Top 10 Willy Wonka Facts That Will RUIN Your Childhood

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The dark facts will leave you disturbed. For this list, we’ll be going over trivia and other knowledge about “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory” that may change the way you view the 1971 film, or else that are just interesting. Our countdown of "Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory" facts that will ruin your childhood includes Roald Dahl Disowned the Film, Nazi Golden Ticket Winner, The Chocolate River Wasn’t Chocolate, and more!
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  • @WatchMojo
    @WatchMojo6 ай бұрын

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  • @danielsantiagourtado3430

    @danielsantiagourtado3430

    6 ай бұрын

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  • @WatchMojo

    @WatchMojo

    6 ай бұрын

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  • @cedgson91

    @cedgson91

    6 ай бұрын

    Literally just watched Wonka today Perfect timing 😂

  • @Reaperguy67

    @Reaperguy67

    6 ай бұрын

    ​@@danielsantiagourtado3430 totally agree. Been subscribed since 2014 my self.

  • @WatchMojo

    @WatchMojo

    6 ай бұрын

    Thanks a million for being a part of the WatchMojo community since 2014.

  • @corymorimacori1059
    @corymorimacori10596 ай бұрын

    “Everything in this room is eatable but I am also eatable. But that’s called cannibalism my dear children and it is frowned upon in most societies.” Willy Wonka

  • @trinaq

    @trinaq

    6 ай бұрын

    Haha, love this line, my favourite scene in the remake!

  • @crsproductions2003

    @crsproductions2003

    6 ай бұрын

    @@trinaqThe Tim Burton film is not a remake. It has nothing to do with the 1971 film apart from adapting the same story.

  • @infamouswickedjokestar

    @infamouswickedjokestar

    6 ай бұрын

    I wonder if Mr. Beast got that idea for his chocolate brand "Feastables"

  • @CatKun-2000

    @CatKun-2000

    6 ай бұрын

    I love the candy room heck there’s even a story bast on it …… part 3 of that story of Clara Van Damm before she met Emmie and Pro and Esse

  • @neoAREAXIS

    @neoAREAXIS

    6 ай бұрын

    Edible. But I like eatable better🎉 😊

  • @dylanjbiss
    @dylanjbiss6 ай бұрын

    Nothing will ever ruin this movie for me. No matter how hard you try, Watchmojo

  • @lois2997

    @lois2997

    6 ай бұрын

    The same

  • @RapFanatic4ever

    @RapFanatic4ever

    6 ай бұрын

    Exactly it’s a classic

  • @caseymacmacl7463

    @caseymacmacl7463

    6 ай бұрын

    Just FYI, you may want to google what a 'snozzberry' is before making that claim. Children licking penis-flavoured wallpaper is pretty dark!

  • @caseymacmacl7463

    @caseymacmacl7463

    6 ай бұрын

    @@RapFanatic4ever A classic with penis-flavoured wallpaper that the children are all licking.

  • @candiicaine5596

    @candiicaine5596

    6 ай бұрын

    One of my childhood favorites!

  • @mackpines
    @mackpines6 ай бұрын

    RIP Gene Wilder. You are deeply missed.

  • @DrDoom77976

    @DrDoom77976

    5 ай бұрын

    Yeah, I loved him in Haunted Honeymoon. rip man :(

  • @christopherjohnson1803

    @christopherjohnson1803

    3 ай бұрын

    Better in Blazing Saddles... "Oh boys, looky what I have here!!" 😂

  • @ericcooney3765

    @ericcooney3765

    2 ай бұрын

    You bumped into the ceiling which now has to be washed and sterilised so you get nothing, you loose, good day sir!😡

  • @robertholtz
    @robertholtz5 ай бұрын

    The mother wrongly guessing Rachmaninov not Mozart and French not German and Japanese not Wonkawash spelled backwards were ALL completely intentional. It’s called humor.

  • @whatever3259

    @whatever3259

    5 ай бұрын

    I too thought this was very obvious 😂😂

  • @wojtekreliga3881

    @wojtekreliga3881

    4 ай бұрын

    Do you really think average American knows Mozart, German language or Japanese language?

  • @AlysintheMist1107

    @AlysintheMist1107

    4 ай бұрын

    @@wojtekreliga3881 Imo, it just shows how average Americans are ignorant of other cultures and languages, and for basically everything that is not American.

  • @Floymin
    @Floymin6 ай бұрын

    About the predictable seat amounts: I'd like to think that Wonka understood human nature too well, and that children are just as capable of curiosity, gluttony, greed, and pride as any adult.

  • @trinaq
    @trinaq6 ай бұрын

    Even as a child, I thought that the "Chocolate River" looked more like paint or sludge than actual chocolate. It looked more realistic in the remake.

  • @LilFoxyCosplay

    @LilFoxyCosplay

    6 ай бұрын

    Agreed it just looked like brown water to me

  • @jmsmys13ify

    @jmsmys13ify

    6 ай бұрын

    Oompa feces, which just happens to have a chocolatey aroma.

  • @WatchMojo

    @WatchMojo

    6 ай бұрын

    Did the visual impact your experience of the chocolatey fantasy?

  • @trinaq

    @trinaq

    6 ай бұрын

    @@WatchMojo No, not really, I still adore the movie, and it holds a special place in my heart.

  • @RedRobin6543

    @RedRobin6543

    6 ай бұрын

    @@WatchMojo Please do "10 Top Worst Things Francine Smith has Done" From American Dad

  • @moritod
    @moritod6 ай бұрын

    You're absolutely correct, the "Rachmaninoff" quip isn't a mistake. It's a joke. The viewer and presumably Wonka are supposed to know it's really Mozart, making her seem that much more pretentious.

  • @Terahnee

    @Terahnee

    5 ай бұрын

    Yup. just like the "That's not French" and the "Is that Japanese". She's trying to pretend she knows more than she does.

  • @MAXKIDDO8888
    @MAXKIDDO88886 ай бұрын

    I’ve always had this opinion that “Charlie ATCF” is a slasher movie disguised as kids movie. I mean if you look at the traditional format of any slasher movie it pretty much follows it to a T. The kids get picked off one by one, and Charlie is essentially your “final girl”.

  • @WatchMojo

    @WatchMojo

    6 ай бұрын

    Willy Wonka's factory takes on a whole different vibe when viewed through that lens. Do you see any other classic movies in a unique genre-bending light?

  • @newprophet2011

    @newprophet2011

    6 ай бұрын

    I actually agree with Roald Dahl that the music and Gene Wilder's performance stole the edge from the movie, although, the boat and office scenes did lean hard toward the malicious. But, maybe, that was the point. The movie was marketed to kids, after all.

  • @infamouswickedjokestar

    @infamouswickedjokestar

    6 ай бұрын

    Reminds me of The Greatest Showman

  • @Matthew-kj8vz

    @Matthew-kj8vz

    6 ай бұрын

    I think that home alone and the fact that Kevin being jigsaws John Cramer or whatever his last name was... Anyway it is said that way thanks to the traps.

  • @yellohammer8571

    @yellohammer8571

    6 ай бұрын

    Hey, don't think those fates those kids got were like something from a horror movie--they practically got what was coming for them, as a result of their greed and gluttony, brattiness, constant chewing, and TV addiction.

  • @aidanhever3369
    @aidanhever33696 ай бұрын

    As a kid, I always knew the river was more like sewer water than chocolate compared to Tim Burton's version.

  • @meahdahlgren5875

    @meahdahlgren5875

    6 ай бұрын

    Right

  • @yellohammer8571

    @yellohammer8571

    6 ай бұрын

    Oh, you know... Tim Burton wanted to use more practical elements everywhere, rather than just CGI.

  • @awesomegirl5190

    @awesomegirl5190

    6 ай бұрын

    Same

  • @animechic420
    @animechic4206 ай бұрын

    Nothing can ruin my childhood.

  • @RapFanatic4ever

    @RapFanatic4ever

    6 ай бұрын

    Exactly

  • @4plus20isHappy
    @4plus20isHappy5 ай бұрын

    “Everything in this room is edible. Eatable. You can eat it.” A few minutes later; “You horrible glutton. How dare you drink from my river of chocolate.”

  • @charliedegiulio9951

    @charliedegiulio9951

    4 ай бұрын

    He did say eat, not drink.

  • @hrodriguez561
    @hrodriguez5616 ай бұрын

    This movie isn't ruined for me it's forever a classic

  • @Disneygirlie
    @Disneygirlie6 ай бұрын

    I'm pretty sure its intentional that Mrs. Teevee got the reference wrong. You know, she tried to show off but unknowingly failed. Also, does anybody know why Mr. Teevee's only scene apparently took so many takes? I mean, he only had one line :/

  • @TheJBrennan17

    @TheJBrennan17

    6 ай бұрын

    Yeah, Mr. Salt looks at Mrs. Teevee like she's an idiot. I'm pretty sure Mrs. Teevee being a teacher is the punchline. At the inventing room door, after Womka delivers the line in German, Mrs. Teevee days, "That's not French."

  • @rbj8387

    @rbj8387

    6 ай бұрын

    My guess is he wasn't really an actor and sometimes it doesn't matter how few/simple lines you have; if you can't act you can't act. Or maybe Mel Stuart was in his Kubrick era that day.

  • @SmokingEagle

    @SmokingEagle

    6 ай бұрын

    Yes it was meant to be a joke, it's funny because she thought she knew what she was talking about. So scratch that one off the list

  • @brandonlopez2881
    @brandonlopez28815 ай бұрын

    The Rachmaninoff reference is actually the start of a running joke in the movie that Mike TV's mom being a teacher always had the wrong answer.

  • @northnick3317
    @northnick33176 ай бұрын

    I'm confused, how will "The Oompaloompas became friends" ruin my childhood? That actually improved it :)

  • @briancoy297
    @briancoy2976 ай бұрын

    I can't really imagine anyone else in the role of Wonka but Gene Wilder.

  • @BigLee1901

    @BigLee1901

    5 ай бұрын

    I agree, in my opinion Gene Wilder is Willy Wonka

  • @robertk617

    @robertk617

    5 ай бұрын

    Jack Nicholson 😝

  • @berniej.rucker4252
    @berniej.rucker42525 ай бұрын

    If anyone notices at the very first meeting between the children and Wonka, Wilder's character is already "sizing them up" outside the factory. Veruca is demanding right off the bat; Augustus is eating; Violet is chewing; Mike shows an act of unrealism brought about by television watching. Thus making it VERY easy to "entice" each child to misbehave along the way. So...the number of seats in each "vehicle" is/was PERFECTLY PLANNED by Wonka with each room they went into. Or...to put it ANOTHER way....the author pre-planned the "demise" of each child even in his book.

  • @TheCatBilbo
    @TheCatBilbo6 ай бұрын

    I saw Dahl at a bookshop signing back in the 80s, in the UK. He was smoking a roll-up cigarette whilst some kids milled around him. He looked thoroughly miserable & probably didn't want to be there. It's known that some children's authors aren't actually big fans of kids! But, why are we surprised? He was known to be a bit of a grumpy man, to start with.

  • @silkysketcha

    @silkysketcha

    2 ай бұрын

    He was also an antisemite. Not to mention the oompah loompahs were originally little black people wonka took as slaves, but the book publishers told Dahl to change it. He was apparently not a very nice person at all. Love his work but Dahl was an arsehole

  • @stereohype1
    @stereohype15 ай бұрын

    Mrs Teavee getting many factoids wrong was indeed a deliberate character choice. She's meant to be a critque of the American education system. The character prides herself as a teacher so she always thinks she's right, but rarely is, thus makes her just a clueless "know it all". She's allegedly a satire of percieved American arrogance, stupidity and insular unworldliness. The character's lack of self awareness is truly biting. That being said, actress Dodo Denny did a phenomenal job in this role. She chews up every scene shes in and her facial expressions and reactions to everything happening around her are just a delight to behold. Despite Mrs Teavee's faults, you can't help but enjoy her presence in this film.

  • @jessicakey-olmsted9838

    @jessicakey-olmsted9838

    5 ай бұрын

    Agreed. She did so wonderful playing this character that it's hard to hate and easier to laugh. My biggest example has always been when she says "I serve all of his TV dinners right here, he's never even been to the table." With the biggest fucking grin on her face lmao, I would always say, man, she looks so proud 😂

  • @stereohype1

    @stereohype1

    5 ай бұрын

    @@jessicakey-olmsted9838 Dodo clearly understood the assignment

  • @crypticghost21
    @crypticghost216 ай бұрын

    I already pieced it together that the chocolate river wasn't really chocolate. It looked like 💩 water

  • @WatchMojo

    @WatchMojo

    6 ай бұрын

    Haha, you've got a keen eye for chocolate authenticity.

  • @mikejohnson8391

    @mikejohnson8391

    6 ай бұрын

    That right in Tim Burton version was Hershey’s milk chocolate mixed water. In 1961 it was European chocolate, mixed with water at start scene because they where running behind schedule by end scene it was all pour European chocolate.

  • @TheTrish0395
    @TheTrish03956 ай бұрын

    I agree with Dahl's criticisms of the movie. This was my first experience of reading a book, then seeing a film based on it. I adored the book when I read it at 9 years of age. When the film came out, I had all of the same frustrations that Dahl had with the film. It didn't have the same darkness. Flash to the 90s when I had my kids, and they loved it, and so did I. I've never burst their bubble about the book. Pure Imagination is one of my favorite songs to this day.

  • @berniej.rucker4252

    @berniej.rucker4252

    5 ай бұрын

    However...should you read the book from word to word while watching the "rowing scene" each part is reiterated by Gene Wilder.

  • @59771006
    @597710066 ай бұрын

    Here’s another fact about the movie it’s about the scene in Wonka’s office at the end of the movie Gene wanted to warn Peter Ostrum (the kid who played Charlie) that he was going to yell at him but the director Mel Stuart wanted Peter’s reaction to be genuine so he told Gene that he couldn’t warn Peter

  • @condemned1982

    @condemned1982

    5 ай бұрын

    Gene Wilder always portrayed this as HIS choice, not Mel's. He knew he would likely frighten Peter, but he felt it was important to get an authentic reaction from him.

  • @ving3642
    @ving36426 ай бұрын

    This video ruined nothing, my childhood is safe because these weren’t bad facts.

  • @lissybearx3
    @lissybearx36 ай бұрын

    That scene where Violet turns into a blueberry disturbed me as a kid!

  • @toainsully

    @toainsully

    6 ай бұрын

    Not to mention, there's a whole community around this type of thing which just adds salt to the wound

  • @highping1786
    @highping17866 ай бұрын

    They forgot to mention grandpa's cocaine scooper pinky nails.

  • @iwasanangryyoungman
    @iwasanangryyoungman6 ай бұрын

    Veruca Salt was the ORIGINAL Karen

  • @radrobd123

    @radrobd123

    5 ай бұрын

    not really. a modern Karen is a woman who complains about others. Veruca was just a spoiled brat who demanded and got everything she ever wanted

  • @CasualKillZz
    @CasualKillZz5 ай бұрын

    That tunnel scene still kinda scares me as an adult, the music, the way he is slightly screaming out his lines really sells it for me 😂

  • @darthrage8673
    @darthrage86736 ай бұрын

    Still not as bad as The Wizard of Oz facts.

  • @rileyfuckingrifle

    @rileyfuckingrifle

    6 ай бұрын

    Bruh, I just found out about the cowardly lion. 💀

  • @joefreeman3087
    @joefreeman30876 ай бұрын

    By far THE darkest fact associated with this film is that they had trouble finding a big group of actors to play the Oompa Loompas because of, erm, let's just say lingering effects from Nazi atrocities in WW2.

  • @yellohammer8571

    @yellohammer8571

    6 ай бұрын

    Well, the entire movie was filmed in Bavaria, so...

  • @alexmeyer5260

    @alexmeyer5260

    6 ай бұрын

    @@yellohammer8571 After they finished filming, Liza Minnelli and the cast of Cabaret filmed in the same locations!

  • @RWAC685
    @RWAC6856 ай бұрын

    The Original Is A Classic. Always Has Been, Always Will Be.

  • @Reaperguy67

    @Reaperguy67

    6 ай бұрын

    you are right ,

  • @WatchMojo

    @WatchMojo

    6 ай бұрын

    Absolutely! The original Willy Wonka is a timeless classic that holds a special place in the hearts of many. Gene Wilder's portrayal of the eccentric chocolatier is iconic, and the whimsical journey through the chocolate factory is forever etched in cinematic history.

  • @maxcardun
    @maxcardun6 ай бұрын

    All versions of Willy Wonka knew he wanted to eleminate contestants, but the one thing Gene Wilder's Wonka has over the book and the Johnny Depp version, is that he made the contestants sign a contract where they forfit the liftime supply of chocolate if they violate "The Rules". In the book and possibly the Johnny Depp movie the kids still got the lifetime supply of chocolate, and if we want to take it up a notch, they probaly sued Wonka for damages. That's just speculation mind you, but if they attempted to sue Gene Wilders Wonka it would have been forefit in court.

  • @cixelsyd40

    @cixelsyd40

    6 ай бұрын

    children can't sign contracts and as the adults never sign so the contract would be null and void.

  • @maxcardun

    @maxcardun

    6 ай бұрын

    @@cixelsyd40 Children can sign the contract with a legal guardian present. This would probably release Sam Buregarde as he was the only one of one in a half to strongly disagree to violet signing. The other half being Mr. Salt, though he may be liable as he did whatever Veruca wanted anyhow.

  • @DaveTexas

    @DaveTexas

    6 ай бұрын

    "eleminate"? "forfit"? "forefit"? Are you nine years old?

  • @maxcardun

    @maxcardun

    6 ай бұрын

    @@DaveTexas Only mentally, but you must admit there are worse grammatical misteaks, out there.

  • @nv4699

    @nv4699

    5 ай бұрын

    😂

  • @will345davis
    @will345davis6 ай бұрын

    Was there anyone that really thought that river was chocolate? It’s not exactly a shocker. That shit looked like ditch water.

  • @Floymin
    @Floymin6 ай бұрын

    What Roald Dahl didn't understand about insane people is that most of them refused to grow up and had difficulty adjusting to adult life. Gene Wilder's interpretation may have been sugar-coated, but it was more accurate than the author's pessimistic outlook.

  • @Highkingofgondor

    @Highkingofgondor

    6 ай бұрын

    Dahl was just angry because the movie was infinitely better than his book. His interview made him seem like an out of touch blowhard, which he was.

  • @nv4699

    @nv4699

    5 ай бұрын

    ​@@HighkingofgondorEgo much? Yeah, I agree with you! His attitude was bad. He should have considered himself lucky that they were even making a movie out of his book and for someone as wonderful as Gene Wilder to get that role.

  • @berniej.rucker4252

    @berniej.rucker4252

    5 ай бұрын

    Another tidbit about Gene Wilder: He chose to do the "fake gimp/somersault" scene himself telling his director, "It will subtly show that Willy Wonka ISN'T as he appears." Thus STARTING the "sweetly" bumping off kids as the tour continues. Which...in itself...is quite sinister and disturbing but only older people would notice.

  • @nv4699

    @nv4699

    5 ай бұрын

    @@berniej.rucker4252 Darn it now I want to re-watch the original

  • @Floymin

    @Floymin

    5 ай бұрын

    @@berniej.rucker4252 Wonka didn't bump them off in the book, though. At the end when Charley is riding the GGE, he looks down to see the 4 other kids emerge, but in strange forms. They movie probably skipped that part because it would have taken SFX they didn't have yet.

  • @Reaperguy67
    @Reaperguy676 ай бұрын

    The original movie was such a fantastic thing to watch. I know it was part of a lot of peoples childhood. When it comes to the newest one. It looks like it's going to be just as good as the original. When it comes to it, i think a real life version of the factory needs to be built.

  • @SBloomXX

    @SBloomXX

    6 ай бұрын

    Yes, then you will come out with diabetes.☠️

  • @Reaperguy67

    @Reaperguy67

    6 ай бұрын

    ​@@SBloomXXha ha true. I can't imagine eating that much chocolate or different candy during a long tour of it .

  • @SBloomXX

    @SBloomXX

    6 ай бұрын

    @@Reaperguy67 if I was a kid I could probably do it, but now as a adult 🤢

  • @Reaperguy67

    @Reaperguy67

    6 ай бұрын

    @@SBloomXX same here. I couldn't as well

  • @infamouswickedjokestar

    @infamouswickedjokestar

    6 ай бұрын

    Candy land

  • @stuartaaron613
    @stuartaaron6135 ай бұрын

    What I love about the Wonka Mobile scene is that while Mike and Mrs. Teevee are freaking out Charlie and Grandpa Joe are having a blast.

  • @rwwilson21
    @rwwilson216 ай бұрын

    It's scary how much the actress who played Veruca looked like my mom when my mom was that age.

  • @ciarangleeson2880

    @ciarangleeson2880

    5 ай бұрын

    You don’t say!

  • @RapFanatic4ever
    @RapFanatic4ever6 ай бұрын

    I always wonder why the candy man gives all the kids in his shop free candy but makes Charlie pay for it even though he most likely knows about Charlie’s poverty . Nevertheless I loved this movie since I was a kid

  • @SmokingEagle

    @SmokingEagle

    6 ай бұрын

    I think the other children probably had a running tab in their parents names so he could just pour candy and chocolate nonstop and then charge the parents whatever he felt was owed. But I agree he could have let Charlie have that chocolate bar for free, especially since he spent almost all of his money on his Grandpa's tobacco.

  • @nv4699

    @nv4699

    5 ай бұрын

    Maybe it's to help Charlie feel like he's earned it unlike the other children.

  • @WinsberryEntertainment

    @WinsberryEntertainment

    5 ай бұрын

    I always wondered about this. Singing and letting the kids go wild is nice and everything. But how does his business make a profit if he doesn't keep track of what's been eaten?

  • @MindyTheHare
    @MindyTheHare6 ай бұрын

    Ha the classic "Ruin your Childhood" shtick it just doesn't go away.

  • @mikememine1423
    @mikememine14236 ай бұрын

    The licking of the Snozberry wallpaper is twisted, because Roald Dahl refers to Snozberries as testicles in one of his books... you are welcome

  • @yellohammer8571

    @yellohammer8571

    6 ай бұрын

    I have a feeling it's in Someone Like You, his collection of short stories. Or it could be My Uncle Oswald.

  • @WTheW_gaming
    @WTheW_gaming5 ай бұрын

    I watched this movie again a couple of years ago. I was surprised at how well it has held up after 50 years!

  • @edwinmartinez7821
    @edwinmartinez78216 ай бұрын

    The last one I thought was obvious to eliminate all the bad kids or "bad egg" it was meant so the last one remaining avoided all temptation of the factory

  • @condemned1982

    @condemned1982

    5 ай бұрын

    The last "elimination" was Mike Teevee getting shrunk. Veruca (the bad egg) was gone already.

  • @onionbubs386
    @onionbubs3866 ай бұрын

    You left out the part where Roald Dahl didn't like Gene Wilder because Wilder was Jewish and Dahl was pretty open about his antisemitism.

  • @yellohammer8571

    @yellohammer8571

    6 ай бұрын

    I find it somewhat ironic that Dahl was antisemitic, because during WWII, when he was serving in the Royal Air Force, he once visited Palestine, where he met an entire family of Jewish orphans. He himself, as he puts it, had no idea that the Holocaust was going on at the time, and that he didn't know about the head of the family's "battle that has been onging since the time of Christ". In that same book, he discussed with the Jew about having a country of their own, rather than emigrating to another country (if that wasn't enough, before flying to Palestine to set up an RAF camp for his squad, he roadtripped from Alexandria, Egypt, and crossed Suez, Gaza and even Jerusalem, so that he could arrive in Haifa, Iraq.)

  • @crsproductions2003

    @crsproductions2003

    5 ай бұрын

    I don’t think that was the reason why. Roald Dahl's first choice for Wonka was Spike Milligan, not Gene Wilder. More importantly, Roald Dahl also hated the finished project (as mentioned in the video) for how unfaithful it was to his original story.

  • @shiningglowingglasses4885
    @shiningglowingglasses48856 ай бұрын

    I loved reading this book as a child with my grandmother (RIP). I got my first cavities eating numerous chocolate bars while reading. Cue dentist rolling eyes... 😅I also loved the movie. That cannot be ruined. 😛

  • @alexmeyer5260

    @alexmeyer5260

    6 ай бұрын

    Denise Nickerson (Violet Beauregarde) developed cavities on nearly all her teeth because of the amount of gum she had to chew.

  • @TheWitchofCrows
    @TheWitchofCrows5 ай бұрын

    I thought the “blue makeup” was a rumor and they actually used a blue light to give the allusion of her turning blue.

  • @stuartaaron613

    @stuartaaron613

    5 ай бұрын

    I think that the blue light was for the transformation, but once inflated they used blue makeup.

  • @Josh0222
    @Josh02225 ай бұрын

    I heard differently that they actually tried to make most things edible in the chocolate room. With the exception of the river. I know that the kids weren't shown the finished chocolate room until they filmed them seeing it for the first time to get a real reaction. Great movie. It gets better over time because you appreciate and understand some of the jokes, sarcasm and nuance as you get older. Gene Wilder was fantastic

  • @TheRetroScene
    @TheRetroScene6 ай бұрын

    This film will always be great 😊

  • @Goodiesfanful
    @Goodiesfanful6 ай бұрын

    Dahl was also put out Spike Milligan was not cast as Wonka, another reason he disowned the film. Still, Wonka is still regarded as Wilder’s finest hour.

  • @jasondavidstapleton8337
    @jasondavidstapleton83376 ай бұрын

    i am so happy now there's 3 movies😀

  • @jabberwock6

    @jabberwock6

    6 ай бұрын

    supposedly there's a fourth movie coming out

  • @jasondavidstapleton8337

    @jasondavidstapleton8337

    6 ай бұрын

    @@jabberwock6 oh i will happdened

  • @jbeauzieux3915
    @jbeauzieux39156 ай бұрын

    As a kid I didn’t think that the river of chocolate looked very delicious

  • @UncleOf5

    @UncleOf5

    6 ай бұрын

    Same here I always knew there was something off about that water

  • @GamingFanactic911
    @GamingFanactic9116 ай бұрын

    It's crazy to think that only the kids from the original movie exist outside Violet's voice actress and people in the crowd

  • @michaellynes3540
    @michaellynes35405 ай бұрын

    The portrait of Martin Bormann in the film is probably a good little Easter egg.

  • @UCONN_HUSKIES
    @UCONN_HUSKIES6 ай бұрын

    Even though I was born in 1986, I love this movie ❤️‍🔥

  • @UncleOf5

    @UncleOf5

    6 ай бұрын

    I was also born in 1986 and I actually enjoy the movie when I was a kid.

  • @williambilyeu9801
    @williambilyeu98015 ай бұрын

    Quaker made so very good candies under the Willy Wonka brand name. Although their chocolate bar was not very good, they made some very good other candies, especially the Gobstopper jawbreaker. I worked at a store and remember the the short run of Willy Wonka candy. 😊😅😂

  • @FallnAngel07
    @FallnAngel075 ай бұрын

    I went to the Alamo Drafthouse for a Willy Wonka movie party and met Julie Dawn Cole and Paris Themmen. It was so cool.

  • @alexmeyer5260
    @alexmeyer52606 ай бұрын

    Fun fact: Jean Stapleton was offered the role of Mrs. Teavee, but she had to turn it down because she had already accepted a role in a TV pilot, which ended up becoming the TV show All In The Family.

  • @robcreel4257
    @robcreel42575 ай бұрын

    I remember seeing this when it first came out at the Highland movie theater in Albuquerque in 1971. I was 9 at the time. I loved it. Nothing in this video would ruin anything about it.

  • @AndreaDoesYoga
    @AndreaDoesYoga6 ай бұрын

    😱These facts totally changed my view on Willy Wonka! 😢

  • @Supreme-Fishy
    @Supreme-Fishy6 ай бұрын

    I just saw the new wonka movie and I can proudly say It was scrumdiddlyumptious ESPCIALLY how Willy met the Oompa Loompas hugh grant played well the Oompa Loompa

  • @mikememine1423
    @mikememine14236 ай бұрын

    Roald Dahl's reported last words, after receiving an injection for pain medication, were "Owww, f..."

  • @CosmicRetriever
    @CosmicRetriever6 ай бұрын

    These dark facts may not have ruined my childhood, but the Oompa Loompas still freak me out to this day.

  • @Jhoffa22_
    @Jhoffa22_6 ай бұрын

    The music reference with the piano in the room was a joke that clearly went over your head...😂😢😂

  • @jstmarton
    @jstmarton6 ай бұрын

    I'm a 32 year old who legit saw the movie yesterday for the first time prepping for the prequel. If anyone didn't already find this movie Dark then idek lol

  • @Reggie2000
    @Reggie20005 ай бұрын

    Oompa: I'm crushing it at steering this boat! Director: Its on rails. Oompa: 😢

  • @Ian-lf4do
    @Ian-lf4do4 ай бұрын

    The Mom: “MY CHILD!” Wonka: “MY BEAUTIFUL CHOCOLATE!!” the mom again: “DONT JUST STAND THERE DO SMTH!” Wonka again: “Help, Please, Murder!”

  • @MrRezRising
    @MrRezRising5 ай бұрын

    That #1 is so _dark_ !!! Love it!

  • @drinny26
    @drinny265 ай бұрын

    The misquotes are all part of the story of Willy Wonka.

  • @henrikharbin5521
    @henrikharbin55216 ай бұрын

    Peter Ostrum (Charlue) is the last actor who is still alive today from the movie. He left acting to become a vet for horses.

  • @jabberwock6

    @jabberwock6

    6 ай бұрын

    it's his only film role

  • @chrisdymmel2934

    @chrisdymmel2934

    6 ай бұрын

    The actors who played Mike Teevee, Veruca Salt, Augustus Gloop and at least one of the Oompa Loompas are all still alive. Most are still acting as well.

  • @alexmeyer5260

    @alexmeyer5260

    6 ай бұрын

    While it's true that most of the adult actors have passed away, most of the child actors are still alive. Denise Nickerson (Violet) sadly passed away in 2019, but Michael Bollner (Augustus), Julie Dawn Cole (Veruca), Paris Themmen (Mike) and Peter Ostrum (Charlie), are still alive and still really good friends.

  • @krisherman3513

    @krisherman3513

    5 ай бұрын

    He is a large animal vet and actually mostly takes care of cattle.

  • @QuaintMelissaK

    @QuaintMelissaK

    5 ай бұрын

    ⁠@@chrisdymmel2934The actor who played Mike TeeVee, was a contestant on Jeopardy!

  • @Jocelyn_Herrick
    @Jocelyn_Herrick6 ай бұрын

    Can’t wait to see the new Wonka movie ❤

  • @jessicakaemery
    @jessicakaemery5 ай бұрын

    Reasons why Grandpa Joe's the main villain: - He was "bedridden" until Charlie found his golden ticket, and then got out of bed and started leaping dancing around. Now, that sounds like benefit fraud. - To add to that he nominated himself to take Charlie to the factory- even though for 20 years he claimed he couldn't walk. Instead of giving the opportunity to someone more deserving, like Charlie's mum or dad. - He also had money for tobacco and chocolate, whilst the rest of his family struggled to buy food (and fix their house). - He didn't contribute financially, and willingly chose to be a burden on the family. - He makes Charlie winning the ticket all about him, and how he used to work there. Like, we know?? According to the book, you used to tell Charlie that story frequently- like give the poor lad his moment, you've already overshadowed him by showing everyone you can walk. - It was Grandpa Joe's fault that Charlie almost didn't win his prize, because of his need to drink the fizzy lifting drink - He's just as bad as any of the other parents at the factory, but doesn't suffer any consequences because of it. - Grandpa Joe nearly got Charlie killed by being sucked into a giant fan. The death of his only grandson is caused by his greed. - Grandpa Joe doesn't take any accountability for his actions, and instead argues back at Wonka- even though he broke one of his rules. - Grandpa Joe's sympathy after his fight with Wonka is unearned. Like we get it dude, stop playing the victim. Charlie's the one who almost got killed.

  • @ciarangleeson2880

    @ciarangleeson2880

    5 ай бұрын

    Reasons why Violet could have won the chocolate factory: - Her interest in gum is a very fitting personality flaw, because while it’s not chocolate, it’s still a type of candy. - During her interview, she said that in order to find her golden ticket, she temporarily gave up gum and switched to chocolate. This shows that she has at least some self-control and actually put in the effort to find it. (Sure, so did Charlie, but he found his by chance, in the end.) - She’s incredibly business savvy, courtesy of her father. - She would make for a good boss for the Oompa Loompas.When Veruca starts whining about wanting one, Violet is quick to shut her up. Furthermore, when Violet tastes the three course meal chewing gum, it shows that she’s ready and willing to put herself on the front lines instead of making any employees do the hard parts. - When Violet ate gum, she caused damage to herself, but not to the room she was in, unlike the other three. Not to mention, it’s not like she knew what the gum would do to her! - When Violet correctly guessed what the chewing gum was, Wonka told her she was wrong, just to mess with her, so can you blame her for ignoring his warnings not to eat it?

  • @kristoferscott3677
    @kristoferscott36775 ай бұрын

    Wonka knew each of kids vices due to the media except for Charlie since he found the ticket the day before the tour and they didn't have enough prep time to make him fail.

  • @condemned1982

    @condemned1982

    5 ай бұрын

    Charlie's "vice" was the Fizzy Lifting Drinks... although I guess that was done more at Grandpa's urging.

  • @dmichelleh
    @dmichelleh6 ай бұрын

    Ah, the original Hunger Games. I love this movie. :)

  • @caseymacmacl7463
    @caseymacmacl74636 ай бұрын

    Surprised you missed the fact that a veruca is another name for a Plantar wart. And the fact that the Snozzberries tasted like wallpaper is FAR preferable to them tasting like what they are. Snozzberry is another name for a penis according to Mr. Dahl himself! The Snozzberry fact should have been your #1 in this list!

  • @jabberwock6

    @jabberwock6

    6 ай бұрын

    charlie and the chocolate factory movie did mention that veruca was a wart

  • @yellohammer8571

    @yellohammer8571

    6 ай бұрын

    "Ah yes, you must be Veruca! I always thought Veruca was a kind of wart that grows on the underside of one's foot. But I could be wrong, couldn't I?" EDIT: ngl, I had NO idea that snozzberries tasted like male genitalia, and this little fact flew over my head when I first read the book, but I wasn't too concerned about the taste.

  • @MsNotzi

    @MsNotzi

    6 ай бұрын

    Now THESE are some cool facts that are simultaneously ruining my childhood! 😂😂😂

  • @nv4699

    @nv4699

    5 ай бұрын

    Yeah and Violet turns violet so a lot of their names sort of told who they were inside. Mike Teevee😂

  • @barkerjames1980

    @barkerjames1980

    5 ай бұрын

    Says Violet, chewing the experimental gum: "it's warm and creamy, I can feel it running down my throat" 🤣

  • @HarrisBanneck
    @HarrisBanneck6 ай бұрын

    If you Google the 2023 Wonka film, there’s a common question about the film (maybe automatically generated) if it’s a horror film. I laughed at that, and maybe it could be if the chocolate cartel end up in something like the bad children in the original story.

  • @nv4699

    @nv4699

    5 ай бұрын

    The boat scene was number 90 on scariest horror movie scenes on AMC.

  • @radrobd123

    @radrobd123

    5 ай бұрын

    I mean the chocolate carterl try to murder Wonka several times in the 2023 movie but it's done so comically that it's hardly scary

  • @nehemiahpouncey3607
    @nehemiahpouncey36076 ай бұрын

    Watch mojo attempts to ruin your Childhood be like: 😂

  • @TheEbnk
    @TheEbnk6 ай бұрын

    Good morning starshine, the earth says hello. ❤

  • @MsNotzi
    @MsNotzi6 ай бұрын

    These facts were very interesting, but nothing will ever ruin the film for me. As far as my childhood, the facts you gave didn't ruin it, but someone in the comments mentioned what a snozzberry really is (apparently it's a peen), and the fact that Veruca is another name for a wart. That ruined it a bit. 😂 Still love the movie.

  • @kahnpaish5611
    @kahnpaish56116 ай бұрын

    Wonka bonka

  • @JolanXBL
    @JolanXBL5 ай бұрын

    1:33 The blond on the right sounds voiced by the actress for Rocky of Rocky & Bullwinkle

  • @justingroff3682
    @justingroff36826 ай бұрын

    one of my favorite film parts and Phish songs .....FOAM

  • @tyrellrichardson3078
    @tyrellrichardson30785 ай бұрын

    Willy wonka is like Monokuma from Danganronpa, he knew which kid was gonna get tempted/motivated by something and planned ahead for it

  • @kryptonianpowers
    @kryptonianpowers5 ай бұрын

    *Interesting fact:* Denise Nickerson, Violet's actress was actually considered for the role of Regan MacNeil in *The Exorcist* and she also auditioned for it, too. But her parents forbade her from accepting the role because they read the script and didn't like it.

  • @WilliamDearthwd
    @WilliamDearthwd6 ай бұрын

    8:20 It's got more gas in it than a politician.

  • @coldhercules6069
    @coldhercules60695 ай бұрын

    Veruca's knee injury can be seen at 3:32 as there seems to be blood on her tights

  • @davidhill2020
    @davidhill20206 ай бұрын

    3:03 Holy crap! It's been a long time since I've seen this movie, but I don't remember THAT line!

  • @wisteela
    @wisteela5 ай бұрын

    I've always thought the wrong composer was intentional.

  • @BigLee1901
    @BigLee19015 ай бұрын

    I have my own dark twist that the Oompa Loompa's are actually cannibals and Willy Wonka and Mr. Wilkerson are held against their will (similar to the Rusty Rex character in Tales Of Halloween) and Wonka makes the plan to send out the golden tickets to find someone to take his place while the other contestants and their parents get eaten by the Oompa Loompas, Wonka convinces Charlie that he and his family can move in only to end up being the new servants of the Oompa Loompas while Willy and Wilkerson wash their hands of the whole issue so they can be free

  • @thegood9
    @thegood96 ай бұрын

    This movie scared me to death when I was a kid. I never could understand how Wonka was viewed as a "good guy". I perceived him as "evil" from the very first view, and I could never watch it again. I'll agree with Doahl that the music was stupidly antithetical to the themes of the movie. I really, truly wish a REAL remake, based on the book in tone and character, could be made. I thought that the Johnny Depp one with Burton's direction and vision MIGHT have had the chance, but alas, I think the production companies and movie houses got too involved to allow his true vision and revelation to come through.

  • @dragonbattle646

    @dragonbattle646

    6 ай бұрын

    I felt the movie was very disturbing when I was a child. Then when I read the book in hs, I just confirmed my original thoughts.

  • @ZodiacBoi42
    @ZodiacBoi424 ай бұрын

    Well this just makes it better

  • @LordMegatron84
    @LordMegatron846 ай бұрын

    No doubt this is on the list but for me the worst part of Willy Wonka’s history is that the Oompa Loompa’s were originally African American

  • @condemned1982

    @condemned1982

    5 ай бұрын

    Yep, in Dahl's original, they were "pygmies". Re-written later as a non-existant race so as to remove any suggestion of slavery.

  • @radrobd123

    @radrobd123

    5 ай бұрын

    well not african american since the book does not take place in America. The original book had the oompa loompas from the jungles of Africa but they weren't quite humans as they were miniature

  • @johnoconnor6356
    @johnoconnor63565 ай бұрын

    I once heard that one Sunday evening when this movie was scheduled to air, they only showed the last half of it because of an NFL game that ran long.

  • @radrobd123

    @radrobd123

    5 ай бұрын

    not sure about that but there the infamous Heidi story which was actually true. one of the 3 major networks in the 1970s aired a football game but had scheduled a rerun of the TV movie Heidi. The game ran over but the network cut to the movie to start on time. In the last few minutes, the losing team scored several TD's and won the game but the TV audience missed it

  • @Goforth_Melissa
    @Goforth_Melissa5 ай бұрын

    5:57 😂🤣 genius

  • @cedgson91
    @cedgson916 ай бұрын

    Didn’t watch this one Watched the other one 😅 And the new Wonka today 😂

  • @geraldsinger9954
    @geraldsinger99546 ай бұрын

    My favorite film of all time.

  • @justingroff3682
    @justingroff36826 ай бұрын

    actually it ENHANCED and could never RUIN my good childhood

  • @UncleOf5
    @UncleOf56 ай бұрын

    I don't really let anything ruin what I like when I was younger

  • @nv4699
    @nv46995 ай бұрын

    The new movie is very magical. I enjoyed it very much.❤

  • @nisselarson3227
    @nisselarson32275 ай бұрын

    Mr. Dahl thought GENE WILDER wasn't "intense" enough an actor? I really can't imagine a more intense actor.

  • @thesnare100
    @thesnare1005 ай бұрын

    1:46 Ergo, the magnificent, short in stature, tall in power, narrow of purpose and wide of vision, and he does NOT travel with peasant and beggars!

  • @devanmoran
    @devanmoran6 ай бұрын

    i will always love this movie (:

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