# Why was the first film named "Willy Wonka And..."?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 30, 2005, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-first-film-named-willy-wonka-and/319181 "2005-08-30T00:52:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-first-film-named-willy-wonka-and/319181/21 "2005-08-30T14:15:27Z")

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I read Gilda’s autobiography and she did indeed sound difficult. I’m sure Gene has a dark side as well. Whenever he yells at someone in a movie it scares the crap out of me. Gene’d tear you a new one, alright. 🙂

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**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:** [August 30, 2005, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-first-film-named-willy-wonka-and/319181/22 "2005-08-30T14:55:20Z")

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> [@Dung Beetle](#):
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> Gene’d tear you a new one, alright. 🙂

He is 72 :eek: . I’m not afraid of him.

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**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-first-film-named-willy-wonka-and/319181/23 "2005-08-30T15:09:58Z")

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> [@adam yax](#):
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> He is 72 :eek: . I’m not afraid of him.

That just doesn’t seem possible!

I’d still do him.

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**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-first-film-named-willy-wonka-and/319181/24 "2005-08-30T15:40:36Z")

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> [@Dung Beetle](#):
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> I’d still do him.

“Oh sweet mystery of life, at last I’ve found you…”

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