# Hoho HO ho: The Hogfather

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoho-ho-ho-the-hogfather/384609>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 18, 2006, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoho-ho-ho-the-hogfather/384609 "2006-12-18T10:33:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2006, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoho-ho-ho-the-hogfather/384609/21 "2006-12-24T13:00:46Z")

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They really trimmed Death’s appearance at the mall. You didn’t get the conversation about the lizard press or about the pony in the kitchen.

I thought all of the principles were spot on. That wasn’t exactly how I had pictured Teatime, but I like their version better than mine. (The actor said that he was influenced by Johnny Depp’s Willy Wonka, which makes sense.)

I’ll probably watch the second part tonight. Like _Lightnin’_, don’t ask how I got it.

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**Author:** ![CaerieD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@CaerieD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaerieD)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2006, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoho-ho-ho-the-hogfather/384609/22 "2006-12-24T14:45:11Z")

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[QUOTE=DoctorJ]  
That wasn’t exactly how I had pictured Teatime, but I like their version better than mine. (The actor said that he was influenced by Johnny Depp’s Willy Wonka, which makes sense.)  
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Thanks to living in the US, I haven’t seen this, but I watched some clips of Teatime online, and if he was like that throughout I have to agree. I’d always had a very difficult time imagining Teatime. He always seemed quite vague in my head as I was reading the book. But, that portrayal seems both pretty similar to what’s described in the book and, well, creepy.

Sigh. Now if only I could somehow get my hands on this. I’m dying of envy.

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**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2006, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoho-ho-ho-the-hogfather/384609/23 "2006-12-24T15:29:57Z")

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Soooooo… How did you get it?

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