"[to his boss, on the phone] In a pig's eye, you will!...Hey listen monkey face, when you fired me, you fired the best newshound your filthy scandal sheet ever had...That was free verse, you gashouse palooka!"
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Romantic comedy filmsBest Picture Academy Award winners1930s American filmsRoad comedy filmsFilms based on short fiction
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