Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971), starring Gene Wilder, is full of literary allusions. How many can you count?
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thing of beauty is a joy first Willy
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Wonka and the Chocolate Factory sweetens
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Roald Dahl’s classic book with sprinkles
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of famous literary quotes delivered with
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a playful twist by Gene Wilder invention
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my dear friends is 93 percent
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perspiration six percent electricity
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four percent evaporation and two percent
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butterscotch Ripple you should open your
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mouth a little wider when you speak a
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small step for man but a giant step for
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us bubble a bubble Cola double Cola
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double bubble burp Oh you should never
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never doubt what nobody is sure where is
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fancy bread
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I’m 44 100% pure candy is dandy but
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liquor is quicker all I ask is a tall
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ship and a star to sailor by in
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springtime the only pretty rings I’m
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birthday hey ding ding ding sweetflowers
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we are the music makers and we are the
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dreamers of dreams some shines a good
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team the suspense is terrible he used to
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be I hope it alive the literary
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allusions underscore Wonka’s enigmatic
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character an impish trickster with the
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hidden agenda masking the deep poetic
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soul of a dreamer
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these quotes stolen from great fiction
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fuel the fantasy that the Candyman is
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pure imagination hug you adieu
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parting is such sweet sorrow
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you
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