And one of its satellites, a green and insignificant planet, is now dead."This third film opened with a helicopter transmitting a report of a downed spacecraft "just outside the surf line," initiating a pickup and recovery operation off the Pacific coast.[There are so few sequels that are superior to heir predecessors - another example would beThe Godfather, Part II (1974).Every time I open my MOUTH...Harold tiptoes out of the kitchen, into the hallway, and then down the stairs.He sneaks out of the house to avoid the lecture that his wife is delivering.At the Grocery StoreThe next sequence is one of the funniest routines ever filmed - a marvelous collection of slapstick and sight gags.[Kesey wrote the first version of the film""s screenplay.] The film""s title was derived from a familiar, ongue-twisting Mother""s Goose children""s folk song (or nursery rhyme) calledVintery, Mintery, Cutery, Corn.He amuses them with his country manners, awkwardly carrying a cage of home-ing pigeons (his "little-feathered friends") and continually fumbling with his hat in his hands.