Summary
- John Stamos sings about a Willy Wonka-caused apocalypse in the opening number of
Willy’s Candy Spectacular: A Musical Parody
. - Disastrous Willy Wonka event in Glasgow sparks viral memes, reactions, and a horror movie about an AI-created villain, The Unknown.
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Willy’s Candy Spectacular: A Musical Parody
debuts at Edinburgh Fringe with a stage reading.
In one of the stranger things to happen so far this year, Full House star and Emmy Award nominee John Stamos puts his pipes to the test as he sings about an apocalypse caused by the now infamous Willy Wonka event which took place in Glasgow, Scotland earlier this year. We’ll give you a second to read that sentence again. Created by the YouTube channel Willys Candy Spectacular, Stamos sings about how Willy Wonka caused the apocalypse and calls the event something that “started out as a promise of fun” before somehow leading to “the Earth’s demise.”
You can check out the music video featuring John Stamos below…if you dare…
Willy’s Candy Spectacular: A Musical Parody, which will be based on the infamous event which caused disappointed children to cry and enraged parents to complain, is now set to debut at the performance arts festival, Edinburgh Fringe. You can check out the description of the opening song below…
“Actor John Stamos performs “a post-apocalyptic” opening number that traces the downfall of civilization back to the disastrous event in Glasgow. This track is the brainchild of Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner, known for their work on Broadway’s “First Date” and ABC’s “Once Upon a Time.””
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Created by US producer Richard Kraft, a stage reading of Willy’s Candy Spectacular: A Musical Parody is due to debut at the festival in August, with songwriters Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner heaping praise on Stamos in a statement.
“We love musicals with epic opening numbers. And we thought – what could be more epic than John Stamos singing about the end of humanity and linking our species’ demise to an underwhelming immersive experience in Scotland?”
The Willy Wonka Event Went Viral Earlier This Year & Has Since Spawned a Horror Movie
The Willy Wonka Experience event which took place in Glasgow, Scotland came courtesy of organizers House of Illuminati. The…incident quickly went viral, spawning all manner of different memes and reactions as disappointed parents shared images and footage from the disaster. Tickets cost said parents £35 (around $44) a ticket, with the event nothing more than a warehouse sparsely decorated with AI art, a script written by ChatGPT, and a small group of actors doing what they could with what they had been given.
Not only has the event given John Stamos the gift of singing what’s sure to be considered one of the greatest songs of all time in years to come, as well as the upcoming Willy’s Candy Spectacular: A Musical Parody, it has also spawned a horror movie based on the AI-created villain, The Unknown. An official synopsis for the movie, which will be titled The Unknown, was previously released via Kaledonia Pictures.
“The film, gearing up for production and a late 2024 release, follows a renowned illustrator and his wife who are haunted by the tragic death of their son, Charlie. Desperate to escape their grief, the couple leave the world behind for the remote Scottish Highlands – where an unknowable evil awaits them.”
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, starring Timothée Chalamet.
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