> > > > > > > >I remember the director doing one minor rewrite. She was afraid "Alas, poor Yorick. I knew him well," would get a laugh in the wrong place, so she changed it to "Alas, poor Yorick. I knew him, Horatio." Nobody laughted.
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> > > > > > > ... I'm not quite sure if I should smack you right now... that *was* a joke, right?
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> > > > > > I hope so too...
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> > > > > I feel like an idiot, but I don't get it.
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> > > > I'm a little unsure about it myself, but I *think* the joke is that "I knew him, Horatio" is the way the line reads originally, and "I knew him well" is the misquote, although a lot of people today seem to think that "I knew him well" is the original. Any Shakespeareans care to educate Sam and me?
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> > > > Iss
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> > > You have it in two. Shame, we could have kept this one running with disinformation for ages!
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> > Yeah, but Iss had to go and mess it up. Geez - thanks a lot! :-}
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> > Dar "A Herse, a Herse, my kingdom for a Herse..." ien
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> Well, hey--let me in on the gag ahead of time, and I promise to keep my big trap shut so that you can keep all the little Virginia's out there believing in ol' Saint Nick. Oh, and I think you mean "hearse". :-)
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> Iss "bringer of light and navel oranges" achar
!!! The real joke is on me, but I'm too embarassed to explain.
--name withheld