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

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

You can hear this line at 00:33:12 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- A maid? A maid. A maid. Everybody ought to have a maid.

- Everybody ought to have a serving girl, a loyal and unswerving girl who's quieter than a mouse.

- Oh, oh, think of her at the dustbin, especially when she's just been traipsing about.

- Oh, oh, wouldn't she be delightful living in, giving out.

- 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.

[...]

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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