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 »



Whether Man:
My my my my my! Welcome, welcome welcome to the land of Expectations - to the land of Expectations! We don't get many travelers these days - we certainly don't get many travelers these days! Now what can I do for you? I'm the Whether Man!

Milo:
How do you do sir? Could you tell me the right road to... Dictionopolis, or someplace?

Whether Man:
Dictionopolis? Well now, well now, well now... I don't know of any wrong road to Dictionopolis, so if this road goes to Dictionopolis at all, it must be the right road, don't you think? And if it doesn't, it must be the right road to somewhere, mustn't it? Because there are no wrong roads to anywhere. Do you think it will rain?

Milo:
But I thought you said you were the Weather Man.

Whether Man:
Oh, no no no no no no no no no! I'm the WHETHER Man, not the Weather Man! For after all, it's more important to know whether there will be a change in the weather, than what the weather will be! Don't you think?

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