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"The Court Jester" (1956)
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"The Court Jester" 1956
Danny Kaye. . . . . . . . .Hawkins / Jockomo the Jester
Mildred Natwick . . . . . .Greselda the witch
Glynis Johns. . . . . . . .Captain Jean


Greselda:
I put a pellet of poison in one of the vessels.

Jester:
Which one?

Greselda:
The one with a figure of a pestle.

Jester:
The vessel with the pestle?

Greselda:
Yes. But you don't want the vessel with the pestle.
You want the chalice from the palace.

Jester:
I don't want the vessel with the pestle.
I want the chalice from the what?

Jean:
You want the chalice from the palace.

Greselda:
It's the little crystal chalice
with a figure of a palace.

Jester:
Does the chalice from the palace
have the pellet with the poison?

Greselda:
No! The pellet with the poison's
in the vessel with the pestle.

Jester:
The pestle with the vessel.

Jean:
The vessel with the pestle!

Jester:
What about the palace from the chalice?

Greselda:
Not the palace from the chalice
The chalice from the palace!

Jester:
Where's the pellet with the poison?

Greselda:
In the vessel with the pestle.

Jean:
Don't you see?
The pellet with the poison's
in the vessel with the pestle.

Greselda:
The chalice from the palace
has the brew that is true.

Jean:
It's so easy I can say it!

Jester:
Well, then You fight him!

Greselda:
Listen carefully
The pellet with the poison's
in the vessel with the pestle.
The chalice from the palace
has the brew that is true.

Jester:
The pellet with the poison's
in the vessel with the pestle.
The chalice from the palace
has the brew that is true.

Greselda:
Just remember that!

Later...

Jester:
I've got it! I've got it!
The pellet with the poison's
in the vessel with the pestle.
The chalice from the palace
has the brew that is true. Right?

Greselda:
Right! But there's been a change...
They broke the chalice from the palace.

Jester:
They broke the chalice from the palace?

Greselda:
They've replaced it with a flagon.
With a figure of a dragon.

Jester:
A flagon with a dragon?

Greselda:
Right!

Jester:
Did you put the pellet with the poison
in the vessel with the pestle?

Greselda:
No! The pellet with the poison's
in the flagon with the dragon.
The vessel with the pestle
has the brew that is true.

Jester:
The pellet with the poison's
in the flagon with the dragon.
The vessel with the pestle
has the brew that is true.

Greselda:
Just remember that!

Jester:
Thank you very much.

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One of the greatest comedy scenes of all time. Bar none.

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