Not in Kansas Anymore: a supercut

Above is the fruit of a few months of work: various instances of people saying something close to, "We're not in Kansas anymore." Despite the fact that no one gets the original line from the The Wizard of Oz completey right ("Toto, I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore"), it nonetheless evokes that film every time it's said. What's interesting to me about that is that it's at cliche status at this point, yet unlike, say, "catch-22" or the also frequently mangled "You're going to need a bigger boat," the saying hasn't superseded its source, no matter how many times it's been said (as evident in the amount of times Toto and Dorothy are brought up alongside it). It's pretty amazing how tenacious a hold Oz still has on pop culture (I find myself referencing it constantly, and not just in the "Kansas" way).

A full list of the movies and TV shows included in this clip are below. Supercut spoiler alert!

1. The Wizard of Oz
2. Sex and the City 2
3. Spring Break
4. South Beach Academy
5. Entourage
6. Talons of the Eagle
7. Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
8. Population 436
9. Inkheart
10. Highway to Hell
11. Crocodile
12. Passport to Paris
13. New York Minute
14. The Ben Stiller Show
15. Married...with Children
16. Stargate SG-1
17. Criminal Minds
18. Captain Planet and the Planeteers
19. Sliders
20. Grey's Anatomy
21. Ghosts of the Abyss
22. Brothers at War
23. Mysterious Skin
24. Swingers
25. Fat Actress
26. Spiders
27. The Man with the Screaming Brain
28. Blonde Ambition
29. Lifepod
30. Supernatural
31. Lois and Clark
32. Pretender
33. Supergator
34. Trancers 4
35. Camp Slaughter
36. Vamp
37. Alien Species
38. Sailor Moon
39. Swamp Thing
40. Iron Eagle II
41. Little Shop of Horrors
42. The Matrix
43. Fanscape
44. Smallville
45. Jack of All Trades
46. Avatar
47. Volcano
48. CSI: Miami
49. Real Time with Bill Maher
50. Happy Town
51. Gilmore Girls
52. Bones
53. Scooby Doo and the Loch Ness Monster
54. Anamaniacs
55. America's Next Top Model
56. Ugly Betty
57. Shutter Island
58. Stargate SG-1

Comments

[Ben]

Watch: two days from now, this will be posted by some mainstream media source, uncredited. It's almost predictable at this point.

[Kimberly]

You are so seriously awesome - always.

[torrinpaige]

Epic. Also? I've now heard "Kansas" so many times in a row that it doesn't even sound like a real word anymore. :o)

[Vanessa M]

And to think I considered this phrase tired when I heard it in an ad for Avatar. Now I'm wondering if Cameron also threw in "Don't go there" and "That's what she said" too (still sick of that movie even though I haven't seen it yet.)

I can't imagine the mountain of shit you had to view to pan out these nuggets.

[AL]

There should be signs on the highways when you leave Kansas that say "Kansas: You're not here anymore."

[Momo]

Kansas is one of those words that sound stranger the more times you hear it.

[That Neil Guy]

I need to look for a "Let's get out of here!" montage. I suspect it would encompass even more films...

[sam]

That was brilliant. And good point about it not having superseded its source. I found that not only is Kansas one of those 'stranger when repeated' words but so is anymore. Played with my mind.

[Evan]

Office Space

[Fred]

So. Very. Amazing.
Thank you!

[Landers]

Captain Planet, then immediately John Rhys-Davies followed later by Sailor Moon and Nerdphoria!

[Shirley Yuvherduvmy]

This is a day of independence for all the Munchkins and their descendants!

[stephanie]

this is incredible. how did you even manage to do it? from memory? because that would kind of give you rain man status.

[Adam]

Incredible work. Should you ever feel the urge to make a sequel, there is totally one in the first 5 minutes of "The Secret of My Success" that's ripe for the picking.

[Mike]

So who did the cover of 'In high Places'?

[Irene]

It's the feel-good Supercut of 2010! Amazingness. And you included my guilty pleasure, Farscape? Like whoa.

[Tina]

I was recently reminded today that another supercut should involve the phrase, "But I didn't know you were a _____" and "You never asked!" and all of it's variations.

[MB]

Oh, what a world.

[Tracy]

I totally appreciate your editing abilities, watching that plant cop a feel filled me with sunshine.
My favorite Oz quote is NOT NO WAY, NOT NO HOW, and I find an excuse to say it at least once a day.

[Stephanie]

This is the best one yet. I love it so much.

[KilPattrick]

Please stick to content like this, it's always very interesting. On the other hand, your commentary on current pop culture is generally worthless and off-base. You seem to be able to find gems from the past and resurface them, but with current pop items, you just dismiss them as valueless regardless of the actual merit.

[faye]

lol love this video.

I dunno if you knew this or not but I"m going to assume you did, but just in case, in "Mysterious Skin," she was actually being literal... they were actually from Kansas, lol. But I guess it's still funny because even though it's literal it fits so well with the cliche. Which was probably why you put it in. :D

[Joy]

Amazeballs.

[Aldis]

You're amazing! Thanks.

[Robert]

KilPatrick obviously ignores all commentary on reality TV, concert DVDs, HSN, and TV interviews on this site. And, you know, your day job over at VH1.

Great job on the supercut. I might make it homework for my theater students who just don't get that saying or singing every line with the exact same inflection regardless of context isn't good acting. This'll learn'em good.