The book Evil Willie was inspired by an odd assortment of elements. Obviously, the book is a parody of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl and there's a scene in the book reminiscent of a scene from Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist, but most of the inspiration for the book came from YouTube! Specifically, the Evil Willie character is based more or less on Evil Willie Wonka as portrayed by TheMightyThor. Evil Willie's kid band is loosely based on a band called the Flaming Monkeys. And most importantly, the family portrayed in the book is modeled after the Nalts Family (and yes, the youngest child in the family just happens to be named Charlie).

The inclusion of Lice Cream in the book, however, is the result of an interesting sequence of events captured in YouTube videos. It all started with a couple videos called "Being Renetto" (parts one and two) in which Nalts got his head shaved bald by Renetto. No mention of head lice in those videos, but in response to those videos I posted a video called "Does Nalts Have Head Lice?" This was followed by an interesting sequence of videos ( click here for the full list). It's unclear if anyone in Nalts' family ever actually had head lice or if it was just a put on for the sake of making amusing videos, but one way or the other, the whole head lice thing became a part of Evil Willie in the end for better or for worse! In fact, a short excerpt from the video Mayonnaise Heads is actually quoted in the book!

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