Lines by Tom Cullen 3
[Nick, meeting Tom Cullen, applauds his mannequin displays posed to replace the missing townspeople.]
Tom CullenThanks. Decoration is my hobby. M-O-O-N, that spells "hobby".
. . .
[While Nick is stymied trying to explain to an illiterate Tom that he's mute, Tom stares for a moment, then brightens.]
Tom Cullen
I got it, Mister! I got it! You're just like old Albion Packalot's hired man! Tom Cullen knows what that is! M-O-O-O-N, that spells "deaf and dumb"!
. . .
[Tom frets to Nick about how everyone "up and went to Kansas City".]
Tom Cullen
Everybody's… always talkin' about what a dull town this is, since the roller rink went bust. And there's just the drive-in theater out on Route 61, and… all they show is them diddly-daddly pictures, and they're all rated "X". M-O-O-N, that spells "X".
[Tom excitedly hops on the bicycle that Nick brought him.]
Tom Cullen
All right, I'm ready! Laws, yes! M-O-O-N, that spells "ready"!
[The two of them start out for Hemingford Home.]
Tom Cullen
Woo-hoo! M-O-O-N, that spells "Nebraska"!
[Tom is trying to nurse Stu back to health.]
Tom Cullen
This'll make you feel better, Stu! It's peanut butter and jelly! M-O-O-N, that spells "peanut butter and jelly"!
Scenes with Tom Cullen 6
[Nick and Tom meet up with spoiled-brat Julie Lawry.]
JLJulie Lawry
You're name's Tom, right?
Tom Cullen
Tom Cullen. M-O-O-N, that spells "Tom Cullen".
[On a Midwest highway, Ralph Bretner drives his pickup truck up alongside Tom and Nick on their bicycles.]
Tom Cullen
I'm Tom Cullen. M-O-O-N, that spells "Tom Cullen". I don't know his name, 'cause I can't read it. Sure wish I did, though — laws, yes.
[Nick hands Ralph a hastily scribbled note.]
Your friend's name here is "Nick Andros". M-O-O-N, I-I guess that spells "Nick". [laughs]
[On the outskirts of Boulder, Colorado, little Gina calls Tom over.]
Tom Cullen
What is it, Gina?
GMGina McCone
A parade! Come on up and look!
[He stands on the truck bed and hoists Gina up to see further.]
Tom Cullen
Gosh, it is!
[Below them, a pack of motorcycles leads a caravan of other vehicles approaching.]
Tom Cullen
M-O-O-N, that spells parade.
[The Committee hypnotizes Tom to prepare him to be a scout, but find that he's surprisingly aware while under.]
Are you the same Tom that Nick met in Oklahoma?
Tom Cullen
Yes. No. I'm God's Tom.
. . .
Look. And then you come back here to Boulder, when the moon is full. Do you understand?
Tom Cullen
Yes! M-O-O-N… spells moon.
[Tom Cullen is now working at Indian Springs AFB, where his coworkers call him "Moose".]
BDBarry Dorgan
And get the toolkit outta the cab and take it into the hangar office.
Tom Cullen
You bet! M-O-O-N, that spells "toolkit"!
[From their vantage point above the washout, Stu and Tom see the nuclear explosion on the horizon.]
"I saw a pale horse, and a pale rider upon it. The name of the horse was Pestilence. The name of the rider was Death."
Tom Cullen
What was it, Stu?
It's the end of Las Vegas, Tommy. And the end of Randall Flagg… if God is good.
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