Movie-Sounds.org > Old-Time Radio Quotes > The Goon Show

Wonderful! Absolutely marvellous!

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

You can hear this line at 00:14:53 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- You have the formula for this artificial exploding bird-lime?

- Yes, I have.

- Good!

- Let me have it and I'll get the Woolwich Arsenal to make it up!

- Here.

- This little invention of yours will save the day

(cauldrons bubbling)

- Well, gentlemen of the press, there it is. 40,000 liquid tonnes of artificial explodable bird-lime!

- Wonderful! Absolutely marvellous!

- Not too close, gentlemen, ah-ah! Mind you don't fall in!

- Ah, terribly sorry!

- It looks like the real thing.

- Well, it has to. These starlings must not suspect for a moment, Mr. Fairfax. After all, they know the real thing.

- When will it be ready?

- Well, the head of the department tells me the mixture will take ten days to cool.

- That's not bad at all.

- Then it is to be given artificial colouring and forced into tubes ready for squirting on to the buildings.

- All in all, about two weeks, I should say. By then the inaugurating ceremony will be ready.

[...]

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)

[Amazon link] #ad

Latest Movie Sound Bites

Poll

You are using film sounds: