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Worzel Gummidge? No stop it.

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TheQueef · 18/12/2019 09:25

Of all the things to remake who decided to make this!
It was creepy the first time as a child (many many years of nightmares)
Why would anyone want to watch a sinister scarecrow with multiple personality disorder, hardly festive.
What next? Freddy Krueger and Mr Tumble do Lapland?

YABU = Worzel is lovely and Aunt Sally a feminist icon.
YANBU = it was terrifying then and we should never EVER revisit it.
fucking scary scruffy bastard

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userxx · 18/12/2019 09:58

I cant wait!!! I've set my box to record it. Love Worzel :)

sarahjconnor · 18/12/2019 10:05

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Davros · 18/12/2019 10:06

I bought a friend a Worzel doll. He had spare interchangeable heads. His "thinkin' 'ead" had a mortar board on it!! We loved it and used to take it to the pub with us. Happy days. Looking forward to the remake.

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PickwickThePlockingDodo · 18/12/2019 10:12

Iirc Lucy he even had an evil head (possibly made that up)

Oh my goodness, I've just had horrible flashbacks, I'd forgotten all about the different heads Shock

TheQueef · 18/12/2019 10:13

Perfectly non sinister my arse

62% of you are nutters.

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RunningAwaywiththeCircus · 18/12/2019 10:15

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Patroclus · 18/12/2019 10:16

Only if they get cumberbatch in to play it real serious

krustykittens · 18/12/2019 10:20

I loved Worzel! I remember being very disappointed my mum wouldn't buy me the doll that came with a range of heads!

NymphInYellow · 18/12/2019 10:27

I met Worzel as a child

Rumnraisin · 18/12/2019 10:30

Yep I did recoil when I saw the ad for the remake ha ha! I was really sensitive to anything that could be deemed weird - bagpuss, Sesame Street, loads of other 80’s weird shit including Wurzel of course. Hope the remake is less...weird! Grin

LoseLooseLucy · 18/12/2019 10:32

Haha, I also remember being terrified of Willow the Wisp when I was young, I've never dared watch it since Xmas Grin

HowlsMovingBungalow · 18/12/2019 10:37

About as sinister as Catweazel - leave it in the past I say!.

MashedChristmasPud · 18/12/2019 10:42

I loved it. Brew Cake

Not sure how the remake will be.

magicstar1 · 18/12/2019 10:42

I can't click on either of your options. Yes A was right, but that was the old Worzel, not the new one. The new one is creepy as hell!

AuntImmortelle · 18/12/2019 10:46

Apparently new Worzel doesn't change heads and Aunt Sally is his actual aunt. It's following the original book more closely. Heard Mackenzie Crook on the radio this morning. I did used to find it scary when I was younger but strangely still watched it (sucker for punishment obviously).

FthisS · 18/12/2019 10:48

My children 9 and 7 love the original worzel they watch it all the time and read the books after H introduced them (yeah cheers for that). I have to leave the room I can't even hear his voice just the thought of him scares me. I had such nightmares as a child because of him.

Patroclus · 18/12/2019 10:52

nout will ever be as fucked up as Round the Tiwst

BlastEndedSkrewt · 18/12/2019 10:59

I loved it as a child but no idea why as it's very weird.

I will be watching the new one

AugustRose · 18/12/2019 11:00

I absolutely loved Worzel! I was given a Worzel annual one christmas and my favourite page was the one with him sitting on hay bales surrounded by all his heads Grin It was a bit weird but maybe I was a weird child.

Not sure about the remake as I haven't seen anything about it, I'll have to check it out.

mrswhiplington · 18/12/2019 11:15

I loved Worzel. I still use his catchphrase "I'll have a cup o' tea and a slice o' cake" when I go into cafes.Grin I remember he used to have birds nesting in his stomach. I was probably quite a bit older than some of you when I watched it as it never scared me. I've seen clips of the remake and I'm not impressed. His face looks like it's made of rubber.

UnfoundSense · 18/12/2019 12:41

Worzel doesn't change his head in this version - He didn't in the books either, which is what this version is more closely related to.

Also, he's a scarecrow. He's meant to appear unsettling.

bialystockandbloom · 18/12/2019 12:42

You're right OP, creepy af

nowaypose · 18/12/2019 12:43

Perfect job for Boris anyway. He's not doing anything more important is he?

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jellyfrizz · 18/12/2019 12:49

I loved Worzel Gummidge as a kid but was a little bit scared when he changed his head.

The evil turnip head was absolutely terrifying.

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