Night of 25:
“Sir, the subject is approaching the territory of North Corea at Mach 10. Awaiting for order.”
[Murmuring: Fat old idiot… we warned you…]
“Arm the missiles! Engage!”
The president [Orson Welles, vaguely Nixonian] to the psychopath general with a cigar [Yul Brinner]: ‘WaaAaAAAAAAaaaAaAAA! Bring us to Defcon2’
The general: ‘We shall destroy him! And we shall prevail’. Starts to sing and dance.
The black general [Anthony Quinn] voice of wisdom, with a Hungarian accent for some reason: ‘But Sirrrrr!’
The scientist [Paul Newman] barging into the room: ‘No! Stop!’ Proceeds to stare into the camera for 30 seconds.
The secretary [Katharine Hepburn]: ‘We tried! Ah! We tried to stop him! Ah! No! Ah!’ Wails uncontrollably.
The phone rings. It’s the Soviet leader [Anthony Quinn, this time with a a Jamaican accent]…
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They don’t make movies like that anymore.
For context:
“The missiles sir! They’re gone! Missiles had no effect, subject is now increasing speed”
Maybe if Santa didn’t accept cookies, he’d be harder to track
Yep. Pretty much it. 👍
