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- What are you doing on top of that ladder, sir? World War One is over.
- I know, I'm practising for the next one.
- But how can you, they haven't written the music for it yet.

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

You can hear this line at 00:12:10 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- Let's live our moment, in Bombay cantonment, the Darjeeling one-step with you, with you, the Darjeeling one-step with you!

- I kiss your hand Madame, ow, owgarawowow.

- And that's as far as it goes. I'm promised to another.

- I don't know who you are sir, or where you've come from, but you've done me a power of good, I'll tell you.

(English radio audience laughter)

- Well, I'm Gunner Ned Seagoon.

- What are you doing on top of that ladder, sir? World War One is over.

- I know, I'm practising for the next one.

- But how can you, they haven't written the music for it yet.

- Of course they have sir, it goes like this!

(Explosion)

- What's it called?

- World War Two.

- Wait a moment, I, where's me old photographs, wait a minute.

- Aren't you Gunner Ned Seagoon of the Deserters bound Hailsham.

- Yes.

[...]

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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