You should have heard her. Not only did she miss notes completely, but when she hit one, she flogged it into exhaustion.
9 seconds sound clip from The Danny Kaye Radio Show - "A Baby From Washington" (3.02.1945).
You can hear this line at 00:07:00 in the radio play.
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- 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?
- I don't know, but it should have been Lucresia Quivertonsil or Natalie No-throat or something.
- Wasn't there anything good about her?
- Coax me.
- Come out! come out! Listen on the air! Up there! down there! Fairies everywhere!
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