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Explore "chittychittybangbang" with insightful episodes like "Jayden Mcginlay Finalcut Podcast", "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) Ian Fleming, Dick Van Dyke, Sally Ann Howes, Benny Hill, & Roald Dahl", "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" and "Episode 83 - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" from podcasts like ""Directed By Dean", "Book Vs Movie Podcast", "Sing It, Sister!" and "Film Snuff"" and more!
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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) Ian Fleming, Dick Van Dyke, Sally Ann Howes, Benny Hill, & Roald Dahl
The 1964 Ian Fleming Story vs the 1968 Dick Van Dyke Movie
The Margos canât seem to escape the allure of Ian Fleming with an episode devoted to his only childrenâs story Chitty Chitty Bang Bang which was published in October 1964--two months after his death at the age of 56. He wrote the story for his son Caspar and based many of the characters on his children and their friends with the backstory of âaero-engine racing cartsâ of the 1920s by Louis Zborowski in London.
The story of Commander Caractacus Pott and his adventures with his car âChitty Chitty Bang Bangâ--so named for the sound she made when in motion.â The car goes on many adventures around England and France, including the ability to âswimâ and âflyâ and evade bad guys that kidnap the kids to use them in robberies.
Albert âCubbyâ Broccoli produced the film which took many liberties with the basic story and added second-tier music from the Sherman Brothers (Disney masters who worked for MGM on this project.) It was nominated for an Academy Award for best song for the title track and was later adapted into a stage musical in 2002.
So, which did we like more between the original story and the 1968 adaptation?
In this ep the Margos discuss:
The life of Ian Fleming
The difference between MGM and Disney musicals
The cast: Dick Van Dyke (Caractacus Potts,) Sally Ann Howes (Truly Scrumptious,) Adrian Hall (Jeremy Potts,) Heather Ripley (Jemima Potts,) Lionel Jeffries (Grandpa Potts,) Gert Frobe (Baron Bomburst,) Anna Quayle (Baroness Bomburst,) Benny Hill (Toymaker,) Robert Helpmann (Child catcher,) and Barbara Windsor (Blonde)
Clips used:
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang trailer
Music by The Sherman Brothers
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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
In the first episode of Sing It, Sister! Season 3, Clare and Ellen discuss Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, the winner of Musical March Madness. It's Dick Van Dyke! It's flying cars! It's a horror movie?! You must listen!
Show Notes:
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Episode 83 - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
The 1968 musical based on an Ian Fleming novel, "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang," tells the story of a criminally negligent single dad who falsely impersonates a carnival worker in order to scam money to buy a jalopy old race car, and then tells a story about how the car is supernaturally alive in some way that presumably is related to the previous owners of the car dying horribly in a fiery crash whilst driving it. The story also weaves in a weird subplot about a pirate who turns out to be a Baron who is obsessed with trying to murder his wife. And an even weirder subplot about an evil molesty child catcher who specializes in literally sniffing out his victims.
Dick Van Dyke plays Caractacus Potts, an absent-minded professor and widower who fritters away his time and money tinkering with inventions that are utter nonsense. He doesn't seem to have the sense to realize that his two children need him to be a responsible adult rather than a buffoon who barely ekes out a pathetic living by doing a song and dance routine whenever he's in a pinch.
Sally Ann Howes plays Truly Scrumptious, the sole heir to Lord Scrumptious's massive candy empire. With the way that she instantly falls in love with Caractacus Potts after he demonstrates himself to be quite the bumbling misogynist, her name should instead be Truly Desperate.
Join us as we take out the 'ol bam-boo and bludgeon this film to death with it.
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