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They did it with Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer.  Why should Dickens escape?

With the kind of cops they had back then, if the ruffians were winning, the cops would change sides.  Or kill them all.  It depends.

The world needs more Nebulous.
"I was so shy when I was a child, I had an imaginary nodding acquaintance."

You should try the waffle houses in Texas.  You'll be pleasantly surprised.

No! No! Annette!

If you're a Labrador, fetch is a big thing.

What's worse is saying something like that sarcastically and then, a month later, realize that you're the one responsible for its spread.

Satan needs to try harder.

I saw one of the Warren William movies not too long ago.  It was bizarre.
William was a fascinating man, though.  He more or less invented RVs because he wanted to sleep comfortably while he was being driven to and from the studio. 

Still too soon.

I love The Lady Eve.  Just the bit where Henry Fonda gets off the train makes me laugh.  It's so sublimely silly.

Australian version:
Man, Dingoes!

She does get the best line in the movie, and one of my all-time favorite last lines.
It's up there with "Nobody's perfect." 

He was trying to avoid spoilers.

Husserl, to be completely honest, I kept drifting off to sleep.  I'm no fan of modern opera, so when it started, I got excited because it sounded good, really good.  And then I guess I just sort of drifted towards catatonia.
I failed at every attempt to learn to play an instrument (clarinet, piano, guitar, piano

Perhaps 4-wheeled Segways with Zimmer frames.

Then a lawyer, singing about how he eschews Manhattan because he wants someone to give him some countryside (eminent domain case, perhaps), drags his unhappy Hungarian former-actress wife, a woman who really adores a penthouse view, to a neighboring farm.  Hijinks ensue.

I expected a shaved head.
Oh, just make your own jokes.

As long as you're not talking about Dorothy Michaels, probably no one will object.

Thank you.  Whatever happened to him?