was new must feel if they're alive to be reminded

Eh...<br>That would just be ironic really

I know there was a chevey chase movie where this couple was having to deal with the munchkin actors and they were little monsters apparently


Wait, Hollywood had a bright side? Does anybody have a source for this?


When I saw rusty I got so happy<br>Haven't seen him in a long time kek

When I saw rusty I got so happy
Haven't seen him in a long time kek


<b>Lmao, MaskedMan66 simping for Hollywood in every thread.</b>

*Lmao, MaskedMan66 simping for Hollywood in every thread.*

@JUPACALYPSE NOW Well, thanks. 🙂 Have you heard Kim's recent one, "Pop Don't Stop," with her brother sharing the vocals?

@MaskedMan66 no your actual taste in music. Kim Wilde, Thalia, alizee. Good music 👍

@Vegas Now, what do you know for sure about <i>The Wizard of Oz?</i>

@Vegas Now, what do you know for sure about _The Wizard of Oz?_

@JUPACALYPSE NOW How does wanting to know the actual truth about this movie and reading the right sources about it make me a "nutjob?" Just trying to cop your reasoning.

Thanks for the compliment about my taste in music; do you mean the music of Wizard or something else?

@JUPACALYPSE NOW How does wanting to know the actual truth about this movie and reading the right sources about it make me a "nutjob?" Just trying to cop your reasoning.

Thanks for the compliment about my taste in music; do you mean the music of _Wizard_ or something else?

@Uncle Sam I don't argue, I relate facts. I'm not on the Internet for hours, I stop in when I have a bit of time-- and even then I'm doing other things. Probably much the same as you.

@MaskedMan66 "i have a life thanks" if you truly had a life then why tf would you argue with strangers on the internet for hours? arguing with someone on the internet wont give you anything. It only gives you a false sense of satisfaction.

@CMG The Person Friend, I understand that you want to make this about me, but let's see if you can stick to the topic at hand, which is the1939 MGM movie "The Wizard of Oz."

@MaskedMan66 "I have a life, thanks" You claim you sell the truth yet you say this

@JUPACALYPSE NOW And your comment is about me. You're rather missing the point, old boy. When commenting under a video, it's generally the done thing to speak about the video. Give that a try!

@MaskedMan66 dude you are an actual enigma. 500 fucking comments probably on this video alone

@bigg buff bois I have a life, thanks. This video isn't about me, so how about you say something in reference to it.

Incidentally, do you call hunting up a particular commentator for purposes of exercising hatred having a life? If you think about it, that seems rather a petty thing for you to do, doesn't it? ;-)

Holy shit I looked for MaskedMan in random comments and sure enough they were there. This guy has no life lmao

Hollywood, schmollywood; I'm just talking about one movie.

We can smell the "ACKCHUALLY" from here bucko, cut it out.


Did you know that if you play Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon along with this video you unlock a secret green Simpsons character?


Makes the saying "break a leg" alot more darker.

@nettoyage de la maison And so much for the OP's comment.

Nobody broke any legs, though Betty Danko came close. Anyhow, you don't understand how that phrase is used.


GREAT touch at the end adding the 8bit style of Pink Floyd's "Any Colour You Like"

That's b i g   b r a i n

Great vid, tragic story


I will never see Wizard of Oz the same way again


Im starting to realize why that myth of a munchkin killing themselves on set could be so likely


The funniest part about all of this is that MGM would STILL end up being dwarfed by Disney and Warner in the years to come, eventually being bought and resold by the latter outside of some of their legacy catalog. Not to mention success for the later two internationally was always better than their competitors because of Animation's less language-restricted nature and broader appeal.<br>So Snow White still won in the long-run.

The funniest part about all of this is that MGM would STILL end up being dwarfed by Disney and Warner in the years to come, eventually being bought and resold by the latter outside of some of their legacy catalog. Not to mention success for the later two internationally was always better than their competitors because of Animation's less language-restricted nature and broader appeal.
So Snow White still won in the long-run.


Yo, just as a head's up, using the two-tone signal from the emergency alert system when there is no emergency is prohibited by the FCC. So the intro to that ad could get you fined, and the FCC has been known to enforce it.

I think it's if you play it out live irl? If it's on a YouTube video I think it's fine because it's been on so many. I think


government and big industries are perfect examples of power getting to people's heads


I believe Louis B Mayer also helped with Gone With the Wind which was released the same year


There is no dark side of Hollywood, really. Matter of fact, it's all dark.


I mean the people who worked on “Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs” certainly didn’t have any physical problems; Walt Disney fired a ton of his animators.


They literally confetti'd asbestos at these people and that was the LEAST of their offenses.


Such a heavy price for making such a distinguishing story. In celebrating it, are we participates to their suffering, or contributors to their success?

Their suffering was, on the whole, no more than any actors had to deal with on any projects (including stage projects). "Gone With the Wind" had more things bedeviling it than "Wizard." Margaret Hamilton, who suffered the most, loved the finished movie and played the WWW many more times throughout her long career.


Omg, the moment I heard rusty cage on one of my favorite channels I knew this would be a bomb video


I thought this was gonna be a regular 'look at this bad stuff that happened' video, but damn, what you said in the last 5 minutes is a colossal buffet of food for thought. I rarely comment on videos but this was a good one


This was my favorite movie growing up... I just don't know what to say...

Say that it still is. Judy, Margaret, and Ray especially loved it for the rest of their lives.


This seems like it woulda been hard to be an actor for Disney!


Emp and Internet Historian are the only ones whose ads are just as entertaining as the videos they appear in.


It's truly amazing how this 21 minute video is best than 98/ of things on Tv, and most certain better than any high budget modern documentary today.<br>Great work man.

It's truly amazing how this 21 minute video is best than 98/ of things on Tv, and most certain better than any high budget modern documentary today.
Great work man.


The biggest fact that really surprised me was it the pyramid was volunteer work


Man i dont get any recomendations from your videos.. though you actually provide unique high quality content.


"Actors are temporary, we only remember the characters they portray." <br>John Wayne: Hold my pilgrim!

"Actors are temporary, we only remember the characters they portray."
John Wayne: Hold my pilgrim!

That statement somehow sounds wrong  and it’s correct at the same time. Like people remember the names of the actors and know who they are sure, but I mean, what else are we to know them by? We don’t ever meet them, and even when they act normal for interviews, I always feel like there is still an act going on.

@Secular Ascetic Emp is like the youtuber's youtuber

Regardless of what punk songs say about him; that’s a cynically based statement.

kid 50 years in the future: who tf is John Wayne? Reminds me a bit of Bruce Willis.

I think that is more so because John always played the same character

Yep. Likewise, there are plenty of artists who's names eclipse even their works. I mean, can you name EVERY work of DaVinci, Michelangelo, Van Gogh, etc.? There are certain ultra famous ones that put the artist in the collective vernacular, but ultimately the person is just as if not occasionally more famous than the work of art. Same goes for Walt Disney, Tezuka, Stan Lee, Jim Henson... Being a creator or artist doesn't mean you're dooming yourself to be wholly eclipsed by your works if they are successful.

I get that Emp is trying to play big-brain/existentialist (as he often does), but as is often the case it's a narrowminded/newbie perspective on the topics.


If you think this is dark, try anything related to Shirley Temple.


THEY USED ASBESTOS AS SNOW! Holy crap. Everything in this video is mind-blowing.


As if we didn't already know that Hollywood is bad.


<b>"The greatest works are painted with blood"</b>

*"The greatest works are painted with blood"*


Buddy fate was depressing not only was he fired from one of the most greatest Hollywood movies ever made and a role of a iconic character. but he was left with chronic bronchitis that followed him to his death

He had a congenital bronchial problem from the time he was in his mama's womb. His fate was to go on to a long and prolific career in which he created two iconic T.V. characters, namely Jed Clampett and Barnaby Jones. He lived to the ripe old age of 95, and only died 18 years ago.


Nice vid. Took me a while to actually sit down and watch it. Glad I did.


Whole film has mk ultra written all over it.


That 8-bit “Any Color You Like” at the end is the chef’s kiss


I have no idea the production of the Wizard of Oz is that bad.


Hollywood is one of the most godless places on earth, I genuinely don't understand why anyone, knowing what we know about it today, could ever have as a life goal even getting near that place.

Goopy-Amethyst Because an artist’s passion will not permit him/her to do or be able to do anything else

@Odin Sørensen My comment was meant to be facetious.

@Pwn3r while I understand this, nowadays possibilities are way higher and Hollywood isn't the only place where you can "make it big".<br>I'm not blaming the artists for what happens in Hollywood, I am just saying that knowing what we know about the industry today I find it hard to believe people still think putting a feet there should be the peak of their careers.

@Pwn3r while I understand this, nowadays possibilities are way higher and Hollywood isn't the only place where you can "make it big".
I'm not blaming the artists for what happens in Hollywood, I am just saying that knowing what we know about the industry today I find it hard to believe people still think putting a feet there should be the peak of their careers.

@Robersora Lots of places. Movies do get made outside of the US and India.

Where else should have people gone when they wanted to be actors? Yeah sure, now there's Bollywood, but still.

Artists want to make it big and have lots of fame and fortune doing what they like doing best: acting and working the arts. And Hollywood seemed to be the best place to do that for the longest time, so I can see why people would dream of going there. Youre not seeing it from their point of view.

Billions of people are exposed to it. Show an idea to that amount of people, and some will think it's the greatest thing ever. Then account for showing it in a glamorous light, with award ceremonies watched by tens of millions if not hundreds once upon a time, stars being paid millions for single performances, etc... and only recently has the rot been exposed in a way that actually reached an appreciable number of people thanks to the internet.
Even then, Hollywood had to go fully woke AND incompetent before a healthy contempt could begin to go mainstream.
And even now, I don't expect people to fully reject Hollywood, either supporting its agendas or simply not caring and having no taste.


I was really confused when Vanced's ad skipping AI offered to skip the whole intro to the video. It wasn't until 1:35 that I realized it was an ad for keeps.


There are also theories about a munchkin actor who hung himself in the background of one of the shots.


It’s insane seeing them using asbestos like that !


Oh man my jaw always flies open whenever I see a documentary about something in the 20th century and the word "asbestos" is said. I know then and there I'm about to hear some absolutely horrifying shit, and the line "it was also used in the snow in the poppy field scene" locked my face into complete horror

@MaskedMan66 <br>Looked into? I can tell you they are, in my asbestos course we were given a pack of crayons brought in America and you could see the asbestos fibers in the crayons, the point was to test our abiity to identify it.

@MaskedMan66
Looked into? I can tell you they are, in my asbestos course we were given a pack of crayons brought in America and you could see the asbestos fibers in the crayons, the point was to test our abiity to identify it.

@Drood There was none in the snow, of that you may rest assured. As for crayons, the matter is being looked into.

It blows my mind that asbestos is still allowed to be used in the USA, like, it's used in crayons as a binding agent... kids use those...

@GMDrandom 628 Gypsum had been used for snow since the Silent Era, and obviously if anyone had encountered any difficulty with it, its use would have been discontinued. The only other thing widely used for snow in movies was soap flakes, and that would have been completely impracticable given how hot the studio lights were.

They used soap flakes in "It's a Wonderful Life," and if you watch the scene where George Bailey is running through the streets yelling "Merry Christmas!" at everyone, he's running through suds! :-)

@MaskedMan66 You know they could have made the snow with a lot of other things, right? A lot that wouldn't hurt you. Just because it doesn't kill doesn't mean it isn't bad.

@No-Face James Which is why, I'm sure, nobody made a deliberate effort to breathe it in. I mean, would you?

@MaskedMan66 The main chemical components of gypsum are calcium, sulfur, oxygen, and water. The chemical formula is CaSO
4·2H2O, these components also make up the base ingredients for plaster, drywall, and blackboard & sidewalk chalk. Regardless if the snow was actually made of asbestos or not, that is not a substance any sane person would want to be breathing in.

@MaskedMan66 And what goes into the gypsum?

The snow was crushed gypsum, not asbestos.


Thanks EmpLemon for reminding me what the title of :the game: was.


"[Asbestos] was used in the snow in the poppy scene"
Me: jerks in my chair and audibly gasps in horror

"[Asbestos] was used in the snow in the poppy scene"
Me: *jerks in my chair and audibly gasps in horror*

Rest easy. It was crushed gypsum, not asbestos.


i like tragic behind the scenes videos. u should do one on the shining. the filming was tragic for shelley duvall


It is unfortunate that people treat death as a spectacle rather than a warning.


I know this can be said for all the actors who never deserved such torture just for a film, but Margaret Hamilton was a pure soul who became metaphorically and physically scarred by her role, and its depressing

@MaskedMan66 i'm no troll buddy, you can't argue against me so your lost

@MaskedMan66 no, you know it's true hollywood is torturing them

@MaskedMan66 all victim and suffering right now😥😥😥😥 feel so sorry for them

@acacia They are dead, so they aren't victims of anything. Stop talking about them in the present tense.

@MaskedMan66 bro can you just <b>stop</b> please.

@MaskedMan66 bro can you just *stop* please.

@MaskedMan66 yes all the other actors are suffering too, they are mistreated

@acacia She's not, you know; she's been dead since 1985.

@Alexandre Santos Talkin' about before she had it, friend.

@MaskedMan66 Because It's easy to not dwell on anything when you have Alzimer's, right?

@Elijah Jarman What about MGM and the crew of "Wizard?" I don't understand.

Yes, she got burned by an ill-timed gout of flame. That's called an accident. It was not deliberately done to her. A stage hand grabbed her-- and she didn't know why; she had no idea she was on fire-- and shoved her under a sink to put out the flames, then someone from make-up cleaned her off (that was the painful part for her), then the studio doctor put salve on her face and right hand and wrapped them in bandages. She then called a friend to take her home. She healed and went back to work because she was a tough lady and she loved playing the Wicked Witch.

As far as typecasting, "Wizard" was Miss Hamilton's twenty-seventh movie, and she had already played a long succession of spinsters and schoolmarms of a terse aspect (Miss Gulch was that sort), so she was actually delighted to be playing a character that let her cut loose and chew the scenery. But that was the most cruel character she ever played; for the rest of her career, she was a character actress and mostly played maids and matrons and characters like Granny Frump on "The Addams Family" (she had been asked to play Grandmama Addams, but didn't want to commit to a series at that time) and Aunt Em in an animated movie called "Journey Back to Oz," starring Liza Minnelli as Dorothy.

And she reprised the Wicked Witch of the West many times, on stage and on television. She simply loved that character.

@acacia oh. Well, fuck it man, keep it up! Ikl retract my statement

@MaskedMan66 well, yes, MGM, and the crew of wizard of oz.<br>Hamilton recieved burns from one of the pyrotechnic effects going off incorrectly. And on top of that, despite being a pure and wonderful soul, being a grade school teacher, she was typecast immediately as a wicked and cruel woman because of her phenomenal role as the Witch. That is what my statement of her being scarred was

@MaskedMan66 well, yes, MGM, and the crew of wizard of oz.
Hamilton recieved burns from one of the pyrotechnic effects going off incorrectly. And on top of that, despite being a pure and wonderful soul, being a grade school teacher, she was typecast immediately as a wicked and cruel woman because of her phenomenal role as the Witch. That is what my statement of her being scarred was

@MaskedMan66 margaret hamilton is a victim

@MaskedMan66 hollywood evil, she is suffering

@acacia Nope. She enjoyed her work and the people with whom she worked. She loved acting.

@acacia Hollywood didn't do anything to Margaret Hamilton; she had a long and prolific career and was widely loved as one of the most agreeable actresses to work with.

Sad what hollywood did to actors like robin williams and margaret hamilton

@acacia Well, he doesn't because he's dead.

makes you wonder if actors like robin williams goes through the same thing

She never dwelt on her scars and would tell you to relax and enjoy that movie which she loved with all her heart.


Unfortunate but that's just how things we're in those times.


I'm well aware you may not take suggestions for vid ideas, but for what it's worth, there will never ever be another children's TV program like Mister Rogers' Neighborhood


That start reminded me of some serious analog horror.


That Great Depression picture was in my 5th grade history book


who knew that a youtube pooper is quickly becoming the most interesting essayist on youtube

@Electro_blob 2 I'm not saying that either is better than the other (nor am I disputing that) just that both had their start in YTP's.

Usually YouTube poopers are the most enlightened of us

@Tucker Tooley Idk, Liam Triforce is pretty damn good. I'm also a sucker for MauLer's content, and while i don't always see eye to eye with him on his opinions, he does a fantastic job of backing them up with strong supporting arguments and months' worth of research. He's definitely someone that i think more video essayists should aspire to be like, especially if they're game or film reviewers.

@Pizza Man This is true, but not what I meant. I'm sorry I didn't word it properly. I just meant that if a thing exists, someone has made a YTP about it I didn't mean to imply anything untoward.

@Pizza Man No, I mean that there is an unspoken Rule 34 Varient, where if it exists, there is a YTP of it. Not connected to the actual Rule 34, but only applying to YTP'S.

@Pizza Man I think the Rules Of The Internet need to be amended to include a Rule 34 equivalent for YTP's.

@Sergio M. A. It has poop in the name, I don't know what you were expecting.

Meanwhile, Schaffrillas and Tamatoa cough serupticiously from the sidelines..

essayist? that word does not need to exist

I like to think that the youtube poops were just surreal essays.


I think Buddy Ebsen is a far more memorable name than Jack Haley, for a different character


Thank God hollywood is a shall of it's former self nowadays. There's a reason acting career was considered morally dubious for most of history. Not everything should be sacrificed for art


Y’all how the fuck does this guy have less than a million subs?


hey least their work paid off, imagine if it didn't


Damn, this is depressing. All these actors had been, in some way, ruined by this movie.

@Mark Parkinson I'm sure as I can be that if Judy knew what would happen as a result of her "joke," she would never have made it in the first place.

@MaskedMan66 No problem, Masked Man, and that’s a very interesting perspective of the munchkins. Things can be extremely messed up sometimes, especially with rumors spread around, so I am glad that you were able to provide a different perspective. It can be monotonous sometimes when you are just hearing the perspectives of people you agree with, however satisfying it can be, so thank you.

And it also highlights how dangerous a celebrity’s words can get, which makes you realize that if you are in public, and you are speaking to someone, it’s best to be as direct as possible. Leave no room for interpretation, which makes it harder for rumors to spread.

@Mark Parkinson For "antithesis" read "lies," or at the very least, "exaggerations." I have skimmed it, and there's nothing that I haven't heard elsewhere. When rumor gets mixed with truth, or when it's allowed to override truth, that's when you need to get to the source and find out where people have got things wrong.

For instance, Judy's throwaway remark about the Munchkins, "They were drunks," which she meant as a joke, ended up becoming not so funny when other rumors and stories got into the act, and the questionable off screen behavior of a few of the Singer Midgets started getting thrown at all 124 of them.

Anyhow, thank you for being civil; it's always a breath of fresh air when people don't just latch on to the "popular" stories.

@MaskedMan66 Again, thank you for the recommendations. I'm surprised you have such a deep knowledge of the Wizard of Oz, but nonetheless, I am glad you were able to argue the topic fluently.

Additionally, I would recommend to watch the video if you have not watched the video already. It could provide for an interesting antithesis to your knowledge and resources about the Wizard of Oz, which I would be interested in discussing.

@Mark Parkinson Trust me, this dude's got it wrong. A cast at odds cannot be as cohesive onscreen as those four are in this movie. Obviously there was a generation gap, as Judy was 16 and the three companions were all over 30, but Judy was a very gregarious girl and was as much at ease talking to adults as to people nearer her own age.

Like I said, I have no idea where these notions of cast animosity come from, since a look into the film's real backstory (as seen in those books) reveals a very supportive cast and crew.

But yes, please read those books; you may have to hunt up the first two, but the third is still in bookstores.

@MaskedMan66 Thank you for the book recommendations.
And yes, I will admit, the faulty scheduling thin was a poor choice of words. I wholeheartedly agree with you that Hamilton was burned as a result of bad usage of pyrotechnics.

Every piece of information I referred in my previous comment, specifically Judy being abused by her co-stars, are all from the video you and I are commenting under, which is EmpLemon's expository documentary of the behind the scene drama in the Wizard of Oz. I'm not sure if you have watched the video yet, but if you do, I bet you will understand where I am coming from at the very least.

And ultimately, I am glad that the film's production was not wasted an ended up becoming an icon of pop culture.

@Mark Parkinson Get it right: Judy was NOT abused by her co-stars or anyone else who worked on the movie. Where that story comes from, I haven't the least idea, because it isn't backed up by any authoritative reports. On the contrary, the people with whom she worked had nothing but praise for her. Jack Haley said she was "born to brilliance." Margaret Hamilton said, "Judy kept us all going. When she came on the set, it was as though the lights got brighter." Meinhardt Raabe, the Munchkin Coroner, spoke on behalf of his fellow Little People when he said of her, "We were accepted as equals by her. She would sit down on the steps on the set with the rest of us and chat every day."

Ebsen got over what happened to him, and got on with his life and his career, both of which were many decades long. In fact, MGM cast him in two movies once he was healed, and both of them were released in 1939 along with "Wizard" (and many other movies).

It wasn't "faulty scheduling" that led to Miss Hamilton's injuries, it was a mechanical difficulty with the jets that shot up the flames; they went off before she was under the stage (indeed, the first take went perfectly). If you consider second degree burns (that's what she got on her face) "horrific," fair enough, but once the make-up was off-- and they did it as quickly as possible-- the studio doctor put salve on her face and hand, wrapped her face and hand in bandages, then a friend of hers came by and picked her up. However upsetting it may have been for her at the time, Miss Hamilton was a tough lady, and carried on with her work, and in later years had no problem relating the story to people who asked her about it. It had no effect on either her love of the film or the fun she had playing the Wicked Witch, a role she reprised many more times on stage and television.

I urge you strongly to read the books “The Making of The Wizard of Oz" (1977) by Aljean Harmetz, "The Wizard of Oz: The Official 50th Anniversary Pictorial History" (1989) by John Fricke, Jay Scarfone, and William Stillman, and "The Road to Oz: The Evolution, Creation, and Legacy of a Motion Picture Masterpiece" (2019) by Scarfone and Stillman. All of those people investigated the making of the movie in depth and spoke to the people involved in it-- Mrs. Harmetz alone interviewed 48 actors and behind-the-scenes people.

@Mark Parkinson Get it right: Judy was NOT abused by her co-stars or anyone else who worked on the movie. Where that story comes from, I haven't the least idea, because it isn't backed up by any authoritative reports. On the contrary, the people with whom she worked had nothing but praise for her. Jack Haley said she was "born to brilliance." Margaret Hamilton said, "Judy kept us all going. When she came on the set, it was as though the lights got brighter." Meinhardt Raabe, the Munchkin Coroner, spoke on behalf of his fellow Little People when he said of her, "We were accepted as equals by her. She would sit down on the steps on the set with the rest of us and chat every day."

Ebsen got over what happened to him, and got on with his life and his career, both of which were many decades long. In fact, MGM cast him in two movies once he was healed, and both of them were released in 1939 along with "Wizard" (and many other movies).

It wasn't "faulty scheduling" that led to Miss Hamilton's injuries, it was a mechanical difficulty with the jets that shot up the flames; they went off before she was under the stage (indeed, the first take went perfectly). If you consider second degree burns (that's what she got on her face) "horrific," fair enough, but once the make-up was off-- and they did it as quickly as possible-- the studio doctor put salve on her face and hand, wrapped her face and hand in bandages, then a friend of hers came by and picked her up. However upsetting it may have been for her at the time, Miss Hamilton was a *tough* lady, and carried on with her work, and in later years had no problem relating the story to people who asked her about it. It had no effect on either her love of the film or the fun she had playing the Wicked Witch, a role she reprised many more times on stage and television.

I urge you strongly to read the books “The Making of The Wizard of Oz" (1977) by Aljean Harmetz, "The Wizard of Oz: The Official 50th Anniversary Pictorial History" (1989) by John Fricke, Jay Scarfone, and William Stillman, and "The Road to Oz: The Evolution, Creation, and Legacy of a Motion Picture Masterpiece" (2019) by Scarfone and Stillman. All of those people investigated the making of the movie in depth and spoke to the people involved in it-- Mrs. Harmetz alone interviewed 48 actors and behind-the-scenes people.

@MaskedMan66 I am sorry that this traffic accident happened to you. And I am glad you got over it.

However, that's not to denounce that anything bad happened to the cast of Wizard of Oz, who suffered entirely different circumstances that are their own forms of tragic accidents.

Let's be clear on what the definition of "tragic" and "accident" are, because we seem to have varying definitions, and to not define these terms would make this argument confusing.

These are Oxford-approved definitions that can be found in the first result of a Google search:

1) Tragic: Causing or characterized by extreme distress or sorrow.
2) Accident: An unfortunate incident that happens unexpectedly and unintentionally, typically resulting in damage or injury.

Now what I am going to do is list some examples of this presented in the video.

First is Judy Garland, who although suffered the least physically, was absolutely scarred, psychologically. She was emotionally abused by his co-stars, who were relentlessly mocking and berating Garland for her role as Dorothy. This is tragic, as she has been sorrowed and distressed by her work environment during the Wizard of Oz, and she unfortunately took solace in drugs that lead to her relatively early death in 1967.

Second is Buddy Ebsen. He played the TIn Man briefly before suffering from the aluminium dust in his make-up and forced to have been hospitalized due to the make-up nearly asphyxiating him. This was an extremely distressing situation for Ebsen, and the make-up's effects were unintentional in their injurious nature against Ebsen.

And finally, there's the Wicked Witch herself, Margaret Hamilton. Because of faulty scheduling with the pyrotechnics, she suffered horrific burns on half of her face and one of her hands, of which treatment was delayed by the time-consuming task of removing the copper make-up she wore as the witch. It was unintentional that she got burned, making it an accident and tragic, because of how distressing it was for Hamilton.

@Mark Parkinson You're splitting hairs now. Accidents are accidents. They happen everywhere. There's no need to single out one blinking movie. If anyone to whom the accidents happened considered those accidents "tragic," they eventually got over them.

I was in a traffic accident when I was a kid and messed my leg up really bad, and my bike was destroyed. Was that "tragic?" I didn't think so, and still don't. It was painful, and it took a lot of healing, but I got over it.

The folks who were injured making "Wizard" were adults, and I daresay they took it like adults.

Margaret Hamilton especially; she was hurt the worst, but she took it the best.

@MaskedMan66 A tragic accident does not have to result in someone's death. A tragic accident usually means a distressing or sorrowing experience as a result of damage or injury.

Death can be a tragic accident as well, but there are many other ways that tragic accidents can happen, and the production of the Wizard of Oz has some of these non-fatal tragic accidents.

@Mark Parkinson A tragic accident is one in which someone dies. Nobody died while making "Wizard." One person associated with the movie died while it was in production, but that was in a traffic accident on his day off; he was Bert Lahr's stuntman.

And enough talk of "abuses"; that word implies malice on the part of the people in charge and that they deliberately put their people in danger. There are risks that people working on movies take, much the same sort of risks people in any industry are subject to. People who sign up for those jobs know that.

@MaskedMan66 EmpLemon was not implying that the Wizard of Oz was the only time tragic accidents happened on film sets. Of course tragic accidents happen on film sets. He was focusing on the Wizard of Oz, because the film is one of the most iconic in American film history, and can help shine a light on other abuses that go around within the film industry.

@Mark Parkinson I was saying that it's ridiculous to single out "Wizard" as if it's the only movie ever made wherein accidents occurred.

@MaskedMan66 Those are all tragic accidents, yes. However, I was only giving my condolences to the actors in the Wizard of Oz, because that's what the video is about. <br>If EmpLemon was talking about the excruciating costuming of Anthony Daniels in Star Wars, or the horrific deaths of the actors from the Twilight Zone film, than I would have commented as such.

@MaskedMan66 Those are all tragic accidents, yes. However, I was only giving my condolences to the actors in the Wizard of Oz, because that's what the video is about.
If EmpLemon was talking about the excruciating costuming of Anthony Daniels in Star Wars, or the horrific deaths of the actors from the Twilight Zone film, than I would have commented as such.

No, they hadn't. Do you think that "Wizard" was the only movie ever that had accidents happening during production, or hardships experienced because of hot lights or stifling costumes? Anthony Daniels, encased in head-to-toe fiberglass and having to act in a desert for the first "Star Wars" movie, had it far worse than Jack Haley in his buckram suit under hot lights that could be shut off when they got too hot. And nobody died, unlike Vic Morrow,  Myca Dinh Le, and Renee Shin-Yi Chen, who were killed by a crashing helicopter while they were working on "Twilight Zone: The Movie."


This started with the most confusing ad ever, I kept watching.


The horror story that is the wizard of oz!


its like the quote "They say you die twice. Once when you stop breathing and the second, a bit later on, when somebody mentions your name for the last time"

@Deadliest Vice read it again, you’re wrong, lol

@Paulo Hernanndizz That's not what you wrote, though. In fact, you even forgot the "for the last time" part. So what happens when someone mentions your last name?

@Deadliest Vice NAME, not just last name.

@Paulo Hernanndizz Only your last name? What happens when somebody mentions your first name for the last time?

That's a quote of Irvin Yalom. Often misattributed to Banksy.

This reminds me of a quote from One Piece, which really fits.

"When does a man die? When he is shot by a bullet? No. When he suffers a disease? No.  When he ate a soup made of a poisonous mushroom? No.  A man dies when he is forgotten."

Yeah but sometimes the latter happens first

@TheAzureNightmare “when somebody mentions your name for the last time.” <br>That’s what it’s referring to.

@TheAzureNightmare “when somebody mentions your name for the last time.”
That’s what it’s referring to.

Not wrong. You only <b>really</b> die when you're forgotten.

Not wrong. You only *really* die when you're forgotten.


The existence of movies such as Bayformers, M. Night's worst movie, Foodfight! and The Emoji Movie, the controversial production histories like this and people like Weinstein are what I consider as the darkest abyss of Hollywood.


that spiral in the intro looked more like an upward spiral, you know, going into the sky and all


If I Only Had Some Hair

(sung in the style of “If I Only Had A Brain”)

Why if I had some hair I could…

VERSE 1

I could comb away my troubles

But all I have is stubble

Without a hat to wear

I could use a brush for hours

And clog the drains of showers

If I only had some hair

VERSE 2

I could charge my barber double

For untangling the tousle

Of curls so thick and rare

I could finally throw away

All my wigs and my toupee

If I only had some hair

INTERLUDE

Oh I

Could tell you why

The hair plugs don’t look real

And then I’d sit

And let you feel

VERSE 3

I would not be just a whinin’

My head all cold and shinin’

My heart and head so bare

I would show off like a Samson

Life would be all wine and dancin’

If I only had some hair


That is pretty much all industries in a nutshell. The sacrifices made to produce art is seldom spoken of, and, as EmpLemon says, it is the art, not the artist, that lives on. It even makes its way into today's forums. You have influencers, musicians, politicians, social media. They all chase the same thing, which is, as EmpLemon states, "prestige".


I hope the people that that made all of these horrors were drafted into Europe or the pacific


I have a grand-aunt who was named Metro after my grandmother starred in MGM's Eskimo.


I LOVE THE MUSIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br>You used some Beethoven, some Eric Satie, and I appreciate it.

I LOVE THE MUSIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You used some Beethoven, some Eric Satie, and I appreciate it.


Wizard of Oz is one of my favorite movies, A shame to hear what happened to the actors and actresses in the movie. Hollywood is a cesspit

It’s a major fact about most, if not, all major media produced for the sake of profit.


Anyone knows what sound this at 0:31 is and where to find it? It has a nice ring to it and I'd like to perhaps use it for a sound composition.


That $825 the stunt actress got is equal to about $15,000 in today’s money. That’s not bad


- Bill Cosby has been acquitted btw, nice to see that nothing has changed.<br>- (except that in 1937 studios liked nazis instead of socialists)

- Bill Cosby has been acquitted btw, nice to see that nothing has changed.
- (except that in 1937 studios liked nazis instead of socialists)

Cosby was acquitted because of a technical error. And I’m permanently avoiding him anyway.


Wow, what a surprise! My favorite Youtuber talking about my favorite movie.<br>Even though it's about the atrocities that happened with the actors and all the people involved.

Wow, what a surprise! My favorite Youtuber talking about my favorite movie.
Even though it's about the atrocities that happened with the actors and all the people involved.

There were no atrocities. Difficulties, yes, discomfort, yes, accidents, yes, but otherwise it was just work.

@Who Dat Ninja There are a lot of lies about the production of this movie; it was hard work and there were accidents. But there was no abuse, not sexual harassment, no rape, and no drug addiction. I would point out that all the people involved were proud of how the film turned out, and that Judy, Ray, and Margaret especially loved the movie for the rest of their lives.

i cant enjoy Wizard of Oz anymore, knowing what goes on behind the scenes. i admire it. but i dont enjoy it.

This is your favorite movie? Sheesh, poor you.

@Cartoonizando personally my favorite is star wars(the first one)

@Nana I'm between it and Back to the Future.

Wait the Wizard of Oz is your favorite movie.

Opa, um Br aq nós comentários, eai man blz?

@Pedro Busquet Segundo comentário brasileiro!

Primeiro comentário de um brasileiro no YouTube gringo que boa parte das respostas estão em inglês haha

For every enjoyment and treats of life; blood, sweat and tears were spilled down the horizon. The long cycle of history is a gruesome one and one who knows it dares not wanting to repeat it.

@relentless chaos Damn that ending got to me personally when I was thinking about what happens after death  then closed my eye in trepidation.

CARAI NEM IMAGINAVA VC AKI MATT KKKKKKKKKKK

Fr emplemon is very unique amongst most other youtubers.


Love the “Any Colour You Like” at the end


Damn so the actor for the wicked witch was on fire and they couldnt even put it out with water or she'd have melted that sucks


If only there were a full version of that song at the beginning


18:23 Damn, they we’re even making Fast and Furious movies back then?!


MaskedMan66 remains a complete and utter enigma in this comment section, I see.


If you play Dark Side of the Moon while you watch this video, you won't be able to pay attention to both things at once<br>🌈🌚

If you play Dark Side of the Moon while you watch this video, you won't be able to pay attention to both things at once
🌈🌚


That was probably the best sponsor block I have ever seen on Youtube.


that opening bit looks more like the tv screen from 1984 than anything


I remember watching this movie at my neighbor’s house when I was 8 years old.  I never knew the story behind this film, and I’m really glad I can appreciate this film a lot more knowing what the actors went through to produce such a timeless classic.

Great movie or not, permanent maiming and emotional damage is not worth whatever masterpiece someone wants to make.


Thanks, I can't think of this movie in a positive manor anymore

Well it’s a great movie, but dang, that production was brutal


this was really close to getting uploaded on may 3rd. that would've been scarily ironic.


I remember when I was in 5th grade I was in a Wizard of Oz play, me and my friends were some of the guards

@Santi Cheeks Amazing how the nerves just relax once you're out there, isn't it?

@MaskedMan66 no we were just standing there and not moving or saying anything, and it was just for a couple of seconds and I was all scared and nervous but then when we got on stage and all we had to do was stand I was like wow this is all we dressed up for and made props for and got all stressed about for

Did you do the "Oh-Ee-Yah! Eo-Ah!" chant?


Your transformation over the years is incredible, from YTP, to rants/memes, to now educational, detailed, and well edited videos.


Hey. The sound at 0:36 is illegal to play just so you know. The FCC has rules against it being used to prevent people from getting used to it.


We do not know how the Great Pyramid was built, what the current narrative speculates has yet to be proven especially when it comes to the methods used to manufacture the blocks and the ways and means and which the Blocks were moved, some of them hundreds of miles. not to mention the hidden mathematics in the dimensions of the pyramid relative to the equator and the distance from the equator to the North Pole I just need example of a few facts that are indicative of a civilization more advanced than the Egyptians. More than likely this civilization existed in flourished before the last major catastrophic Extinction event. Furthermore dr. Robertshaw has very credible research and data showing at the Sphinx is probably more like 12, 000 to 25000 years old.


In class, we were discussing how The Truman show predicted the future of actors, but after seeing something like this, it was always the case.


I'm loving the Nine Inch Nails references. Lol


Brilliant <br>Please do a similar analysis on the decline of Saturday Night Live, now that’s a video we’re all desperate for!!

Brilliant
Please do a similar analysis on the decline of Saturday Night Live, now that’s a video we’re all desperate for!!


I'll always feel bad for Judy Garland and what she went thru in this movie's production.


This is also another reason why cgi movies are a thing. Sure it may look like crap, but it's better than having to pay for medical costs, 1 time use costumes, insurance for injuries, and etc.


12:06 i literally got goosebumps thinking about how asbestos fell from the sky and all over them

@Franklin Brooks stopped commenting on PS Vita Neither literally nor figuratively.

It’s like that scene in Chernobyl where the crowd reacting to the fallout as if it’s snow.

This ain't just regular asbestos, it's ARSENIC-COATED ASBESTOS WITH LEAD PAINT!

@AdamofBlastWorks <b>"FUNNY WEATHER WE ARE HAVING"</b>

@AdamofBlastWorks *"FUNNY WEATHER WE ARE HAVING"*

"Mmmm popcorn ceilings" looks at the ceiling of my entire house.


This is like an SCP that attracts, torments, and kills actors and actresses, their body, mind, and identity in the eyes of the public.


one thing you didnt mention is how on of the dwarfs killed there self on set and while filming you can see it in the background


The movie Garland did underline the monstrosity of the treatment Judy Garland went through during the filming of Wizard of Oz.


I thought this video was gonna be about the whole dark side of the moon sync up thing at first


I didn't think it would be dark..and I was swiftly disproven at the fate of the second actor.

@Wander 113  My point was that Hollywood is, was, and will always be shady. Even if people are taking child abuse etc more seriously, they always have got something under their sleeves.

@Wander 113 <b>Please</b> use punctuation, I beg of you.

@Wander 113 *Please* use punctuation, I beg of you.

@Aleis in Wndrlen I think it at the very least marginally better with people the actors can go to the kids back then had no choice they were literally sold to the studio with no option to talk to any one safety standards has risen and with birth of social media its much harder to get away with the blatant sexual harassments that they had been involved with for years

@Wander 113 Well Hollywood has always been messed up ever since the day it was founded. But within a century of its existence things haven't got any better either.

yeah honestly if you like old Hollywood don't look anything up you will be traumatized bye it  90 percent of the kids where owned by the studios and were regularly molested if they spoke out they were forced to site on a ice block for hours it was fucked up


Having credits at the end of the video is kind of ironic


Love your choice of bitcrushed Pink Floyd, Emp.


This made me not want to watch the movie ever again(If I have them, I'll probably show the movie and this to my future kids)


Half of the stuff used for wizard of oz is illegal now


hey just a heads up i'm subscribed to you and alerted when you drop new content and i didnt even get notified only saw this video cause someone mentioned you mad a video about the actors in the wizard of oz


Using Pink Floyd was a very tasty reference, thank you for that


I really need to stop rewatching this masterpiece


Remember guys, it’s not about wether your film makes a lot of money or not, it’s about how many rules you can add to the rule book in the process.


I swear to god I knew it was bad but I didn‘t expect it to be this bad!


I love this movie so much, it really sucks it was like this for all these people. especially Judy...why treat a poor kid like that?! really disgusting.


My body's poisoned by copper,
I say this isn't proper,
A circus of confusion.

My face looks like creased paper,
Oh this surely would be safer,
If we only had a Union.


I saw "Wizard of Oz" and "Dark Side" and just assumed this was gonna be about Pink Floyd


I think the actress for the Wicked Witch of the East got it the worst<br>I mean they literally dropped a house onto her just for a couple of scenes

I think the actress for the Wicked Witch of the East got it the worst
I mean they literally dropped a house onto her just for a couple of scenes

More like the actor for Dorothy :/ sucked into a tornado? Thats dedication!

i wouldn't be surprised if that actually happened, with a fully furnished gypsum built, 1/2 scale replica of the front half of said house


That's why Gone with the Wind (1939) became more successful than this film.


Emplemon's in Florida?! Time to endlessly hunt him down until I find him


As a non-american person i never watched this movie before (even if i watched Return to Oz as a kid many times) and now i never will...because now i can't separate this horrible unhuman torture from it... Honestly all smiley overly positive things from that era have some sort of a terrible story behind them.


They say you can be Any Colour You Like but in the end they’re all just blue


When you look at the decline in modern cinema, wrestling, and NASCAR (all of which you've addressed), one could conclude that the horrific sacrifices propelled each of them to immortality. I don't know how we can possibily justify this as a species, and yet this is what we respond to. Courting death makes us feel alive.

@Alexandre Santos Burns are absolutely normal; people get them every day. Intoxication means drunkenness. Nobody was drugged.

@MaskedMan66 Getting 2nd Degree burns and being intoxicated with toxic materials and drugs doesn't sound like a "normal" accident

Life is dangerous. Nobody working on this movie was deliberately "courting death." It's just that accidents happened, as they do everywhere every day.

Greatness usually comes at a cost. It's a sad reality.


I’m also pretty sure they had judy smoke packs of cigarettes a day just to keep her weight down


super funny sponsorship, one of the best i've seen next to mah dry bread.