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Isn't it funny? In the Arctic, soap is something they like to eat! In the tropics, they use soap for money.

7 seconds sound clip from the The Thin Man (1936) classic radio play.

You can hear this line at 00:56:05 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- How did they tell you from the Polar Bears?

- He wore rubbers.

- I wore a hat!

- You must be pretty tough, Woody. When you have to plow through swamps, jungles, tropics and the Arctic.

- I suppose when you call up and say you're going on location, your wife says 'Oh yes, location. You want the snowshoes or the pith helmet?'

- Unfortunately, she doesn't say that. When I say I'm going on location, she just says, 'You are not!'

- I thought all about that traveling when the Lux Soap people asked me to do this broadcast.

- Isn't it funny? In the Arctic, soap is something they like to eat! In the tropics, they use soap for money.

- And here in Hollywood, soap is something they use to keep the stars beautiful!

- I can see that it keeps Myrna beautiful, but when are you going to start using it?

- Nice talk, nice talk! Well, I do use it in the bath and that's no kidding!

- Anyway, thanks for coming up, kids!

- Goodbye Woody. Goodbye!

- Before I tell you about next week's show, I'm going to ask our announcer Mr. Ruick to tell you more about the cast and about Hollywood studios who are cooperating with us.

[...]

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The Thin Man (1936) Sound Clip

The Thin ManFunny quotes with sound clips from The Thin Man - radio drama based on Dashiell Hammett's book, first broadcast on Thursday August 06, 1936 on CBS's Lux Radio Theatre.

Actors: William Powell (Nick), Myrna Loy (Nora), Porter Hall (Macauley), Minna Gombel (Mimi), Dorothy (Barbara Luddy), William Henry (Gilbert)

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