But not before mistakenly being offered a quack and an oink to try out. (Did I mention Ms. Piggy also made a guest appearance?) And when Romeo did, you got the sense that the children in the waiting room were starting to gain their roars, too.

WSJ: Only Make Believe Performs the Highest of Art

Not wishing to be bowed down by performing Chekhov, he pays for a silvery quack (David Strathairn) to remove his soul and then, a while later, replace it with that of a poet.

NEWYORKER: Cold Souls

It has two government schools, but no health-care facilities, aside from a few quack doctors in the bazaar.

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Like a cynical quack, Mr Sarkozy prescribes homeopathic cures in which policies like protectionism are so much diluted that they cease to function.

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For example, there's a scene in the Only Make Believe show where Donald Duck's pushy manager and sibling Derek Duck, played by actor Dax Valdes, strong-arms the animal sounds store merchant (Saluda Camp) to produce a new quack for his boss.

WSJ: Only Make Believe Performs the Highest of Art

Even more incredible, he actually built a mechanical duck that could swim in the water, quack, and even take food, chew it, and excrete it!

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In it the Martians really are little green men who quack like ducks and sport craniums that are a cross between a skull and the Mekon of Mekonta arch-villain of the old Dan Dare comic strip.

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So if you live in Maryland, take a few minutes and write to your state representative telling him or her not to support this quack bill.

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