Maybe "ablution" is deliberate wordplay about "washing away" his sins, but then maybe you meant "absolution" instead.

I know this is a gateway to Lester, but Alun Owen deserves a mention for his brilliant script of Hard Day's Night. It's as crucial to the success of the film as Lester's direction or those lovable moptops.

The location of Hooter(s)ville is no mystery, as anyone in  Springfield will tell you.

I blame Gautama.

Am I imagining it, or is a live ray sliced open in King Rat? It sure looked as if it hurt.

I look forward to the sequel: II, Claudius.

Actually that's the original meaning of "Rosebud" (William Randolph Hearst's nickname for his mistress's lady parts).

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We can start one here and another under his own Newswire obit, according to the guidelines issued by the Department of Redundancy Department.

We have also just lost another uniquely creative spirit: Peter Bergman of Firesign Theater.

And to complete the tale, Britt Reid (aka the Green Hornet) is Dan Reid's grandson.

You walked out in the street in front of my car.
Now you're an angel divine.
You're sixteen, you're beautiful, and you're dyin'.

I'd like to run some gynecological tests on the mother.

What Pryce Glory?

P.G. Wodehouse long ago wrote an irate poem about a typesetter who put in 'not' instead of 'now' and completely reversed what he meant to say. The more things change…

No mention of the name of the oil company, Petrox? Well, if you don't remember Kong '76 then you won't remember that Esso had recently been renamed Exxon, or that Pet Rocks were a much-ridiculed fad at the time. This dual pun was the only ingenious element in the entire movie.

@Fuck — can I call you Fuck? — I didn't say "botched" is inaccurate. I said it's tasteless. What good reason can there be to pile on the humiliation of someone who just tried to do the most desperate thing any person can do, and failed?

Does anyone else think the term "botched suicide" is a little tasteless? It seems like calling someone a loser because he couldn't even kill himself without fucking it up. "Attempted" would carry the same information without the undertone of mockery.

I WAS TOO LATE! THE BITCH HAD BEEN OWNED!

Spartan dog! Roman cow! Russian snake!