ARNOLD
The Body
Count
The characters, how they die, and the humorous comments afterwards
Jocelyn
- applies acid-laced cold cream to her face
Constable
Hooke's remark: "That goo was a real wrinkle remover
indeed!"
Robert
- a red velvet suit that crushes him into pieces
(a pun on
"crushed velvet"!)
Constable
Hooke's remark: "...sort of like a jigsaw puzzle, you might
say!"
Douglas
- drinks drugged cognac, then gets compacted by a garbage truck,
leaving only one foot lying on the ground
Jonesy's
remark: "I've heard the expression 'one foot in the grave',
but..."
Dybbi
- decapitated in a secret alcove
Constable
Hooke's remark: "Killed in the line of duty, he was!"
Karen
and Evan - crushed flat together in the shower (bodies are later
found in a wrecked car)
Karen
(right before being crushed): "Evan, I do feel close to
you!"
Constable Hooke's remark: "Flat as griddlecakes, they
were!"
Jonesy
- Hester killes him with a shovel and buries him
Hester's
remark: "The grave isn't for Arnie...it's for you,
Jonesy!"
Hester
- entombed alive with Arnold's ashes and money
Hester's
remark: "...you're teasing me, Arnie!"
Hester's cat ("Pussy") - pecked to pieces by the graveyard raven at the end!
