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*281* "It's the better part of a bad choice, Sweetie. The only other ride available was the Short Bus."

*281* ")&*%# all sucker bets. I bet myself in this race before they told me about the twe-rider handicap!"

Skipping "X" Yardley, Alexander -- Sydney Greenstreet in *Christmas in Connecticut* (1945)

*280* "Brod, Bill, I think you two should arrange an intense period of Couples Therapy."

*280* "Good. You signed the papers just like I told you. Now, you stupid dame, where did you put them after you signed them?!?!"

*Gun Glory* Stopwatch

*280* "Think hard, now, Toots. -- Where were the carkeys the last time you SAW them??"

*Frankie and Johnny* (1991) News stand.

"Damn, Fritz, at wartime prices, couldn't keep this one in nylons."

*Top Banana* *A Chorus Line* *Flaming Star*

...And Mr. Beymer's character had a number of additional moments as the man who couldn't find his unit after the bailout over Normandy. Then, in a very long film with a large cast with a lot of big names, he got the curtain line: "I wonder who won." 'skipper's thread.

*279* "Hmmm...The little pig that got roast beef needs a retouch on her makeup."

Right. Kid Dabb's thread

"Where does he get those wonderful toys??" Film? Speaker?

Scene: A crap game in a crowded, tumultuous barracks. A paratrooper makes a lot of money and leaves the game a big winner. Lying on his bunk, in a monologue, he recalls another game where he won big. On that occasion, he was severely injured the next time he jumped out of a plane. Superstitiously, he gets back into the game, determined to lose everything before making the jump scheduled for the following day. Film? Performer?

Underwood -- Charles Napier in *Ballistic* (1995)

*278* "Enjoy it while you can, ****. The middle drags and the ending is a bomb. I told you not to put money in this turkey!

*277* "Honey, sometimes when a boy says something like that to a pretty girl, what he actually means is..."

*Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy* Wrongly convicted

*277* "If you hear footsteps, it's not so bad. It's when you can't hear'em coming that they're at their worst."

At over 340 Views, there has been some interest, but I guess it's just too obscure. It is on TCM's list, with a brief synopsis. 1995's *Manny & Lo* has Mary Kay Place as the maternity-shop clerk. The older sister, Aleksa Palladino, seems to had a career mostly in regional TV work. For me, the prime performance is by 11-year-old Scarlett Johansson as the younger sister, and the most practical of the three. Amazon has it at some quite attractive prices, both VHS and DVD. I may go that way just to get another viewing of it. Open Thread

Rogers, (Major) Richard -- Keith Larson on *Northwest Passage* (1958-1959 on NBC)

The abducted store clerk, told to phone in an excuse for her absence from work, finds that her employers are just fine with that, and that no one will miss her, be worried about her, or come looking for her. She had spent a long time in the nursing home where her father spent his last years, dressed like a nurse and looking like another employee. After his death, working in the baby-goods store, she had dispensed childbirth folklore, posing as an expert on the subject. She had the girls fooled on that point.

*276* "When I get my hands on my agent, I'm gonna duck her in this pit!"

*275* "I had my own bicycle, children cheered and clapped, people tossed me candy and peanuts...Retirement is for chumps, not chimps!"