When Kirk read the synopsis for the Death At Sea episode, he was disappointed, to say the least. And I'm sure that's what caused him to break back onto the set.
10 seconds sound clip from the The Truman Show movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:04:24.788 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- But let's remind viewers of exactly why Dad was written out in the first place.
- As Truman grew up, we were forced to manufacture ways to keep him on the island.
- I'd like to be an explorer, like the great Magellan.
- Oh. You're too late. There's really nothing left to explore.
- Finally, I came up with the concept of Kirk's drowning.
- Most effective. Truman's been terrified of the water ever since.
- But how do you intend to explain his 22-year absence?
- Amnesia.
- Let's take some of those viewer phone calls. Charlotte, North Carolina, you're on with Christof.
- Uh, Yeah. Hi, Christof. I was just wondering how many cameras you got there in that town.
- Somewhere in the vicinity of 5000.
- Oh. That's a lot of cameras.
- Remember, we started with just one.
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