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Anybody want coal?

3 seconds sound clip from the Destination Freedom - The Trumpet Talks (The early life of Louis Armstrong) classic radio play.

You can hear this line at 00:23:40 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- Hey... be quiet a minute.

- You listenin' for something?

- Yeah... it's him.

- Oh... that wild kid that sells coal? Still lookin' for you to teach him trumpet?

- I don't know. I ain't seen him in two years.

- Sounds like he's coming this way. You wanna duck out?

- Well... maybe...

- Anybody want coal?

- Boy, the stuff they sell in this cafe keeps you a lot warmer than coal, kid, and it's liquid. Now, beat it!

- I'm looking for Bunk.

- What for?

- I can blow the trumpet some. I want a place in his band.

- Just by handlin' coal he's learned to handle a trumpet?

- Kid we ain't got time to teach beginners....

- I've gone by the beginners. I'm working up to your class.

[...]

Destination Freedom Sound Clip

Destination Freedom Radio ShowQuotes with audio clips from Richard Durham's Destination Freedom old-time radio program, Radio's Black Legacy, 1948-1950.

Actors: Oscar Brown Jr., Studs Terkel, Janice Kingslow, Wezlyn Tilden

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