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I loved the Broadway musical version of The Wiz. (We shall not speak of the movie.)

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OK. No Speaking.

Don't need to when there's a picture that says it all...

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Originally posted by Lisa:
They really ran it?

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Back in the late 70s, a woman involved in producing TV specials for one of the networks called Ellison up, laughing so hard she couldn't contain herself. She hung up, took a few minutes to compose herself, then called back to tell the story she meant to tell the first time. One of the other people in the building had popped into her office with what he claimed was the greatest idea of the year, something that would win the November sweeps for them.

"We do 'The Wiz' *white*!"

If you don't get why that's funny, then you're part of the population that Ellison was bemoaning. He told this story to a college audience of hundreds, and no one got it.

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Originally posted by sndrake:
I take it back.

A picture just isn't enough.

Not when you really CAN find just about anything on YouTube.

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Stephen, I love you.

I haven't heard that song in years. But when I was an angsty teenager, it was absolutely one of my favorites. I also adored The Wiz (the movie), partly because I was huge fan of both Diana Ross and Michael Jackson.

I still really like the song.

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