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 »



Demon of Insincerity:
[offscreen] Trapped ya didn't I? I'm the long-nosed, curly-haired, wide-mouthed, bow-legged big-footed monster! And if I do say so myself, I'm one of the most dreaded fiends in the whole, wide wilderness! [evil laugh]

Humbug:
I-it sounds like we're doomed!

Milo:
Sounds is right. If there's one thing I've learned around here, it's that people aren't always what they say they are.

Milo:
[Milo climbs to the top of the hole]

Demon of Insincerity:
With awful hideous me here, you wouldn't dare try to escape! Why I'll tear anyone apart that ever tries to get out of there!

[Milo reaches the top and sees that the monster is a tiny, rat-like creature]

Demon of Insincerity:
For I'm the long-nosed, curly-haired, wide-mouthed, thick-necked, broad-shouldered, round-bodied, short-armed bow-legged big-footed monster! One false move and I'll... I'll chew up the lot of you, I'll rip you to ribbons, uh, I'll shred you to hamburger... uh... Oh, actually I'm the demon of Insincerity. I don't mean what I say, I don't mean what I do, I'm just mean I guess. Now you had to go and spoil everything!

[exits crying]

Humbug:
Well, if he's typical of the monsters around here, we have nothing to worry about.

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