If you were to clamp the main plate lead to a good ground like that table there, we'd get a better picture. Lot of lines in it now.
8 seconds sound clip from the Suddenly (1954) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:03:57 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- Well, I can keep kicking as long as you keep shootin' your face off. I know.
- You blew the power tube. I have one here. I'll have her perking in a second.
- You know, I was thinking, Jud...
- Clamp the main plate lead to the table. Cut the static lines.
- Expert. First he wrecks the set, then he tells the kid how to fix it.
- That's right, Jud. All it needs is a higher potential ground.
- We're a long way from the broadcasting station.
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