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Hi. You know, sometimes my friends ask me, Rocky, why can't you hold a job? That's a good question. I don't know the answer.

10 seconds sound clip from the Rocky Fortune - The Shipboard Jewel Robbery (Ep. 3) classic radio drama series episode.

You can hear this line at 00:00:49 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- Hi. You know, sometimes my friends ask me, Rocky, why can't you hold a job? That's a good question. I don't know the answer.

- Maybe I just get restless or something. Anyway, whatever it is, me and steady employment don't get along.

- Now, you take the last job I had, steward on a big luxury liner from Bermuda to New York.

- I figured I'd like to see the ocean, you know? And a couple of guys were trying to help me, too. Only they wanted me to see it the hard way, from the bottom.

- Come in.

- Uh, pardon me, Miss Nightingale. This is sick bay, isn't it?

- Yes. Something wrong?

[...]

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Rocky FortuneExplore memorable Rocky Fortune quotes & audio clips! Revisit Sinatra's captivating role in this vintage radio drama from the early 50s.

Actors: Frank Sinatra (Rocky Fortune)

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