The Great Wishy Woz is a radio play that parodied the Oz story (1939 film version) for a Christian audience. It was produced by Focus on the Family for their Adventures in Odyssey series, a Christian radio program, and originally aired in two parts in 2000.
In this version, Manny Kin, Metal Guy, and Mystical Mountain Lion, figures adapted from the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion respectively, pursue self-improvement in the form of "smarts", love, and power. Dotty (Dorothy) only wants to find a way back home, and eventually finds it down a path none of the others are willing to follow.
Many of the elements of Oz are present in altered form:
- Toto is Nono
- the Yellow Brick Road is the Big Fat Road
- the Emerald City is the Really, Really Green and Environmentally Correct City
- the Wizard of Oz is the Great Wishy Woz
- the Wicked Witch of the West is the Wicked and Mean and Generally Not Very Nice Woman
- Glinda is the Fairy Oddmother.
John Fornof wrote the script.
 Oz Plays | ||
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| The Wizard of Oz (1902) • Prince Silverwings (1904; abortive) • The Woggle-Bug (1905) • Fairylogue and Radio-Plays (1908) • Mortal for an Hour (1908) • The Girl from Oz (1909-1912) • The Tik-Tok Man of Oz (1913) • A Day in Oz, or Scraps from Oz (1924) • The Wizard of Oz (1942) • The Wiz (1974) • The Marvelous Land of Oz (1981) • The Great Wishy Woz (2000) • The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (2000) • Wicked: The Untold Story of the Witches of Oz (2003) • The Wizard of Oz (2008) • The Wizard of Oz (2011) • The Woodsman (2012) • O Mágico Di Ó (2020) • The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz (2022) • O Mágico de Oz (2023) • Christmas in the Land of Oz (???) • Dorothy in Wonderland (???) • Oz! (???) • The Magical Land of Oz (???) • The Wizard of Oz: Young Performers Edition (???) • The Wicked Witch of the Old West (???) • The Wizard of Oz (???) • The Wizard of Oz (???) | ||