A Golden Ticket from Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

A Golden Ticket as shown in the main titles of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

A Golden Ticket is a fictional item created by Roald Dahl in the 1964 novel, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. It was also shown in the two films based on the novel: Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971), and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, (2005). Image File history File links GoldenTicketWWatCF.jpg‎ Summary Charlies Golden Ticket from Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. ... Image File history File links GoldenTicketWWatCF.jpg‎ Summary Charlies Golden Ticket from Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. ... Image File history File links Goldenticketintro. ... Image File history File links Goldenticketintro. ... FicTioNaL is a Gaming Legend. ... Roald Dahl (IPA: ) (September 13, 1916 – November 23, 1990) was a British/Norwegian novelist and short story author, famous as a writer for both children and adults. ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... Original book cover of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory featuring an illustration by Joseph Schindelman For other uses, see Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (disambiguation). ... Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) is a motion picture based on the 1964 childrens book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by British author Roald Dahl. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Willy Wonka releases five Golden Tickets, which are hidden amongst ordinary looking Wonka Bars. The winner of the ticket is promised entry to the chocolate factory, which has been closed for many years, as well a special prize at the end of the tour. In the novel, the winner is allowed to take two guardians with them but both movies only allow one guardian to be chosen. Willy Wonka is a fictional character in Roald Dahls classic childrens books Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator. ... A regular Wonka Bar from Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. ...

In 2005, to coincide with the cinematic release of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Nestlé promoted a competition similar to the film, with which five actual Golden Tickets were released in various Wonka Brand products. The prizes offered were cash, prizes as well as an overseas holiday and chocolate factory tour, depending on the country. The competition was held in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada. Nestlé is a multinational packaged food company. ... The official Willy Wonka Candy logo, seen today. ... Chocolate most commonly comes in dark, milk, and white varieties, with cocoa solids contributing to the brown coloration. ...

A similar promotion was also held in the United States, Canada and Australia where paper Golden Tickets were hidden inside the sleeve of the 2-disc "deluxe edition" release of the dvd. Reefer Madness was issued in a Special Addiction as a reference to the cult films ironic appeal. ...

The tickets in both film adaptations were made of a gold paper similar in composition to gold-colored aluminum foil. Aluminium foil (aluminum foil in North American English) is aluminium prepared in thin sheets (on the order of . ...

Text

Book

"Greetings to you, the lucky finder of this golden ticket, from Mr. Willy Wonka! I shake you warmly by the hand! Tremendous things are in store for you! Many wonderful surprises await you! For now, I do invite you to come to my factory and be my guest for one whole day — you and all others who are lucky enough to find my Golden Tickets. I, Willy Wonka, will conduct you around the factory myself, showing you everything that there is to see, and afterwards, when it is time to leave, you will be escorted home by a procession of large trucks. These trucks, I can promise you, will be loaded with enough delicious eatables to last you and your entire household for many years. If, at any time thereafter, you should run out of supplies, you have only to come back to the factory and show this Golden Ticket, and I shall be happy to refill your cupboard with whatever you want. In this way, you will be able to keep yourself supplied with tasty morsels for the rest of your life. But this is by no means the most exciting thing that will happen on the day of your visit. I am preparing other surprises that are even more marvellous and more fantastic for you and for all my beloved Golden Ticket holders — mystic and marvelous surprises that will entrance, delight, intrigue, astonish, and perplex you beyond measure. In your wildest dreams you could not imagine that such things could happen to you! Just wait and see! And now, here are your instructions: the day I have chosen for the visit is the first day in the month of February. On this day, and on no other, you must come to the factory gates at ten o'clock sharp in the morning. Don't be late! And you are allowed to bring with you either one or two members of your own family to look after you and to ensure that you don't get into mischief. One more thing — be certain to have this ticket with you, otherwise you will not be admitted. (Signed) Willy Wonka,"

1971 Film

"Greetings to you, the lucky finder of this Golden Ticket, from Mr. Willy Wonka Present this ticket at the factory gates at ten o'clock in the morning of the first day of October and do not be late. You may bring with you one member of your own family...and only one...but no one else. In your wildest dreams, you could not imagine the marvelous surprises that await you". As this film was somewhat of a musical, there was a song entitled "I've Got a Golden Ticket", and it was sung by Charlie Bucket and Grandpa Joe. Charlie Bucket is the title character in the Roald Dahl childrens book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and its sequel, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator. ... Grandpa Joe is a fictional character in the Roald Dahl childrens books, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and its sequel, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator. ...

2005 Film

"Greetings to you, the lucky finder of this Golden Ticket, from Mr. Willy Wonka! I shake you warmly by the hand for now I do invite you to come to my factory and be my guest for one whole day. I, Willy Wonka, will conduct you around the factory myself, showing you everything there is to see. Afterwards, when it is time to leave, you will be escorted home by a procession of large trucks, each one filled with all the chocolate you could ever eat! And remember, one of you lucky five children will receive an extra prize beyond your wildest imagination. Now, here are your instructions: On the first of February, you must come to the factory gates at 10 A.M. sharp. You are allowed to bring one member of your family to look after you. Until then Willy Wonka"

Use on Television Shows

The role of the Golden Ticket was reprised in some manner on several American television shows:

Singled Out

In later seasons of the MTV dating game show Singled Out, a Golden Ticket was given to the contestant narrowing down the pool of potential dates; upon eliminating a category of contestants, the picker could give the Golden Ticket to one eliminated contestant as they passed by; this player automatically advanced to the next round of the game. MTV (Music Television) is an American cable television network headquartered in New York City. ... Dating game shows are television game shows, some say reality game shows, that incorporate a dating system in the form of a game with clear rules. ... Singled Out was a game show that ran on MTV from 1995-1998. ...

Big Brother

A Big Brother Golden Ticket

The concept of the Golden Ticket was also used by producers of Big Brother UK for series 7, whereby members of the public had the chance to find Golden Tickets hidden in Nestle's Kit Kat chocolate bars. The tickets gave finders the opportunity to enter the Big Brother House as a housemate. Image File history File links Golden_ticket. ... Image File history File links Golden_ticket. ... Big Brother UK series 7, broadcast in 2006, is the seventh season of Big Brother in the UK, a reality show shown on Channel 4 in which a number of contestants live an isolated existence in a purpose-built house who try to avoid being evicted by public vote, with... A KitKat is a confection manufactured by Nestl . ...

American Idol

The Golden Ticket can also be seen in the US show , American Idol. During the first round of the competition, contestants who make it through to the Hollywood round of the show receive a "Golden Ticket" granting them access to the next stage of the audition. American Idol, formerly known as American Idol: The Search for a Superstar, is an American television series. ...

Parodies

The concept of the Golden Ticket has been parodied by a number of film and television shows, often as part of a plot that involves parodying Charlie and the Chocolate Factory itself.

For example, in The Simpsons episode "Simple Simpson", Homer tries to win a tour of a bacon factory by uncovering a Golden Ticket in packs of bacon. In "Fry and the Slurm Factory", an episode of Futurama, Fry chokes on a Golden Bottlecap, which wins his friend a tour of the Slurm Factory. More recently, in the Family Guy episode "Wasted Talent", Peter tries to win a tour of Pawtucket Pat's brewery by finding one of four Silver Scrolls hidden in bottles of beer. Simpsons redirects here. ... Simple Simpson is the nineteenth episode of The Simpsons fifteenth season. ... Fry and the Slurm Factory is episode 13 in season 1 of Futurama. ... Futurama is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening (creator of The Simpsons) and David X. Cohen for the Fox Network. ... Family Guy is an American animated comedy created by Seth MacFarlane for FOX in 1999. ...

The Golden Ticket concept is also parodied in the Dexter's Lab episode, Golden Diskette. In it, Dexter and other junior geniuses are looking for Golden Diskettes to gain entry into Professor Hawk's secret laboratory. Dexters Laboratory (Dexters Lab for short) is an American animated series created by Genndy Tartakovsky. ... A floppy disk is a data storage device that comprises a circular piece of thin, flexible (hence floppy) magnetic storage medium encased in a square or rectangular plastic wallet. ...

British R&B star Craig David's video for "What's Your Flava?" is essentially a parody of the original 1971 film; he places four "Golden CD's" for lucky fans to obtain a tour of his house and studio. Craig Ashley David (born 5 May 1981) is a British R&B singer. ...

Misc

• In the 1971 film, we do not see Wonka placing the tickets into the chocolate bars.

• In the 2005 film, the film opens with the bars being made, and we see Wonka placing the tickets into the 5 bars.

• In the above sequence, there is a continuity error: Wonka is pictured placing the tickets on the underside of the bars (the smooth side) at the beginning, but as the five tickets are revealed, they are on top of the bars (the squared side).

• A rock n' roll band from Brantford, Ontario, Canada - The Golden Ticket Band has played for 1000's of people in their 4 year history together. www.thegoldenticketband.com