Mr. Kupfer was right, you know. I do love a good joke. And this is the best ever. A joke on the children.

Conal Cochran (Dan O'Herlihy)

8 seconds sound clip from the Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:15:47.263 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

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- I know I could be wrong, but I don't think it's a car part at all. Maybe you've seen something like it.

- How's tomorrow afternoon?

- Tomorrow afternoon? Okay, great. Thanks, Roger.

- Bye.

- Operator, can you get me the sheriff...?

- Enjoy the Horrorathon, Doctor. And don't forget to watch the big giveaway afterwards.

- Why, Cochran? Why?

- Do I need a reason?

- Mr. Kupfer was right, you know. I do love a good joke. And this is the best ever. A joke on the children.

- But there's a better reason.

- You don't really know much about Halloween. You thought no further than the strange custom of having your children wear masks and go out begging for candy.

- It was the start of the year in our old Celtic lands and we'd be waiting in our houses of wattles and clay.

- The barriers would be down, you see, between the real and the unreal. And the dead might be looking in to sit by our fires of turf.

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