- they auction off what is supposedly the last box of Wonka bars in the UK.
Yet the candy shop has another bar to sell Charlie. (He makes a comment
that he doesn't have to hide them away anymore, but why would he have been
hiding them? Obviously not in hopes of finding a ticket, or else he already
would have looked through them.)

- IIRC, in the book Charlie had a father on the scene. Anyone know why he
would have been dropped in the movie? In the book, was the dad dissed for
the grandfather when it came time to picking a companion for Charlie for the
factory tour?

When you get done with Dahl (children and non-children's works),
Gaiman's _Coraline_ will be coming out as a movie soon.

Welcome to the beastly world of Roald Dahl (who somehow knew what
10-yo.'s REALLY like in a story, long before *he* even knew that he
knew, let alone the rest of us)-- ^_^
Try a bit of "Matilda" as a chaser, Danny DeVito style.

On Mon, 05 May 2008 22:35:13 GMT, Derek Janssen
ejanss1 at (no spam) nospam.verizon.net> wrote:


Welcome to the beastly world of Roald Dahl (who somehow knew what
10-yo.'s REALLY like in a story, long before *he* even knew that he
knew, let alone the rest of us)-- ^_^
Try a bit of "Matilda" as a chaser, Danny DeVito style.

When you get done with Dahl (children and non-children's works),
Gaiman's _Coraline_ will be coming out as a movie soon.

Being "behind it" still doesn't answer my question.  He had no way of
knowing who'd buy the tickets - adults or children.  It would have been very
easy for him to simply state that the winning tickets were for children.

Charlie isn't in the UK. He's in some weird country where the teachers
have English accents and the chocolate factories are German looking.

Mmmm. It's the UK.

Slughworth was immediately on hand when ALL the golden tickets were
opened.
Obviously he knew where all the tickets were and just hung out there.

When it comes to Willie & His Chocolate Wonka, you sure know your
stuff!

If this seems obvious to you, then perhaps you missed the original context
of my reply.

"Magnus, Robot Fighter" <Me at (no spam) Key.com> wrote in message
news:dunu145h1vmoqth74fmgdgm07c3neacke6 at (no spam) 4ax.com...
- they auction off what is supposedly the last box of Wonka bars in the
UK.
Yet the candy shop has another bar to sell Charlie. (He makes a comment
that he doesn't have to hide them away anymore, but why would he have been
hiding them? Obviously not in hopes of finding a ticket, or else he
already
would have looked through them.)

Charlie isn't in the UK. He's in some weird country where the teachers
have English accents and the chocolate factories are German looking.

Mmmm. It's the UK.

- Wonka was looking specifically for children, not adults, for his factory
tour. Yet, chocolate bars were for sale to anyone, and in fact were
probably more likely to be found by an adult than a child if you think
about
it. This doesn't really make any sense.


Wonka was behind the curtain in the entire film...absoloutly
everything...EVERYTHING...

Being "behind it" still doesn't answer my question. He had no way of
knowing who'd buy the tickets - adults or children.

Being "behind it" still doesn't answer my question. He had no way of
knowing who'd buy the tickets - adults or children. It would have been
very
easy for him to simply state that the winning tickets were for children.

Well, in the book, he did say that - in the newspaper.
Don't remember exactly how it was phrased in the movie.

I guess I missed it . . . ? But I think it's great you know all this
info about Charlie & His Chocolate Willie.

I guess I missed it . . . ? But I think it's great you know all this
info about Charlie & His Chocolate Willie.

* plonk *

I think that's the first time I've been plonked.

Welcome to the club ..

And, on a similar note, he only finds the ticket when--DINGDING!!
FAIRYTALE KARMA ALERT!!--finds he has enough change to decide to buy
another bar for Grandpa.

Michael O'Connor wrote:

Yes, but the bar that had the ticket in it that Charlie bought was not
available for sale, the shopkeeper had been keeping it hidden for a
special occasion. It wasn't like anybody could have went in there and
bought that bar. I think the shopkeeper was in on it for Charlie to
get the golden ticket.

Um, no:
The fake "fifth" ticket had killed the world mania overnight,