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- How much?
- Well, to anyone else, ten shillings. But to you, 38 pounds.

8 seconds sound clip from The Goon Show, Series 8, The Space Age classic radio program.

You can hear this line at 00:05:15 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- Why, even last night, the dear Count here, went up on the heath, and unaided, elevated himself into space to the height of twenty feet.

- Gad! What's this invention called?

- A ladder. Of course I may think of a better name for it later, but...

- No, no, no, ladder's a good name for it.

- I must tell Folks, just a minute, my trumpet. Calling folks! Hello folks!

- With this invention, folks I can go on being a deserter forever! The military police will never find me up there, folks!

- How much?

- Well, to anyone else, ten shillings. But to you, 38 pounds.

- Oh, I couldn't take advantage. I'll pay what everyone else does. Ten shillings. How would you like it?

- In thirty-eight one-pound notes.

- Right. See, I've got forty pounds here... I'll just peel them off. Forty, thirty-nine, thirty-eight. There. Thirty-eight pounds.

- Thank you.

- Now pick a card, don't let me see it, what is it?

- The forty-three of diamonds.

- You lose. Pay pontoons only, 28 pounds. I thank you.

- Now Neddie, here, Neddie, are full scale plans of a ladder.

- These plans are made of paper!

[...]

The Goon Show Sound Clip

The Goon Show RadioQuotes with sound clips from The Goon Show radio comedy programme produced and broadcast by the BBC from 1951 to 1960.

Actors: Peter Sellers (Bloodnok / Bluebottle/ Grytpype-Thynne), Spike Milligan (Eccles / Minnie Bannister), Harry Secombe (Neddie Seagoon)

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