o 27 cantations of the witch doctor."27 Diana Winn Levine suggests that ting tang are the magic words and walla walla bing bang mean the magic is over.28 Oozita (see also atizoo) In Literature: In the BBC Puppet Theatre production Tunnel Trouble (1976) by Gordon Murray, Oozita is believed to be an Open Sesame-type magic word: weatherspoon: I've been thinking! If you were a magician, and you had built yourself a secret tunnel, how would you arrange for the entrances to open and close? rufus: Ah . . . ooh-ah .. . weatherspoon: Well, I'll tell you! You'd have a magic word, like 'Open Sesame,' in The Arabian Nights. rufus: Ooh yes, Weatherspoon! weatherspoon: Well look, Sire! The old stone, opposite Am pumpo's main entrance. Carved on the corner, a word, do you see!? Could it be the magic word? Carved by Ampumpo so he couldn't forget it? narrator: Weatherspoon pushed aside a clump of weeds and a brick, and pointed out the letters. . . . weatherspoon: (slowly spelling) O, O, 'Zed,' I, T, A. rufus: Go on, Weatherspoon! Say it! weatherspoon: Oozita! narrator: They all looked around. Nothing happened! Open Sesame Open Sesame! . . . as enticing as ever. -- Victoria Morna, Younger by the Day (2004) Open sesame. Anyone who knew that word must have a head full of many fascinating things. -- Harriet Rubin, Soloing (1999) Mystique: Magic words are classically associated with opening doors.29 They are the keys for unlocking barriers, dissolving obstacles, revealing 27 Bob McCann, "The Declension Song" (200 ) 28 "Funny 50s and Silly 60s Activity Worksheet" (2005) 29 As in The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas (1845): "We examined the grotto all over, but we never could find the slightest trace of any opening; they say that the door is not opened by a key, but a magical word."