- Do you know how many alligator pears are sent out of this state every year and told not to come back?
- I don't think I do.
- All they can get a hold of.
6 seconds sound clip from the The Cocoanuts (1929) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:17:07.659 in the DVD version of the movie.
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- And the climate... Ask me about the climate, I dare you.
- Our motto is, Cocoanut Beach... no snow, no ice and no business.
- Do you know that Florida is the greatest state in the Union?
- Is it?
- Do you know how alligator pears are made?
- There you are. That's because you've never been an alligator, and don't let it happen again.
- Florida feeds the nation, but nobody feeds me and that's what I wanna talk to you about.
- Mr. Hammer, will you let me say something, please?
- I hardly think so, and there's something else I wanna bring to your mind.
- Where will you be when you're 65? That's only about three months from now.
- If I were to buy, I should prefer someplace like Palm Beach.
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