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* The [[Abbott and Costello]] movie ''Who Done It?'' features a shootout on a rooftop. A light bulb-illuminated sign reading "VOTE FOR TOWNSEND PHELPS" gets shot up to read "SEND HELP", then again at the finish of the movie to read "END". |
* The [[Abbott and Costello]] movie ''Who Done It?'' features a shootout on a rooftop. A light bulb-illuminated sign reading "VOTE FOR TOWNSEND PHELPS" gets shot up to read "SEND HELP", then again at the finish of the movie to read "END". |
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* Tony Hancock's film ''The Punch and Judy Man'', set in a seedy English seaside resort, has a scene where Hancock's title character is shaving just before performing at an important reception at the town hall. His faulty electric shaver shorts out some of the town's illuminations, causing them to spell out insults. |
* Tony Hancock's film ''The Punch and Judy Man'', set in a seedy English seaside resort, has a scene where Hancock's title character is shaving just before performing at an important reception at the town hall. His faulty electric shaver shorts out some of the town's illuminations, causing them to spell out insults. |
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* ''[[Elvira, Mistress of the Dark]]'' has [http://www.tangibledreams.net/elvira/media/stills/motd0267.jpg this] [[Not Safe for Work]] accident. |
* ''[[Elvira, Mistress of the Dark]]'' has [https://web.archive.org/web/20120508200715/http://www.tangibledreams.net/elvira/media/stills/motd0267.jpg this] [[Not Safe for Work]] accident. |
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* A variation occurs in ''[[The Dark Knight]]'': The Joker adds an S in front of "[[Put the Laughter In Slaughter|Laughter]] is the Best Medicine" on his trailer. |
* A variation occurs in ''[[The Dark Knight]]'': The Joker adds an S in front of "[[Put the Laughter In Slaughter|Laughter]] is the Best Medicine" on his trailer. |
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* Done offscreen with a submarine PA system in ''[[Atlantis: The Lost Empire]]''. |
* Done offscreen with a submarine PA system in ''[[Atlantis: The Lost Empire]]''. |
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* ''[[Sesame Street]] Presents Follow That Bird'' has the Sleaze Bros. (F)unfair. |
* ''[[Sesame Street]] Presents Follow That Bird'' has the Sleaze Bros. (F)unfair. |
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* By the end of ''[[The Avengers (film)|The Avengers]]'', the '''STARK''' marquee on the Stark Tower has been reduced to just the '''A'''....for "Avengers". |
* By the end of ''[[The Avengers (film)|The Avengers]]'', the '''STARK''' marquee on the Stark Tower has been reduced to just the '''A'''....for "Avengers". |
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** Even better: the '''STARK''' was in a [http://www.beyondhollywood.com/uploads/2010/04/Stark-Tower-in-The-Avengers-2012-Movie-Image.jpg stylized, logo-esque font], so most of the audience didn't notice until the very last shot that the "'''A'''" left over had an elongated left leg all along...exactly like [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/0f/Avs38.jpg/250px-Avs38.jpg the "A" in the comics'] and [http://www.cinemablend.com/images/news/19816/_1280029834.jpg movies'] "Avengers" logo. |
** Even better: the '''STARK''' was in a [http://www.beyondhollywood.com/uploads/2010/04/Stark-Tower-in-The-Avengers-2012-Movie-Image.jpg stylized, logo-esque font]{{Dead link}}, so most of the audience didn't notice until the very last shot that the "'''A'''" left over had an elongated left leg all along...exactly like [https://web.archive.org/web/20131214051757/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/0f/Avs38.jpg/250px-Avs38.jpg the "A" in the comics'] and [http://www.cinemablend.com/images/news/19816/_1280029834.jpg movies'] "Avengers" logo. |
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* Invoked in the song "Old Joe's Place" from the film ''[[A Mighty Wind]]'', as seen in the page quote. |
* Invoked in the song "Old Joe's Place" from the film ''[[A Mighty Wind]]'', as seen in the page quote. |
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== Music == |
== Music == |
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* [http://carlau.com/music-17.html "The Guy Who Changes The Light bulbs"] by Carla Ulbrich: |
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110519211313/http://carlau.com/music-17.html "The Guy Who Changes The Light bulbs"] by Carla Ulbrich: |
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{{quote|"How about some French cuisine?" you might ask your spouse |
{{quote|"How about some French cuisine?" you might ask your spouse |
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When up ahead you clearly see a sign that says "LE HOUSE" |
When up ahead you clearly see a sign that says "LE HOUSE" |
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