I was babysitting for a couple of little boys one day, the only thing that would keep them quiet was the movie, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. I thought to myself, "Self, what is it about this movie that these two boys like so much. What is it that will keep them calm and entertained?" I watched the movie very closely and soon grew to like it. I tested it out on other kids that I babysit for, it had the same effect on all the kids, ranging from the age of 2 to 14.

So what is it about this movie that keeps the kids quiet? I have come to the conclusion that it is the wit and wisdom of the great, the only, Willy Wonka and the Oompa Loompas.

The little short men with green hair and orange faces, wearing white overalls, brown shirts, and striped socks are Oompa Loompas from Loompa Land. Willy Wonka secretly transported the entire population to his factory where they could live in peace and harmony, away from all the swandoodles and horn swagglers! Because a Swangdoodle would eat 10 for breakfast and think nothing of it!

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory tells the story of a young boy, Charlie, and his dream to find a golden ticket and see Mr. Willy Wonka's chocolate factory. Charlie's family is rather poor, and every bit of money Charlie earns from his paper route he buys food for his family or pays for his grandpa's tobacco. One day after the last ticket had been found Charlie found money in the street so he bought 2 Wonka bars. He ate one and as he walked out of the store the paper announced the last golden ticket was a fake, and low and behold Charlie opened his chocolate bar and THERE IT WAS! THE LAST GOLDEN TICKET!



This is the house in which Charlie and his family, his mother, Grandpa Joe, Grandma Josephine, Grandpa George, and Grandma Georgina, live. All four of his grandparents are bed-ridden, and have been that way for 20 years! Until the day Charlie brings home the last golden ticket, that is! When Grandpa Joe read the ticket and finds out it says he can take one other person, G.J. jumps out of bed and can walk again!

I have put together some of my favorite quotes from the movie. If you have any others that you think are worth putting on here, please feel free to Mail me!


"Where is fancy bred? In the heart or in the head?" -----Willy Wonka
"Candy is dandy but liquor is quicker!" -----Willy Wonka
"The suspence is killing me, I hope it will last!" -----Willy Wonka

"If God has intended us to walk, he wouldn't have invented roller skates." -----W.W.

"I've decided to change our Monday schedule to Friday which means the quiz we take Friday over what we have learned will now take place on Monday before we have learned it!" -----Charlie's teacher

"Who can take the rainbow and dip in some dew? Cover it in chocolate and a miracle or two? The candyman can because he mixes it with love and makes the world taste good!!!" -----Candy Store Clerk

""What is this? A funhouse?"
"Why? You having fun?" -----W.W.

"If she's a lady, I'm a vermisious kinid!" -----Grandpa Joe

"Why doesn't she listen to Mr. Wonka?" -----Charlie
"Because, Charlie, she is a knit-wit!"> -----Grandpa Joe

"That, my dear lady, was HSAWAKNOW!" -----W.W.
"Is that Japanese?" -----Mike TV
"No, that's Wonka Wash spelled backwards!" -----W.W.

Wonka Links

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

The Wits and Wisdom of Willy Wonka

Wonka Vision
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