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I have not quite fathomed the problem, even with your remarkable assistance, Mr. Carpenter.

7 seconds sound clip from the The Day the Earth Stood Still (1954) classic radio play.

You can hear this line at 00:23:53 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- Oh, thank you. If I may speak to Mr. Carpenter alone, please?

- I'll wait outside, Professor.

- You are Mr. Carpenter, who wrote those equations on my blackboard?

- My clumsy way of introducing myself.

- Forgive the manner in which you were picked up. Hilda called the police before I saw your annotations on the board.

- I appreciate the need for security, Professor.

- I have not quite fathomed the problem, even with your remarkable assistance, Mr. Carpenter.

- Let's look at it, sir. All you have to do now is substitute this expression at this point.

- Yes. That will reproduce the first order term, but what about the effect of the other terms?

- Negligible.

- With variation of parameters, this is the answer.

- How can you be so sure? Have you tested this theory?

- I find it works well enough to get me from one planet to another.

[...]

The Day the Earth Stood Still (1954) Sound Clip

The Day the Earth Stood Still (1954)Relive the nostalgia of old-time radio with sound bites from Lux Radio Theater's "The Day the Earth Stood Still." Classic sci-fi, vintage sound & dialogue.

Actors: Michael Rennie (Klaatu), Jean Peters (Helen Benson), Paul Frees (Narrator), Lamont Johnson (Tom), Herb Butterfield (Professor Barnhardt), Tudor Owen (Mr. Harley), Billy Gray (Bobby), Edith Evanson (Mrs. Crockett)

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