And where was I while this was going on? Folks, I'm ashamed to tell you. I was asleep.
7 seconds sound clip from the Pinocchio (1939) classic radio play.
You can hear this line at 00:15:43 in the radio play.
Quote context
[...]
- What are those down the street?
- Oh, those. They are your schoolmates... girls and boys.
- Of course. They're going to school.
- Now, here's an apple for your teacher. And you are ready to go. Now, run along.
- Well sir, there he went, off to school.
- And where was I while this was going on? Folks, I'm ashamed to tell you. I was asleep.
- A fine conscience I turned out to be. I should have been right with him.
- And, well you see this Honest John had a stooge by the name of Gideon, a dumb alley cat.
- And between the two of them, they were a pretty tricky pair.
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