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Celebrating the prophetic powers of Pez dispensers, the backsides of old ladies, nude performances of Shakespeare, and anchorwoman Jackie Bange.

George: Well, this here is General Dwight D. Eisenhower’s foreskin.

A: That’s too bad. In its original condition this foreskin is probably somewhere around one million dollars. But with the ArmorAll on it, it’s probably somewhere in the neighborhood of seven to eleven cents.

Chapman: My idea of a good wife is a woman who spends eight to ten hours a day on the phone trying to convince her friends to have sex with me. . . . If there wasn’t such a thing as going to the bathroom, some people would never get out of bed. . . . I spend half my time contemplating the great issues of existence and the other half looking for the remote control. . . . A good war would be old people versus foreigners. . . . They should grease up Barry Manilow and shove him right up Rosie O’Donnell’s ass.