Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Fans!

[stinkerbelle]

S C R A M

so utterly random! heheheh
I'm still reading it...they are still in orbit. hehehe

 

[DemonLlama]

Square Candies That Look Round

. . .Charlie saw a long table, and on the table there were rows and rows of small white square-shaped candies. The candy looked very much like square sugar lumps -- except that each of them had a funny little pink face painted on one side. At the end of the table, a number of Oompa-Loompas were busily painting more faces on the candies.

"There you are!" cried Mr. Wonka. "Square candies that look round!"

"They don't look round to me," said Mike Teavee.

"They look square," said Veruca Salt. "They look completely square."

"But they are square," said Mr. Wonka. "I never said they weren't."

"You said they were round!" said Veruca Salt.

"I never said anything of the sort," said Mr. Wonka. "I said they looked round."

"But they don't look round," said Veruca Salt. "The look square!"

"They look round," insisted Mr. Wonka.

"They most certainly do not look round!" cried Veruca Salt.

"Veruca, darling," said Mrs. Salt, "pay no attention to Mr. Wonka! He's lying to you!"

"My dear old fish," said Mr. Wonka, "go and boil your head!"

"How dare you speak to me like that!" shouted Mrs. Salt.

"Oh do shut up," said Mr. Wonka. "Now watch this!" He took a key from his pocket, and unlocked the door, and flung it open . . .and sudddenly . . . at the sound of the door opening, all the rows and rows of little square candies looked quickly round to see who was coming in. The tiny faces actually turned toward the door and stared at Mr. Wonka.

"There you are! he cried triumphantly. "They looking round! There's no argument about it! They are square candies that look round!"

 

[DemonLlama]

Nobody . . . ever . . . comes. . .out. . .

and nobody. . . ever. . . goes. . . in . .

 

[DemonLlama]

Hmmm.

Maybe the same should be said about this thread. . .

 

[tiggerwannabe]

I'm here, lurking...

and enjoying all the little snippits of book you're giving us

I still haven't made it to the library...DD says we have the book but has no idea where [size=-2]I have enough books in my little house to fill a library...it'd probably be easier to find at the local library [/size]

 

[stinkerbelle]

ok finished "the great glass elevator"

let us all pray that this is never...ever...ever....EVER...made into a movie.

minusland. heheh

what a WACKY imagination that man had...

 

[DemonLlama]

"I'm a gumchewer, normally," she shouted, "but when I heard about these ticket things of Mr. Wonka's, I laid off the gum and switched to candy bars in the hope of striking lucky. Now, of course, I'm right back on gum. I just adore gum. I can't do without it. I munch it all day long except for a few minutes at mealtimes when I take it our and stick it behind my ear for safekeeping. To tell you the honest truth, I simply wouldn't feel comfortable if I didn't have that little wedge of gum to chew on every moment of the day, I really wouldn't. My mother says it's not ladylike and it looks ugly to see a girl's jaws going up and down like mine do all the time, but I dono't agree. And who's she to criticize, anyway, becuase if you ask me, I'd say that her jaws are going up and down almost as much as mine are just from yelling at me every minute of the day.

"Now Violet, " Mrs. Beauregarde said from a far corner of the room where she was standing on the piano to avoid being trampled by the mob.

"All right, Mother, keep your hair on!" Miss Beauregarde shouted, "And now" she went on, turning to the reporters again, "it may interest you to know that this piece of gum I'm chewing right at this moment is one I've been working on for over three months solid. That's a record, that is. It's beaten the record held by my best friend, Mrs. Cornelia Prinzmetel. And was she mad! It's my most treasured possession now, this piece of gum is. At nights, I just stick it on the end of the bedpost and it's as good as ever in the mornings -- a bit hard at first, maybe, but it soon softens up again after I've given it a few good chews. Before I started chewing for the world record, I used to change my piece of gum once a day. I used to do it in our elevator on the way home from school Why the elevator? Because I liked sticking the gooey piece that I'd just finished with on to one of the elevator buttons. Then the next person who came along and pressed the button got my old gum on the end of his or her finger. Ha-ha! And what a racket they kicked up, some of them. You get the best reults with women who have expensive gloves on. . ."



Coming soon: Violet's Oompa Loompa song!

 

[DemonLlama]

Dear friends, we surely all agree
There's almost nothing worse to see
Than some repulsive little bum
Who's always chewing chewing gum.
(It's very near as bad as those
Who site around and pick the nose).
So please believe us when we say
That chewing gum will never pay;
This sticky habit's bound to send
The chewer to a sticky end.
Did any of you ever know
A person called Miss Bigelow?
This deadful woman saw no wrong
In chewing, chewing all day long.
She chewed while bathing in the tub,
She chewed while dancing at her club,
She chewed in church and on the bus,
It really was quite ludicrous!
And when she couldn't find her gum,
She's chew up the linoleum,
Or anything that happened near --
A pair of boots, the postman's ear,
Or other people's underclothes,
And once she chewed her boyfriend's nose.
She went on chewing till, at last,
Her chewing muscles grew so vast
That from her face her giant chin
Stuck out just like a violin.
For years and years she chewed away,
Consuming fifty packs a day,
Until one summer's eve, alas,
A horrid business came to pass.
Miss Bigelow went late to bed
For half an hour she lay and read,
Chewing and chewing all the while
Like some great clockwork crocodile.
At last, she put her gum away
Upon a special little tray,
And settled back and went too sleep --
(She managed this by counting sheep).
But now, how strange! Although she slept,
Those massive jaws of hers still kept
On chewing, chewing through the night,
Even with nothing there to bite.
They were, you see, in such a groove
They positively had to move.
And very grim it was to hear
In pitchy darkness, loud and clear,
This sleeping woman's great big trap
Opening and shutting, snap-snap-snap!
Faster and faster, chop-chop-chop,
The noise went on, it wouldn't stop.
Until at last her jaws decide
To pause and open extra wide,
And with the most tremendous chew
They bit the lady's tongue in two.
Thereafter, just from chewing gum,
Miss Bigelow was always dumb,
And spent her life shut up in some
Disgusting sanitorium.
And that is why we'll try so hard
To save Miss Violet Beauregarde
From suffering an equal fate.
She's still quite young. It's not too late,
Provided she survives the cure.
We hope she does. We can't be sure.


. . ."They'll dejuice her in no time flat!" declared Mr. Wonka. "They'll roll her into the de-juicing machine, and she'll come out just as thin as a whistle!"

"But will she still be blue all over?" asked Charlie.

She'll be purple!" cried Mr. Wonka. "A fine rich purple from head to toe. But there you are! That's what comes from chewing disgusting gum all day long!

"If you think gum is so disgusting," said Mike Teavee, "then why do you make it in your factory?"

"I do wish you wouldn't mumble," said Mr. Wonka. . .

 

[KMH1]

I'm bumping this thread, because everytime I see the trailer for this movie, I get giddy! I can't wait to see it!!!

And DemonLlama, I love your signature pics of weeble Mickey. I used to have the Weeble Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, but alas, I think my mom sold it in a yard sale. These new weebles that DD has are not the same!!!

Amy

 

[DemonLlama]

Thanks! My beloved Weebles were left behind when my parents moved while I was in college and got rid of all my childhood toys. I've only been reunited since eBay came on the scene.

I have the Magic Kingdom playset where Mickey, Donald, Goofy, Pluto, Pooh, Tigger, Christopher Robin, Billy and Karen the Mouseketeers all play. The treehouse and Haunted House are now the Swiss Family Treehouse and Haunted Mansion in keeping with the theme.


And since this is my Charlie Thread, here is a bit of the interview with Johnny Depp in the Nickelodeon magazine that came in the mail today:

Did you read C & the C Factory as a kid?

Unfortunately, I'd read the book after I had already seen the original version of the movie. Looking back, it would have been nicer to have experienced Roald Dahl's book before viewing someone else's interpretation.


What did you think of the first of the first movie?

When I was a kid, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory was an annnual television event and we never missed it. I remember loving the film and pareticularly Gene Wilder. I still adore him. He's an amazing actor! I have watched it with my own kids in recent yers, but I ent out of my way not to see it once I knew I'd be doing the film. I didn't want to be too influenced by Gene Wilder's performance.


What inspired your Willy Wonka?

A combination of personalities of a game show host and a children's program presenter. His persona comes of fear and insecurity. . .the notion that if Wonka was uncomforatble with himself, he would build walls to hide behind.

Two more weeks!!!

 

[KMH1]

Well, I may have to buy some original weebles off Ebay one of these days!

Johnny Depp is on the cover of the lastest Entertainment Weekly. It's a very informative article. Apparently Gene Wilder is not happy about this remake at all, but I can't wait!!!

Amy

 

[trappednabox]

Johnny Depp is on the cover of the lastest Entertainment Weekly. It's a very informative article. Apparently Gene Wilder is not happy about this remake at all, but I can't wait!!!

Amy

My new issue hasn't come yet! Hope it gets here soon!

 

[stinkerbelle]

Does anyone else have HBO? Last night at 7:45 they showed a "first look" at CATCF. (can I shorted it to that?)

It look visually AMAZING! I'm gonna have to get used to Depp's portrayal I think though...he takes a "weird" bend on it (in true Dahl fashion)...I guess Gene Wilder was just a bit too soft spoken/kind hearted and is clouding my vision. hehehe