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snicket

(ˈsnɪkɪt)
n
dialect Northern English a passageway between walls or fences
[of obscure origin]
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Hop on a huge Monopoly board and become a life-size game piece of Klaus, Violet, Sunny, Count Olaf, or another characters from "A Series of Unfortunate Events" by Lemony Snicket. Land on special spaces to answer questions, avoid hazards, and tackle physical challenges.
A SCHOOLGIRL was hit on the head by a man as she walked along a snicket.
While there are 13 books in the Lemony Snicket (real name Daniel Handler) series, the TV show is adapting about four in each season.
Daniel Handler is best known for the best-selling children's books A Series of Unfortunate Events (1999-2006), issued under the pseudonym Lemony Snicket. He has published six previous books under his own name, including the short story collection Adverbs (*** Sept/Oct 2006) and the young adult novel Why We Broke Up (*** Mar/Apr 2012).
As warned by narrator Lemony Snicket, played by Patrick Warburton with perfectly wry dismay, there is no happy ending for the three Baudelaire children after their parents and estate burn in flames in the opening scene.
So it was unfortunate that Uncle Monty died before their expedition to Peru (Disclaimer: This was a spoiler revealed first by Lemony Snicket and not Super), an incident that the orphans suspect to be a murderous crime they must solve to get away from Count Olaf's clutches once again.
Narrator Lemony Snicket (Patrick Warburton), who wanders in and out of scenes like a melancholy Rod Serling, begins the series with a long, odd disclaimer that is part comedy, part tragedy.
The web series adaptation will star How I Met Your Mother star Neil Patrick-Harris (Count Olaf), Patrick Warburton (Lemony Snicket), Joan Cusack (Justice Strauss) and newcomers Malina Weissman (Violet Baudelaire) and Louis Hynes (Klaus Baudelaire).
Superbly performed by award-nominated actor Liam Aiken, "Why is This Night Different From All Other Nights?" is the unabridged audiobook rendition of the first novel in Lemony Snicket's new series, "All the Wrong Questions".
LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS film4 1PM He'd already stolen Christmas as the Grinch, and here Jim Carrey stars in another adaptation of a kids' classic.
In the fading town of Stain'd-by-the Sea, thirteen-year-old Lemony Snicket and his hapless mentor, S.