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Well, we keep the hot dishes in a special compartment down near the floor of the plane, so every time we serve one, we have to stoop down.

10 seconds sound clip from the Algiers (1941, Lux Radio Theatre) classic radio play.

You can hear this line at 00:29:19 in the original recording.

Quote context

[...]

- Hmmm, stockings have to be elastic to take strain like that.

- Other things are hard on them, too. Like serving meals.

- You mean sandwiches and so on?

- No, indeed. I mean real hot meals. Things like broiled fillet mignon and tomato juice, salad, dessert, and coffee.

- Well, how can anything that sounds so good be hard on stockings?

- Well, we keep the hot dishes in a special compartment down near the floor of the plane, so every time we serve one, we have to stoop down.

- And we serve a million meals a year.

- Yet you find time for the rest of your job, too?

- Oh, yes.

- Actually, we spend most of our time talking with passengers, answering questions.

- What question are you asked most often, Miss?

- Most people want to know how high we are.

- Well, I'd like to know, too.

- Our usual flying altitude on United is about a mile and a half to two miles high.

[...]

Algiers Sound Clip

Algiers PosterAudio quotes from the old-time radio play "Algiers", based on by Henri La Barthe's novel, first aired on July 7, 1941 on CBS's Lux Radio Theatre.

Actors: Charles Boyer (Pepe le Moko), Hedy Lamarr (Gaby), Alan Napier (Inspector Slimane), Bea Benaderet (Ines)

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