The Comedy of Terrors Quotes

Amos Hinchley: [giving eulogy for John F. Black] And so, my friends, we find ourselves gathered around the bier of Mrs. ... er ... Mr. ... You Know Whom ... this litter of sorrow, this cairn, this cromlech, this dread dochma, this gart, this mastaba, this sorrowing tope, this unhappy tumulus, this, this ... what is the word? ... this ... er, coffin! Never could think of that word. Requiescat in Pace, Mr. ... um ... Mr. ... the memory of your good deeds will not perish with your untimely sepulture.

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John F. Black, Esq.: [as he's dying again] Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more...
Waldo Trumbull: Oh, I wish...

Movie: The Comedy of Terrors
Waldo Trumbull: To paraphrase; we'll be able to kill two birds with one pillow.

Movie: The Comedy of Terrors