OK so he might have been a _tiny_ bit twisted sometimes, but honestly, when you've eight years old, you expect the annoying little children in the books to die a horrible death. At least you hope they die a miserable death. And some of the kids in Willy Wonkas should have died (which they did). Kids don't like bad endings, of course. I've got to say that I completely *LOVED* his books (well childrens ones at least)... didn't everyone???
Larry
Oh but they didn't die at the end, Wonka said...remember? Sad tho..they all should have really. Sept for Charlie who looks EXACTALLY like Stephen Pastel....Ever notice? I did grow up with a horrid fear of Oompa Loompas tho....I even had an ex who use to sing that song, to see me scream and run in horror. Horrible little verman ...those orange bastards. A close friend of mine worked as Lucy Dahl's (Roald's daughter who's still doing his stuff for him cause he's dead.) assistant and said she's the bomb....And really, who *hasn't* licked wallpaper once or twice...JUST to see.......Willy Wonka was on BBC something this past Xmas and I actually watched it with someone who is 35 and had *never* seen it before! It lost something, as it was in black & white...but after it was over I asked "so!? whad you think?" and he said ...."a bit far fetched really." Sheesh..some people....... Forever blowing bubbles (nothing to do with footie songs.) and licking wallpaper..... (sort of like licking railings? Dunno...Dunno.......) beth ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister@majordomo.net . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------