For Julie Andrews, the hills were alive with this, the title of a 1965 musical
The Sound of Music
Yum! The Chocolate Shoppe Ice Cream Co. here in Madison has a black ice cream named for this black candy
Licorice
In 1998 her "Pandora" came out of the box as the first of her "New Tales of the Vampires"
Anne Rice
To lie close & snug; I just wanna do this
Cuddle
A porky isn't a pig but this rodent that you don't want to approach too closely
A porcupine
Jimmy Stewart finds out what it would be like if he'd never been born in this Christmas film
It's a Wonderful Life
Sheboygan is the "Capital of the World" for these, "brats" for short--
let's go there right now
Bratwursts
Corruption runs rampant in Gore Vidal's historical novel named for this centennial year
1876
Yogi Berra allegedly said of a busy restaurant, "Nobody goes there anymore, it's too" this
Crowded
If this U.S. marsupial keeps getting into my garbage, it won't just be playing dead
A possum
Organized crime is the real Corleone family business in this 1972 classic
The Godfather
I could really use a deep-fried one of these candy bars whose name also means "disrespectful laughs"
Snickers
"In the world according to Garp, we're all terminal cases", wrote this novelist
John Irving
Another name for a crayfish
A crawdad
This varmint is wrecking my fence posts, but oh, the little wussy is protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act
A woodpecker
Margaret Hamilton played Miss Gulch & the Wicked Witch in this film
The Wizard of Oz
Moo! I'll have the Baraboo Candy Company's chocolate treat known as this kind of "pie"
A cow pie
Kim Edwards called her memorable first novel "The Memory Keeper's" this
Daughter
Scent hounds include beagles, harriers & these "sausage dogs"
Dachshunds
These nocturnal ringtailed mammals find that a chimney makes an excellent den
Raccoons
This 1975 comedy includes the line "We are the knights who say Ni!"
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
I'd love some coeur a la creme, a cheesy dessert molded in this shape
A heart
"The story of Nat Turner had been long gestating in my mind, ever since I was a boy", said this novelist
William Styron
"You did well, for a Nebraskan" is this type of compliment
Backhanded
It's also called a brush wolf, & I can't forgive the one that took our cat Fluffy when she got out one night
A coyote