A Prairie Home Companion (2006)

Virginia Madsen: Dangerous Woman

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• Dangerous Woman : The death of an old man is not a tragedy. Forgive him his shortcomings, and thank him for all his love and care.

• Garrison Keillor : The penguin joke. Two penguins standing on an ice floe. And the first penguin says, "You look like you're wearing a tuxedo." And the second penguin says, "What makes you think I'm not?"

  Dangerous Woman : Is there more?

  Garrison Keillor : No.

  Dangerous Woman : That's the joke?

  Garrison Keillor : Uh huh.

  Dangerous Woman : Why is that funny?

  Garrison Keillor : I guess it's funny because people laugh at it.

  Dangerous Woman : I'm not laughing.

  Garrison Keillor : You're an angel.

• Dangerous Woman : When I used to listen to them, it was like they were all my really good friends.

  Axeman : But something else happened, right?

  Dangerous Woman : Right.

  Axeman : Well, I'm that something else.

• Dangerous Woman : Do you believe in the fullness of time and the spirit? Most people don't, you know. It would be good, Mr. Noir, if you would open your heart to the fullness of time and the spirit, which upholds and sustains us through all this world. Amen.

  Guy Noir : Whatever you say.

• Dangerous Woman : I was driving up to this cabin up north and you were telling a story and I was laughing. And then the car skidded off the road and into a ditch and it flipped. And as it did, the thought occurred to me - that the story just wasn't that funny.

• Dangerous Woman : I used to listen to your show - until I died.