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n e-mail I received that I've been meaning to post regarding the "Specialty of the House" discussion from ...
khoward1
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Jan 6, 1999
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love all his books and I think he's really talented.. Anyway I was happy to find this club..my favourites are "The Witches, Matilda"To make it short I love all...
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Jan 18, 1999
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am doing a biography of Roald Dahl at school and I need a good biography of him (in BOY and GOING SOLO he said that they were not biographies, just memorable...
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Jan 19, 1999
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ey everyone!<br><br>Welcome to all new Club members. I'm your Founder, Kristine, and I hope you enjoy our Club.<br><br>First business: Someone recently asked...
khoward1
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Jan 19, 1999
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oald Dahl like Beethoven, are geniuses, but i different areas....
RampX
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Mar 19, 1999
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ampX-<br>Your comparison of Dahl to Beethoven is an interesting one, because the two both had turbulant lives (and difficult childhoods) that one might argue...
rabaj
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Mar 19, 1999
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i everyone. I just join this club and was hoping to call on you for some help. I teach pre-k and wanted to Have Roald Dahl as an outhor of the month. But in...
khaines_98
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Mar 20, 1999
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i Kasi!<br><br>I've got some classroom activities listed at my Roald Dahl Home Page that teachers have sent in. There's stuff for "Charlie and the Chocolate...
khoward1
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Mar 20, 1999
4:49 pm
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hat was some joke there. It seems that no one is using the chatroom. Why not pick a time where we can chat??...
RampX
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Mar 21, 1999
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hanks I'll check it out now. I know what you mean about not being much. I'm that there are people like you out there. Thanks again Kasi...
khaines_98
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Mar 21, 1999
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have read Esio Trot and The Enormous Crocodile to kindergarten classes, followed by a croc craft like a mask or stick puppet. You could expand it into a whole...
nervalthefish
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Mar 22, 1999
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just found this at the Internet Movie Database today:<br><br>"The Dahl estate has indeed signed a deal with Warner Brothers to let them produce a new version...
khoward1
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Mar 23, 1999
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uck!!! Anyone but him. He'll just be his same-old goofy self and won't be faithful to Roald Dahl's Willie Wonka....
nervalthefish
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Mar 24, 1999
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ORK (Variety) - In what would amount to the comic equivalent of a royal flush, 20th Century Fox is close to a deal to reunite Jim Carrey with his ``Dumb and ...
khoward1
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Mar 26, 1999
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et's hope the rumors are right!! I would rather see someone older play Willie. He is supposed to retire at the end so I think an older actor- Steve Martin...
nervalthefish
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Mar 27, 1999
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know this sounds weird, but I think Bill Murray would make a great Willy Wonka. I mean, provided _this_ one is not a musical. <br><br>-Jaime...
rabaj
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Mar 27, 1999
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love Bill Murrray as Willie Wonka!!! He is droll enough to play him convincingly yet his personality wouldn't overshadow the character the way Jim Carrey's...
nervalthefish
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Mar 28, 1999
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ill Murray?? AHHHH! I mean, I love the man, but who can forget him as the gardener in "Caddyshack"?? He's way too "of this world" for Wonka. And I just don't...
khoward1
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Mar 28, 1999
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f you really think about it, Bill Murray really does have a similar portfolio to Gene Wilder, at least did at the time Wilder was hired to play Wonka. And I ...
rabaj
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Mar 28, 1999
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ut can I expect from an ND grad student? *grin*<br><br>Let's keep in mind here that this new film is going to be based on the BOOK. Mr. Wonka is not disdainful...
khoward1
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Mar 28, 1999
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think that Gene Wilder's character is very consistent with the character in book, who is at least *passive* to the misfortunes of the Children besides Charlie....
rabaj
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Mar 28, 1999
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think they should have "Charlie and the great glass elevator" in the movie too. That was a pretty good book. They probably won't, but it would be...
ajhinz
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Apr 1, 1999
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o my knowledge, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, was never really meant to exist. For that reason it was written in such a way that it poked at the overly...
rabaj
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Apr 23, 1999
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ome suggestions I received via my Roald Dahl Home Page (<a href=http://www.nd.edu/~khoward1/Roald.html...
khoward1
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Apr 23, 1999
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think someone like Pryce could well in a Wilderesque movie-version of _Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory_. But I think the Murray would be best for to play...
rabaj
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Apr 24, 1999
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'm still pulling for Murray.<br><br>How about the other characters? Who would make a good Charlie Bucket or Grandpa Joe or Veruca Salt?...
nervalthefish
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Apr 25, 1999
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ere are some fanciful suggestions; I mean them to be far less serious than my bill murray suggestion.<br><br>charlie=<br>leonardo dicaprio<br>--but really,...
rabaj
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