Wizard of Oz References - The Movie

Wizard of Oz References ...you get one everyday.

Have you ever been watching a sports report and, perhaps the team you follow has lost a game, but now has a home game, and the sports reporter says "ahhh but there's no place like home," or thats the headline in the sports page the next day.   How MANY times have you been reading abut something, or watching a movie or TV show, or heard on a radio commercial "We're not in Kansas anymore," when someone wants to describe a situation thats not normal.    How many times has someone lacking in size or a baby been playfully referred to as a "munchkin."   Some of these are used so often its easy to see why the most used pop culture reference is The Wizard of Oz, and others blow past you a little less noticable.  Here is the ever growing list of things you can look for so you too can realize that if you have daily contact with media including but not limited to TV, newspaper, radio, magazines, advertising, internet and more, you get a daily Wizard of Oz reference.   

Now here's the video

You Get A Wizard Of Oz Reference Everyday

The Wizard Of Oz References
"You get a Wizard Of Oz reference almost everyday of your life"
If you read a magazine, check out a newspaper, watch some tv, go for a drive and hear the radio or notice a billboard ad, rent a movie, or just enjoy a random conversation, you get a Wizard of Oz reference every day of your life ..well almost ..and I am willing to be for every day you don't, you get a few to make up for it another day.  They come up all the time in oh so many ways. 
 Any of these and more "count"

...over the rainbow
somewhere over the rainbow ..the words spoken or the music played
munchkin ..such as a small person referred to as a munchkin ...used often in sports analogies
and your little dog too
and to-to too ?
we're not in kansas anymore 
auntie em
tin man / cowardly lion / scarecrow used in context of someone without a brain
the recognizable music for miss gulch (when she is on the bike)
wicked witch
are you a good witch or a bad witch
horse of a different color
no place like home
red slippers / ruby slippers
the witch is dead ...or even an hanging "ding dong" is a reference in certain contexts
come out come out wherever you are
the lollipop guild / the lullabye league
"when life drops a house on you" reference
any green faced witch
I'm melting
my preeeetttttyyyyy
emerald city
it's always best to start at the beginning
people come and go so quickly here
If I only had a brain / a heart / some nerve
Lions and Tigers and Bears
...and what would you do with a  brain if you had one?
because of the wonderful things he does
paaaaahhhhpies  (poppies)
Surrender Dorothy   (or surrender __ written in the sky in that context)
well bust my buttons
man behind the curtain
a place like oz/ land of oz /
I am the great and powerful oz
Witch Theme "the old one"
most references to flying monkees
many judy garland references in context
references to spin off movies such as "the wiz" or the miniseries "tin man"
Wicked (the play)
Ease on down the road