My best-dressed friend [Jen](http://highcamp.com/) sent me a link to [Kitson](http://www.shopkitson.com/index.php?pageId=3&commerce=1&categoryId=185), which has started selling a line of exclusive, and expensive, [Charlie and the Chocolate Factory-related merchandise](http://www.shopkitson.com/index.php?pageId=3&commerce=1&categoryId=185).
I certainly don’t lay any claim to the idea of Golden Tickets or t-shirts, but I was a little giddy to see that three of the slogan shirts feature dialogue from the script (as opposed to Roald Dahl’s book, or the original movie). The shirts in question are:
[“I’m sorry. I don’t speak American.”](http://www.shopkitson.com/index.php?pageId=3&productId=1956&categoryId=185) (Spoken by Mr. Salt.)
[“Chewing gum is really gross. Chewing gum I hate the most.”](http://www.shopkitson.com/index.php?pageId=3&productId=1954&categoryId=185) (Spoken by Willy Wonka.)
and
[“I love de Chocolate!”](http://www.shopkitson.com/index.php?pageId=3&productId=1955&categoryId=185) (Spoken by Augustus Gloop.)
Okay, the third one is a bit of a stretch, because Augustus says similar things in every version of the story. So I’ll just claim the “de,” since I wrote out his German accent. The fourth slogan shirt, [“There’s no know where they’re going”](http://www.shopkitson.com/index.php?pageId=3&productId=1953&categoryId=185), is also in the script, but it comes directly from Chapter 18 of Dahl’s book.
Obviously, there will be a ton of Charlie-related products over the next few months, so I won’t point out every promotion. And to anticipate the first question in the comments section, no, the screenwriter doesn’t get any piece of the merchandise.
But if Kitson wants to send me a t-shirt or two, I’ll take a men’s large. Not XL. L. Cheers.