# Talk:Humpty Dumpty

I have added a section for two appearances of Humpty Dumpty in James Joyce's Finnegans Wake, but an editor reversed it, suggesting that I should instead elaborate on what's already in the article about it. I thought about adding this for two reasons: first, there is already a section for Dumpty in "Through the Looking-Glass", therefore it should be OK to add sections discussing its appearances on other works of literature; and second, the references to Humpty Dumpty in the Finnegans Wake are pretty unique, specially in form. The inclusion of the quotes in the article could lead people searching the text of the Wake to this page and help them better understand the context of Dumpty's appearance in the book. Furthermore, the inclusion of the quotes could also help people interested in Dumpty overall to see its application on the wider idea of the Fall of Man. I would like to add back the section and elaborate on it. What are other editors' ideas about this?

There is a mistake where the century is mentioned. The article states 18 century but writes 1870. 1870 is the 19th century. 148.252.129.177 (talk) 09:24, 17 February 2021 (UTC)

 Not done: It says "published 1797" in the infobox. 𝟙𝟤𝟯𝟺𝐪𝑤𝒆𝓇𝟷𝟮𝟥𝟜𝓺𝔴𝕖𝖗𝟰 (𝗍𝗮𝘭𝙠) 13:01, 17 February 2021 (UTC)
3 2A05:9CC4:77:B54E:B9EB:3F24:15CD:7D93 (talk) 13:39, 14 May 2023 (UTC)

The advertisment features an egg-man sitting on a wall (in reference to the nursery rhyme Humpty Dumpty), in which he talks in gibberish, extolling the virtues of purchasing chocolate-covered surprise toys.
At first he says "Kinder, yibol shakey!" and shakes a chocolate egg.
Then, he says "Me unscrabbly!" and rips the chocolate egg open.
He yells "Chocadoobie!" and also yells "Double chocadoobie!" when he opens the egg up.
He claims something in the effect of "Bobswabbo", and opens the yellow capsule inside making a toy come out.
He says "Toy!", and then "Yodel yum and choco scrum with muggy pupwubbo toys! Oh, grubbly!".
The advertisement finally ends with him saying "Me scrobble now" and he then falls off the wall. The advertisement instead of enticing children to purchase brand name chocolate-covered surprise toys, has highly unsettling effects on their behaviour, and after receiving complaints is withdrawn from television scheduling. 49.185.137.168 (talk) 14:33, 15 May 2022 (UTC)

Its suggest that Humpty Dumtpy is a reference to the traditional balconing in Malaga and the south of Spain. Ricardo Liberal Baztan (talk) 08:28, 22 August 2023 (UTC)

There is a succession link entitled "Longest-running Broadway show" but when I click on it the page it goes to does not even mention Humpty. Should the succession link be removed (or maybe the Broadway page updated)? It doesn't make sense having a link to somewhere where the topic isn't covered? GrimRob (talk) 21:24, 27 April 2025 (UTC)

Looks like the correct fix is to update List of the longest-running Broadway shows to include Humpty Dumpty between Hazel Kirke and The Black Crook, right?  Joule36e5 (talk) 21:56, 27 April 2025 (UTC)
Thing is, I am not sure the information is accurate. https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-show/humpty-dumpty-409443
suggests Humpty didn't even run continuously and not for those 12 years?GrimRob (talk) 10:54, 28 April 2025 (UTC)

This topic should not even be discussed on the Talk Page of an article about the Nursery Rhyme character. It's WP:OFFTOPIC. User:Joule36e5 is right, the proper place for discussion is either in an article about the Broadway show or else in the list of all such shows. Sweetpool50 (talk) 11:05, 28 April 2025 (UTC)
As far as this page is concerned, it is accurate. It was the longest-running show from 1869–1881. It held the record until 1881 when it was surpassed by another show. It doesn't mean that it ran from 1869-1881 continuously which is what I assumed from the text. As far as I am concerned the matter is now closed. GrimRob (talk) 11:23, 28 April 2025 (UTC)