Penny "Laverne" Marshall tells a story of facing "ninja robbers" and wise-cracking her way out of it:
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"When the phone rang again, the bad robber, now annoyed, took the ninja's sword and destroyed it, reminding me of John Belushi's Samurai Warrior character. Of course, this being my life, another extension began to ring. This time it was the police, a Lieutenant So-and-so."
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"When the phone rang again, the bad robber, now annoyed, took the ninja's sword and destroyed it, reminding me of John Belushi's Samurai Warrior character. Of course, this being my life, another extension began to ring. This time it was the police, a Lieutenant So-and-so."