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Well, we got quite a rest in one place, thanks to a certain soprano who sang about eight thousand songs at her own request.

10 seconds sound clip from The Danny Kaye Radio Show - "A Baby From Washington" (3.02.1945).

You can hear this line at 00:06:45 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- Hey, wait a minute...Look at the date on this buck. 1912.

- Well, that isn't the date he threw it...That's the date they coined it.

- Oh, I see. Why didn't I think of that? Gee, ain't I a dope?

- You have one dollar. Would you care to try for two?

- Say, I read about the shows you put on for the March of Dimes. They tell me you were entertaining every minute.

- Well, we got quite a rest in one place, thanks to a certain soprano who sang about eight thousand songs at her own request.

- What was her name?

- I don't know, but it should have been Lucresia Quivertonsil or Natalie No-throat or something.

- You should have heard her. Not only did she miss notes completely, but when she hit one, she flogged it into exhaustion.

- Wasn't there anything good about her?

- Oh, yes. Her diction was superb, just superb. I'll give you an imitation of her sometime singing 'Airy Fairy Pipers'.

- Why not do it now?

- Coax me.

- Come on...

- That's enough.

[...]

The Danny Kaye Radio Show Sound Clip

The Danny Kaye Radio ShowQuotes with audio clips from the old-time radio program "The Danny Kaye Show" which ran from Jan. 1945 to May 1946 on CBS.

Actors: Danny Kaye, Eve Arden, Lionel Stander

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