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yet unlike, say, "catch-22" or the also frequently mangled "You're going to need a bigger boat," the saying hasn't superseded its source, no matter how many times it's been said (as evident in the amount of times Toto and Dorothy are brought up alongside it).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

[KilPattrick]

@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.

[wakeupmaggie]

Nice.

...and thanks for the Farscape cut.

[wakeupmaggie]

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.

[Lindsay]

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.

[Erin]

Thanks, Rich. Repost. Being a Kansan, I kinda have to.

[StarrFish]

F*cking brilliant!

[Max]

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.

[Gwen]

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!

[Scott L.]

Can you please do a "throw me under the bus" supercut? I think that gets used in every episode of every competitive reality show.

[herveleger]

Everything is good thing.
Want anything.

[skin cancer treatments Los Angeles]

Thank you very much for the post. This is a pretty good post. Keep posting such interesting topics. Cheers.

[mandy]

this is beautiful and perfect.

[Gurn Blanston]

Above the Law

[Generic Viagra]

You portrayed the topic well.. Especially the concluding paragraph and the mid section made a good read... keep posting...All the best.

[Laurel]

Could you please include the seasons and episodes the TV show clips are from?

[Josh]

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!

[Elise]

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!

[Juicy Couture On Sale]

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.

[MJ]

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.

[WROCK]

RICH, I HATE YOU FOR NOT RECAPPING ANTM EPISODES ANYMORE!!!!

[WROCK]

RICH, I HATE YOU FOR NOT RECAPPING ANTM EPISODES ANYMORE!!!

[WROCK]

RICH, I HATE YOU FOR NOT RECAPPING ANTM EPISODES ANYMORE!!

[Cimara]

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!

[kate welsh]

Now, kansas has become a more perplexing word.

[custom logo design]

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.