vanillalime

While digging around for

oz_daily pictures, I stumbled upon a really interesting old (2001) article about Oz from The New York Times. It talks about the show's upcoming fifith season, and how they had to move production from Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood to Bayonne, New Jersey.

The Inmates of 'Oz' Move Into a New Emerald City

And I got so excited over the hands-down bestest part of the whole article, which was this:

[While filming the new season,] Mr. Winters, along with most of the other cast members, caught a ride in the ''Oz'' van, which shuttled between Manhattan and Bayonne several times a day. (Residents of the West Village might have noticed a group of familiar-looking felons loitering on a corner at 6 in the morning, five days a week.)

Because, ohmygod, YOU GUYS, can you imagine OZ CARPOOL KARAOKE?!!

All of a sudden, I want all this fic where the Ozzies (either the actors or their Oz counterparts) are all driving somewhere together and either singing songs, or fighting over what radio station to listen to, or bitching about the driver's driving skills, or commenting about the scenery outside, or whatever. Because that would be hilariously OZSOME.

That quote might also help explain this old picture:

And THEN, there was this little mention in the article:

Between takes, Robert Clohessy (Officer Murphy) got a friendly back rub from a transvestite,

Which, ooooo!!! A Murphy/Fiona rarepair! Someone needs to do this!