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Melinda Young @fictionforreal.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

A note of appreciation for the matte paintings. This world is amazingly exotic. #TOSSatNight

Melinda Young @fictionforreal.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Extra-useless trivia: This script was written by Samuel Peeples. Lloyd Hanes, Uhura's predecessor, a few years after this got a part-time job on a TV series created by Peeples, the western Lancer. He left that to star in the popular contemporary high school-centric series Room 222. #TOSSatNight

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Melinda Young @fictionforreal.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Am I the only one who thinks proceeding despite what the recorder said is irresponsible? #TOSSatNight

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Melinda Young @fictionforreal.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Holy smokes, Black men on the bridge! What kind of crazy progressive show is this?? #TOSSatNight

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Melinda Young @fictionforreal.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

We begin with Kirk and Spock. Go with your strengths. #TOSSatNight

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Melinda Young @fictionforreal.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Example of how this adaptation gives the adults a free ride: In the original, the Wizard fooled everyone about turning the city emerald by making them wear green-tinted glasses. #TheWizardOfOz #Svengoolie

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Melinda Young @fictionforreal.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

A question for "Wicked" fans: Does that change how you view this film or read the books? #TheWizardOfOz #Svengoolie

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Melinda Young @fictionforreal.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I just watched South Pacific and was quite struck by Ray Walston's performance as Luther Billis. I now wonder if he channeling Bert Lahr. Discuss. #TheWizardOfOz #Svengoolie

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Melinda Young @fictionforreal.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I remember the news cartoon when Ray Bolger died of the Scarecrow joining the others on the Yellow Brick Road to Heaven. 🥲 #TheWizardOfOz #Svengoolie

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Melinda Young @fictionforreal.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Who was drunk - the engineer who designed the Yellow Brick Road or the contractor who couldn't read the blueprints? #TheWizardOfOz #Svengoolie

Dorothy walks along a long spiral in the Yellow Brick Road.

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Melinda Young @fictionforreal.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Meinhold Raabe, the man who played the Munchkin coroner, was an accountant & spokesman for the Oscar Meyer Company. He was the first "Little Oscar, the world's smallest chef." Compare with Bruno Mars's first gig as "Little Bruno, the world's youngest Elvis impersonator." #TheWizardOfOz #Svengoolie

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Melinda Young @fictionforreal.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

With the changes between this and the book, the grownups really get off the hook in the movie. Screenplay clearly written by adults. #TheWizardOfOz #Svengoolie

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Melinda Young @fictionforreal.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Having recently watched Twister, I can state firmly that this tornado is way better. #TheWizardOfOz #Svengoolie

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Melinda Young @fictionforreal.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

🩵Am I capable?💙 Cooking: Uninspired Whistle: Gave it up years ago Draw: Peaked in 3rd grade Swim: No longer buoyant English: Indubitably Dance: Once quite the folk dancer Sing: Damaged Drive: So far, so good Gifting: Generous Write: 10 novels & counting Guitar: No Speaking: Has trouble hushing up

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Melinda Young @fictionforreal.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Even though I prefer the book version, I never miss the 1939 #TheWizardOfOz. It deserves its legend status. Enjoy, & on with the show - an hour earlier than usual! #Svengoolie 6/6

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Melinda Young @fictionforreal.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

While I appreciate good CGI, I have endless respect for the movie designers & technicians who mimicked reality with basic tools & unlimited imagination. #TheWizardOfOz #Svengoolie 5/6

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Melinda Young @fictionforreal.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

If you know how that transition was done, please wait & share afterwards so people have time to guess. It's kinda genius. #TheWizardOfOz #Svengoolie 4/6

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Melinda Young @fictionforreal.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The only effect I'll mention is my fave, when Dorothy goes from Kansas sepia to Munchkin Land Technicolor. It's done in 1 shot, no edit. I can only imagine the amazement when audiences saw that for the first time. #TheWizardOfOz #Svengoolie 3/6

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Melinda Young @fictionforreal.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Instead of blabbing endlessly about #TheWizardOfOz, I'll stick to my favorite part, the FX. It's hard for people who grew up with CGI to marvel at these FX, which were done physically, using cloth & glass & paint, & filmed with regular cameras. #Svengoolie #PracticalEffects 2/6

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Melinda Young @fictionforreal.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I thought about watching #TheWizardOfOz last night, but I decided it would be more fun with the #Svengoolie gang tonight. Warning: I'll be in film student/geek mode. 1/6

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Melinda Young @fictionforreal.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Have a great time tonight, #Svengoolie gang! I'll see you next week when most of us will insist we're not in Kansas anymore and try to see The Invisible Man return. If you can afford it, let's celebrate with feasts worthy of oohhs and Oz! #HouseOfSvengoolie #NightOfTheLivingDead #Not4Me

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Melinda Young @fictionforreal.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Watching Hawaiʻi News Now. Hilo is preparing for 35 inches of rain. Auwe! #HurricaneNolo

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Melinda Young @fictionforreal.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Good evening, #MeTVStarTrek friends. May You live long and prosper.

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Melinda Young @fictionforreal.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Kirk summons Security to the brig. So, the brig is run on the honor system? That explains a lot. #MeTVStarTrek #JourneyToBabel

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Melinda Young @fictionforreal.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

She shops at the same store as a certain homicidal actress. #MeTVStarTrek #JourneyToBabel

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Melinda Young @fictionforreal.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

If it's one thing that should worry you about a surgeon, it's a lack of manual dexterity. #MeTVStarTrek

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Melinda Young @fictionforreal.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

As much as I love Victor Buono, I'm not sticking around for #MeTVBatman. My DVR and I will watch all the #MeTVStarTrek specials tomorrow. Have an excellent week, everyone! #Svengoolie

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Melinda Young @fictionforreal.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I refuse to watch The Fly again out of respect for the innocent cat who didn't deserve what that whiny jerk did to it. Bella Rose agrees. #Svengoolie

A medium-haired gray and white tabby cat naps nestled next to her human support staff.

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Melinda Young @fictionforreal.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Sheesh, this has turned into TOS AtarbTrek "By Any Other Name" (plus a touch of "The Exorcist"). #Svengoolie

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Melinda Young @fictionforreal.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

This has turned into The Man From UNCLE meets The Wild, Wild West. #Svengoolie

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Melinda Young @fictionforreal.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I'm here for the host segments and posts. #Svengoolie

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Melinda Young @fictionforreal.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Fight scene courtesy of "Starsky and Hutch: The Medicare Years." #Svengoolie

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Melinda Young @fictionforreal.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The only other movie I've seen with Robert Hutton is "Destination: Tokyo," 1943. In a TCM short, he recalled Cary Grant complained bitterly about "the kid's" (Hutton) many good shots when in fact he was the one who recommended them. Hazing, Hollywood style! #Svengoolie

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Melinda Young @fictionforreal.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Nothing goes better with cheap-effects SciFi than British 1960s semi-spy music! #Svengoolie

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Melinda Young @fictionforreal.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

YouTube's closed captioning has expanded my horizons & opened my eyes to what I've been missing #2: All this time I thought the French were in the kitchen perfecting their nouveau cuisine. God bless the French - they take everything to the next level. #AltonBrownCooksFood @altonbrown.bsky.social

Chef Alton Brown reads from a giant cookbook in front of an overflowing library of cookbooks. The closed captioning says: "Finally flinging off the hegemony of French nude cuisine...."

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Melinda Young @fictionforreal.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

YouTube's closed captioning has expanded my horizons & opened my eyes to what I've been missing #1: Henceforth in my kitchen a loaf of the American comfort food of spiced ground meat & friends previously identified as meatloaf will be known as Beatlo. #AltonBrownCooksFood @altonbrown.bsky.social

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Melinda Young @fictionforreal.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I'm sending this out into the universe & hoping it will find the right person. If you know a Melinda Bea who plans to cruise, tell her to call Royal Caribbean *immediately* because I'm getting her emails. I alerted RC, but they say it's on her to notice & call. Please repost 'til we find her. TIA!

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Melinda Young @fictionforreal.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Oh, boy. Trilogy of Terror. Again. Have fun with that, everyone else. #Svengoolie

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