willy wonka

willy wonka for me. he must eat more acid than anyone.

AgentWood wrote: willy wonka for me. he must eat more acid than anyone.

and he has money and chocolate

Charlie and grandpa always got on my nerves, so did all the other kids... I loved Wonka because he let the kids get thier just desserts and was never too concerned when it happened...

My favorite scene is when the kids are standing outside the factory, then Riff Raff lets them in and all the Oompa Loompas are doing the Time Warp, then Willy Wonka shows up in a corset and fishnets.

Did the author of the books ever present any history or explanation of who the Oompa Loompas were, and why they serve Willy Wonka? Mutants that have been created by Willy Wonka's failed candy experiments? Dwarf slaves decended from mole men?

The origin of the little fellows is clearly explained in the book.

Cleverarse wrote: The origin of the little fellows is clearly explained in the book.

yes..

and?

is this googleable? or do we have to read it?

I also want to know how James got such a massive peach..

Im movin to the country gonna eat a lot of peaches Movin to the country gonna eat a lot of peaches

I took a little nap where the roots all twist Squished a rotten peach in my fist And dreamed about you woman I poked my finger down inside makin a little room for a ant to hide Natures candy in my hand or can or a pie

Millions of peaches peaches for me Millions of peaches peaches for free

veruca salt is easily the best.

Dodjem wrote:

AgentWood wrote: willy wonka for me. he must eat more acid than anyone.

and he has money and chocolate

I do like both; chocolate is much easier to get:):).

Mike Teevee.

He was a bit like my concience when I was a kid.

The closest thing I had, anyway.

I once dressed up as an oompah loompah

in the burton remake i like the squirrels best.

true story.

From Wikipedia ...

"In fiction, the Oompa-Loompas were first featured in Roald Dahl's 1964 children's book, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The original book first portrayed Oompa-Loompas as black pygmies from "the very deepest and darkest part of the African jungle where no white man had been before". The Oompa-Loompas natural enemy is the whangdoodle, an ambiguous but terrible monster. After the book's U.S. release, complaints of racism caused Dahl to rewrite the characters as dwarves with "golden-brown hair" and "rosy-white" skin."

gene wilder, the legitimately threatening wonka.

i like the oompa loompas. i like wind as well.

0_o wrote: From Wikipedia ...

The Oompa-Loompas natural enemy is the whangdoodle, an ambiguous but terrible monster.

My favourite ever childhood book was "The last of the really great Whangdoodle's", written by Julie Andrews (Yes, THE Julie Andrews)

The Whangdoodle's are peaceful!

If any of you NOOLers have kids, I highly recommend this book.