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Thursday, August 23, 2007
Today's number is ... Eighty-Seven.
Here's the list of all eighty-seven films that appear in "Getting drunk and losing all your money ... at the Movies":
| When we are in the tavern, | Lord Of The Rings: Fellowship of the Ring |
| we do not think how we will go to dust, | Once Upon a Time in the West |
| but we hurry to gamble, | Run Lola Run |
| which always makes us sweat. | Croupier |
| What happens in the tavern, | Ocean's 11 |
| where money is host, | Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels |
| you may well ask, and hear what I say. | Henry V |
| YOU MAY WELL ASK, AND HEAR WHAT I SAY! | Beauty and the Beast |
| (pause) | The Great Escape |
| Some gamble, some drink, | The Sting |
| some behave loosely. | Drunken Master |
| But of those who gamble, | The Odd Couple |
| some are stripped bare, | Knight's Tale |
| some win their clothes here, | Metropolitan |
| some are dressed in sacks. | Monty Python & the Holy Grail |
Here no-one fears death, but they throw dice in the name of Bacchus | Gilda |
| HERE NO-ONE FEARS DEATH, BUT THEY THROW DICE IN THE NAME OF BACCHUS! | Guys and Dolls |
| First of all it is to the wine-merchant | The Adventures of Robin Hood |
| (pause) | Sideways |
| then the libertines drink, | Tom Jones |
| (pause) | Dirty Rotten Scoundrels |
| one for the prisoners, | The Shawshank Redemption |
| three for the living, | Zorba the Greek |
| four for all Christians, | Elmer Gantry |
| five for the faithful dead, | The Pirates of the Carribean: Curse of the Black Pearl |
| six for the loose sisters, | O' Brother, Where Art Thou? |
| seven for the footpads in the wood, | Barry Lyndon |
| eight for the errant brethren, | The Blues Brothers |
| nine for the dispersed monks, | Ladyhawke |
| ten for the seamen, | On the Town |
| eleven for the squabblers, | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf |
| twelve for the penitent, | Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade |
| thirteen for the wayfarers. | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy |
| TO THE POPE AS TO THE KING | The Shoes of the Fisherman |
| THEY ALL DRINK WITHOUT RESTRAINT! | The Lion in Winter |
| (long pause) | The Fiddler on the Roof |
| (long pause) | Big, Fat Greek Wedding |
| The mistress drinks, | Sliding Doors |
| the master drinks, | Gosford Park |
| the soldier drinks, | She Wore a Yellow Ribbon |
| the priest drinks, | Pale Rider |
| the man drinks, | Shakespeare in Love |
| the woman drinks, | All About Eve |
| the servant drinks, | Remains of the Day |
| with the maid, | Clue |
| the swift man drinks, | Blazing Saddles |
| the lazy man drinks, | The Big Lebowski |
| the white man drinks, | The Untouchables |
| the black man drinks, | Raisin in the Sun |
| the settled man drinks, | American Beauty |
| the wanderer drinks, | Yojimbo |
| the stupid man drinks, | Dumb and Dumber |
| the wise man drinks, | The Princess Bride |
| The poor man drinks, | The Treasure of the Sierra Madre |
| the sick man drinks, | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof |
| the exile drinks, | Anastasia |
| and the stranger, | Strangers on a Train |
| the boy drinks, | Rumble Fish |
| the old man drinks, | The Godfather |
| the bishop drinks, | Caddyshack |
| and the deacon, | Waterworld |
| the sister drinks, | Two Mules for Sister Sara |
| the brother drinks, | On the Waterfront |
| the old lady drinks, | Sunset Blvd. |
| the mother drinks, | Hamlet |
| this man drinks, | Miller's Crossing |
| that man drinks, | Ghostbusters |
| a hundred drink, | Star Trek VI |
| a thousand drink. | It's a Wonderful Life |
| SIX HUNDRED PENNIES WOULD | Pennies from Heaven |
| HARDLY SUFFICE, IF EVERYONE | Fantasia |
| drinks immoderately and immeasurably. | Titanic |
| However much they cheerfully drink | Strange Brew |
| we are the ones whom everyone scolds, | Withnail and I |
| and thus we are destitute. | The Hudsucker Proxy |
| May those who slander us be cursed | Barfly |
| and may their names not be written in the book of the righteous. | Easy Rider |
| IO! | The Deer Hunter |
| IO! | Dogma |
| IO! | Citizen Kane |
| IO! | The Matrix |
| IO! | Sleuth |
| IO! | Casablanca |
| IO! | Bridget Jones' Diary |
| IO! | Desperado |
| (long pause) | Animal House |
| YO! | Lost in Translation |
And, yes, to answer your question, it was a lot of damn work.
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