"Friends, " the ever-popular television comedy, has already directed the action away from Chandler, the fussbudget, and Ross, the whiny paleontologist, to Joey of the big biceps and unambiguous urges.
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"Piranha to Scurfy " turned out to be the volume of the Encyclopedia Brittanica with which a mousy fussbudget bashes in the brains of his mommy dearest, who had been taunting him about his failures in life.
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Of course, as their mismatched friendship progresses, it becomes apparent that the older, straight-arrow fussbudget could use at least as much in the way of lifestyle adjustment-- and some good, old-fashioned affection.
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Alas, Bullock exposes himself as a curmudgeon lacking team spirit, a citizen fussbudget excessively concerned with the mundane task of building and sustaining a civilization rather than getting in touch with what really matters to people _ entertainment, and lots of it.
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This sequel is almost too dismal to go into, but essentially it's a road trip in which Felix the fussbudget ( Lemmon ) and Oscar the slob ( Matthau ) drive around California in search of their adult children's wedding.
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In the opening monologue, " Tell Tale, " the parlor's fussbudget funeral director, Emil ( Buck Henry ), confides his unspoken passion for Tess, a local real estate agent he has been feeding tips for potential house sales.
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The parallels between Harry's distance from Lance ( a pudgy fussbudget sportswriter who was never a jock like his father ) and Lance's sniping at his own mildly rebellious teen-age son ( he sneaks cigarettes ) are just too pat for words.
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Alain has scheduled a minor medical procedure, but he's the kind of Woody Allen-esque fussbudget who makes the leap from ingrown toenail to terminal cancer, and so he's a wreck by the time he shows up at his surprise birthday party.
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Smith plays a Dutch librarian, a fussbudget with the personality tics of the shy, small-minded and eccentric, a man whose life's focus is making sure no one tries to get away with leaving overdue books in the library's overnight return bin.
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Christopher Caldwell has said about the character : " Lucy is no'fussbudget .'She's an American nightmare, a combination of zero brains, infinite appetites and infinite self-esteem, who is ( for that reason ) able to run roughshod over all her playmates.
