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* [[Deadpan Snarker|Marco]] makes a joke along these lines in ''[[Animorphs]]'', book 7, ''The Stranger''. |
* [[Deadpan Snarker|Marco]] makes a joke along these lines in ''[[Animorphs]]'', book 7, ''The Stranger''. |
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{{quote|'''Marco:''' ''([[The Elevator From Ipanema|elevator music]] is playing)'' Top floor. Ladies shoes. Children's apparel. Everyone out.}} |
{{quote|'''Marco:''' ''([[The Elevator From Ipanema|elevator music]] is playing)'' Top floor. Ladies shoes. Children's apparel. Everyone out.}} |
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* The Ministry of Magic in ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]'' has an elevator that announces and describes the departments are on each |
* The Ministry of Magic in ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]'' has an elevator that announces and describes the departments are on each floor—the punchline being that [[Government Conspiracy|the Department of Mysteries]] is referred to only as the Department of Mysteries. |
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** [[Riff Trax|"Also housewares, ladies' lingerie, and blatant traps for idiot children."]] |
** [[Riff Trax|"Also housewares, ladies' lingerie, and blatant traps for idiot children."]] |
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* ''[[Star Wars Expanded Universe]]'': Castin Donn wishes the Empire would label the insides of its turbolift tubes. (Don't even ''ask'' [[A Simple Plan|why he's inside the elevator shaft]]. Just don't.) |
* ''[[Star Wars Expanded Universe]]'': Castin Donn wishes the Empire would label the insides of its turbolift tubes. (Don't even ''ask'' [[A Simple Plan|why he's inside the elevator shaft]]. Just don't.) |
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== Radio == |
== Radio == |
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* On the old [[Abbott and Costello]] radio show, during World War II, [[Mel Blanc]] (acting as [[Bugs Bunny/Characters|Bugs Bunny]]), was an elevator operator in a department store, quoting "Cigarettes, Nylons, Rubber Tires, Gasoline, Sugar, and other picture postcards!" |
* On the old [[Abbott and Costello]] radio show, during World War II, [[Mel Blanc]] (acting as [[Bugs Bunny/Characters|Bugs Bunny]]), was an elevator operator in a department store, quoting "Cigarettes, Nylons, Rubber Tires, Gasoline, Sugar, and other picture postcards!"—each item listed was rationed for the war effort. |
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* On ''[[Adventures in Odyssey]]'' episode "The last great adventure of the summer" Agent Cat's Paw announces "Top floor: Lady's shoes, hand bags, international spies." |
* On ''[[Adventures in Odyssey]]'' episode "The last great adventure of the summer" Agent Cat's Paw announces "Top floor: Lady's shoes, hand bags, international spies." |
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