I keep saying this to my friends. It was on the other day. I've been watching this movie pretty much since I was born and the last time I watched this was when I actually caught this line. Ha! Love it! :)
Gene Wilder quoted Shakespeare, he just goofed on the line because he was ad-libing. This line (as well as many of Wonkas quotes)was not in the script! Lots of stuff Gene Wilder came up with, from him doing the roll when he meets the children for the first time to when they licked the wallpaper.
I would like to eat fancy bread I bet it is very sugary and would go with my coffee. I drink coffee on weekends while I read about the weeks' events in periodicals and newspapers. That's why I have many friends in business. Fancy bread must taste very good. Good bread uses good yeast. I want the world. I want today. I want tomorrow. 10,000 tons of ice cream. Don't care how, I want it now.
@jklolbrblmfao Actually no. Fancy bread is a type of bread one step above bread you'd find in the grocery. A lot of times they'll add raisins or maybe caraway seeds to make it better. This is what Willy Wonka is referring to, which is consistent in the movie as he is always very meticulous and fancy about what he does.
@jrhythm98 All I said was that Wonka didn't say exactly the same words as Shakespeare, which he didn't. I don't know whether or not the writers intentionally wrote it differently because they were referring to something else, like you said, but my point is that it's not the same.
Luckycats, you've got it all wrong. "Bread" has absolutely nothing to do with it. The "shall we roll on" is a pun off of what just happened. In the scene just before this, the girl Violet chewed the gum at the behest of Wonka and puffed up like a huge balloon. The Oompa Loompas sang their song and literally rolled her out of the room. Greymattersblog's comment below clears up the "fancy bred" thing. The two quotes, however, have nothing to do with each other.
The quote is, "Where is fancy bred, in the heart or in the head?" It's not "bread" as in sandwiches, but "bred" as in breeding. He's quoting Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice." He quotes the same play again later on when he says, "So shines a good deed in a weary world", right after Charlie gives back the Everlasting Gobstopper.
wow. thanks for the correction. I guess it's hard to understand exactly what he means when he says that. I would never have realized that. Now it doesn't seem so odd for him to be saying that. thanks again.
You're welcome. Hmmm...If "Fancy Bread" was a sort of bread and he wondered where it was, Wonka's inventing room would be the most likely place, wouldn't it? ;)
Actually, the pun seems to be present in the play as well, because two lines down the text calls up the meanings of both words: "Where begot, how nourished?" I mean, it's a play, so it's probably best understood as read aloud. Furthermore, spelling was not as conventional as it is now.
I keep saying this to my friends. It was on the other day. I've been watching this movie pretty much since I was born and the last time I watched this was when I actually caught this line. Ha! Love it! :)
danniegirl1213 2 weeks ago
Gene Wilder quoted Shakespeare, he just goofed on the line because he was ad-libing. This line (as well as many of Wonkas quotes)was not in the script! Lots of stuff Gene Wilder came up with, from him doing the roll when he meets the children for the first time to when they licked the wallpaper.
pnutty7 7 months ago 2
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pnutty7 7 months ago
I would like to eat fancy bread I bet it is very sugary and would go with my coffee. I drink coffee on weekends while I read about the weeks' events in periodicals and newspapers. That's why I have many friends in business. Fancy bread must taste very good. Good bread uses good yeast. I want the world. I want today. I want tomorrow. 10,000 tons of ice cream. Don't care how, I want it now.
jrhythm98 8 months ago
Mmm fancy bread! Delicious :)
brainslug223 11 months ago
I don't think directly quoting shakespeare would have worked... It's a tribute ;)
mattyboi678 1 year ago
This is actually a misquote. Shakespeare wrote:
"Tell me where is fancy bred
Or in the heart or in the head?"
jklolbrblmfao 1 year ago 2
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jklolbrblmfao 1 year ago
@jklolbrblmfao Actually no. Fancy bread is a type of bread one step above bread you'd find in the grocery. A lot of times they'll add raisins or maybe caraway seeds to make it better. This is what Willy Wonka is referring to, which is consistent in the movie as he is always very meticulous and fancy about what he does.
jrhythm98 8 months ago
@jrhythm98 All I said was that Wonka didn't say exactly the same words as Shakespeare, which he didn't. I don't know whether or not the writers intentionally wrote it differently because they were referring to something else, like you said, but my point is that it's not the same.
jklolbrblmfao 8 months ago
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jklolbrblmfao 1 year ago
@greymattersblog Always wondered where this line was from, it's always stuck in my mind ever since I first saw this. Such a great line.
ezdeban 1 year ago
the next line is "Shall we roll on?". You kinda miss the joke wihout it.
Yarbols 1 year ago
@Yarbols Ohhhhhhhhhhh, hahahaha! There are so many lil jokes in this movie that if you don't catch it, you'll miss it! Love this movie!!!
dwn2earth 1 year ago
i am so in love with gene wilder. i find him so sexy. lol im serious though
OhHeyBrandiAguilar 2 years ago
hahaha i know that it actually means something but its so fucking funny how he randomly says it
whocares1212121 3 years ago
i love that effing line.
NumberoneBadFish 4 years ago
The whole bred/bread thing is supposed to be a pun, because his next line is "shall we roll on?" roll=bread
And this is a great movie :D
luckycats 5 years ago
Luckycats, you've got it all wrong. "Bread" has absolutely nothing to do with it. The "shall we roll on" is a pun off of what just happened. In the scene just before this, the girl Violet chewed the gum at the behest of Wonka and puffed up like a huge balloon. The Oompa Loompas sang their song and literally rolled her out of the room. Greymattersblog's comment below clears up the "fancy bred" thing. The two quotes, however, have nothing to do with each other.
LihAniaih 3 years ago 2
Again a reason why the 2005 flashy monstrosity is no comparison to this fine film. Thank you!!!
earp1673 5 years ago
The quote is, "Where is fancy bred, in the heart or in the head?" It's not "bread" as in sandwiches, but "bred" as in breeding. He's quoting Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice." He quotes the same play again later on when he says, "So shines a good deed in a weary world", right after Charlie gives back the Everlasting Gobstopper.
greymattersblog 5 years ago 6
wow. thanks for the correction. I guess it's hard to understand exactly what he means when he says that. I would never have realized that. Now it doesn't seem so odd for him to be saying that. thanks again.
Popecornclock 5 years ago 2
You're welcome. Hmmm...If "Fancy Bread" was a sort of bread and he wondered where it was, Wonka's inventing room would be the most likely place, wouldn't it? ;)
greymattersblog 5 years ago
Actually, the pun seems to be present in the play as well, because two lines down the text calls up the meanings of both words: "Where begot, how nourished?" I mean, it's a play, so it's probably best understood as read aloud. Furthermore, spelling was not as conventional as it is now.
njahromi 4 years ago