Kurt Raymond

An Official Interview

Kurt Raymond is widely acknowledged as the Master Oz Impressionist. He has been given that title and for good reason too! He can impression the voices of the Scarecrow, the Lion, the Tin Man, and even... the Witch ! He has been acting for well over 10 years and performs regularly with a Judy Garland impersonator as Dorothy.

This is the VERY FIRST audio interview that Kurt has given that is online! I was honored to actually be the first person to do this on behalf of my site, Videos For The Family. Kurt has had a love for the M-G-M 1939 movie "The Wizard of Oz", ever since he was young. He has loved the books growing up as a child and is just thrilled to work in such a fun and exciting career. He has preformed live at the Greek Theater in CA. They were also part of Warner Brother's Official "Wizard of Oz" sing along tour. Kurt says it is "no fun to play evil", and it's very true !

Kurt also on occasion, does publicity work for Warner Brothers for "The Wizard of Oz" film.

Kurt shares about his experiences performing, and even gives all of his Oz impressions, for the VERY FIRST time online! Among other things, Kurt talks about how he was asked to be a part of the Oz documentary "The Legacy of Oz", which is featured on "The Wizard of Oz", 3 Collectors Disc set release from 2005 and also the newly restored Blu-Ray Ultimiate Collectors Edition that was released on September 29th, 2009. You'll feel that you actually hearing the voices from the original movie...but you're not it's only Kurt Raymond. Kurt has also worked behind the scenes on a number of occasions working with Wizard of Oz stage plays and brings much excitement to all of those who hear and see him perform life.

There is always much more to say on Kurt and his work, but find out for yourself and start listening to the interview below! This interview I have done with Kurt was full of excitement, entertainment and above all quality family entertainment for ALL ages ! Just don't get too scared when you hear Kurt's impressions. Remember...he's only just pretending! Thank you, so much Kurt for everything in your time spent doing this. You're a great guy. I think it was really cool, in the time Kurt spent during this interview. Kurt told me that he told all of his friends to not call him for a few hours, during the evening he and I were working. He didn't want any interruptions, which I thought really nice of him to do what he did!

This interview was recorded on December 29th 2005.

You can also check out a panel with Kurt and his friends from the BeyondTheRainbow2Oz.com web site at: http://www.videosforfamily.com/beyondtherainbowpanel.htm.

This panel was produced in August of 2008 and features not only Kurt but Elaine Willingham who is the owner of the company and Beyond The Rainbow To Oz web site and Stephen Sisters who is also involved with the company and friends with Kurt.

Kurt was asked to paint this queue line mural exclusively for a local Los Angeles Theme Park in 2007.