We would like to assure nervous listeners that the shellfire they hear is not genuine. It is being done orally by an unscrupulous military policeman, who takes protection money from deserters who are not aware that the war is over.
17 seconds sound clip from The Goon Show, Series 8, The Space Age classic radio program.
You can hear this line at 00:03:29 in the radio play.
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- World War One, you try and say it.
- Why don't we settle for World War One.
- Yes, at this very moment the Germans are attacking the Bank of England.
- Strange. I haven't heard any gunfire.
- Moriarty, quick, your World War One impressions.
- Bang bang, ratatata boom, bang...
- And if you'll pardon me, I'll slip away before they notice my Boer War helmet!
- Bang bang boom, ratatata bang, boom. BANG!
- Good heavens, that last one was close.
- Yes.
- Oh, I see, Just one moment, please.
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