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"You'll never believe who's here."
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koi, koi fish, ahab, captain ahab, white whale, white whales, moby dick, melville, herman melville, pegleg, peglegs, peg-leg, peg-legs, amputee, amputees, amputations, nibble, nibbles, nibbling, bite, bites, biting, nemesis, nemeses, arch-nemesis, enemy, enemies"Oh, c'mon. I wasn't that terrible!"
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moby dick, melville, herman melville, villain, villains, villainous, hero, heroes, heroic, biography, biographies, white whale, white whales, biographical, misrepresent, misrepresents, misrepresenting, misrepresentation, misrepresentations, fact, facts, factual account, factual accounts, book, books, reader, readers, reading, personal info, personal information, whale, whales, harpoon, harpoons, harpooning"Have you tried looking in the ocean?"
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ocean, oceans, ahab, captain ahab, moby dick, melville, herman melville, white whale, white whales, nemesis, nemeses, arch nemesis, arch nemeses, enemy, enemies, rival, rivals, arch rival, arch rivals, novel, novels, novelist, novelists, search, searches, searching, missing person, missing people, find, finds, finding, advice, obviousMoby Dick the Demi Moore Version
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moby dick, scarlet letter, hollywood, hollywood adaptation, hollywood adaptations, adaptation, hollywood, movie, movies, film, films, demi moore, happy ending, happy endings, tragedy, tragedies, tragic, white whale, white whales, lowest common denominator, appeal, mass appeal, marketing, studio interference, movie studio, movie studios, film studio, film studiosCaptain Ahab sitting under the head of a whale that has been painted white
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captain ahab, moby dick, white whale, white whales, whale, whales, trophy, trophies, hunting trophy, hunting trophies, obsession, obsessions, obsessive, obsessiveness, whitewash, whitewashed, whitewashing, cover over, hide, obscur, classic literature, classic novel, classic novels, novels, novel, american classics'The good news is you're not paranoid, the bad news is this Ahab fellow really does seem to be after you.'
'It's Mooby Dick'
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moby dick, boat, boats, sailing, sailor, whale, whales, sea, man boobs, fear, scared, scare, shock, shocked, fearful, sailors, seaman, blue whale, voyage, white whale, white whales, ship, sailing boats, sailing boat, moby-dick, man breastsScene from an early draft of Moby Dick
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whale, whales, whaler, whalers, whaling, white whale, white whales, moby dick, herman melville, type, typing, typed, types, typewriter, typewriters, ship, shipping, shipped, ships, invoice, invoices, invoiced, invoicing, shipping invoices, curse, cursing, cursed'Oooh, I see we have a celebrity among us tonight.'
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whale, whales, white whale, white whales, celeb, celebs, celebrity, celebrities, fame, famous, star, stars, theatre, theatres, audience, audiences, comedian, comedians, comedy show, comedy shows, show, shows, performance, performances, performer, performers, play, playsCap'n Rehab - 'I need to get over my obssession with chasing the white whale...'
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white whale, white whales, whale, whales, whaler, whalers, whaling, obsession, obsessions, obsess, obsessed, addict, addicts, addiction, addictions, rehab, rehab clinic, rehab clinics, captain, captains, chase, chases, chasing'Fyodor Dostoevsky sends weeks describing Alexy Karamazov's quest for a white whale, and then discards the entire chapter."
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dostoevsky, karamzaov, brothers karamazov, melville, herman melville, famous book, famous books, classic literature, discard, discards, rough draft, rough drafts, first draft, first drafts, white whales, white whale, moby dick, writer, writers, author, authors, writer's block, writers block, bin, bins, binned, thrown away, throws away, self-doubt, doubt yourself, doubting yourself, doubts yourself'Once a giant white whale took away your leg? Pah, that's nothing! Once a seagull come down on me like a bolt from the blue and WHOOOSH!- there goes my fish sandwich!'
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