Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)

WHAT WENT WRONG

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History, Movie, Hollywood, Directing, Flop, Blockbuster, Acting, Disaster, Film History, Film, Tv & Film

4.8 • 4.3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2026

⏱️ 100 minutes

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Summary

Let's dive into a world of pure imagination... and some pretty unsafe set pieces! This week, Chris and Lizzie are joined by Aaron Tracy, creator and host of The Secret World of Roald Dahl, and they head into Willy Wonka's chocolate factory to figure out how such an odd movie came to be. From cereal financing to secret rewrites and Gene Wilder's unexpectedly edgy performance, this production's only topped by the Zelig-esque life of the man who spawned the book it's based on.

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0:00.0	Oompa, oompa, doompa-d-do
0:09.0	Your favorite podcast is waiting for you.
0:12.0	Oompa, oompa-o-p-d-d-d-d.
0:15.0	Making a movie is hard as can be.
0:19.0	What do you get when you don't have a script shooting
0:22.7	is rushed and your deadlines have slipped
0:24.9	final cut is due
0:26.5	and it's making you weep
0:28.2	tell the composer they
0:30.5	can't sleep
0:32.1	I don't like the sound of that
0:34.9	oompa loomba
0:36.5	do patita thank you for joining whoever you are what I don't like the sound of that. Umba, loomba, doopaddy-da.
0:38.0	Thank you for joining whoever you are.
0:41.4	Watching movies brings us such glee.
0:44.6	What went wrong with wrong?
0:46.4	You'll have to listen and see.
0:53.1	Listen and see.
0:57.4	And action.
0:59.3	Hello, and welcome back to What Went Wrong, your favorite podcast, full stop that just so happens to be about movies and how it's nearly impossible to make them, let alone a good one, let alone a warning to all parents that it is your job to shape your
1:12.7	child into a good person, and the only time you can do it is when they are a child. And if you
1:17.5	fail, your child may be incinerated in a goose egg, garbage inferno, and it will be your fault.
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