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  • When easygoing ex-mobster Benny "Kneecap" Vitelli wakes up to find a staked vampire stuffed into the trunk of his Buick, he knows he's been framed.

    Cheap vampire thrills! "Dead Men Don't Bite" only $1.49 2010

  • When easygoing ex-mobster Benny "Kneecap" Vitelli wakes up to find a staked vampire stuffed into the trunk of his Buick, he knows he's been framed.

    Archive 2010-04-01 2010

  • Congratulations, Senator Kneecap, but you have to do better.

    Gallup: Hillary Is Right About General Election -- Sort Of 2009

  • NBC chief foreign affairs correspondent Andrea Mitchell responded, "Kneecap him, I mean, if you have to."

    Is Press Unfair To Hillary? New York Times Weighs In... 2009

  • Kneecap was actually the National Emergency Airborne Command Post (NEACP), but the official acronym was too hard to pronounce.

    The Bear and the Dragon Clancy, Tom, 1947- 2000

  • Like the VC-25A that served as Air Force One, Kneecap was a converted 747 that was really just a wrapper for a bunch of radios flying in very close formation.

    The Bear and the Dragon Clancy, Tom, 1947- 2000

  • It did go into Kneecap, which was where he should have gone when he'd had the chance.

    The Sum of all Fears Clancy, Tom, 1947- 1991

  • The aircraft rolled unevenly past the hangars and various aircraft, including NEACP, the 747 configured as the National Emergency Airborne Command Post, known as 'Kneecap,' or more dramatically as 'The Doomsday Plane.'

    The Sum of all Fears Clancy, Tom, 1947- 1991

  • Kneecap was landing on the same Runway Zero-One it had left ten or so hours before.

    The Sum of all Fears Clancy, Tom, 1947- 1991

  • When all four were on line, they'd stage a conference call with the Vice President, who was still aboard Kneecap.

    The Sum of all Fears Clancy, Tom, 1947- 1991

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