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.
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- 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.
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