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Oh, no, Sir. The slogan is, 'If you can't sleep at night it isn't the coffee it's the bunk.'

9 seconds sound clip from the Christmas in July (1944) classic radio play.

You can hear this line at 00:24:44 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- Oh, don't bother, Mr. McDonald. I wouldn't want anybody to think I had any base commercial motives in all this.

- I just give my money away because I can't sleep at night! I have a guilty conscience.

- But that's my slogan, that's the one I won with.

- Oh, well, I guess you know all about that.

- 'A guilty conscience', eh? I can see that my money's well spent. That is a wonderful slogan.

- Oh, no, Sir. The slogan is, 'If you can't sleep at night it isn't the coffee it's the bunk.'

- I beg your pardon?

- It's a pun.

- It certainly is! Why I can hardly wait to give you my money.

- Miss Slidewell! Bring me that contest check.

- I don't know whether you've ever had anything like this happen to you, Doctor...

- To be poor and unknown one minute and sitting on top of the world the next minute, that's a feeling nobody can ever take away from me.

- Oh, but it's more than that. It's the knowledge that Jimmy won this contest because he thought up a better slogan than anyone else.

[...]

Christmas in July (1944) Sound Clip

The African Queen (1952)Funny quotes with sound clips from Christmas in July - Lux Radio Theatre play originally broadcast on June 25, 1944.

Actors: Dick Powell (Jimmy), Linda Darnell (Betty), Raymond Walburn (Maxford), Lionel Barrymore (Narrator)

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