That's a much better example.
DagwoodIII
"Of course all these girls are over 18 and none of them are being coerced in any way."
The 58 cents is what sells it.
The pictures of him perving on his daughter were out there.
He boasted of going into the dressing rooms of the Miss Teen USA pageant
Death by a thousand cuts?
The straw that broke the camel's back?
A little of both.
You tend to do what the people around you do. If I'm in a religious person's home I'm going to act differently than I would in a rowdy bar.
Of course they don't want the people in deep Red States to have access to new ideas.
Got my aunt's rotary phone in the closet.
I have two. Ginger beer tastes great, and it's helpful if you've got a cold or stomach ache.
It's a 'soft drink' only because it doesn't have alcohol. Manhattan Special Espresso soda. I'd see the old Italian men drinking it when they played bocce. Three bottles have enough caffeine to give you heart palpitations.
I loved 'The Rockford Files' when I was growing up.
Rewatch and notice that they used exact amounts of money in the dialog. "Hey, this is a $75.00 jacket" or "$5 for a martini?"
They don't do that anymore, because prices from even five years ago seem insane.
In terms of clichés, I'd go with 'they see the glass as half empty.'
Not exact, but close enough
That guy who plays Superman?
He's playing an alien.