Sunday, November 15, 2026

Flopcast 758: Problematic Pie

Thanksgiving in the Land of Oz is a not-great forgotten cartoon from 1980. But for our ongoing series of Oz reviews, it's just perfect. Dorothy flops back over the rainbow just in time for the holidays, and once again meets up with Jack Pumpkinhead and Tik-Tok the mechanical man (instead of her more familiar Oz buddies). The Wizard is voiced by comedy legend Sid Caesar. There's a Thanksgiving pie that comes to life and will not shut up. And best of all, there's a giant angry turkey called... the Green Gobbler. You can watch the whole thing on YouTube along with the original 1980 commercials (for creepy dolls from Mattel) and CBS promos (with stars from WKRP, Alice, and Dukes of Hazzard). So if you're looking for a weird new Thanksgiving tradition, check it out. Or just go in the backyard and fling plates of toast and popcorn at your ungrateful friends.

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Show Notes

Watch Thanksgiving in the Land of Oz, complete with commercials!

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Jack Pumpkinhead feels threatened by Dorothy's pie. Just wait until it starts talking!

We've seen the Powder of Life before. (Fun fact: in the Oz books, the inventor was Dr. Pipt!)

Tyrone climbs aboard the Green Gobbler, Kevin's favorite character!

Felicity's favorite character, problematic accents aside:

The herertofore unseen Hungry Tiger, who debuted in Ozma of Oz.

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YouTube has more than one compilation of Frank Nelson delivering his famous line, because of course it does.