The Twits

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During their absence on this errand, Muggle-Wump plots a final trick: to turn the Twits' house upside down. It isn't until he empties the mug that he sees the eye sitting in there, startling him something awful. The monkeys try to warn the birds before they land on the tree, but the English-speaking birds do not understand the monkeys' African language. The Twits, who are retired circus trainers, are trying to create the first upside-down monkey circus. In November 2004, Mark Mylod signed up to direct the feature, while Cleese was attached to star in the film.

The birds' descriptions of Muggle-Wump's sanity ("dotty", "balmy", "batty", "nutty", "screwy", "wacky") are the same as those used by the parents to describe Willy Wonka's sanity in Chapter 18, "Down the Chocolate River", of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.But the real reason she carried a stick was so that she could hit things with it, things like dogs and cats and small children. Roald Dahl Books Get New Edits—And Critics Cry Censorship: The Controversy Surrounding 'Charlie And The Chocolate Factory' And More".

Netflix Animation Erased: Executives Fired, Shows Canceled and Accusations of 'Staged Data' (Exclusive)". In April 1999, a theatrical musical adaptation by Justin Pearson (general manager and the artistic director of the UK's National Symphony Orchestra) and actress Anne Collis, directed by Michael Dineen was presented at The Questors Theatre in Ealing, West London. Twit), a spiteful, idle, unkempt couple who continuously play nasty practical jokes on each other to amuse themselves, and exercise their devious wickedness on their pet monkeys. In 1999 he became the first ever Children's Laureate and in 2013 he was knighted for services to illustration.I can imagine the hours of delight that rereading this would bring - as it did for my goddaughter when she was about 9 or 10. Albeit, while she frequently demonstrates acts of stupidity, she has also exhibited intelligence: she managed to manoeuvre her way out of being carried off into the sky by balloons by chewing through several of the strings and landing safely on the ground. Twit pretends to tie some more strings to her ankles, before cutting through the strings and sending her skywards. Twit, in retaliation, spreads glue on the monkeys' cage (which serves as a substitute perch), the monkeys alter the warning.