He appears to be having trouble with the great microphone of state, the same used ever since 1672, hand beaten and foot slapped, gold and silver surmounted by 2 Burmese cherubs, fashioned by the great sculptor Ben Venuto Selinae and his brother Fred.

— (Peter Sellers)

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22 seconds sound clip from The Goon Show, Series 4 Special, The Starlings classic radio program.

You can hear this line at 00:22:30 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- She mounts the great steps, her great cape of Norton Weevil squadling across the ancient planges of the high Grantfordlood.

- And with that the Herald sounds the Thurk Voluntary, the Voluntary so well beloved by the Swahili dust-group of Westminster.

- And now she reaches the great gold and bronze microphone to make her declaration.

- But first the master of the rolls and leather goods pledges his allegiance, also the quanti-denorum, so let us listen to it.

- My lords, ladies and...

- He appears to be having trouble with the great microphone of state, the same used ever since 1672, hand beaten and foot slapped, gold and silver surmounted by 2 Burmese cherubs, fashioned by the great sculptor Ben Venuto Selinae and his brother Fred.

- Oh and now I see the great engineer of state with the great state screwdriver adjusting the mace screws on the great microphone.

(blows into the microphone)

- Hello... testing, testing... 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 testing... yes it's all right now.

- My lords, ladies and gentlemong. Pray silence for the Duchess Boiledusspudswell...

[...]

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