Gobstoppers are a real candy that you can buy (they're alright, but kind of annoying if you want to use your mouth for anything else in the next half-hour), the movie didn't invent them. What they invented was the "everlasting" gobstopper.
I always knew those candies as jawbreakers (should be self-explanatory based on the above description) so it might be also be a regional/generational thing
Except that wasn't slugworth in the movie. It was a guy working for Willy Wonka who was testing the kids to see if they'd betray him/could be trusted with the factory.
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Limeey@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 2y
I’m looking for a magician named “Gob”?
Spiralvortexisalie@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
Best I can do is George Oscar Bluth Sr., or maybe his twin I can’t tell.
key@lemmy.keychat.org · 9 pts · 2y
Gobstoppers... The thing Slugworth wants to steal from Willy Wonka?
Eagle0600@yiffit.net · 13 pts · 2y
Gobstoppers are a real candy that you can buy (they're alright, but kind of annoying if you want to use your mouth for anything else in the next half-hour), the movie didn't invent them. What they invented was the "everlasting" gobstopper.
Zangoose@lemmy.one · 3 pts · 2y
I always knew those candies as jawbreakers (should be self-explanatory based on the above description) so it might be also be a regional/generational thing
gibmiser@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
Why do you think it was so important he made them everlasting?
VaultBoyNewVegas@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Except that wasn't slugworth in the movie. It was a guy working for Willy Wonka who was testing the kids to see if they'd betray him/could be trusted with the factory.
einlander@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
But are they everlasting?
WeLoveCastingSpellz@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 2y
as a gobstopper, I want to thank you for this meme it's a thankless and difficult job