Comments on: Memoir of the making of Willy Wonka by the actress who played Veruca Salt http://boingboing.net/2013/01/09/memoir-of-the-making-of-willy.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 13:51:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Nathan Hornby http://boingboing.net/2013/01/09/memoir-of-the-making-of-willy.html#comment-1624851 Nathan Hornby Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204798#comment-1624851 Damn straight. Damn straight.

]]> By: Cowicide http://boingboing.net/2013/01/09/memoir-of-the-making-of-willy.html#comment-1624822 Cowicide Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204798#comment-1624822 <blockquote>Charging a fee, that's where.</blockquote>You get what you pay for... or don't...

Charging a fee, that’s where.

You get what you pay for… or don’t…

]]> By: Nathan Hornby http://boingboing.net/2013/01/09/memoir-of-the-making-of-willy.html#comment-1624459 Nathan Hornby Thu, 10 Jan 2013 12:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204798#comment-1624459 Charging a fee, that's where. In all fairness it is a reasonably well cobbled together Google Image collage - whatever that's worth. Charging a fee, that’s where.

In all fairness it is a reasonably well cobbled together Google Image collage – whatever that’s worth.

]]> By: Nathan Hornby http://boingboing.net/2013/01/09/memoir-of-the-making-of-willy.html#comment-1624458 Nathan Hornby Thu, 10 Jan 2013 12:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204798#comment-1624458 It's easier to play a character than be yourself. It’s easier to play a character than be yourself.

]]> By: emo hex http://boingboing.net/2013/01/09/memoir-of-the-making-of-willy.html#comment-1624259 emo hex Thu, 10 Jan 2013 02:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204798#comment-1624259 Someone do me a solid and post a pdf version. Someone do me a solid and post a pdf version.

]]> By: Paul Renault http://boingboing.net/2013/01/09/memoir-of-the-making-of-willy.html#comment-1624031 Paul Renault Wed, 09 Jan 2013 22:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204798#comment-1624031 From her WIki page: "Whenever Holly (her daughter) said or did anything brattish, I'd just go, 'Is there a problem, Veruca? Can I help you?' That <i>always</i> snapped her out of it." She seems to another data point in a Strong Law that actors' personality is usually the opposite of the roles they are identified with. From her WIki page: “Whenever Holly (her daughter) said or did anything brattish, I’d just go, ‘Is there a problem, Veruca? Can I help you?’ That always snapped her out of it.”

She seems to another data point in a Strong Law that actors’ personality is usually the opposite of the roles they are identified with.

]]> By: Ian Wood http://boingboing.net/2013/01/09/memoir-of-the-making-of-willy.html#comment-1623870 Ian Wood Wed, 09 Jan 2013 20:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204798#comment-1623870 "I want a feast...I want a bean feast!" Which, when I was a kid, was dissonant...I didn't know what it meant, then, and couldn't reconcile beans with "Cream buns and donuts and fruitcake with no nuts." “I want a feast…I want a bean feast!”

Which, when I was a kid, was dissonant…I didn’t know what it meant, then, and couldn’t reconcile beans with “Cream buns and donuts and fruitcake with no nuts.”

]]> By: ChickieD http://boingboing.net/2013/01/09/memoir-of-the-making-of-willy.html#comment-1623854 ChickieD Wed, 09 Jan 2013 20:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204798#comment-1623854 On one of the DVDs of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory there is an extra DVD where they go back and interview the child stars. I checked on Amazon and there is currently a 40th Anniversary Edition out, so I'm guessing the one I saw was a 30th Anniversary or 25th Anniversary Edition. This woman was the most interesting interview. She has been a working professional actress for many years: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0170628/ For $0.00 this is probably worth the price. I thought she was quite articulate. On one of the DVDs of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory there is an extra DVD where they go back and interview the child stars. I checked on Amazon and there is currently a 40th Anniversary Edition out, so I’m guessing the one I saw was a 30th Anniversary or 25th Anniversary Edition.

This woman was the most interesting interview. She has been a working professional actress for many years:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0170628/

For $0.00 this is probably worth the price. I thought she was quite articulate.

]]> By: Cowicide http://boingboing.net/2013/01/09/memoir-of-the-making-of-willy.html#comment-1623838 Cowicide Wed, 09 Jan 2013 20:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204798#comment-1623838 Between this and the comic sans font, this cover is tragic.  Where's a decent graphic designer when you need them? Between this and the comic sans font, this cover is tragic.  Where’s a decent graphic designer when you need them?

]]> By: Cowicide http://boingboing.net/2013/01/09/memoir-of-the-making-of-willy.html#comment-1623833 Cowicide Wed, 09 Jan 2013 19:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204798#comment-1623833 Oh, jeez... such a shame they used that font.  Like everyone else, I came here about the tragic font usage as well. Oh, jeez… such a shame they used that font.  Like everyone else, I came here about the tragic font usage as well.

]]> By: Christopher http://boingboing.net/2013/01/09/memoir-of-the-making-of-willy.html#comment-1623771 Christopher Wed, 09 Jan 2013 19:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204798#comment-1623771 Look closely at Veruca's father (Roy Kinnear) and you can tell Veruca is standing right in front of him. Her hat can be seen poking up out of the hat of the larger Veruca in the foreground. Look closely at Veruca’s father (Roy Kinnear) and you can tell Veruca is standing right in front of him. Her hat can be seen poking up out of the hat of the larger Veruca in the foreground.

]]> By: Nathan Hornby http://boingboing.net/2013/01/09/memoir-of-the-making-of-willy.html#comment-1623751 Nathan Hornby Wed, 09 Jan 2013 18:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204798#comment-1623751 There's so much infringement on that cover… Just to make sure I stuck 'chocolate swirl' into Google Images. Yup, they used Google images to make the cover. Off to http://lousybookcovers.tumblr.com/ with you! There’s so much infringement on that cover…

Just to make sure I stuck ‘chocolate swirl’ into Google Images.

Yup, they used Google images to make the cover. Off to http://lousybookcovers.tumblr.com/ with you!

]]> By: Nathan Hornby http://boingboing.net/2013/01/09/memoir-of-the-making-of-willy.html#comment-1623742 Nathan Hornby Wed, 09 Jan 2013 18:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204798#comment-1623742 Beat me to it :( Beat me to it :(

]]> By: Gregg Grose http://boingboing.net/2013/01/09/memoir-of-the-making-of-willy.html#comment-1623726 Gregg Grose Wed, 09 Jan 2013 18:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204798#comment-1623726 Nice find, thanks Mark. I will now also have that song in my head for the rest of the day. "I want the works, I want the whole works" Nice find, thanks Mark.

I will now also have that song in my head for the rest of the day. “I want the works, I want the whole works”

]]> By: tewsday http://boingboing.net/2013/01/09/memoir-of-the-making-of-willy.html#comment-1623725 tewsday Wed, 09 Jan 2013 18:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204798#comment-1623725 Same here. Same here.

]]> By: petz79 http://boingboing.net/2013/01/09/memoir-of-the-making-of-willy.html#comment-1623723 petz79 Wed, 09 Jan 2013 18:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204798#comment-1623723  That really was the first thing I saw on that cover.  That really was the first thing I saw on that cover.

]]> By: morcheeba http://boingboing.net/2013/01/09/memoir-of-the-making-of-willy.html#comment-1623705 morcheeba Wed, 09 Jan 2013 18:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204798#comment-1623705 I blame Comic Sans for the $0.00 price tag. I blame Comic Sans for the $0.00 price tag.

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