That's pretty neat. Does it work on the gear-and-pinion principle, or an AC synchronous motor?

5 seconds sound clip from the 'Twas the Night Before Christmas (1974) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:10:44.528 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

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- Mr. Trundle's been hard at work making a special clock. There's the model.

- When the clock strikes 12 on Christmas Eve, it'll play a song welcoming Santa.

- Does that sound like a man who doesn't believe?

- A song? When the hands come together like this?

- What's the matter with you? Do you wanna wake everyone up?

- That's pretty neat. Does it work on the gear-and-pinion principle, or an AC synchronous motor?

- Well, it's more of a... A gear what? Synchronous who?

- Ever since Copernicus, Dad, it was known that...

- Never mind. Never mind. You may know algebra, son...

- But this time, the whole town's counting on this clock.

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