I remember this thing airing. Charlie and the Great Balloon Chase.
With Jack Albertson, who had played Grandpa Joe to Charlie Bucket in Willie Wonka.
And clearly I spied the young Moosie Drier and thought he was Peter Ostrum, returning to the character with his old co-star, reuniting the beloved Charlie Bucket and his Grandpa Joe once more.
Yet upon constantly hearing that Peter Ostrum did no other movies than the original (and best) Willie Wonka in '71, I decided to check under Albertson's name and see who was in Charlie and the Balloon Chase.
I stand corrected.
I wonder if Ostrum was wanted, or if it was simply hoped that Drier would pass as an Ostrum wanna-be.
In seven years, I guess Ostrum would have been too old to be the boyish grandson anymore.
Ah well.
With Jack Albertson, who had played Grandpa Joe to Charlie Bucket in Willie Wonka.
And clearly I spied the young Moosie Drier and thought he was Peter Ostrum, returning to the character with his old co-star, reuniting the beloved Charlie Bucket and his Grandpa Joe once more.
Yet upon constantly hearing that Peter Ostrum did no other movies than the original (and best) Willie Wonka in '71, I decided to check under Albertson's name and see who was in Charlie and the Balloon Chase.
I stand corrected.
I wonder if Ostrum was wanted, or if it was simply hoped that Drier would pass as an Ostrum wanna-be.
In seven years, I guess Ostrum would have been too old to be the boyish grandson anymore.
Ah well.
