Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory * FIRST TIME WATCHING * Millennial Movie Monday

As if Gene Wilder didn't already hold the keys to my heart. ❤️
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[@grahamers]

Ashleigh: Does Gene Wilder sing in this? Me: she is going to flip her lid.

[@awkwardashleigh]

MY LID HAS BEEN FLIPPED.

[@alanholck7995]

@@awkwardashleigh That makes quite a mess. Hope Hubben is there to help you clean it up.

[@only257]

@@awkwardashleigh 🍩

[@jasonblalock4429]

Funny, that's what I thought when she talked about wanting to be on the boat. :-D

[@2buxaslice]

@@awkwardashleigh I was surprised you didn't know this was a musical! Also Snozzberries is slang for nuts! Like the nuts boys have.

[@Zhilbar]

"So shines a good deed in a weary world." Charlie may not have been perfect, but he was GOOD, through and through- and I truly believe that this rendition of that character would live happily ever after.

[@AndreNitroX]

That quote is so profound it wasn’t until now that I fully understood it

[@barbarjinx3802]

Gene was so much more then a brilliant actor. He was a unique person and the legendary Gilda Radner’s husband.

[@proehm]

One of the last of those great "utility infielder" actors. Comedy, Drama, Sing and Dance, able to do anything effortlessly.

[@thomast8539]

@@proehm Like Danny Kaye, Donald O'Connor and Julie Andrews.

[@BrickNewton]

@@thomast8539 Danny Kaye is a name I haven't heard in decades, that brings back memories

[@jamielandis4308]

An absolutely fantastic book. There is a second book, “Charlie And The Great Glass Elevator.” The author also wrote “James And The Giant Peach,” “Matilda,” and “The Friendly Giant.”

[@cboscari]

He wrote another called "Danny the Champion of the World" which was another one of my favorites. It's about a boy and his single dad, who live in an old Romani caravan car. There is no "magic" or fantasy in it, but about their relationship and what happens after Danny discovers his dad regularly poached pheasants in England, and he gets involved in it. Hijinx ensue, of course

[@88wildcat]

When he wasn't busy being a British spy.

[@s.b.907]

@@cboscari yes! Loved that book also!

[@RichardX1]

@@88wildcat yeah, didn't he write (r co-write) the screenplay to one of the James Bond films?

[@MordicusEgg]

@@cboscari, Yes! My teacher read Danny, The Champion Of The World to us in elementary school (and James, as well as The Fantastic Mr. Fox, and both of the Charlie books). Danny was a great book. Dahl was so great at crafting compelling characters in the midst of satire. Dahl actually had his own Romani caravan on his property. I believe that he sometimes used it as his writing office. Thanks for prompting these old memories for me!

[@grahamers]

A tinker is a person who is handy with repairing items.

[@Reggie2000]

He also sharpened knives.

[@AlanCanon2222]

Especially items made from tin, hence the name. A "tinker's dam[n]" might refer to a small dam made of clay to hold molten solder in place during a repair.

[@oaf-77]

A tin worker was called a tinker

[@matthewmiller9485]

The boat tunnel scene nearly 50 years later is still legit terrifying!!!

[@DamonNomad82]

This movie is one of my childhood favorites. A "tinker" was someone who repairs pots, pans and other utensils. The movie was released in 1970, and Richard Nixon was President. Gene Wilder came up with the Willie Wonka intro scene himself. He wanted to emphasize that you could never be sure what Wonka would do, by having him come out limping with a cane, then do a flip and jump up. I suspect you thought the blueberry girl was blonde is because she was blonde, in the remake (which I don't like nearly as well as this version). Veruca Salt's actress performed the song "I Want it Now" on her 14th birthday. She later used to call her daughter "Veruca" every time the daughter was acting bratty! I've been to the German city featured in the ending (Nordlingen, Bavaria), and it's every bit as gorgeous in person as it is in the movie!

[@catwhowalksbyhimself]

Wilder didn't just come up with his intro scene. He made it a condition of his playing the role.

[@DamonNomad82]

@@catwhowalksbyhimself That's true. I didn't mention that detail in my original comment, as it was already very long...

[@emmaheard5250]

A tinker is also a name for a spy

[@grahamers]

Cheer up Charlie is the most underrated song in this movie. It’s all about a mother’s wish for her children to be happy and it is so sweet.

[@joeblankenship377]

Yep. The melody is really nice too. I wanna learn how to play it.

[@Reggie2000]

You have no taste in music.

[@ThreadBomb]

@@Reggie2000 Why would you say that? Does hurting people's feelings make you feel good?

[@ThePete1081]

Its fine, but its still a sad song about a starving child stuck in the middle of a candy and wonder fantasy.

[@Reggie2000]

@@ThreadBomb If you like Cheer up Charlie, it's true.

[@JMulvy]

The man with butcher knives on his cart was a “tinkerer” he is the man you would flag down on the road to fix your old pots and sharpen your kitchen knives. Yeah my dad used to tell us about them when he lived in the city as a kid and he is in his 70s now, so not that long ago. He also had a man who would deliver ice to his house for the ice box. The whole Willy Wonka tumbling scene was improvised by Wilder. He didn’t tell anyone what he wanted to do but he convinced them to just keep filming. The crowd’s reaction was genuine. Wonka’s office is to show how he is half a mind about everything.

[@-Sherri-]

In Britain they call warts verucas, so that little girls name is essentially Wart Salt😀

[@MsWaif]

I've probably seen this movie well over 30 times in my life (yes I am an old), and have yet to tire of it. Gene singing "Pure Imagination" is probably my favorite movie musical performance ever and I am a HUGE musical film fan. Everything about it is just sooooo good. Also, I feel like this movie has such clever dialog, and nobody could pull off those witty one-liners and retorts like Gene. So glad you finally got to watch this one, love that you loved it!

[@christismellow]

Only 30 times?:)

[@bryanfoster362]

I use “Strike that. Reverse it.” Practically daily 😁

[@birck4293]

i think between school and general life im around 20-30

[@mcapps1]

Every time Gene sings, I end up crying a little bit.

[@amacampbell]

I saw this movie in the theatre as a kid, so I am the Old here.

[@BubblegumLightsaber]

I've loved this movie since I was a kid. The actress who played Veruca Salt, Julie Dawn Cole, wrote a memoir of her time on the movie ("I Want It Now"). Really good, I highly recommend it. (She seems like a cool person IRL)

[@MrTommygunz420]

20:06- I found out a few years ago that "Snozzberries" were a British slang term for 8===D when the book was written; making this scene so much funnier than when I was a kid (and my parents a little less wholesome than I remember.)

[@LA_BROWN_BEAR]

oh man i can't wait till you see little shop of horror.

[@frednich9603]

I've been trying to get her to watch that for over a year. I agree she would love it.

[@darthken815]

Hope she watches both versions.

[@RedKytten]

I remember when I read the books as a kid, that "The Great Glass Elevator" was my favourate one (the one that comes after this), though for the life of me, I can't remember what happens in it. LOVE that you are doing Naked Gun. Leslie Nielsen is a true Canadian treasure. I personally think his best movie is one called "Men With Brooms". A sports movie about curling. Unsurprisingly, it isn't well known outside of Canada...

[@DravenGal]

Vermicious Knids!

[@Johnny_Socko]

I loved "The Great Glass Elevator" too! I was so happy to find a book with such clever humor that didn't talk down to kids. One part I definitely remember is that they went to space!

[@DavetheAvatar]

I'm sure I remember something about the grandparents making themselves too young and having to go to negative land to help them... or that might have been some weird fever dream. That book was trippy.

[@paulgunderson4721]

And if the Naked Gun is a hit (and the sequels) watching Police Squad TV series (6 30 minute episodes) is worthwhile. Same creators, much of the same cast - came before the movies.

[@KitsyX]

I remember there being a space hotel which was overrun by some sort of aliens that wanted to eat everyone... Possibly the Vermicious Knids mentioned... They got rid of them somehow... After returning to the factory, Wonka gives the Grandparents a de-aging tonic or something, but I think 2 of them take too much and one ends up as a minus... Charlie and Wonka then go to a special place to find her minus and spray her with the aging tonic... Something like that... And for some reason the President was a gangster of some sort maybe... Personally I prefer the first book, but most Roald Dahl is worth a read anyway.

[@steveprice33]

"I was just... letting it happen." Ashleigh with The Vapors up in here. swooning for Gene Wilder. The thirst is real with our reviewer, y'all. (Also, the Ole Smoky Candy Kitchen in Gatlinburg, TN is the kind of old school candy shop you were talking about, with the added benefit of it smelling like homemade chocolate and fudge.)

[@RichardX1]

Appalachia is all about made-on-site candy shops like that.

[@hatepaste]

There is an old school candy shop in Chico Ca and this movie in playing constantly on one of the wall. It’s amazing and you can smell it from across the street. Check it out.

[@experi-mentalproductions5358]

19:33 - She was blonde in the remake.

[@totallyjumbled3447]

I paused at 19:07, and laughed for a solid 5 mins!!!!!

[@flovonnejohnson707]

Another fun fact: the chocolate river actually was a mix of chocolate, water and cream.... But the cream went bad and so for the week's duration of filming the scenes for this room, they had to deal with rancid smelling chocolate and had to pretend to not only not smell it but enjoy themselves.

[@thefreedommovement]

My grandpa Joe was my best friend. Literally from the moment I was born to the moment he died, we were together. He’s now in a box on my fridge (in hilarious irony, his ashes were the only thing I saved from our family farm before it burned down in 2020).

[@TerryAllenSwartos]

In Ireland (and perhaps the UK) a “tinker” is a pejorative term for wandering groups of people, similar to “gypsies” (also a derogatory appellation). They were known for coming through towns with their caravans (camper trailers, to us US folk) laden with rattling copper pots & pans, offering fix-it services. “Travelers” is another term used when mentioning them. Nobody wanted them around (except for a brief time if you needed their services), and they were often handy scapegoats for any crimes in the area. So Charlie seeing someone skulking around the factory and surmising he might be a “tinker” implies someone up to no good. Also an alternative rock band formed in ‘92 took the spoiled girl’s name, Veruca Salt. Ashleigh: “ I really feel like this movie was created to make kids stop eating candy.“ Roald Dahl: “I’ll finance the movie version of my book by selling the rights to the name ‘Willy Wonka Candy Company’ to a candy manufacturer.”

[@pieceofgosa]

A "tinker" is a... well there isn't really a modern equivalent. It's a person that makes a living by travelling town to town mending pots, pans & other metal utensils.

[@palehawaiian4649]

You're surprised the guy who married a red head likes carrot cake? Sounds like the story checks out.

[@rickshorrock6046]

Actually, green screen technology was not used in movies at the time of Willie Wonka movie. It was either blue screen or rear projection that was used.

[@Sakrysta]

I am SO with you on your crush on Gene Wilder! 🥰🥰🥰 But for me, this is the movie that prompted my adoration for him. One of my ALL-TIME FAVORITE movies! 💕💕💕

[@nycot107]

Some fun trivia about the movie for you: The scene where we first meet Wonka, and he comes out walking with a limp before doing a somersault, that was actually Gene Wilder's doing, it wasn't originally in the script. He said he wanted to do it because he wanted to keep the audience constantly questioning whether he was being serious or not. The rest of the cast did not realize he was going to do this, however, and some of them actually believed he had injured his leg for real. Their reactions in that scene are genuine

[@digitheadRex]

Willy Wonka’s character intro, which Gene Wilder ad libbed, is considered one of the two best in history, along with the John Wayne intro in “Big Jake”.

[@jaxonrenick5536]

Whenever I'm at the checkout register at the store and the card reader gives those three bell rings signaling a successful transaction, the 3 bells remind me of the start of Gene's song and triggers a Pavlovian like response and I start humming "Come with me and you'll see a world pure imagination. Sure, I get "looks" from other people but every once in a while I notice the look of recognition and a smile on a fellow shopper's or cashier's face. Now, re: Gene Wilder Gurl, you know that I keep suggesting that you watch Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother and The World's Greatest Lover, but I won't today. Today I'm going to plant the seed of another film with Gene Wilder...Start The Revolution Without Me. (Which came out right before Willy Wonka) So now there be, Gene Wilder movies three that I highly recommend to thee! Oh and, Congrats again on the 100K followers!!!!! WooHoo!

[@videohistory722]

Mike Teevee apparently was actually a nightmare to work with. The scene where they show the bees making honey? Those were wasps. And that kid let them loose.

[@80MWH]

19:48 - let me just say because of that last scene, I didn’t eat blueberry pie until at least a decade later.

[@DerekMckean]

Yes, it was kind of like a semi movie-musical. The odd thing was that there IS a musical called Charlie and The Chocolate Factory. Why is that odd? The Musical is based on the book as opposed to the film Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory. However, it originally had nothing to do with the film. When the musical opened in London it didn't have Candyman. However, when it opened on Broadway in 2017, some revisions were in the song order from its original 2014 London run and they had the rights to use references from the movie! So instead of opening like London with "Opening/Almost Nearly Perfect," the new revised Broadway version directed by Jack o Brian opened with "Candyman!" My favorite song from the musical is Vidiots.

[@redthemc7194]

When I was in 4th grade I was taken to the Hershey chocolate factory 35 years later I still remember it as best day of my life

[@KimDreamcatcher]

One of my favorite movies! I remember watching it on TV every Easter with my brothers. My husband said that the tunnel scene, especially paired with the creepy song Willy Wonka was singing, scared him as a kid!

[@The_Alt_Vault]

i still find it funny that for decades apparently none noticed the guy on the newspaper who faked finding a ticked was Martin Borman (also to answer your question there, it would be awkward for them to do an interview of well known at at the time thought to be escaped Nazi)

[@DouglaskaT]

I love that you love Gene Wilder. He was a great man and actor and just pure talent. I loved your reaction to him singing. Have you seen Young Frankenstein yet? Great review.

[@jamesp2719]

That smile when you look at gene

[@juggernautomnimedia1038]

Gene Wilder is also great in Silver Streak and Start The Revolution Without Me.

[@danielodom2286]

Miss Ashliegh, I get a kick out of reaction videos, I’ve seen a few channels and I enjoy watching their reactions. YOU…..ARE THE BEST! Love your reactions, I love your attention detail, your facial reactions are priceless. I just subscribed and look forward to more. You actually get it and you add to the query of what’s going on…..love it. Your my new favorite channel hope to see more!

[@videohistory722]

The restaurant Augustus was eating at is real. Apparently the cast always got together to eat there when they weren't shooting.

[@Bus_Driver117]

"Help. Police." Had me rolling

[@ThomasStClair-zr2lb]

Gene Wilder was such a caring man, when his family was asked about why they kept his Alzheimer’s diagnosis a secret they said he didn't want to disappoint “the countless young children that would smile or call out to him, ‘There’s Willy Wonka” or expose them to the cruel realities of the disease and "He simply couldn’t bear the idea of one less smile in the world"

[@UltimateGamerCC]

he was a brave dude, darkest days towards the end of his life, but he didnt want anyone frowning, took it like a champ.

[@natalieps2387]

Wow what an amazing man. Gene really was a true talent that could do so much comedy drama he has a good voice too. R.i.p. gene. Too many legends have been passing away.

[@Freakinger81]

That's one of the most touching facts i have ever seen. I had no idea Gene Wilder was such a brave and caring Man.

[@ronbo11]

His relationship and caring for Gilda Radner as she slowly died from ovarian cancer is also another example of how brave and caring he was.

[@gemini2012100]

I can believe that about him.

[@ShadowmonkStudios]

I used to be a truck driver and in many truck stops there is a tv room. One day I was in a tv room by myself and put this on. By the end of the movie I realized there were well over 2 dozen other truck drivers also watching it with me. Good times.

[@julier4140]

I think that's cool. Sometimes truckers get a bad rap, but that goes to show we are ALL kids at heart ❤

[@MyUrbanExplorationOnline]

Dude, that's awesome. Stuff that tough guy/girl toughness that trucky's are known for. You are prime example of someone that is a big kid at hard.

[@katwebbxo]

That's adorable 🥺

[@artizek]

That's the most wholesome thing I've ever heard.

[@DivineFalcon]

@@julier4140 I don't understand WHY truck drivers get a bad rep. They are the ones that makes the world go round.

[@davidwightman7375]

having worked in a chocolate factory for 34 years now i need to say i was conned, its nothing like willie wonka made it out to be

[@steelionx9255]

You are not conned. If you were old enough to begin working at a chocolate factory, you were old enough to know that movies are different then real life. Especially a movie with Willy Wonka!

[@crazyaspe6651]

@@steelionx9255 r/woooooooooosh

[@WaTahBasTard]

it more like the opening credits.

[@jhavranek7]

@@steelionx9255 they were joking...

[@sim_ne]

@@steelionx9255 they was joking… literally stfu

[@conncoll06]

Becoming an adult is realizing Willy Wonka owning a chocolate factory and holding a contest to humiliate bad children is a great idea lol

[@KitsyX]

And their parents possibly too >_>;;

[@ThePorpoisepower]

And realizing schnoz berries are a euphemism for gentlemenly bits.

[@jgzaz]

@@ThePorpoisepower thumbs up for the phrase "gentlemanly bits" Very good.

[@jmoon6909]

My realization was that it was all a scam to con a gullible child into inheriting the company along with the mountain of debt in fines from all the health code violations.

[@Zhilbar]

@@jmoon6909 They're only violations if you get caught... and good luck to any inspector trying to get in! Besides, Oompa Loompas clearly aren't human- human rights laws have yet to be extended to them, while as mentioned everyone else signed the waiver.

[@dabe1971]

The reaction of the kids to seeing the Chocolate Room was genuine. They were kept away from the set until ready to film so as to capture their genuine wonder. Violet and Veruca had quite a feud going on during filming as they both fancied Charlie.

[@calebray1834]

And their reaction to the farryboat scene was genuine.

[@Adrianne519]

There were a lot of reactions that were genuine. Willy Wonka limping out of the factory and doing the summer salt was improved and genuine, Willy Wonka snapping at Charlie was also genuine, Gene didn’t tell him he was going to do that.

[@yuyaricachimuel555]

Didn’t they reference this feud in the remake?

[@anakamarvelous]

In the book or the actual actors?

[@yuyaricachimuel555]

@@anakamarvelous during filming as they said

[@mrmeowsermoney]

Fun fact: In the scary tunnel scene, Gene Wilder was the only one who knew what was happening.

[@walters9620]

so the actors reaction looking freaked out was real. They didnt know about genes song or the anything. Hence if you watch closely you can see the actors just stop acting and just watch gene freaked out

[@mrmeowsermoney]

@@walters9620 a lot like the chest bursting scene from Alien

[@gspendlove]

The most amazing thing to me about this movie is that Peter Ostrum had a fun time playing Charlie, and got offers afterward for no less than a dozen kids' films. But he decided to reject them all, give up show business, and became a veterinarian. How many times in the history of moviemaking have we seen that? I think it was a commendable decision.

[@awkwardashleigh]

That is quite amazing!

[@kathyastrom1315]

That’s up there with Kelly Reno, who played Alec in The Black Stallion growing up to become a rancher.

[@elizabitty213]

Also the kid who played Benny the jet Rodriguez in “The Sandlot” he’s a firefighter 👨‍🚒

[@gordondavis6168]

Carrie Hein, who played Newt in Aliens, did the same rejection of Hollywood.

[@jculver1674]

And the kid who played young Forrest Gump grew up to join the military.

[@Shogundoxie1414]

Ashleigh's ovaries exploded when Gene started singing.

[@awkwardashleigh]

Clean up on aisle my panties, amirite.

[@goldilox369]

@@awkwardashleigh sploosh!

[@MikeWilsonBarrett]

@@awkwardashleigh 😂😂😂

[@seanriley199]

@@awkwardashleigh Oh my.. *monocle falls out

[@steveprice33]

@@awkwardashleigh I'm stealing this for future use.

[@PeteMachini6732]

Joe: lays in bed for 20 years, not helping the mother Joe after Charlie wins a ticket: Oh look, I can stand now.

[@MGmirkin]

Joe Laying in bed for 20 years [literally never getting out]: How did he use the bathroom? How does he still have any muscle mass in his legs whatsoever?

[@crystalsnow1138]

@@MGmirkin There was a bed pan under the bed.

[@Ilix42]

@@crystalsnow1138 Which makes the complete refusal to help around the house even worse; woman cleaned up his excrement!

[@sophiadellarte1705]

That plot convience hits hard

[@TheGolux]

I think the intention is that they were basically sleeping all the time to reduce the amount of food they needed to live, considering that the family was getting by on cabbage soup with insufficient cabbage...

[@tntkff9901]

Fun fact: Gene would only accept the role under the condition that no one knows what he is about to do or say, so that their reactions would be real: his intro with the cane, the boat ride, and when he yells at Charlie, all those facial reactions were 100% genuine. The kid who played Charlie was on the verge of tears when he went off on him, it was so unexpected

[@zombiehaiku7527]

And the limp, forward roll, was his idea.

[@Sam_on_YouTube]

He also insisted on his introduction scene. He reasoned that if, in his first appearance, he blatantly lies to everyone, nobody will know if they should ever trust him again.

[@TheDunnDusted]

I freaking cried when Wonka yelled at Charlie. So I guess it got the job done.

[@Sam_on_YouTube]

@@TheDunnDusted So did the kid. The tears were completely genuine. Gene felt bad about it later, but said it was better than robbing him of the chance to have that performance as an actor.

[@JustWasted3HoursHere]

@@Sam_on_KZbin And since Peter Ostrum had no acting experience before making this movie, that motivation actually helped him. I'm 100% sure Gene gave him the biggest hug after the scene was completed though.

[@jesseslack2089]

"Stop...don't come back" has been one of my favorite lines for the 35+ years I been alive...his delivery is spotless!

[@jal2550]

its "Stop, wait, comeback" yawn". Perfect delivery

[@pyrettablaze86]

Also, "The suspense is terrible! .....I hope it'll last....." He's not actually eating popcorn. Idk what he's eating, but he may as well be 😅🍿

[@TeddyBerry]

@@jal2550 lol no, it's clearly "Stop, don't, come back"

[@braidij7598]

@@jal2550 he says it twice. I think 'wait' was the first one and 'dont' was the second

[@mrrebel7964]

Ashleigh: I’d be taking a bite out of everything in that room. Gene Wilder: 😬

[@seamusburke639]

“Everything in this room is edible! Even I am edible, but that’s cannibalism and it’s frowned upon in most societies.”

[@liamnehren1054]

is eating an umpa lumpa cannibalism? I guess it falls into the same category as eating an Anthropomorphic animal but they look more humanlike so slightly worse?

[@sierrastanley3109]

It'd all go to waste anyway. Candy is meant to be eaten or it becomes stale and will go bad

[@glenngoldbaugh6770]

Fun fact: when Gene was in his last years, he stayed out of public life (Gene was suffering from Alzheimer's his last years) and all public knowledge of his prognosis was kept silent because "He simply couldn't bear the idea of one less smile in the world."

[@dehro]

that is the saddest of fun facts

[@mancredgaming3920]

Hardly a "fun" fact

[@ACNC1]

Never knew a young Jon Bon Jovi was in this movie

[@j6936-d6v]

Gene’s autobiography is incredible. It’s especially great on audiobook. He did the narration himself.

[@LordLOC]

I cry anytime I listen to that audiobook, and audiobooks rarely make me emotional.

[@E3WEINER]

I know that technically the remake is more faithful to the book but this version is by far more memorable and iconic

[@Aeneiden]

Yeah never liked that one. One of the few bad roles of Johnny Depp

[@piggyintheshadows]

Just because you're faithful to the book doesn't mean it's going to be a good movie. Some people don't seem to recognize that.

[@gryphman]

The one thing the remake does do right is showing the other kids leaving the factory.

[@Toastybees]

@@gryphman I like in this movie that we don't see what happens to the kids. It's in keeping with Wonka being a mysterious trickster type. By the end of the movie we know he has good intentions so we can infer the kids are probably fine, but the air of uncertainty remains, Wonka is a wildcard.

[@Trendyflute]

The remake didn't come together as a movie, I actually liked Depp's Wonka and Christopher Lee's dentist character was excellent, but the rest of the movie was flat and disjointed.

[@freethrall]

"He killed those kids, didn't he?" is the best response ever.

[@ellebaby825]

🤭

[@metatronblack]

He did and got away with it.😂😂😂🤫🤫🤫

[@autoharpmug6276]

The look on your face when Gene starts singing.... PRICELESS.

[@miriam8376]

My husband, literally every time we get to Grandpa Joe's song about how he's been laying around for twenty years letting his daughter support the whole family: TAKE YOUR MOTHER TO THE FACTORY, CHARLIE! (seriously, though, when I was a kid her "cheer up, Charlie" song was always just boring, but as an adult, it kills me to think of how hard her life is and how all she wants is for her son to be sheltered from the realities of adulthood a little longer.) Also, Gene Wilder is a gem among men and this movie is flawless.

[@Smallpotato1965]

Nah, in the book, Charlie's dad is still alive and works in a toothpast factory, screwing on the caps on the toothpaste tubes, while Mrs. Bucket takes in washing to make ends meet and Charlie has his paperroute, of course. They're still poor, of course. Ridiculously so (this is Roald Dahl, after all), since they are described as living is some hovel and only eating cabbage soup, but the point about Grandpa Joe is this: three of the four elderly (really elderly, they're all in their high eighties, if not nineties) people are frail and old and done with life, waiting for death and Mr. and Mrs. Bucket are too worn out and bowed down with worry. But Grandpa Joe is different; he believes in miracles. He's the one who filled Charlie's imagination with images of Wonka and his strange factory. He encouraged Charlie to believe that, even though he only opened a single Wonka bar, he had as much chance on winning as any other child. Charlie's parents didn't. They love him and want the best for him and work their fingers to the bone for him, but Grandpa Joe has been fascinated by Wonka for most of his life and has transferred that fascination and belief in the magical to Charlie. It's only fitting that the old man gets to go to the factory that he has been dreaming of for decades. Mrs. and Mr. Bucket don't give two hoots about that factory, or Wonka or chocolate; they only care to be able to keep a roof over their heads and to keep their loved ones fed. A noble cause, but not a magical one.

[@bigpun2456]

I can relate miriam my mom was a single mom everytime i hear that song now i think of her like a musical hug from the heavens movie is the best!!

[@mrdoctorgilmore]

Could be worse in the sequel, it turns out all of the grandparents where faking it, Grandma Josephine is just the worst.

[@danimation77]

@@Smallpotato1965 I think the point is, if Grandpa Joe can get out of bed (and he could), he could help out with the expenses by going back to work.

[@JoshuaBloom01]

@@mrdoctorgilmore First of all, it was a remake, not a sequel. And second, grandma Josephine clearly had dementia or Alzheimer's in the remake. Also, what do you mean "faking it"? If your referring to how easily Joe is able to get out of bed in the remake, it's just showing that he was so happy for Charlie that he was able to get out of bed. He wasn't faking it, it was just a colorful way of showing how excited he was for Charlie.

[@TheMarvelousM]

Absolute classic. My favorite chocolate bar was the Wonka bar, chocolate & graham crackers. Fun fact, the actress who played Veruca based her character off of girls at her private school she "absolutely could not stand", & the kid actors would often apologize to each other in between takes for being so mean.

[@shyannemarshall7163]

Ok, this I did not know, and I absolutely love how sweet the kids were with each other

[@derekfnord]

And she is so great as Veruca!

[@melissacooper8724]

She made the best Veruca!

[@johnkelly90]

She even tried to comfort the boy playing Augustus because he was shivering so badly because they had to do many takes with him in the water which basically was freezing.

[@cheridetty2344]

your face when you saw Gene start singing in the candy room was EVERYTHING and just made my day.

[@jwrockets]

Ashleigh's reactions without a filter are the reason we see her twice a week, thrice in October. "I'd let Gene Wilder pull my hair." Yes, Ashleigh, you said the quiet part out loud.

[@Nevarez23]

"I'd let Gene Wilder pull my hair!" Now I've got Headly Lamar from Blazing Saddles in my head going: "Kinky!" 😋

[@alanmackie7012]

Ashleigh loves Froggie. Froggie love Ashleigh?

[@Nevarez23]

@@alanmackie7012 Riiibit! Ribit!

[@videohistory722]

Charlie's reaction to Gene yelling at Joe is real. The director forbade Gene from telling him about this scene beforehand. And Gene really wanted to.

[@jamiee7367]

10:43 About why they don’t interview him: Beyond the fact that the ticket ends up being fake, there’s actually a subtle joke going on. You see, the picture they use for the guy who faked finding a golden ticket is actually a picture of Martin Bormann, head minister of the Nazi Party & Hitler’s private secretary. They describe him in the film as a “gambler from Paraguay” as a joke about all the Nazis who escaped to Argentina & other parts of South America. Admittedly, it’s a bit of an unexpected joke to be in a movie like this, but it’s there for people who spot it.

[@VenusDeMilitant]

How did I miss that? Good eye on you!

[@LoveKillFear777]

That’s crazy! I never would’ve caught it!

[@milliechook7375]

Roald Dahl, the author of the book, also wrote the script for the movie. He had a very quirky sense of humour - every time I watch this, I see something new. Incidentally, this was the first movie I ever saw at the cinema (in 1971, when I was 5).

[@cjnoffz3351]

I never knew that.

[@duanevp]

TIL...

[@christiankalk4668]

Note: Roald Dahl is known for extremely weird, dark twists in his stories.

[@k1productions87]

and he hated the movie version of his book so much that he refused to allow them to adapt Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator

[@bradleywalker8468]

Cf. James and the Giant Peach.

[@phousefilms]

Yup. His wife protested outside of "The Witches"(original, not the crappy remake)because they gave it a happy ending, when the boy from the story was supposed to remain a mouse forever. I think one of the few movie adaptations he liked was the animated "BFG"(he actually gave it a standing ovation when he saw it in theatres.)

[@momojojo590]

@Always Watching - I do. So do billions of people, but they may not know exactly what a snozzberry is to say they know.

[@darthbilbo]

Watching Ashleigh swoon over Gene Wilder singing was worth the price of admission alone! My fave vid so far! :D

[@frydguy2331]

Free? How much did you pay?

[@trentb3148]

I always loved hearing about the Behind the Scenes of this film. Like the fact that the actor who played Augustus didn't speak a lick of English and struggling through the couple of lines he had, or the actor who played Mike Teevee admitting he was a little shit that annoyed everyone on the set, or the two girls competing with each other because they both had a crush on Charlie. Plus of course, all the wonderful things they had to say about Gene Wilder. Was one of my favorite movies as a kid, and still is.

[@JL-sm6cg]

My favorite was finding out that when Willy Wonka yelled at Charlie and Grandpa Joe for his transgression, that was unexpected in order to get a more shocked reaction from the both of them. In rehearsal, Gene merely delivered the lines in a more calm, but stern and disappointed voice.

[@AndreNitroX]

Fun facts is great

[@Chuck_EL]

@@JL-sm6cg love how great this movie is directed and letting you from the beginning as Willy Wonka said "Surprises at every door" the whole movie is saying "Don't get too comfortable cause you're going on a roller coaster" Films like this are classics

[@christopherwall2121]

"Well, four of these children are just darling, and the fifth one I'm going to shoot in the head tomorrow."

[@ImDaBaron]

"Don't forget what happened to the man who got everything he always wanted. He lived happily ever after." RIP Gene Still makes me tear up

[@AuspexAO]

A wonderful line from a wonderful person.

[@greenpeasuit]

Seriously, though, even in that day and age, how did no one question the idea of a middle aged man luring kids to his factory with the promise if free candy, the selecting one to live there with him "happily ever after". I mean, red flags much?

[@TurnAGundam]

@@greenpeasuit That was a more innocent time, TBH.

[@TarossBlackburn]

"Things that you did not see coming", Gene INSISTED he be allowed to do that roll at the introduction to Willy or he'd walk. He wanted to make it immediately clear that you can expect anything with him.

[@hughmorris7557]

"Because from that point on, no one will know if I'm lying or telling the truth." - Gene Wilder

[@jodonnell64]

My girlfriend calls that "the unreliable narrator". It's a writing trope that keeps the reader, or in this case, viewer, guessing, and never quite sure where things are going.

[@HermanVonPetri]

@@hughmorris7557 And it worked perfectly, thus Ashleigh thinking "Something is off about him." Man I miss Gene.

[@RyneMurray23]

The guy and the computer kills me everytime. "Let's see what happens if I promise to share the grand prize" 😂😂😂

[@tomhaskett5161]

That's Tim Brooke-Taylor

[@SBaby]

Gene Wilder was so amazing in this movie. Everything he was in is fantastic, but this was one of his best roles. People to this day still consider him to be the actual Willy Wonka.

[@Kainlarsen]

For years, I always predicted there'd be a remake of this, and that Tim Burton would make it... Boy howdy, was I disappointed when I saw what he came up with. Johnny Depp is a great actor, but just misses completely with his portrayal of Wonka.

[@SBaby]

@@Kainlarsen I think Johnny Depp was miscast. Tim Burton's usually a lot better with that kind of thing, so I don't know what happened there. The movie wasn't terrible, but it could have been a lot better if they had gone with say, ROBIN WILLIAMS.

[@gettingkilt]

Wilder also contributed writing. That bit where he originally limps on a cane, then falls and somersaults up, was his own. And he insisted on it. He thought it set the tone for Wonka.

[@judithcure2255]

I loved Tim Burton's and Johnny Depp's as well.

[@seeker8097]

Ashleigh openly thirsting after Gene throughout this whole video was just what I needed this afternoon 😂 You’re not weird, luv. I totally get it 💗

[@mycroft16]

We've all got our crushes... I don't judge. I'm here for it. :D

[@sewthernbelle]

She should watch a few Gene Kelly musicals sometime. Talk about a man that could get it! Whoo!

[@stephenlackey5852]

@@sewthernbelle It’s all in the Genes.

[@poni_poki]

Yup, same here 🤭

[@nycot107]

Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka is so special

[@whovianhistorybuff]

Stop, don't, come back.

[@nycot107]

@@whovianhistorybuff Lol, that too XD

[@masonsteele261]

Gene's summersault was his unscripted adlib, that surprised everyone on set, including the director. Of course, it was movie magic! One of his best films is 'SILVER STREAK'!

[@geoculus5606]

"I can't pass for black!"

[@eansba88-]

it was scripted and genes one demand, actually. He said he wouldn't do the movie if he couldn't do the scene his way. He said from the first time seeing Wonka its important for the audience to know they can't trust him.

[@wolfkniteX]

@@eansba88- The part about WIlder wanting that scene put in the movie is true and it was technically scripted. HOWEVER, it was also the first time that everyone in the cast had ever seen him in person, so their reactions to his somersault are genuine.

[@kennethcrist443]

While "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" was my first Gene Wilder movie (saw it in the theater), "Silver Streak" will always be my favorite. Gene gets to play the romantic lead as the quintessential "everyman" and is a great homage to Alfred Hitchcock films. Also, the first teaming with Richard Pryor.

[@YouLousyKids]

15:40 I adore how she set it so that her little inset window is over the kid with similar-colored hair, so that it looks as though Gene is playing with Ashleigh's hair. If that was not intentional, then it is 100% more awesome!

[@Chrisyt272]

I noticed that too! 😂😂

[@davidranderson1]

It's funny that I don't think about it more often, but the line “So shines a good deed in a weary world” means a lot to me. Doing the right thing, whether it's a big or small thing, can be the ray of light someone else needs to see in that moment, even if we never know it. We walk through life casting both light and shadows on other people. Charlie wasn't perfect. He made mistakes, but he also restored Wonka's ability to feel hope.

[@johnw8578]

I love it when characters quote Shakespeare.

[@seanrosenau2088]

I read a nonfiction book about suicide jumpers on the Golden Gate Bridge. There was an excerpt from a jumper's diary that said 'im so lonely, if just one person smiles at me on the way there I won't do it'. That person ended up jumping.

[@SlitherThing]

A tinker was a tradesman who typically repaired household items, mainly pots and pans. They were generally tinsmiths but having other skills like grinding razors and scissors wouldn't be unheard of either. Usually they were itinerant or traveling workers, hence the cart.

[@DRockeh]

18:00 I love how every seat on the boat was taken. Any time there’s a vehicle, there isn’t enough room had any of the missing children made it.

[@derekstein6193]

First, Gene singing Pure Imagination is something wonderful, so you're not alone Ashleigh. Second, I have an unanswered question about the film (never read the book) that took me too long realize that I should've asked; what did "Slugworth" offer Varuca Salt? All the other characters were from middle-class or poor families, so that money made a tempting offer, but Varuca's family is so wealthy that her father used ONE of his factories and at least a hundred employees to sort through Wonka bars. As a spoiled brat that would never understand the value of a dollar or what work truly is, Varuca wouldn't care in the slightest about the proffered money, regardless of the sum. The shady man had to have offered her something else. And it couldn't have been a lifetime-supply of chocolate, because her father could buy her that whenever she demanded it. Besides, she was most likely self-assured she would win the grand prize. That is probably the reason she showed up to the factory in the first place, to deny others and to be the only, the most envied, most talked about, most elite individual to have the one the only prize of its kind in the world; why else compete in such a competition and visit a strange, most likely dirty factory, miles from any glamourous locale? Yet you can tell in the experimentation room, she eagerly put out a hand for a gobstopper and crossed her fingers when making her (empty) promise. So she clearly wanted to hand over the confection to the fake Slugworth. What could that man offer her that she would actually care about and her parents couldn't buy her? A cinematic mystery for the ages...

[@dragletsofmakara1120]

Very good points.

[@chrissandoval7675]

wealth independent from her father's.

[@timm1328]

he promised her an Oompa Loompa

[@DoremiFasolatido1979]

@@chrissandoval7675 Mostly irrelevant. She doesn't think of it as her father's wealth because while he "legally" controls it, she completely controls him. It doesn't have to be your money if you have full control of the one who has the money. To her, there'd be no difference.

[@DoremiFasolatido1979]

@@timm1328 That...might not be far off the mark. Not sure if that's exactly it, but a personal slave that NOBODY else in the world has? That might do it.

[@Bama_Red]

The smile when Ashley sees Gene - good thing he's passed on Blake!

[@jamesedwards2483]

The Boat Scene Is One That EVERYONE Remembers As Being UTTERLY Terrifying As A Kid

[@annemck]

This. It scared the crap out of me as a kid.

[@shannonbryan2191]

Still creeps me out when I see that scene 😆

[@jodonnell64]

Never scared me. I was eight when this movie came out and I saw it in theaters. Even then, I think I had a decent sense of wonder, and just thought the boat scene was kinda cool. My GF, though, was terrified of Violet's "expansion".

[@nickdeth24]

I liked the boat scene. I like the helpless screaming.

[@slaaneshhedonite7068]

Is it bad that of all the scenes that’s the one I was thinkin “ok, scary… however that’d be bitchin!”

[@1938superman]

13:42 That moment with the cane getting caught in the brick, Willy falling, rolling, then springing back up was completely Gene Wilder's idea. And he believed in it so much that he actually said he wouldn't do the movie if they didn't let him do it. When they asked him why, it was because he believed it was a crucial character moment for Wonka. He said it was important because from that moment on both the children and the audience wouldn't know if they could believe anything Wonka said or showed them.

[@Travelinmatt1976]

It was a genius idea, it sets the tone for the whole rest of the movie.

[@ahmedjacuzzi5494]

Possibly the greatest introduction of a character in cinematic history.

[@silentjay01]

Welcome, Ashleigh's reaction to Gene singing "Pure Imagination", We've been expecting you.

[@awkwardashleigh]

😍😍😍🤤🤤🤤

[@bravehome4276]

Ashleigh: "Sometimes I wonder what the hell's wrong with me." Ashleigh: "Not my problem!" Love it (and your commentaries)!

[@1938superman]

15:31 You swooning when you hear Gene Wilder's singing voice for the first time is priceless. Yes, that was really him and he had an amazing singing voice.

[@glenerickson358]

Now she's gonna buy the movie soundtrack.

[@TheAbstruseOne]

"So is Willy Wonka crazy?" A question we have been asking ourselves since our childhood. And if you've ever wondered why Gen X is so messed up, the boat scene.

[@jeffburnham6611]

How do you explain the problem with Millennials then? The 1970's have nothing on how messed up Millennials turned out to be.

[@TheAbstruseOne]

@@jeffburnham6611 They got to watch Willy Wonka and Watership Downs and Neverending Story as kids too.

[@brandonleague3641]

He's eccentric, not crazy. Money makes all the difference.

[@MFPMapFilmProductions]

I miss the days when Hollywood was allowed to scare the shit out of kids.

[@awkwardashleigh]

😂😂

[@tigeriussvarne177]

Funfact, the movie was made in Munich, Germany.

[@letmadora28]

They still do, but now they do It back stage.

[@oaf-77]

Hell yes, and kids loved it. One of my favorites was The Witches (1990)

[@OldRod99]

Darby O'Gill and the Little People... when the death carriage came out of the sky...

[@liannemorgan5797]

Roald Dahl is a British legend when it comes to children's books. Almost all of his classics are movies now with remakes even. Every book was read to us in primary schools 🥰 his house is now a walk around museum

[@gymeni]

For the record, I am a “mature” black woman and I am crazy about Gene Wilder, especially in this movie! I don’t know why, and I don’t care. 🥰

[@jculver1674]

When my sister and I watched this as kids, we both couldn't understand why Charlie didn't take his mom to the factory instead of Grandpa Joe. I guess it makes sense story-wise, but she deserved it a helluva lot more than him.

[@matthewgillies7509]

Simple: she couldn't afford the time off.

[@jacquelinecallejas1390]

I would have brought my mom too, but I rationalized Charlie's choice as that mom was too tired from work to want to go and had nothing to wear, while Grandpa Joe had not commitments.

[@JoshuaBloom01]

@@matthewgillies7509 Charlie's mother didn't "work" in the conventional sense. That is, she wasn't paid for any work she did around the Bucket house. She kept the home up and took care of the grandparents, which is probably the reason she didn't go. Also, I can't remember if it's in the book or not, but in the remake with Johnny Depp, Charlie's grandpa Joe worked for Wonka, giving him a solid reason for being the one who took Charlie to the factory.

[@johnw8578]

I guess Grampa was the male role model for Charlie.

[@JoshuaBloom01]

@@johnw8578 technically, yes. But, in both the remake and the book, Charlie has a father. I'm not sure why he wasn't included in this movie.

[@StillABigKid]

True story: Sammy Davis Jr. wanted to play the role of the candy store owner, because he wanted to perform the song "candyman" but the producers felt he was too famous for the role. Nevertheless, Davis added the song to his live act. Also, if you want more Gene Wilder singing, check out "The adventures of Sherlock Holmes' younger brother"

[@dandesmarais2190]

Hop, hop, come and do the Kangaroo Hop....

[@DennisCarwyr]

@@dandesmarais2190 I didn't know that that song was an actual song written in the early 1900s

[@vanessawhitneypro]

Sammy's version of the song was released as a single in the United States... Anthony Newley (one of the co-writers of the music) hated how the actor sang it in the movie, thought about recording it himself, and instead, Mike Curb (who worked with The Osmonds) made a deal for Sammy to record it... It was Sammy's first #1 hit in a long time (he was in his late 40s) and it made him some good money & a new, younger fan base... LOVE Sammy Davis Jr. ...

[@suebob16]

@@vanessawhitneypro I believe Sammy Davis Jr also got a Grammy nomination for it. Such a fun and upbeat version of the song.

[@ramfarframfarf1770]

sorry for to kill your theory but 70s movies + about a +succesful bussinesman + rich +influencial+ respected+ peolple loved +society morale pillar+ envied+ BLACK chocolatier, who adopt a poor blond kid ... ooops where is my white-pointy-hat-mask ?

[@Cindrbell]

Gene was a wonderful husband and support to Gilda. He is a legend. His guest star on Will & Grace got him an Emmy. RIP GENE AND GILDA. 🌹 I just love that u love Gene. 💞

[@donwild50]

The author of the book was Roald Dahl, who besides being an author, was also a fighter pilot in the RAF in WWII, a diplomat and a spy...he knew Ian Fleming, the creator of James Bond. His works were dark but varied. He also wrote "James and the Giant Peach," "Matilda," "The BFG," and "The Witches," all of which were also turned into films. I strongly recommend "The Witches," which was filmed twice. (The first variation starred Anjelica Huston and Rowan Atkinson, and was the last film Jim Henson (the creator of The Muppets) produced before his untimely death.)

[@jlex1049]

He was also an anti-semite. Oh and the the Oompa-Loompas were originally going to be dark-skinned.....From Africa. I think I just heard your childhood being crushed.... Surprised Wonka hasn't been cancelled yet. But then Dr. Seuss made anti Japaneses war propaganda and snuff films for soldiers..... How else can I can ruin favorite authors?

[@jlex1049]

@Brad1980 Everyone's a little bit racist and prejudiced against someone else. That includes me and you. Are you brave enough to admit it? Or are you a coward and a liar too?

[@wordforger]

My favorite short story I've read from him has to be "The Landlady." Won't give it away, it's just *chef's kiss* in use of subtext and suspense surrounding what seems an ordinary sort of conversation and situation.

[@erikjohnson3859]

@@jlex1049 So you lie and out yourself as a dumb racist completely unprompted? Yikes.

[@jlex1049]

@@erikjohnson3859 Everyone is prejudiced, whether from within or without. I too have struggled with it. Most who choose to not admit this human failure are lying.

[@davidmiles533]

A Very rare Gene Wilder AND Harrison Ford film is a comedy western called: Frisco Kid. This is not a joke.

[@catharticcathexis4527]

Very fun movie. The Indian scene dancing kills me every time.

[@barbarakiewe4917]

"Her voice feels like a warm hug." Nailed it.

[@henrikharbin5521]

Hi Ashleigh :) This was the first movie I EVER saw in a theater. It was 1971 and I was 6 years old. I loved it, and I kept asking to go to the real Wonka chocolate factory. My brother Marc was 16, and could have been really cruel about it, but he told me that the factory was too far away and we couldn't afford to go. The same year, I went to McDonalds for the first time, Looking for McDonaldLand , because I wanted to meet Ronald. As a disabled kid, I was encouraged to have a VERY vivid iimagination... Which eventually turned me into a writer in school. So this movie is healthy for the creative mind. :)

[@Immortalheart66]

Yup,…first movie here too. I was 5. Second movie ,..five years later “Jaws”,…..when I need a boost to feel young and good,…my 2 go to movies,..Willy Wonka ,…and the goonies.Timeless treasures!!!!!

[@IrishCarney]

6:31 "that was weird". That's a dueling scar. For generations in German-speaking countries, upper-class young men it universities would join student societies, kind of like snooty fraternities, which included dueling with swords among their traditions. Getting a scar on your face like that was a status symbol, showing that you were brave, even attractive in a way like an eye patch. Anyway that's why stereotypical German villains often have them.

[@heathergarnham9555]

Like Siegfried, he got his in a duel in Hieldberg, with his brother.

[@lydiasimoneau931]

I am 60 years old. I have a younger sister and we shared a room growing up. I read her the book at night tell she fell asleep then pick up the next night were I left off. We both loved the book then saw the movie. One of my favorites. The scene when they enter the fantastical room made every kids jaw just drop.

[@ChrisinOSMS]

The buttercup was wax and wasn’t supposed to be eaten, Gene’s a beast.

[@strangeworldsunlimited712]

Gene bit into it, chewed a bit, director called "Cut", and Gene spit it out.

[@TheHeatherjane]

I always thought that looked really good lol, I begged my mom to make me buttercup candy lol.

[@PhilBagels]

It really wouldn't have been that hard to make one out of sugar or something that he could actually eat.