# Does anyone else always fast-forward past "Cheer up, Charlie"? \[W.Wonka and the Chocolate Factory\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 25, 2010, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-always-fast-forward-past-cheer-up-charlie-w-wonka-and-the-chocolate-factory/547915 "2010-07-25T02:58:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-always-fast-forward-past-cheer-up-charlie-w-wonka-and-the-chocolate-factory/547915/1 "2010-07-25T02:58:25Z")
I do, I skip the entire scene from when Charlie enters. It is the worst part of the film imo. I usually don’t skip anything in movies. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-always-fast-forward-past-cheer-up-charlie-w-wonka-and-the-chocolate-factory/547915/2 "2010-07-25T02:59:52Z")
What? ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-always-fast-forward-past-cheer-up-charlie-w-wonka-and-the-chocolate-factory/547915/3 "2010-07-25T03:01:52Z")
What the hell are you talking about? ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-always-fast-forward-past-cheer-up-charlie-w-wonka-and-the-chocolate-factory/547915/4 "2010-07-25T03:03:31Z")
from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory come on that’s a very famous movie and if you don’t know what I’m talking about then the poll doesn’t apply to you anyway ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-always-fast-forward-past-cheer-up-charlie-w-wonka-and-the-chocolate-factory/547915/5 "2010-07-25T03:52:03Z")
> [@PSXer](#): > > from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory > > come on that’s a very famous movie > > and if you don’t know what I’m talking about then the poll doesn’t apply to you anyway It’s also a pretty simple three-word sentence. Though it does have the clues of the given name “Charlie,” and the OP saying it’s something that takes place in a movie. And that it was sad. That’s a _little_ cryptic, you have to admit. ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-always-fast-forward-past-cheer-up-charlie-w-wonka-and-the-chocolate-factory/547915/6 "2010-07-25T04:01:03Z")
It is cryptic but it is ok because if you don’t understand it, you haven’t seen the movie enough times to be able to answer the poll ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-always-fast-forward-past-cheer-up-charlie-w-wonka-and-the-chocolate-factory/547915/7 "2010-07-25T04:48:11Z")
> [@PSXer](#): > > It is cryptic but it is ok because if you don’t understand it, you haven’t seen the movie enough times to be able to answer the poll …or you don’t _recognize_ the reference well enough to say “oh, god, yeah, _that_ song? I’d forgotten it until now—I hated that damn thing!”? ---
**Author:** ![Ritter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ritter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ritter)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-always-fast-forward-past-cheer-up-charlie-w-wonka-and-the-chocolate-factory/547915/8 "2010-07-25T04:48:45Z")
Even as a seven year old, I would cringe with embarrassment at that scene. ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-always-fast-forward-past-cheer-up-charlie-w-wonka-and-the-chocolate-factory/547915/9 "2010-07-25T04:49:44Z")
ok you win I admit the topic title was too cryptic never again will I be so thoughtless in naming my topics. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-always-fast-forward-past-cheer-up-charlie-w-wonka-and-the-chocolate-factory/547915/10 "2010-07-25T05:01:01Z")
I’ve seen the movie a thousand times and still don’t recognize the line. ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-always-fast-forward-past-cheer-up-charlie-w-wonka-and-the-chocolate-factory/547915/11 "2010-07-25T05:05:10Z")
Ok so what do you call the song Charlie’s mom sings? ---
**Author:** ![Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/43a26b/32.png) [@Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pine_Fresh_Scent)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-always-fast-forward-past-cheer-up-charlie-w-wonka-and-the-chocolate-factory/547915/12 "2010-07-25T05:16:42Z")
At first I thought the topic was about “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”, but I see that “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” is on TBS later tonight, so it clicked. Great movie, hokey song. ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-always-fast-forward-past-cheer-up-charlie-w-wonka-and-the-chocolate-factory/547915/13 "2010-07-25T06:36:26Z")
> [@Ponch8](#): > > I’ve seen the movie a thousand times and still don’t recognize the line. Look up, Charlie You’ll see a star Just follow it and keep your dreams in view Pretty soon the sky is going to clear up Charlie, Cheer up Charlie, do Cheer up Charlie Just be glad you’re you. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-always-fast-forward-past-cheer-up-charlie-w-wonka-and-the-chocolate-factory/547915/14 "2010-07-25T08:22:12Z")
I thought it was going to be about the Star-Kist commercials. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-always-fast-forward-past-cheer-up-charlie-w-wonka-and-the-chocolate-factory/547915/15 "2010-07-25T11:42:34Z")
> [@PSXer](#): > > It is cryptic but it is ok because if you don’t understand it, you haven’t seen the movie enough times to be able to answer the poll No, it’s not okay – in fact, the [forum rules](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=343601) mention specifically that you should avoid cryptic titles. > [@](#): > > There are lots of threads, and most people don’t have the time or inclination to read through every one to discover which ones they’re most interested in. Please, when you start a thread, be sure the title you create is reasonably descriptive of the topic. I have edited the thread title to be more descriptive. I strongly encourage you to read the forum rules, conveniently located in a sticky at the top of the forum page. **twickster** , Cafe Society moderator. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-always-fast-forward-past-cheer-up-charlie-w-wonka-and-the-chocolate-factory/547915/16 "2010-07-25T12:15:45Z")
> [@PSXer](#): > > ok you win > > I admit the topic title was too cryptic > > never again will I be so thoughtless in naming my topics. Hey, all I’m saying is that things aren’t always that obvious to people without the same frame of reference—or _some_ frame of reference. A good thread could lose out that way, and unnecessarily. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-always-fast-forward-past-cheer-up-charlie-w-wonka-and-the-chocolate-factory/547915/17 "2010-07-25T13:23:52Z")
Oh yeah, I really hate that part of the movie. I’ve heard that people like it, but I always found it too slow and sad when I was a kid. I like that movie a lot and always find it interesting to look up what happened to people in it(aside from Gene Wilder and Jack Albertson, of course). So, that one was called Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, right? Yeah, PSXer really needs to review the rules/norms on the Dope. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-always-fast-forward-past-cheer-up-charlie-w-wonka-and-the-chocolate-factory/547915/18 "2010-07-25T13:55:11Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > So, that one was called Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, right? Oops, sorry, right title now. ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-always-fast-forward-past-cheer-up-charlie-w-wonka-and-the-chocolate-factory/547915/19 "2010-07-25T14:58:33Z")
Hey guys I did read the rules why you gotta be accusing me. I didn’t intentionally make it cryptic. Obviously I thought it was clear enough, It’s not my fault that not everyone has seen Willy Wonka as many times as I have. No need to be giving me a dozen lashes over it ---
**Author:** ![Shawn1767](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Shawn1767](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shawn1767)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-always-fast-forward-past-cheer-up-charlie-w-wonka-and-the-chocolate-factory/547915/20 "2010-07-25T16:09:35Z")
I knew what it meant. I usually go to the bathroom or get food at that point. My wife gets creeped out by the grandparents all sharing a bed. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-always-fast-forward-past-cheer-up-charlie-w-wonka-and-the-chocolate-factory/547915.md?page=2)