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Dr. Habakkuk Twist - A Name Worthy of Dickens!


"This account of the trial of Roxie Hart is brought to you by Dr. Habakkuk Twist, president and founder of the Twist Health Foundaion who guarantees to cure you of cancer, dropsy, gout, Bright's disease, lumbago, rheumatism or sleeping sickness or any combination of these diseases in five days by mail...."

Nobody but W.C. Fields ever came up with such a deliciously funny name. You would have to go back to Charles Dickens!

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