Courthouse Critic Mugs

Permission to get to first base denied.

'I hate to be so skeptical, but I still think the seance business is a hoax!'

"No, of course there isn't, 'one law for the rich and another for the poor'... There's no law for the poor."

Reading my Critics

"And on the eighth day, God sat back with a scotch and soda and waited for the critical reviews."

"Your usually vicious sarcasm is weak. Go pump some irony."

"Never mind, Harry. Just remember, the 'Saturday Review' loved it."

"If I Can Make One Critic Smile..."

"Mom, please! I'm a married woman whose friends have been reviewed favourably by the New York Times."

'It's cutting edge theatre.'

"Heads up! It's another tidal wave of overwrought critical hyperbole!"

Pennies for People, Billions for War

A man on a giant book poses as Rodin's The Thinker.

'I take it that the birthday cake is for this old trout you just served me?'

The Jose Padilla Experience

Denazification

"This is an excellent story, Doris, so far."

"Try to get him away from that bloody whip...Pass it on."

"Did you read my review on Amazon? Four out of four people found it helpful."

'He knows everything about art. But he doesn't know what he likes.'

The new Physics

"I think I'm as patient as the next person, but my husband wouldn't stop saying 'yo,' so I shot him."

"Perhaps you wouln't have declared so many places 'worth a detour' if you'd held the map right way up!"

"The ignorance of the lawyer is no excuse."

"This is a big seller, and we get them cheap...from China."

"Thank you, Mr. Mulvaney, but what we're really looking for is someone with talent."

'I couldn't help noticing that nobody swore YOU in!'

'Bloomsbury Group, members only'

Dog writes a review: 'A sublime book, I devoured it in one sitting ...'

Constructive Criticism 50c.

"Now this is what I call an honest little pub!"

Samuel Beckett

"Your honor, I intend to put the system on trial."

"You'll never believe who's here."

"Hang on! - we've possibly go another couple of films left in here!!"