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Bill and Nancy need a quick way to come up with $1,000. Nancy picks up a newspaper and her eye happens to catch an advertisement for [[On the Money|a contest in which the first-place winner receives $1,000]].
Bill and Nancy need a quick way to come up with $1,000. Nancy picks up a newspaper and her eye happens to catch an advertisement for [[On the Money|a contest in which the first-place winner receives $1,000]].


{{quote| '''Nancy''' (handing Bill the newspaper): Bill, look at this!<br />
{{quote|'''Nancy''' (handing Bill the newspaper): Bill, look at this!
'''Bill''' (reading the newspaper): I don't believe it! There's a 50% off sale down at JC Penney!... Wait, how does that help us?<br />
'''Bill''' (reading the newspaper): I don't believe it! There's a 50% off sale down at JC Penney!... Wait, how does that help us?
'''Nancy''': No, read below that!<br />
'''Nancy''': No, read below that!
'''Bill''': Oh my god, here's an ad for a singing competition in which the winner gets $1,000! }}
'''Bill''': Oh my god, here's an ad for a singing competition in which the winner gets $1,000! }}


This can also be a variation of [[Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?]]. For example:
This can also be a variation of [[Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?]]. For example:


{{quote| '''Criminal A''': Have you read the newspaper!? There's our next big score!<br />
{{quote|'''Criminal A''': Have you read the newspaper!? There's our next big score!
'''Criminal B''' (reading newspaper): I don't get it. It says here that they're finished building the new airport and they're opening it up soon. You want us to steal a plane and hold it for ransom!?<br />
'''Criminal B''' (reading newspaper): I don't get it. It says here that they're finished building the new airport and they're opening it up soon. You want us to steal a plane and hold it for ransom!?
'''Criminal A''': No, you nitwit! Flip the page over!<br />
'''Criminal A''': No, you nitwit! Flip the page over!
'''Criminal B''': Ah, Jameson's Diamonds is receiving a new shipment next Friday! }}
'''Criminal B''': Ah, Jameson's Diamonds is receiving a new shipment next Friday! }}


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Robert and John are walking down a bustling city street.
Robert and John are walking down a bustling city street.


{{quote| '''Robert''' (witnessing a robbery taking place inside a restaurant): John, did you see that? I don't believe it!<br />
{{quote|'''Robert''' (witnessing a robbery taking place inside a restaurant): John, did you see that? I don't believe it!
'''John''' (reading an ad): Yeah, a breakfast of two pancakes, sausage, and eggs for only 99 cents? It's too good to be true! }}
'''John''' (reading an ad): Yeah, a breakfast of two pancakes, sausage, and eggs for only 99 cents? It's too good to be true! }}


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== [[Film]] ==
== [[Film]] ==
* Used straight once by the film ''[[Airplane!]]!'' ("There's a sale at Penney's!"). Twisted out of all recognition (literally!) the second time:
* Used straight once by the film ''[[Airplane!]]!'' ("There's a sale at Penney's!"). Twisted out of all recognition (literally!) the second time:
{{quote| '''Steve McCroskey:''' Johnny, what can you make out of this?<br />
{{quote|'''Steve McCroskey:''' Johnny, what can you make out of this?
''[Hands him the weather briefing]''<br />
''[Hands him the weather briefing]''
'''Johnny:''' This? ''[begins folding paper]'' Why, I can make a hat or a brooch or a pterodactyl... }}
'''Johnny:''' This? ''[begins folding paper]'' Why, I can make a hat or a brooch or a pterodactyl... }}
* Almost done in [[Dogma]] when Bartleby shows Loki the newspaper clipping about the church rededication. Instead of reading the wrong side/article, Loki reads just the headline with a "so?" Which prompts Bartleby to respond, "You have to ''keep'' reading."
* Almost done in [[Dogma]] when Bartleby shows Loki the newspaper clipping about the church rededication. Instead of reading the wrong side/article, Loki reads just the headline with a "so?" Which prompts Bartleby to respond, "You have to ''keep'' reading."
* In ''[[Chicken Run]]'', after Ginger shows the other chickens a poster for "Rocky the Flying Rooster":
* In ''[[Chicken Run]]'', after Ginger shows the other chickens a poster for "Rocky the Flying Rooster":
{{quote| '''Ginger''': This is our way out of here."<br />
{{quote|'''Ginger''': This is our way out of here."
'''[[Cloudcuckoolander|Babs]]''': We'll make posters?<br />
'''[[Cloudcuckoolander|Babs]]''': We'll make posters?<br />
'''Ginger''': What's on the poster, Babs, what's on the poster! We'll fly out! }}
'''Ginger''': What's on the poster, Babs, what's on the poster! We'll fly out! }}
* This exchange from ''[[Monty Python and The Holy Grail]]'':
* This exchange from ''[[Monty Python and The Holy Grail]]'':
{{quote| '''Herbert's Father''': "One day, lad, all this will be yours." ''(Waves at/out the window.)''<br />
{{quote|'''Herbert's Father''': "One day, lad, all this will be yours." ''(Waves at/out the window.)''
'''Herbert''': "What, the curtains?" }}
'''Herbert''': "What, the curtains?" }}


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