Bert Lahr was my favorite dude in the Wizard of Oz.  “Zeke” on the farm.  Sat on a tractor, just like this one, right before Dorothy fell into the wild pig pit.  What the heck was wrong with that girl, anyway?  Clumsy. Weepy. Bad fashion sense.  A bit of a whiner.  But she liked dogs.  Chalk one up for the girl in the blue dress.

Anyway, Bert Lahr was the Cowardly Lion.  “Who’s afraid?  Put ’em up.”  I love that guy.

But on to it… “The Wizard of Oz” premiered at Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Hollywood, on this date, but way back in 1939.  What a day that was.  What a day.