Don't worry. I have an invention here which can get her well clear of the chimney, and into space! Yes! It's called a twenty-foot ladder, because of its length.
9 seconds sound clip from The Goon Show, Series 8, The Space Age classic radio program.
You can hear this line at 00:17:31 in the radio play.
Quote context
[...]
- Ah-hah! England now has a successful Min Bannister circling the Earth!
- Can you give us your exact position?
- I'm stuck half-way up the chimney!
(English radio crowd laughter)
- Ohh, this has put England years behind.
- We must defeat the chimney barrier.
- Quick, stick it up the chimney then... Now up you go.
- Not quite. The ladder's not long enough.
- A man just went past me on a ladder!
[...]