Oh, Mother, why can't we live like other people?

2 seconds sound clip from the Harvey (1950) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:03:52.316 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

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- Even if people do call your uncle peculiar, he is still my baby brother.

- And this thing is not his fault.

- Whose fault is it then?

- Now, we'll get the cook to do the serving. Come along and lend me a hand, dear. We haven't got much time.

- Well, if it isn't his fault, whose fault is it?

- I know whose fault it is, dear, but I'm not telling.

- You're not telling?

- Elvira? Elvira, you can bring those things in now.

- Oh, Mother, why can't we live like other people?

- Myrtle Mae, do I have to keep reminding you your Uncle Elwood is not living with us, we're living with him.

- Living with him and his pal!

- You promised.

- With his pal Harvey!

- Oh! You said that name. You promised you wouldn't say that name and you said it.

- Mother, why did grandmother leave all of her property to Uncle Elwood?

- I suppose it was because she died in his arms. People are sentimental about things like that.

[...]

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