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** [[https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2015/09/01/bill-brysons-stephen-katz/71494350/ According to Katz]], in Istanbul, he once got so drunk he pushed Bryson out of a window. When the police came to arrest him, the still-drunk Katz thought ''[[CrossesTheLineTwice the police car was a taxi]]''.
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** [[https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2015/09/01/bill-brysons-stephen-katz/71494350/ According to Katz]], in Istanbul, he once got so drunk he pushed Bryson out of a window. When the police came to arrest him, the still-drunk Katz was so inebriated thought ''[[CrossesTheLineTwice the police car was a taxi]]''.
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** From the same book, the extended digression -- while in the Hamburg red-light district -- on the practicality of blow-up dolls:
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** From the same book, the extended digression -- - while in the Hamburg red-light district -- - on the practicality of blow-up dolls:dolls.
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* Any of Bryson's observations on the British in ''Notes From a Small Island''.
** Early in the book he mentions that you can get a group of British men to fill hours just by naming any two points in the country and asking them the best way to get from one to other by car.
** He recalls once boarding a severely-delayed train and asking a passenger with a long beard how long he'd been waiting. The passenger jokes that when he boarded the train he was clean-shaven.
** Early in the book he mentions that you can get a group of British men to fill hours just by naming any two points in the country and asking them the best way to get from one to other by car.
** He recalls once boarding a severely-delayed train and asking a passenger with a long beard how long he'd been waiting. The passenger jokes that when he boarded the train he was clean-shaven.
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*** This scene made it into the book's film adaptation... except there, "Bubba T. Flubba" actually shows up [[BatterUp with a baseball bat]] a few minutes later. Cue Katz and Bryson chucking their bags out the back window of the motel room and following them in near-unison with the air of two old pros who have done this many times before.
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*** This scene made it into the book's film adaptation... except there, "Bubba T. Flubba" actually shows up [[BatterUp with a baseball bat]] a few minutes later. Cue Katz and Bryson chucking their bags out the back window of the their motel room rooms and following them in near-unison with the air of two old pros who have done this many times before.
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*** This scene made it into the book's film adaptation... except there, "Bubba T. Flubba" actually shows up [[BatterUp with a baseball bat]] a few minutes later. Cue Katz and Bryson chucking their bags out the back window of the motel room and following them in near-unison with the air of two old pros who have done this many times before.
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** [[https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2015/09/01/bill-brysons-stephen-katz/71494350/ According to Katz]], in Istanbul, he once got so drunk he pushed Bryson out of a window, and when the police came to arrest him, ''[[CrossesTheLineTwice Katz thought the police car was a taxi.]]''
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** [[https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2015/09/01/bill-brysons-stephen-katz/71494350/ According to Katz]], in Istanbul, he once got so drunk he pushed Bryson out of a window, and when window. When the police came to arrest him, the still-drunk Katz thought ''[[CrossesTheLineTwice Katz thought the police car was a taxi.]]''taxi]]''.
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** [[https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2015/09/01/bill-brysons-stephen-katz/71494350/ According to Katz]], in Istanbul, he once got so drunk he pushed Bryson out of a window, and when the police came to arrest him ''[[CrossesTheLineTwice Katz thought the police car was a taxi.]]''
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** [[https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2015/09/01/bill-brysons-stephen-katz/71494350/ According to Katz]], in Istanbul, he once got so drunk he pushed Bryson out of a window, and when the police came to arrest him him, ''[[CrossesTheLineTwice Katz thought the police car was a taxi.]]''
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** [[https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2015/09/01/bill-brysons-stephen-katz/71494350/ According to Stephen Katz]], in Istanbul, Katz once got so drunk he pushed Bryson out of a window, and when the police came to arrest him ''[[CrossesTheLineTwice Katz thought the police car was a taxi.]]''
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** [[https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2015/09/01/bill-brysons-stephen-katz/71494350/ According to Stephen Katz]], in Istanbul, Katz he once got so drunk he pushed Bryson out of a window, and when the police came to arrest him ''[[CrossesTheLineTwice Katz thought the police car was a taxi.]]''
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** [[https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2015/09/01/bill-brysons-stephen-katz/71494350/ According to Stephen Katz]], in Istanbul, Katz once got so drunk he pushed Bryson out of a window, and when the police came to arrest him ''[[CrossesTheLineTwice Katz thought the police car was a taxi.]]''
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* Everything he says about cricket in ''Down Under''.
* Stephen Katz [[https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2015/09/01/bill-brysons-stephen-katz/71494350/ revealed to USA Today]] what really happened on his and Bryson's trip to Europe in the 70s. In Istanbul, Bryson once got drunk and pushed Katz out of a window, and when the police came to arrest him, Bryson was so drunk ''[[CrossesTheLineTwice he thought the policemen were taxi drivers.]]''
* Stephen Katz [[https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2015/09/01/bill-brysons-stephen-katz/71494350/ revealed to USA Today]] what really happened on his and Bryson's trip to Europe in the 70s. In Istanbul, Bryson once got drunk and pushed Katz out of a window, and when the police came to arrest him, Bryson was so drunk ''[[CrossesTheLineTwice he thought the policemen were taxi drivers.]]''
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* Everything he says about cricket in ''Down Under''.
* Stephen Katz [[https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2015/09/01/bill-brysons-stephen-katz/71494350/ revealed to USA Today]] what really happened on his and Bryson's trip to Europe in the 70s. In Istanbul, Bryson once got drunk and pushed Katz out of a window, and when the police came to arrest him, Bryson was so drunk ''[[CrossesTheLineTwice he thought the policemen were taxi drivers.]]''Under''.
* Stephen Katz [[https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2015/09/01/bill-brysons-stephen-katz/71494350/ revealed to USA Today]] what really happened on his and Bryson's trip to Europe in the 70s. In Istanbul, Bryson once got drunk and pushed Katz out of a window, and when the police came to arrest him, Bryson was so drunk ''[[CrossesTheLineTwice he thought the policemen were taxi drivers.]]''
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* Everything he says about cricket in ''Down Under''.
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* Everything he says about cricket in ''Down Under''.Under''.
* Stephen Katz [[https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2015/09/01/bill-brysons-stephen-katz/71494350/ revealed to USA Today]] what really happened on his and Bryson's trip to Europe in the 70s. In Istanbul, Bryson once got drunk and pushed Katz out of a window, and when the police came to arrest him, Bryson was so drunk ''[[CrossesTheLineTwice he thought the policemen were taxi drivers.]]''
* Stephen Katz [[https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2015/09/01/bill-brysons-stephen-katz/71494350/ revealed to USA Today]] what really happened on his and Bryson's trip to Europe in the 70s. In Istanbul, Bryson once got drunk and pushed Katz out of a window, and when the police came to arrest him, Bryson was so drunk ''[[CrossesTheLineTwice he thought the policemen were taxi drivers.]]''
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* In ''The Lost Continent'', he cracks that judging by the quality of the jokes, Series/MisterEd wrote his own material.
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* In ''The Lost Continent'', he cracks that judging by the quality of the jokes, Series/MisterEd wrote his own material.material.
* Everything he says about cricket in ''Down Under''.
* Everything he says about cricket in ''Down Under''.
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* In ''At Home'', Bryson mentions an old cautionary poem about a little girl who plays with matches [[CantGetAwayWithNuthin and sets herself on fire]]. He describes the accompanying illustration as "showing a young girl engulfed in a ball of flame, on her face a look of profoundest consternation".
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* In ''At Home'', Bryson mentions an old cautionary poem about a little girl who plays with matches [[CantGetAwayWithNuthin and sets herself on fire]]. He describes the accompanying illustration as "showing a young girl engulfed in a ball of flame, on her face a look of profoundest consternation".consternation".
* In ''The Lost Continent'', he cracks that judging by the quality of the jokes, Series/MisterEd wrote his own material.
* In ''The Lost Continent'', he cracks that judging by the quality of the jokes, Series/MisterEd wrote his own material.
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** Early on, he spends minutes arguing with a Norwegian ObstructiveBureaucrat who insists that the signature he left to book a bus trip says "Bernt Bjornson" rather than BillBryson. He only gets around it by asking that if Mr Bjornson doesn't turn up, can he have his seat?
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** Early on, he spends minutes arguing with a Norwegian ObstructiveBureaucrat who insists that the signature he left to book a bus trip says "Bernt Bjornson" rather than BillBryson.Creator/BillBryson. He only gets around it by asking that if Mr Bjornson doesn't turn up, can he have his seat?
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** Early on, he spends minutes arguing with a Norwegian ObstructiveBureaucrat who insists that the signature he left to book a bus trip says "Bernt Bjornson" rather than BillBryson. He only gets around it by asking that if Mr Bjornson doesn't turn up, can he have his seat?
** The flashback to his and Katz's trip to Yugoslavia in 1973 and the DrivesLikeCrazy Yugoslav coach driver.
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** After Katz possibly offends some hillbillies by chatting up a love interest, Bryson comes back to his hotel room and mocks Katz's paranoia by knocking on the door and announcing that "Bubba T. Flubba wants a word with you" in a southern accent.
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* As always most of his book ''The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid'' counts. But at the scene where his friend's father jumps off a high diving board this troper had a very hard time not laughing out loud. ''At the BBC Proms.''
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* As always most of his book ''The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid'' counts. But at Especially the scene where his friend's father jumps off a high diving board this troper had a very hard time not laughing out loud. ''At the BBC Proms.''board.
