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We've got to announce it by next Wednesday, and I think it's high time we talk this over. In a nice, friendly way, of course.

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

You can hear this line at 00:33:23 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- Oh now, look, Bildocker, get wise to yourself.

- If the slogan's good enough for the eleven of us, who are you to say that it smells?

- You smell!

- One more crack out of you, and I'll bust you right on the nose!

- Sit down. Both of you.

- The public was promised they'd hear us announce the slogan winner last night on the radio, so we couldn't agree and we didn't announce it.

- We've got to announce it by next Wednesday, and I think it's high time we talk this over. In a nice, friendly way, of course.

- Talk what over?

- Everybody but you says that this slogan is just what the doctor ordered.

- 'Maxford's: magnificent and mellow.'

- It's brief, it's smooth, it's pungent.

- It's putrid.

- And just why is it putrid?

- Because it smells.

- Well, well! So there you are, Billdocker, and all the rest of you! Playing poker I suppose!

[...]

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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