8 seconds sound clip from The Goon Show, Series 4 Special, The Starlings classic radio program.
You can hear this line at 00:18:05 in the radio play.
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- Err, Thank you. Now, as the workmen take down the last of the scaffolding, I see that the ceremony in the square below us is about to begin. So, over to Richard Dimbleby
- Here, in the Great Square of Trafalgar, which, as we all know, takes its name from the great underground railway that runs directly beneath its ancient flagstones...
- Here all is in readiness for the great explodable bird mixture inauguration.
- To my right rises the great wooden oak platform from which this solemn ceremony will be perfumed.
- The entire Square is a great mass of banners. Banners from the great Society of Pest Control, all waiting to see the result of this experiment.
- Yes, there goes the great siren, telling us that all the workmen are clear of the buildings.
- St. Martin's, the National Gallery, Africa House, and all the other buildings that have been treated with this wonderful explodable bird mixture.
- Now then, to my right, up the right side of the square, I can see the bright, scarlet and pink tulips of the Royal College of Heralds, as they march majestically up to the base of the great platform.
- They are, of course, waiting to sound the traditional fanfare Tedium Vitae which will announce the arrival of Duchess Winifred Boiledusspudswell, the well-known human being.
- And as I speak, I see the Third Battalion of the First Regal Household Cavalry, so-called as every member is a householder...
- And yes, there they go, their great white hooves, swords, snorting at the reign, and fie, and lifting the dust as they pass the base of Nelson's great column...
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