29. What Blues Brothers references are there in Terry Pratchett's books?
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This article is from the Blues Brothers FAQ, by Glen Pringle pringle@csse.monash.edu.au with numerous contributions by others.
29. What Blues Brothers references are there in Terry Pratchett's books?
There is a reference in "Moving Pictures" (ISBN 0-552-13463-5).
On page 178:
Azhural raised his staff.
'It's fifteen hundred miles to Ankh-Morpork,' he said.
'We've got three hundred and sixty-three elephants, fifty
carts of forage, the monsoon's about to break and we're
wearing ... we're wearing ... sort of things, like glass,
only dark ... dark glass things on our eyes ...' His
voice trailed off. His brow furrowed, as if he'd just
been listening to his own voice and hadn't understood
it.
The air seemed to glitter.
He saw M'Bu staring at him.
He shrugged. 'Let's go,' he said.
These quotes are Copyright (C) 1990 Terry and Lyn Pratchett.
There are two references in "Soul Music" (ISBN 0-552-14029-5).
On page 36:
...
'You do fried rat?' said Glod.
'Best damn fried rat in the city,' said Gimlet.
'OK. Give me four fried rats.'
'And some dwarf bread,' said Imp.
'And some coke,' said Lias patiently.
'You mean rat heads or rat legs?'
'No. Four fried rats.'
'And some coke.'
'You want ketchup on those rats?'
'No.'
'You _sure_?'
'No ketchup.'
'And some coke.'
'And two hard-boilled eggs,' he said.
'And some coke.'
'And two hard-boiled eggs.'
'And some coke.'
...
The above exchange is also taken from a slightly similar scene in The
Marx Brothers' movie "A Night At the Opera".
On page 127:
...
'We might get caught.'
'He can't stop us. We're on a mission from Glod.'
'Right.'
...
These quotes are Copyright (C) 1994 Terry and Lyn Pratchett and are used
with permission.
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