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"Even my crappy onomatopoetics can evoke one of the most recognizable pieces of music ever used in a movie, Strauss' 'Thus Spake Zarustrutha'. Hum just those five notes on a crowded bus and everyone around you will get a glint of recognition in their eyes. And even the middleschooler who has, with a straight face, said the words, 'Justin Timberlake is, like, a musical genius', will know exactly from whence they came. He'll turn to you and say, 'Isn't that from the one where Homer goes to space?'...Damn kids ruin everything."

Evilina: Wait, why does he look like a cat?
Critic: (beat) Because he's a cat.
Evilina: No, that's not what he looks like. He's supposed to be scary and weird and constantly out of breath.
Critic: What?
Evilina: And why is it all in rhyme?
Critic: ...Because it's Dr. Seuss! Everything he does is in rhyme!
Evilina: No, he's only supposed to rhyme once in a while. And where's all the subplots? And in-jokes? And advertisements? And forced morals? And penis innuendos?
Critic: What the fuck are you talking about?!

Have you seen this movie?
Our guess would be no
But this famous theme song
You probably know
We'll show you how this song is used
In movies and shows (all your favorite shows)
The character's always in a race
Running in slow-mo

There were dams; a dog with an embarrassing name; a movie; a march composed by Eric Coates. These memories of Operation Chastise, the "bouncing bomb" attack which burst open Germany's Möhne and Eder reservoirs on the night of 16/17 May 1943, cling to the consciousness of millions of people of all ages, both sexes and many nations, who may know little else of the Second World War.
— Max Hastings, Chastise: The Dambusters

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