# Wonka's Golden Ticket - what in the world am I watching? (Netflix reality show)

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** netflix, reality-or-game-show\
**Created:** [September 24, 2026, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonkas-golden-ticket-what-in-the-world-am-i-watching-netflix-reality-show/1033329 "2026-09-24T01:01:07Z")\
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**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:** [September 24, 2026, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonkas-golden-ticket-what-in-the-world-am-i-watching-netflix-reality-show/1033329/1 "2026-09-24T01:01:07Z")

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**What is this absolutely ridiculous and disturbing television program?**

1. Peter Ostrum, the original Charlie, shows up in the opening minutes. He gets a golden ticket and says, “Not this time, Wonka!” and that is all we see of him. I…ok, I guess that is a thing.

2. Gene Wilder’s voice is computer generated. It…well, it sounds pretty good. It is odd, though. Very odd. I don’t even know what to think.

3. The footage of the people getting their golden tickets was pathetic. Uh, they know they have been chosen to be on a TV show!

This whole show looks expensive and the winning team gets $3 million, paid out over 30 years.

This show is high budget…and then something like the chocolate waterfall looks pathetically cheap.

I love that at no point, this thing was rejected. All along the way, Netflix seemed to think this was good idea.

Oh, I’m watching it. But it’s more like watching a disaster play out. Looks like they dropped all of it at once. If this aired weekly, I’d forget about it.

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2026, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonkas-golden-ticket-what-in-the-world-am-i-watching-netflix-reality-show/1033329/2 "2026-09-24T01:32:11Z")

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[It could have been a lot worse.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy%27s_Chocolate_Experience)

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**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2026, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonkas-golden-ticket-what-in-the-world-am-i-watching-netflix-reality-show/1033329/3 "2026-09-25T21:02:06Z")

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I watched the teaser and all I could think is that they copped out by having adults as the contestants. They should have scoured the world for the most obnoxious, unlikable children and then tortured them.