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Oh, oh, wouldn't she be delightful cleaning up, leaning down?

8 seconds sound clip from the A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:33:45 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Everybody ought to have a maid, someone who you hire when you're short of help, to offer you the sort of help you never get from a spouse.

- Pattering through the attic, chattering in the cellar, clattering in the kitchen, flattering in the bedroom. Puttering all around the house.

- The virgin... how is she?

- A maid.

- A maid?

- Everybody ought to have a maid, someone who's efficient and reliable, obedient and pliable and quieter than a mouse.

- Oh, oh, wouldn't she be so nimble, fiddling with her thimble mending a gown?

- Oh, oh, wouldn't she be delightful cleaning up, leaning down?

- Everybody ought to have a maid, someone who'll be busy as a bumblebee, and even if you grumble be as graceful as a grouse.

- Wriggling in the anteroom, jiggling in the living room, giggling in the dining room, wiggling in the other rooms. Fluttering all around the house.

- Tell me, the virgin... how is she? Tell me, the virgin... I want to know how's she... How is the virgin?

- She's very low. You remember the smile? It's now nearly a grin.

- I pray she lasts.

[...]

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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Sound Clip

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966) poster

Funny quotes from the movie A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966), with short sound clips.

Actors: Zero Mostel (Pseudolus), Michael Crawford (Hero), Phil Silvers (Marcus Lycus), Leon Greene (Miles Gloriosus), Buster Keaton (Erronius), Michael Hordern (Senex)

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