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Lads, lads, lads. Please, lads. Quiet now. Let us have a fair hearing. And now, Mr. Bladok.

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

You can hear this line at 00:25:52 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- And all around the cornices of St. Martin's the bird mixture is exploding and the starlings are being driven away...

(Explosion)

- Oh, oh dear, I don't quite know what happened!

(crowd screams in panic)

(Shouts and boos in House of Commons)

- Lads, lads, lads. Please, lads. Quiet now. Let us have a fair hearing. And now, Mr. Bladok.

- Mr. Prime Minister, Honourable Members. I fear that the explodable bird-lime was a mite too powerful, but fear not, St. Martin's will be rebuilt!

- But the starlings will only roost in it again.

- If they do, well, we'll blow it up again!

- Naturally we would rebuild again, but if the starlings still persist in roosting there, we'll have no compunction but to blow it up yet again! We'll see who gets tired first!

- But think of the expense!

- No fears there! I have it on good authority that our financial position is far in excess of the starlings!

- Huzzah!

- Yes, in any case, I have a new invention to deal with the pests: rice puddings fired from catapults!

[...]

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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