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the Mario thread reminded me that I've been reading charlie and the chocolate factory to my oldest son (just a couple of pages a day, he likes to read it just after supper), which I hadn't read since I was a very young kid. there are all kinds of details I'd forgotten about, like that Charlie's dad works in a toothpaste factory, the story about the chocolate castle, etc. roald dahl was probably a huge rear end in a top hat but he sure knew how to write children's books.
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Bicyclops posted:the Mario thread reminded me that I've been reading charlie and the chocolate factory to my oldest son (just a couple of pages a day, he likes to read it just after supper), which I hadn't read since I was a very young kid. there are all kinds of details I'd forgotten about, like that Charlie's dad works in a toothpaste factory, the story about the chocolate castle, etc. roald dahl was probably a huge rear end in a top hat but he sure knew how to write children's books. are you going to read charlie and the great glass elevator to him afterwards? that one is especially strange
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Sep 14, 2021 22:51
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scary ghost dog posted:are you going to read charlie and the great glass elevator to him afterwards? that one is especially strange I guess I'll see what he wants to do. this is the longest book he's been able to tolerate so far, but I think it will be a trend. he's only just turned 3 and he'll sit through a full movie if we let him (and he'd watch tv all day) so I suddenly have strong opinions about Disney movies, sesame street, etc.
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Sep 14, 2021 23:04
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scary ghost dog posted:are you going to read charlie and the great glass elevator to him afterwards? that one is especially strange yeah i read Great Glass Elevator a few times as a kid and could never get over the jarring transition from exploring a whimsical chocolate factory to a sequel featuring man-eating space worms
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Sep 14, 2021 23:10
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symbolic posted:yeah i read Great Glass Elevator a few times as a kid and could never get over the jarring transition from exploring a whimsical chocolate factory to a sequel featuring man-eating space worms a movie version would be pretty wild. all the unadapted roald dahl books are super weird
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Sep 14, 2021 23:36
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Vermicious knids iirc
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Sep 15, 2021 00:10
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Every few years I’ll catch Willy Wonka on tv and forget just how funny it is. Wonderful movie, wonderful book.
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Sep 15, 2021 00:14
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EmmyOk posted:Vermicious knids iirc thats right. they spell out a word with their bodies in one of the illustrations
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Sep 15, 2021 00:14
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I read great glass elevator when I was a kid and I don’t remember much except that it was super weird. Road Dahl ftw tbh
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Sep 15, 2021 00:15
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Another weird book I loved was the phantom tollbooth. *Jay Leno voice* you seen this? You heard about this?
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Sep 15, 2021 00:16
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scary ghost dog posted:thats right. they spell out a word with their bodies in one of the illustrations Lol cool the other thing I mainly remember is that Vitamin H makes you grow Horns
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Sep 15, 2021 00:57
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Pablo Nergigante posted:Another weird book I loved was the phantom tollbooth. *Jay Leno voice* you seen this? You heard about this? I remember enjoying it and also the movie, but I couldn’t tell you one thing about it except it had a tollbooth. A phantom tollbooth.
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Sep 15, 2021 01:01
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herculon posted:I remember enjoying it and also the movie, but I couldn’t tell you one thing about it except it had a tollbooth. A phantom tollbooth. A watchdog who is literally a watch, Officer Shrift who is short, Silence is Golden, and Jumping to Conclusions are some of the things I remember
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Sep 15, 2021 01:08
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Caithness posted:A watchdog who is literally a watch, Officer Shrift who is short, Silence is Golden, and Jumping to Conclusions are some of the things I remember Yeah that’s jogging my memory. The movie was on Criterion Channel but they took it off before I got around to watching it.
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Sep 15, 2021 01:20
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Pablo Nergigante posted:Another weird book I loved was the phantom tollbooth. *Jay Leno voice* you seen this? You heard about this? my youngest brother was in a play version of this in high school. it was pretty wild
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Sep 15, 2021 01:51
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Caithness posted:A watchdog who is literally a watch, Officer Shrift who is short, Silence is Golden, and Jumping to Conclusions are some of the things I remember Also a place called the doldrums where nothing ever happens and a mathemagician? I think the movie was a Chuck Jones production too
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Sep 15, 2021 02:00
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Pablo Nergigante posted:Also a place called the doldrums where nothing ever happens and a mathemagician? I think the movie was a Chuck Jones production too The animated part definitely was. It had a live action part at the beginning and possibly the end. Eddie Munster played the kid.
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Sep 15, 2021 02:10
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herculon posted:The animated part definitely was. It had a live action part at the beginning and possibly the end. Eddie Munster played the kid. Yeah that’s right. Supposedly there’s a live action/CGI version in the works but seems to be in development hell
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Sep 15, 2021 02:12
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scary ghost dog posted:thats right. they spell out a word with their bodies in one of the illustrations I can STILL remember after all this time that Wonka invents some kind of de-aging candy and one of Charlie's grandmas takes so much of it, she gets sucked into minus world and they have to go rescue her. I probably haven't read it in 30 years.
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Sep 15, 2021 02:32
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Bicyclops posted:I can STILL remember after all this time that Wonka invents some kind of de-aging candy and one of Charlie's grandmas takes so much of it, she gets sucked into minus world and they have to go rescue her. I probably haven't read it in 30 years. roald dahl ftw
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Sep 15, 2021 02:53
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i have a huge hardcover Annotated Edition of the phantom tollbooth. right now it's buried in a moving box but ill get some pics whenever we unload that. looked really interesting and i haven't read the book or seen the cartoon in like 20 years. anyway i found this annotated edition a few years ago and i haven't read past the first page. cheers
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Sep 15, 2021 04:32
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i think the knids spelled out "SCRAM".
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Sep 15, 2021 04:32
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Sep 15, 2021 06:34
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Lmfao
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Sep 15, 2021 12:39
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b_d posted:i think the knids spelled out "SCRAM". i think you are right
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Sep 15, 2021 12:45
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I loved that book, always thought it would make a good game with how they go from place to place exploring and having self contained adventures
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Sep 15, 2021 12:59
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b_d posted:i have a huge hardcover Annotated Edition of the phantom tollbooth. right now it's buried in a moving box but ill get some pics whenever we unload that. looked really interesting and i haven't read the book or seen the cartoon in like 20 years. anyway i found this annotated edition a few years ago and i haven't read past the first page. cheers I have that for Alice, it's enormous. lol
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Sep 15, 2021 13:02
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scary ghost dog posted:are you going to read charlie and the great glass elevator to him afterwards? that one is especially strange I read this once as a kid and there is a scene at the beginning when they first fly the elevator. One of the buttons says “cubeways” and I broke my brain trying to think about what that was. Still think about it sometimes even though it was like 30 years ago.
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Sep 15, 2021 15:08
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Knuc U Kinte posted:I read this once as a kid and there is a scene at the beginning when they first fly the elevator. One of the buttons says “cubeways” and I broke my brain trying to think about what that was. Still think about it sometimes even though it was like 30 years ago. I think that's when you add the Game Boy Player.
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Bicyclops posted:I can STILL remember after all this time that Wonka invents some kind of de-aging candy and one of Charlie's grandmas takes so much of it, she gets sucked into minus world and they have to go rescue her. I probably haven't read it in 30 years. reading this made me remember that she or the other grandma right before or after that turned like 400 years old and i distinctly remember the line "she just passed the Mayflower!" when she was getting rapidly aged down again in real time. i had completely forgot how much absurdity they cut out to make the movie and iirc Dahl absolutely hated it b_d posted:i think the knids spelled out "SCRAM". it was, the Quentin Blake illustration popped into my head immediately after reading that
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Sep 15, 2021 16:21
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symbolic posted:reading this made me remember that she or the other grandma right before or after that turned like 400 years old and i distinctly remember the line "she just passed the Mayflower!" when she was getting rapidly aged down again in real time. i had completely forgot how much absurdity they cut out to make the movie and iirc Dahl absolutely hated it yeah, he did hate it. someone bought me the 40th anniversary of the movie awhile back and there's a book that details a lot of the development (one of my favorite stories is the director getting furious at a reviewer who didn't like the movie because the oompa loompas were orange instead of african pygmies). my favorite thing is in the special features, they kind of do a "where are they now" with the ticket kids and like, charlie is a veterinarian, violet is a talent manager, etc. but then the guy who plays augustus gloop shows up and he's just... augustus gloop. like he has the suspenders and everything, it's like the rest of the cast pranked him and told him they were all coming in character. 
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Sep 15, 2021 17:34
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Wasn't it the only film the kid who played Charlie ever did? He was probably lucky to avoid the horrors of the child acting world lol
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Sep 15, 2021 17:49
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Pablo Nergigante posted:Wasn't it the only film the kid who played Charlie ever did? He was probably lucky to avoid the horrors of the child acting world lol yup. he was 12 when he was in the movie, it was his first role, and he got a bunch of offers right afterward, but turned them all down. he'll still talk about being in the movie and doesn't seem to be bitter about it at all, but mostly stays away from showbiz. the rare case of a child actor just living his best life after he grew up.
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Sep 15, 2021 18:18
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Lmao
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Sep 15, 2021 19:15
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He grew up to become a southern lawyer
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Sep 15, 2021 19:22
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he clearly lives in germany and he's a typical bavarian. disgusting! but we cannot fault him for his races genetic predispositions. revolting however.
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Sep 15, 2021 19:58
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Just remembered that this exists
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Sep 15, 2021 20:23
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Pablo Nergigante posted:Just remembered that this exists what??
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mycophobia posted:what?? 
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