YMMV / Worzel Gummidge

• Adaptation Displacement: The original books by Todd are are still well liked and often reprinted, but have been thoroughly eclipsed by the TV adaptation.
• Can't Un-Hear It: It's impossible to seperate Jon Pertwee from Worzel Gummidge.
• Genius Bonus: The first thing Worzel does when he decides to take up 'Wangling' is steal a stuffed pike from the pub.
• Tough Act to Follow: When Mackenzie Crook was cast in the 2019 adaptation, he was inevitably compared to Jon Pertwee's take. Crook (who also wrote and directed the 2019 series) was likely aware this would happen, and chose not to base it on the Pertwee series but rather do an entirely new take on the original books. In promotional interviews, Mackenzie Crook even admitted to have never watched the Pertwee series (though he was aware of it, and had occasionally read the comic strip based on it in Look-In Magazine as a child).

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