6645

Who do you blame when your kid is a brat
Pampered and spoiled like a Siamese cat?
Blaming the kids is a lion of shame
You know exactly who's to blame:
The mother and the father!

__________________
"Only the united beat of sex and heart together can create ecstasy" ~Anaïs Nin


"The full moon is calling, the fever is high.
And the wicked wind whispers and moans.
You got your demons, you got desires
Well, I got a few of my own"
~The Eagles

he he he... actually that should be

"A little nonsense now and then, is cherished by the wisest men."
- Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

At least that is how I recall it. But I have also seen it quoted the other way (now that I went looking for it). I guess I need to go dig out the book (it HAS to be around here somewhere, but it might be in storage).


Roald Dahl, now there is an author... stuff for kids and stuff for adults (I need to find more of his stuff for adults).

I don't think that I will ever forget the concept of "human beans" and soda pop with bubbles that go down!

__________________
-Toast-
"It takes a lot of brains to enjoy satire, humor and wit - but none to be offended by them." -- Johnny Hart ("BC", cartoonist, 2000)
"Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog: Nobody really enjoys it and the frog generally dies as a result." -- E. B. White

6647

Oompa Loompa doompadee dah
If you're not spoiled then you will go far
You will live in happiness too
Like the Oompa Loompa doompadee do

__________________
"Only the united beat of sex and heart together can create ecstasy" ~Anaïs Nin


"The full moon is calling, the fever is high.
And the wicked wind whispers and moans.
You got your demons, you got desires
Well, I got a few of my own"
~The Eagles

6648
Hi Milk Toast! I wonder if it's the same in the movie as it is in the book? I was just grabbing off the net..but if find out, let me know.

__________________
"Only the united beat of sex and heart together can create ecstasy" ~Anaïs Nin


"The full moon is calling, the fever is high.
And the wicked wind whispers and moans.
You got your demons, you got desires
Well, I got a few of my own"
~The Eagles

other things listed as written by Writer Roald Dahl

Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) - writer (Episode 3.28: "Lamb to the Slaugghter")
You Only Live Twice (1967) - screenplay
Matilda (1996) - book
James and the Giant Peach (1996) - book
Pisvingers! (1995) - story

__________________
"Only the united beat of sex and heart together can create ecstasy" ~Anaïs Nin


"The full moon is calling, the fever is high.
And the wicked wind whispers and moans.
You got your demons, you got desires
Well, I got a few of my own"
~The Eagles

--6650--

TELEVISION

The most important thing we've learned,
So far as children are concerned,
Is never, NEVER, NEVER let
Them near your television set --
Or better still, just don't install
The idiotic thing at all.
In almost every house we've been,
We've watched them gaping at the screen.
They loll and slop and lounge about,
And stare until their eyes pop out.
(Last week in someone's place we saw
A dozen eyeballs on the floor.)
They sit and stare and stare and sit
Until they're hypnotised by it,
Until they're absolutely drunk
With all that shocking ghastly junk.
Oh yes, we know it keeps them still,
They don't climb out the window sill,
They never fight or kick or punch,
They leave you free to cook the lunch
And wash the dishes in the sink --
But did you ever stop to think,
To wonder just exactly what
This does to your beloved tot?
IT ROTS THE SENSE IN THE HEAD!
IT KILLS IMAGINATION DEAD!
IT CLOGS AND CLUTTERS UP THE MIND!
IT MAKES A CHILD SO DULL AND BLIND
HE CAN NO LONGER UNDERSTAND
A FANTASY, A FAIRYLAND!
HIS BRAIN BECOMES AS SOFT AS CHEESE!
HIS POWERS OF THINKING RUST AND FREEZE!
HE CANNOT THINK -- HE ONLY SEES!
'All right!' you'll cry. 'All right!' you'll say,
'But if we take the set away,
What shall we do to entertain
Our darling children? Please explain!'
We'll answer this by asking you,
'What used the darling ones to do?
'How used they keep themselves contented
Before this monster was invented?'
Have you forgotten? Don't you know?
We'll say it very loud and slow:
THEY ... USED ... TO ... READ! They'd READ and READ,
AND READ and READ, and then proceed
To READ some more. Great Scott! Gadzooks!
One half their lives was reading books!
The nursery shelves held books galore!
Books cluttered up the nursery floor!
And in the bedroom, by the bed,
More books were waiting to be read!
Such wondrous, fine, fantastic tales
Of dragons, gypsies, queens, and whales
And treasure isles, and distant shores
Where smugglers rowed with muffled oars,
And pirates wearing purple pants,
And sailing ships and elephants,
And cannibals crouching 'round the pot,
Stirring away at something hot.
(It smells so good, what can it be?
Good gracious, it's Penelope.)
The younger ones had Beatrix Potter
With Mr. Tod, the dirty rotter,
And Squirrel Nutkin, Pigling Bland,
And Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and-
Just How The Camel Got His Hump,
And How the Monkey Lost His Rump,
And Mr. Toad, and bless my soul,
There's Mr. Rate and Mr. Mole-
Oh, books, what books they used to know,
Those children living long ago!
So please, oh please, we beg, we pray,
Go throw your TV set away,
And in its place you can install
A lovely bookshelf on the wall.
Then fill the shelves with lots of books,
Ignoring all the dirty looks,
The screams and yells, the bites and kicks,
And children hitting you with sticks-
Fear not, because we promise you
That, in about a week or two
Of having nothing else to do,
They'll now begin to feel the need
Of having something to read.
And once they start -- oh boy, oh boy!
You watch the slowly growing joy
That fills their hearts. They'll grow so keen
They'll wonder what they'd ever seen
In that ridiculous machine,
That nauseating, foul, unclean,
Repulsive television screen!
And later, each and every kid
Will love you more for what you did.

Roald Dahl

__________________
-Toast-
"It takes a lot of brains to enjoy satire, humor and wit - but none to be offended by them." -- Johnny Hart ("BC", cartoonist, 2000)
"Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog: Nobody really enjoys it and the frog generally dies as a result." -- E. B. White

6651

I NEVER THOUGHT MY LIFE COULD BE
ANYTHING BUT CATASTROPHE
BUT SUDDENLY I BEGIN TO SEE
A BIT OF GOOD LUCK FOR ME
'CAUSE I'VE GOT A GOLDEN TICKET
I'VE GOT A GOLDEN TWINKLE IN MY EYE
I NEVER HAD A CHANCE TO SHINE
NEVER A HAPPY SONG TO SING
BUT SUDDENLY HALF THE WORLD IS MINE
WHAT AN AMAZING THING

__________________
"Only the united beat of sex and heart together can create ecstasy" ~Anaïs Nin


"The full moon is calling, the fever is high.
And the wicked wind whispers and moans.
You got your demons, you got desires
Well, I got a few of my own"
~The Eagles

6652

Wonka's Soliloquy on the WonkaTania:

THERE'S NO EARTHLY WAY OF KNOWING
WHICH DIRECTION WE ARE GOING
THERE'S NO KNOWING WHERE WE'RE ROWING
OR WHICH WAY THE RIVER'S FLOWING
IS IT RAINING
IS IT SNOWING
IS A HURRICANE A-BLOWING
BLEH!
NOT A SPECK OF LIGHT IS SHOWING
SO THE DANGER MUST BE GROWING
ARE THE FIRES OF HELL A GLOWING?
IS THE GRISLY REAPER MOWING?
YES! THE DANGER MUST BE GROWING
FOR THE ROWERS KEEP ON ROWING
AND THEY'RE CERTAINLY NOT SHOWING
ANY SIGNS THAT THEY ARE SLOWING!

__________________
"Only the united beat of sex and heart together can create ecstasy" ~Anaïs Nin


"The full moon is calling, the fever is high.
And the wicked wind whispers and moans.
You got your demons, you got desires
Well, I got a few of my own"
~The Eagles

6653

"I WANT A PARTY WITH ROOMFULS OF LAUGHTER
TEN THOUSAND TONS OF ICE CREAM
AND IF I DON'T GET THE THINGS I AM AFTER
I'M GOING TO SCREAM"
~Veruca Salt

__________________
"Only the united beat of sex and heart together can create ecstasy" ~Anaïs Nin


"The full moon is calling, the fever is high.
And the wicked wind whispers and moans.
You got your demons, you got desires
Well, I got a few of my own"
~The Eagles

6654

"DON'T CARE HOW
I WANT IT NOW!
DON'T CARE HOW
I WANT IT NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW"
~Veruca Salt

__________________
"Only the united beat of sex and heart together can create ecstasy" ~Anaïs Nin


"The full moon is calling, the fever is high.
And the wicked wind whispers and moans.
You got your demons, you got desires
Well, I got a few of my own"
~The Eagles

this seems to be the most complete bibliography for Roald Dahl I have been able to locate (though I only looked for a few minutes ). The guy sure has a lot of stuff....

Series
1. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1964)
2. Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (1972)

Novels
The Gremlins (1943)
Sometime Never: A Fable for Supermen (1948)
James and the Giant Peach (1961)
The Magic Finger (1966)
Fantastic Mr. Fox (1970)
Danny: The Champion of the World (1975)
The Enormous Crocodile (1976)
My Uncle Oswald (1979)
The Twits (1980)
George's Marvelous Medicine (1981)
The BFG (1982)
Dirty Beasts (1983)
The Witches (1983)
The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me (1985)
Going Solo (1986)
Matilda (1988)
Esio Trot (1989)
Rhyme Stew (1989)
The Great Switcheroo (1990)
The Minpins (1991)
The Vicar of Nibbleswicke (1991)
My Year (1993)
The Mildenhall Treasure (1999)

Collections
Over to You: 10 Stories of Flyers And Flying (1946)
Someone Like You (1953)
Kiss Kiss (1959)
Selected Stories (1968)
Twenty-Nine Kisses from Roald Dahl (1969)
Switch Bitch (1974)
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More (1977)
The Complete Adventures of Charlie and Mr Willy Wonka (1978)
Tales of the Unexpected (1979)
Taste and Other Tales (1979)
More Tales of the Unexpected (1980)
A Roald Dahl Selection: Nine Short Stories (1980)
Further Tales of the Unexpected (1981)
Way Up to Heaven: And Other Stories (1981)
Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes (1982)
The Best of Roald Dahl (1983)
Boy: Tales of Childhood (1984)
The Puffin Roald Dahl Collection (1985)
Selected Works (1985)
Roald Dahl's Completely Unexpected Tales (1986)
Two Fables (1986)
The Roald Dahl Omnibus: Perfect Bedtime Stories for Sleepless Nights (1987)
A Second Roald Dahl Selection: Eight Short Stories (1987)
Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life (1988)
New Tales of the Unexpected (1988)
The Enormous Crocodile / The Magic Finger (1989)
The Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl (1991)
The Complete Tales of the Unexpected (1991)
Edward the Conqueror: And Other Stories (1991)
Boy / Going Solo (1992)
The Vicar of Nibbleswicke and Other Stories (1992)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory / James and the Giant Peach (1994)
Lamb to the Slaughter: And Other Stories (1995)
The Roald Dahl Audio Collection (1995)
The Enormous Crocodile and The Magic Finger (1996)
The Great Automatic Grammatizator: And Other Stories (1996)
Great Mouse Plot: And Other Tales of Childhood (1996)
Revolting Rhymes and Dirty Beasts (1996)
Roald Dahl Omnibus BFG, Matilda and Georges Marvellous Medicine (1996)
The Roald Dahl Treasury (1997)
The Umbrella Man: And Other Stories (1998)
Skin: And Other Stories (2000)
Ten Short Stories (2000)
Charlie Novels Plus Henry Sugar (2001)
The Man from the South: And Other Stories (2002)

Anthologies edited

Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories (1956)

Non fiction
The Dahl Diary (1991)
Roald Dahl's Guide to Railway Safety (1991)
Roald Dahl's Revolting Recipes (1994)
Roald Dahl on Tape (1995)
Autobiography (1996)
Revolting Recipes (1996)
Roald Dahl's Cookbook (1996)
Even More Revolting Recipes (2001)

Anthologies containing stories by Roald Dahl
Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow (1952)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1957)
Best Tales of Terror (1962)
The 3rd Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories (1968)
The Price of Fear (1976)
The 24th Pan Book of Horror Stories (1983)
The Penguin Book of Horror Stories (1984)
Realms of Darkness (1985)
The Puffin Book of Horror Stories (1986)
The Flying Sorcerers (1987)
Scare Care (1989)

Short stories
Man from the South (1948)
The Wish (1948)
The Sound Machine (1949)
Taste (1951)
Dip in the Pool (1952)
Skin (1952)
Edward the Conqueror (1953)
Galloping Foxley (1953)
Lamb to the Slaughter (1953)
Neck (1953)
Poison (1953)
The Way Up to Heaven (1954)
Nunc Dimittis (1955)
Parson's Pleasure (1958)
A fine Son (1959)
Genesis and Catastrophe (1959)
Georgy Porgy (1959)
The Landlady (1959)
Pig (1959)
Royal Jelly (1959)
William and Mary (1959)
In the Ruins (1965)
Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life (1974) The Hitch-Hiker (1977)
The Butler (1980)
The Umbrella Man (1980)
Vengeance is Mine Inc. (1980)
Bitch
The Boy Who Talked with Animals
The Champion of the World
The Great Automatic Grammatizator
The Great Switcheroo
The Last Act
Lucky Break
The Mildenhall Treasure
Mr Botibol
Mr Feasey
Mr Hoddy
Mrs Bixby and the Colonel's Coat
My Lady Love, My Dove
A Piece of Cake
The Ratcatcher
Rummins
The Soldier
The Swan
The Visitor
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar

__________________
-Toast-
"It takes a lot of brains to enjoy satire, humor and wit - but none to be offended by them." -- Johnny Hart ("BC", cartoonist, 2000)
"Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog: Nobody really enjoys it and the frog generally dies as a result." -- E. B. White

after looking at the list I realize that I only thought I had read a lot of his stuff (mostly as a a kid).... I am guessing that Amazon.com is going to be getting a bit o' my cash in the next few months

--6656--

__________________
-Toast-
"It takes a lot of brains to enjoy satire, humor and wit - but none to be offended by them." -- Johnny Hart ("BC", cartoonist, 2000)
"Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog: Nobody really enjoys it and the frog generally dies as a result." -- E. B. White

{108 more posts and I hit 1000 for this thread }

6657

__________________
-Toast-
"It takes a lot of brains to enjoy satire, humor and wit - but none to be offended by them." -- Johnny Hart ("BC", cartoonist, 2000)
"Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog: Nobody really enjoys it and the frog generally dies as a result." -- E. B. White

6658- Some more Movie Trivia...

The movie was filmed on location in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.

__________________
"Only the united beat of sex and heart together can create ecstasy" ~Anaïs Nin


"The full moon is calling, the fever is high.
And the wicked wind whispers and moans.
You got your demons, you got desires
Well, I got a few of my own"
~The Eagles

6659 Milk Toast...wow...he certainly has written a lot. I might just pick up some titles myself.

The movie premiered on June 30th, 1971.

__________________
"Only the united beat of sex and heart together can create ecstasy" ~Anaïs Nin


"The full moon is calling, the fever is high.
And the wicked wind whispers and moans.
You got your demons, you got desires
Well, I got a few of my own"
~The Eagles