Halt! Argh! I detest the surfeit of provincial laughter.

— Professor Krassman (Mel Brooks)

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5 seconds sound clip from the The Muppet Movie (1979) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:59:09.238 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Now, what we're going to do is bring out a machine that's going to wow you. Bertram! Bertram, you... Bring out the machine! Wait till you see this.

- You think we're sleeping in D?sseldorf? You think we're taking a nap in Cologne? No, we're working at night. Each night a new dial, a new knob...

- Electronic...

- Cerebrectomy, cerebrectomy. Electronic cerebrectomy.

- What does it do?

- What does it do? What does it do? It turns the brains into guacamole.

- First of all, I'll pull out of this, okay?

- Wonderful. Second?

(ALL LAUGHING)

- Halt! Argh! I detest the surfeit of provincial laughter.

- Now, we take your friend, the little F-O-R-G, put him in the chair, clamp on the terminals, drop the electronic yarmulke, and throw, what we call in German, the switch.

- Yes, you little green devil. Soon it'll be a hot time for the old skull tonight.

- Thank you, Herr Machine.

- Now, the frog will do your bidding. He will do your every whim, your every wish. He will do your television commercial, yes. He will sell your frogs' legs.

[...]

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