Can't you just see it? 83000 matches flickering in that dark stadium.

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7 seconds sound clip from the The Fortune Cookie (1966) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:33:18 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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- I've got the incorporation papers here. Sign all seven copies.

- What are you incorporating?

- The Harry Hinkle Foundation.

- Didn't you tell her?

- I thought it was supposed to be a surprise.

- I don't like surprises. What's this all about?

- Oh, you're gonna be proud of him when you hear this. Next Saturday...

- Next Saturday there's gonna be a night game against Washington. Between the halves, they're planning a tribute to Harry.

- The lights are gonna go out. And everybody will be asked to light a match and say a silent prayer for Harry's recovery.

- Can't you just see it? 83000 matches flickering in that dark stadium.

- Then the spotlight will pick up Harry. He'll wheel himself up to the microphone and make the announcement.

- What announcement?

- All the money he gets from the insurance company, over and above his actual medical expenses, is going to go into the Harry Hinkle Foundation to help the handicapped.

- I'm not sure I understand.

- We don't want anybody to think we're suing just to line our own pockets.

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Well, you know what they say, Blondes have more fun. -Yeah, because there's always some sucker to pay for it.

You'll be careful, won't you, Doc? -I'd better be because I'm on parole.

Shouldn't handicapped have two p's? -Two p's? I typed it myself, trying to save a little money. After all, it's a nonprofit organization.

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Actors: Jack Lemmon (Harry Hinkle), Walter Matthau (Whiplash Willie Gingrich), Ron Rich (Boom Boom Jackson), Judi West (Sandy Hinkle)

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