Sometimes a moment is made not by the movie itself, but by what goes on around it. This is why I am bringing to light a moment from The Wizard of Oz that only I, and perhaps one of my friends, can understand or remember, but it deserves to be mentioned. This occurred during one of the many showings of the movie on network television many, many years ago. I don’t know why this has stuck with me through the years, but it has become something I say, or think, each time a particular moment of the movie appears. It takes place right after Dorothy leaves Professor Marvel to go back home, and he sees the storm is coming. Right after his line about hoping she gets home safely, they went to a commercial for Clear eyes, so this is what I, an impressionable youngster, got stuck in my head:
“Poor little kid, hope she gets home all right.”
“When eyes are red, and dry, use clear eyes.”
Now, somehow that has become locked into my head, so that every time I hear Professor Marvel’s line, I hear Ben Stein talking about Clear Eyes. I will say that I have no idea what he says after that line, but it just always seemed to naturally flow into the commercial, which has now made the two forever connected in my mind.
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