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What? I'm rich! Rich! I'm rich!

5 seconds sound clip from The Goon Show, Series 6, Sale of Manhattan classic radio program.

You can hear this line at 00:27:19 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- What is the plan for this charlie?

- Simple... The moment he blows up New York, we take him to the police and get the reward for handing in a felon.

- Hello, Chief Seagoon? Good, British Consul Washington here.

- How do you do, Mr. Washington?

- Oh, fine, Jim. Fine, fine, thank you very much, Jim.

- Now, on the point of law, the United States government have discovered that you were right, and that New York is yours. Therefore, they have decided to give it to you.

- What? I'm rich! Rich! I'm rich!

- No! No, wait, wait! Hello, get me Bluebottle! Don't light the fuse!

(Loud and long explosion)

- Listeners will be relieved to learn that what they are hearing is not really New York being blown up.

- It is a recording specially made to simulate the sound of New York being blown up. For this, a life-size replica of New York was built at Wanstead and blown up.

- And all this just for one pound a year.

[...]

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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