"What are those horrible orange creatures?" "Those are the Grunkalunkas. They work here in the Slurm factory." "Well, tell them I hate them."
Can someone tell me what on earth is this about? What's the reference? I just don't get it...
Thanks!
Robert
That's a reference to the Oompah-Loompahs from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, which is what that whole episode was a spoof of.
Charlie and the Chocolate factory featured very similar creatures working in the factory named Oompah-Loompahs (the spelling may be wrong, it's been a while) who sang moral songs to the visitors.
Farnsworth hates little orange creatures. Pluh!
Robert Teague wrote in message news:[email]...
I guess my question wasn't very clear. Sorry.
What I'm asking is: why would Farnsworth "hate them" at first sight? I've seen Willy Wonka several times, but don't remember anything like that from the characters in the movie.
Maybe I'm wrong, but I figured it MUST be a reference to SOMETHING, since the animators went out of their way to make sure you saw him say it. It wasn't funny by itself (at least, I didn't think so).
Robert
I HATED the stupid orange things in "Willie Wonka and the Amazing Chocolate Factory". Everyone I know hates them. I didn't know there was anyone who DIDN'T hate them. Farnsworth was just giving voice to what almost everyone in the real world thought about them. Seen in that light, his expression of hatred for the "cutsie-poo" things was hilarious.
ALL ORANGE THINGS MUST DIE SLOW PAINFUL DEATHS!
And, I sure did hate Willie Wonka And His Amazing Chocolate Factory as a kid *and* as an adult, let's add that to the slow painful death list.
He smuggled them out of "Loompaland" because they were being eaten by Vermicious Knids and a bunch of other weird creatures. All in all, the story is pretty frightening. A strange old man promises children treats, but instead, punishes them horribly. Children's stories are mostly like that though. Hansel and Gretel was a story about a dysfunctional family. After the parents abandoned their children in the woods, they meet a canniballistic witch who, apparently, uses treats as bait so that she can enslave, imprison, and finally eat children. Wonka is not much better.
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Not quite. Wonka himself isn't the direct cause of anything that happens to the children - they all bring it on themselves - Augustus falls into the river despite Wonka's panic (albeit over the quality of his chocolate), Violet eats the gum....likewise for all the others whose names I can't for the life of me remember.
(urk, dies)
See. Told you.
Charybdis wrote:
Augustus Gloop (Wonka's answer to Uther) Violet Beauregarde (needed de-graping) Mike Teevee (nine feet tall) Veruca Salt (went on to become a band) Charlie Bucket (our hero)
The 1971 movie was actually called "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory."
Damn, that is one of my favorite childhood movies! The only part of the movie that I didn't like was the beginning prior to all of the excitement over the golden ticket. I thought the Oompa Loompas were pretty cool.
Quite a few people I know liked the movie as well, but maybe that's just a California thing.
Dean Humphries wrote in message news:[email]...
Factory as
death list.
The book is called Charley And The Chocolate Factory (I do believe).
Maybe it was a thing in your neighborhood, I'm right here with you in America's Finest City.
How's the beer in Monty's Den?
Dean Humphries wrote in message news:[email]...
Eh, it's decent. I've only been there a couple of times for post-exam libations. I prefer to hit the Shakespeare Pub & Grille in Mission Hills.
Sounds like you're one of those study-boys.
Actually, no. But I'm not much of a party animal either. I'm more of a sit-at-home-and-waste-time type.
Dean Humphries wrote in message news:[email]...
Oh. A Fry kind of guy.
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Exactly!
Now if I could just find myself a Leela kind of woman, but with two eyes.
Haha, good luck! All I seem to find are the one-eyed ones. I have to stop going to Moose's in PB, I guess.
Well, I have to say that's the first time I've come across such an attitude about them. I really didn't care about them one way or the other, myself.
But thanks for clearing up my question.
Robert
I've said this before: Farnsworth hates little orange creatures.
Well, everybody hates Oompaloompas.
indigolem wrote:
Creepy lil' sombiches them.