This one was a last-minute substitute. The one I hired, I fired.

— (Maureen O’Hara)

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6 seconds sound clip from the Miracle on 34th Street (1947) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:11:16 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- I'm fond of Susie, very fond, but I also wanted to meet you.

- I read someplace that the surest way to meet the mother is to be kind to the child.

- What a horrible trick.

- It worked.

- There goes Santa Claus.

- Oh! Don't even mention the name.

- He's much better than last year's. At least this one doesn't wear glasses.

- This one was a last-minute substitute. The one I hired, I fired.

- Why?

- You remember the way the janitor was last New Year's?

- Oh, yes.

- Well, this one was much worse. Oh.

- I see she doesn't believe in Santa Claus either. No Santa Claus, no fairy tales, no fantasies of any kind. Is that it?

- That's right. I think we should be realistic and completely truthful with our children and not have them growing up believing in a lot of legends and myths like Santa Claus, for example.

[...]

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