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yet unlike, say, "catch-22" or the also frequently mangled "You're going to need a bigger boat," the saying hasn't superseded its source, no matter how many times it's been said (as evident in the amount of times Toto and Dorothy are brought up alongside it).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!
- The Wizard of Oz
- Sex and the City 2
- Spring Break
- South Beach Academy
- Entourage
- Talons of the Eagle
- Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
- Population 436
- Inkheart
- Highway to Hell
- Crocodile
- Passport to Paris
- New York Minute
- The Ben Stiller Show
- Married...with Children
- Stargate SG-1
- Criminal Minds
- Captain Planet and the Planeteers
- Sliders
- Grey's Anatomy
- Ghosts of the Abyss
- Brothers at War
- Mysterious Skin
- Swingers
- Fat Actress
- Spiders
- The Man with the Screaming Brain
- Blonde Ambition
- Lifepod
- Supernatural
- Lois and Clark
- Pretender
- Supergator
- Trancers 4
- Camp Slaughter
- Vamp
- Alien Species
- Sailor Moon
- Swamp Thing
- Iron Eagle II
- Little Shop of Horrors
- The Matrix
- Fanscape
- Smallville
- Jack of All Trades
- Avatar
- Volcano
- CSI: Miami
- Real Time with Bill Maher
- Happy Town
- Gilmore Girls
- Bones
- Scooby Doo and the Loch Ness Monster
- Anamaniacs
- America's Next Top Model
- Ugly Betty
- Shutter Island
- Stargate SG-1
@Robert
Nah, not really. Supercuts and HSN slices aren't exactly commentary.
I'm talking about his crap music and movie reviews that are generally over-blown hyperbole in order to counter general rave reviews. For just one example, did you read his Body Talk review? It just comes off as petty rather than actually making an attempt to review the thing.
Posted by: KilPattrick | December 17, 2010 at 02:28 PM
Nice.
...and thanks for the Farscape cut.
Posted by: wakeupmaggie | December 17, 2010 at 02:33 PM
Wow. I'm remedial. I didn't know you had a VH1 gig. Way to go?
Dude. How did I even find you? I totally need to stop staying up all night watching TV and web surfing.
Posted by: wakeupmaggie | December 17, 2010 at 02:40 PM
This is very distracting from someone who actually lives in Kansas. Plus, we never get to make that joke. Unless we drive to Missouri, I guess.
Posted by: Lindsay | December 17, 2010 at 06:46 PM
Thanks, Rich. Repost. Being a Kansan, I kinda have to.
Posted by: Erin | December 18, 2010 at 02:37 AM
F*cking brilliant!
Posted by: StarrFish | December 18, 2010 at 04:45 PM
Thank you for the "Gilmore Girls" "Bones" side-by-side. A lot of people confuse Alexis Bledel and Emily Deschanel; that was a great homage.
Posted by: Max | December 19, 2010 at 12:46 AM
I don't think KilPatrick is a loyal reader. Your ANTM posts get me through the weeks! Anyway, this was astounding. I'm just sorry you had to watch Sex and the City 2. That movie sucked my brain dry!
Posted by: Gwen | December 19, 2010 at 01:41 PM
Can you please do a "throw me under the bus" supercut? I think that gets used in every episode of every competitive reality show.
Posted by: Scott L. | December 20, 2010 at 03:08 AM
Everything is good thing.
Want anything.
Posted by: herveleger | December 21, 2010 at 03:47 AM
Thank you very much for the post. This is a pretty good post. Keep posting such interesting topics. Cheers.
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Posted by: mandy | December 22, 2010 at 12:24 AM
Above the Law
Posted by: Gurn Blanston | December 23, 2010 at 11:34 AM
You portrayed the topic well.. Especially the concluding paragraph and the mid section made a good read... keep posting...All the best.
Posted by: Generic Viagra | January 01, 2011 at 01:26 AM
Could you please include the seasons and episodes the TV show clips are from?
Posted by: Laurel | January 03, 2011 at 01:11 PM
LOL! I had no idea that many movies/shows referenced that line, and yes, it's weird that none of them quote it verbatim. After the first few, it was so cheese. It was enough cheese to last me through the rest of the month. Thank you!
Posted by: Josh | January 20, 2011 at 12:22 PM
This is a belated comment on an old ANTM(ish) post but I just wanted to be sure you knew that Sujan (sp?) the make up artist from ANTM is on RuPaul's Drag Race season 3 as a contestant named Raja and that he totally won the first challenge -- which was a photo challenge -- naturally!
You probably knew all this already but since you used to comment on him I thought I'd bring it up...
Cheers!
Posted by: Elise | January 24, 2011 at 10:40 PM
I'm proud of the job our development team did responding to SMUD's solicitation for proposals. They came up with a clever siting strategy and worked long hours to get all twelve projects over the finish line to meet the program deadline for applications.
Posted by: Juicy Couture On Sale | January 26, 2011 at 09:26 PM
I thought I was the only one who knew it was misquoted. I always find myself screaming 'It's "I have a FEELING..." A FEELING!' at my TV screen.
Posted by: MJ | February 07, 2011 at 04:56 PM
RICH, I HATE YOU FOR NOT RECAPPING ANTM EPISODES ANYMORE!!!!
Posted by: WROCK | March 18, 2011 at 08:24 AM
RICH, I HATE YOU FOR NOT RECAPPING ANTM EPISODES ANYMORE!!!
Posted by: WROCK | March 18, 2011 at 08:25 AM
RICH, I HATE YOU FOR NOT RECAPPING ANTM EPISODES ANYMORE!!
Posted by: WROCK | March 18, 2011 at 08:26 AM
Being from Kansas, I've always found this saying a little derogatory as if every time I'm faced with a new or challenging situation, someone reminds me I'm not in Kansas anymore. I think someone should make catch phrases for every state that is equally as irritating or demeaning so everyone can feel as slighted as I have. For those in Arkansas, derogatory means bad; not good.
Just kidding!
Posted by: Cimara | March 23, 2011 at 07:37 PM
Now, kansas has become a more perplexing word.
Posted by: kate welsh | April 06, 2011 at 11:47 PM
You really have to do a gif of ALT's rediculous rantings... Why he is an 'expert' is only only because he says he is one. Truely a case of the emperor has no clothes. Ann? Really? I guess he likes the deer in the headlights/mouthbreather look.
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