To beat on a can - a tomato can - is better than any drum, you bet your life.
9 seconds sound clip from the Hey There, It's Yogi Bear (1964) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:47:48 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- Let's have a parade that we can call our own.
- Give me a map or a broom or a window shade and I can make a slide trombone.
- Oh, give me the top of a can for a cymbal crash, just any old top with cymbals on your toes.
- I like to toot a tuba with an oompah-pah when the tuba's a garden hose.
- Pick up a pole that has a hole and you wouldn't want to play a finer fife.
- To beat on a can - a tomato can - is better than any drum, you bet your life.
- Give me a day like today for a big parade. Isn't it fun to have one all our own?
- Give me a song just as long as it's ashcan-made.
- Hup, two, rat-a-tat-tat. On goes the paper hat.
- A clothesline for a golden braid.
- I'd be glad to brave a storm.
- To be the leader of the ashcan parade.
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