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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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