Feb 2, 2022
Oh, what’s this in my top hat? An ancient VHS tape featuring a magician acting as Willy Wonka teaching us the neatest magic tricks of all time? Join us as we welcome our newest Wonka, Mark Sweet (a.k.a. Mark Wonka). We discuss the strange marketing campaign surrounding Mark Wonka, some vintage Wonka candies that should probably remain in the past, followed by our review of this 12-minute magic masterclass for children.
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Links Referenced (because even Wonka Scholars cite their sources):
Wonka Secrets of Magic Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKHsy-08N4g
Wonka Filming Postponed in Oxford: https://www.oxfordshirelive.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/wonka-movie-starring-timothe-chalamet-6496573
Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar News: https://www.ign.com/articles/wes-anderson-directing-roald-dahl-film-with-benedict-cumberbatch-starring
Mark Sweet’s Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Sweet Mark Sweet - Collecting Candy Interview: http://www.collectingcandy.com/wordpress/?p=12275
Timestamps
00:00 Waffles relate to magic. Trust us.
4:00 Today, we’re going down a Wonka Waterslide from our Wonka Well into a land of MaGiC.
8:09 Wonka Watch: Wes Anderson is directing another Roald Dahl movie. He previously did Fantastic Mr. Fox and will now be adapting The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar. Dahl Patel enters the Wonkaverse. Our life in the Wonka Well may be delayed . . .
13:30 What is Willy Wonka Secret’s of Magic? Who is Mark Sweet? Why should we care?
14:27 Mark Sweet’s background and how he came to be Magic Wonka.
17:22 Super Skrunch and Oompas: Nightmare candies with charmingly bad marketing visuals.
20:23 Mark Wonka’s first stylish appearance in character and his first magic show as the infamous chocolatier.
25:19 Wonka’s nutrition campaign??
27:36 Yes, there was once a Wonka puppet TV show.
29:53 The meat and po-teetees of this episode: Reviewing the VHS Mark Wonka tape teaching us MAGIC TRICKS.
38:03 1st Trick: Find My Card
40:31 2nd Trick: The Candy Maker
43:09 3rd Trick: The Famous Paperclip Mystery
45:00 4th Trick: The Amazing Nerds Box
48:30 5th Trick: Willy Wonka’s Magic Wishing Bag
51:50 The ending of this wonderful video.
54:00 Predictions: Elaine: The Dina-Sour Eggs will come back outside of the movie as a marketing campaign. Felicia: One of these vintage Willy Wonka candies will make a small appearance in the background of a scene in the prequel.
58:38 Thanks for listening!