This celebrity goo was created by player Denise Sawicki.
Scott Hardie provided the source image, gooed image, and category, made minor changes to the clue provided by Denise, and wrote the explanation.

publication date: Monday, May 11, 2009 (part of Round XXXIX)

category: Movies

clue: Is it fair to expect the wonderful places of our childhood to be exactly the same when we return to them?

explanation: Balk was a movie star whose first film role was Return to Oz, which was criticized for not holding up to the original The Wizard of Oz. The word "fair" was a play on her first name. more…

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Justin Woods, and Amy Austin


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