Sure it is a meal ticket for me, I admit... but it's also a windfall for somebody like Mr. Norton who's trying to crash national politics.
6 seconds sound clip from the Meet John Doe (1941) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:29:17 in the DVD version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- No telling what that screwball might do.
- I walk in yesterday, he's on a table with a fishing pole, fly-casting.
- Take my advice and get him out of town before this thing explodes in our faces.
- You do and you're as much of a dumb cluck as he is. Excuse me.
- You got yourself a meal ticket.
- That's why you bought the newspaper for, isn't it? You want to reach a lot of people, don't you?
- Put John Doe on the air and you'll reach 130 million of 'em.
- He can say anything he wants and they're listening to him.
- All right, we'll forget the Governor and the Mayor and all the small fry like that.
- This can arouse national interest.
[...]