Used in a sentence: "Before the Oompa-Loompas were Oompa-Loompas, they were Whipple Scrumpets ... and they were also little African pygmies."
Turns out that the little buggers who were such happy workers in the Wonka chocolate factory (and so quick to sing about manners and such as little kiddies around them met horrendous fates) went through a name change, as documented in some released drafts of the classic story by the famous author Roald Dahl.
They ALSO went through a bit of change to satisfy the politically correct police, seeing as how they were "a tribe of 3,000 amiable black pygmies who have been imported by Mr. Willy Wonka from 'the very deepest and darkest part of the African jungle where no white man had been before'" ... a far cry from the overly spray tanned long haired hippie little people imprinted into our memories from the classic movie.
And don't get me started on how there were once 10! golden ticket winners in original drafts ...
SECRETS IN THE DRAFTS:
http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-28980257
10! GOLDEN TICKET WINNERS:
http://pettywitter.blogspot.com/2014/09/whipple-scrumpets.html
AND LET'S TALK ABOUT THOSE PYGMIES:
http://www.roalddahlfans.com/books/charoompa.php
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