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  • She points to the Oscar Party Legs, the ones a drunken Jack Nicholson tried to violate after he won for Cuckoo's Nest, and the understated Nonprofit Fundraiser Legs she wore to Jerry Lewis Telethons, and the fake-tanned State Dinner with Reagan and Gorbachev Legs that the Secretary of State made her cover up with a long hemline, because their shade matched Gorbachev's birthmark.

    Centipede Joe Kapitan 2011

  • In reality, a random John (or Jane) Doe walking down the streets of Anytown, USA, referencing the similarities between the Mall of America and a war zone (where over 4,400 soldiers have given their lives) might likely be deemed insane by local authorities and taken away in a straight jacket, placed in a padded room a la One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and overseen by an entire team of psycho-analysts.

    Jason Kitchen: Newsweek's Cover Photo Does Not Imply Michele Bachmann is Crazy... Jason Kitchen 2011

  • At the end of Cuckoo's Nest, MacMurphy is dead, the inmates all resume their routine passivity and the shrewdly autocratic authority settles back onto its perch, once again vigilant against any uprising.

    Steven Weber: Tea Party in a Cuckoo's Nest Steven Weber 2010

  • Remember One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (there were very few explosions or vampires in it so it may be difficult)?

    Steven Weber: Tea Party in a Cuckoo's Nest Steven Weber 2010

  • Remember One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (there were very few explosions or vampires in it so it may be difficult)?

    Steven Weber: Tea Party in a Cuckoo's Nest Steven Weber 2010

  • Remember One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (there were very few explosions or vampires in it so it may be difficult)?

    Steven Weber: Tea Party in a Cuckoo's Nest Steven Weber 2010

  • At the end of Cuckoo's Nest, MacMurphy is dead, the inmates all resume their routine passivity and the shrewdly autocratic authority settles back onto its perch, once again vigilant against any uprising.

    Steven Weber: Tea Party in a Cuckoo's Nest Steven Weber 2010

  • At the end of Cuckoo's Nest, MacMurphy is dead, the inmates all resume their routine passivity and the shrewdly autocratic authority settles back onto its perch, once again vigilant against any uprising.

    Steven Weber: Tea Party in a Cuckoo's Nest Steven Weber 2010

  • Remember One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (there were very few explosions or vampires in it so it may be difficult)?

    Steven Weber: Tea Party in a Cuckoo's Nest Steven Weber 2010

  • At the end of Cuckoo's Nest, MacMurphy is dead, the inmates all resume their routine passivity and the shrewdly autocratic authority settles back onto its perch, once again vigilant against any uprising.

    Steven Weber: Tea Party in a Cuckoo's Nest Steven Weber 2010

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