The Phantom Tollbooth

     

The Phantom Tollbooth1970

Stars: Butch Patrick, Mel Blanc, Daws Butler, Candy Candido
Genre: Adventure, Animation, Family
Rating: G
Runtime: 90 minutes

The Phantom Tollbooth is a children's fantasy adventure novel written by Norton Juster with illustrations by Jules Feiffer, published in 1961 by Random House (USA). It tells the story of a bored young boy named Milo who unexpectedly receives a magic… more »


Humbug:
Could you show us the biggest number there is? That will give him something to figure out.

The MathemaGician:
Very well, Sir Humbug. What's the biggest number you can think of?

Humbug:
9,999,999,000,999 and... nine tenths!

The MathemaGician:
Very good. Now add one to it.

Humbug:
Add one?

The MathemaGician:
Now, add one to that. Add one again. Add one again. Add one again. Add one again.

Milo:
But he'd never be able to stop that way.

The MathemaGician:
Never, for the number you hope for is always at least one higher than the one you had, and that's so large that if you started saying it yesterday, you wouldn't finish until tomorrow.

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