“Toto, I have a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore!”      It’s been 70 years since those immortal words were spoken – and to commemorate that anniversary Warners Brothers  released a new, enhanced Blu-Ray version on Sept. 29.
        Growing up in the sixties, watching the ‘Wizard of Oz’ was always a hotly anticipated ritual in our home.  We were late getting a color television,  so we had a routine.  Watch the first half at home while eating a Sunday kind of dinner.  Then  –  a quick dash to a neighbor who had the big old fashioned wooden console color television to watch the second half  – when Dorothy steps out of her wrecked house into a land where Munchkins and Good Witches and Bad Witches live — and a Yellow Brick Road beckoned to a world of magic.
      The new Blu-Ray digitalized version released by Warner Bros. to commemorate the anniversary and shown on a big screen in Central Park Tuesday night after the concert is gloriously vivid and clear.
    And with all the clarity, you see how crafty and resourceful that crazy dog Toto was after all.  The Wicked Witch is still scary, Glinda still glitters and the Scarecrow is still the Smartest One of Them All.
    Seeing it once more – up there in all its Blu-Ray radiance, You fall in love, all over again.
    Netflix  is offering free streaming of the film on Oct. 3.