Why, if I taped terminals to your head, General, your brain could run an electric train.

— Frank Wilson (Ken Berry)

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6 seconds sound clip from the The Cat from Outer Space (1978) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:15:25.125 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- I do have a theory, sir, actually, in line with the work I've been doing.

- I have a hunch it's tapping the primal mainstream, General.

- The primal mainstream?

- Yes, it's everywhere, only on different frequencies. The whole electro-magnetic spectrum: Cosmic, gamma, X-rays, ultraviolet, visible light, Infrared, radio waves...

- And do you know how much we finite human beings can probably tune into with our senses? Less than five percent.

- The universe makes its own energy, General. We even make it ourselves. Yes, take biofeedback, for instance.

- Why, if I taped terminals to your head, General, your brain could run an electric train.

- Electric train?

- I'm sorry, General, I thought... Perhaps electric train wasn't the most apt...

- That'll be all, Wilson. Thank you very much.

- You let me have that for a couple of months, General. And I promise you...

- Thank you!

- A couple of months? Dr. Heffel?

- Yes, General?

- I want action!

[...]

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