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I said: That's fine, but how's a guy gonna go around lovin' the kind of neighbors we got?

8 seconds sound clip from the Meet John Doe (1941) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:00:04 in the DVD version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- My name's Bert Hansen, Mr. Doe.

- I'm head soda-jerker at Schwabacher's drugstore.

- Well, sir... me and my wife, we heard your broadcast and we got quite a bang out of it. Especially my wife.

- Kept me up half the night saying: That man's right, honey.

- The trouble with the world is, nobody gives a hoot about his neighbor. That's why everybody in town is sore and cranky with each other.

- I said: That's fine, but how's a guy gonna go around lovin' the kind of neighbors we got?

- Old Sourpuss, for instance. Sourpuss Smithers is a guy, lives alone next door to us.

- He's a cranky old man who runs the second hand furniture store.

- We haven't spoken to him for years.

- I always figured he was an ornery old gent who hated the world 'cause was always slamming his garage door and played his radio so loud it kept half the neighbors up.

- Anyway, the next morning I'm out watering the lawn and there's old Sourpuss, straightening out a dent in his fender.

[...]

Meet John Doe (1941) Sound Clip

Meet John Doe (1941)

Mp3 sound clips of the most memorable quotes from the movie Meet John Doe (1941), which can be used for learning english, as ringtones, to give funny replies to your friends on the internet etc.

Actors: Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Walter Brennan, Edward Arnold, James Gleason

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