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All I do is set the Menu Selector dials at the beginning of the week...

6 seconds sound clip from the X Minus 1 - The Veldt by Ray Bradbury classic radio drama series.

You can hear this line at 00:10:20 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- But you know how difficult Peter is about that.

- I punished him last week by locking the nursery for an afternoon and he threw a tantrum. And Wendy, too. Why, they live for the nursery.

- It's got to be locked. That's all there is to it.

- You've been working too hard, Lydia. You need a rest.

- I don't know. Maybe I don't have enough to do. I have too much time to think.

- All I do is set the Menu Selector dials at the beginning of the week...

- But that's the whole idea. The house is automatic...

- I know. But couldn't we turn it off for about a week and take a vacation?

- You mean you want to fry eggs for me?

- And darn socks.

- I feel like I don't belong here. The house is wife and mother and maid.

- How can I compete with the African veldt?

[...]

X Minus One Sound Clip

X Minus OneQuotes with audio samples from the old-time science fiction radio drama series "X Minus One" that was broadcast from 1955 to 1958 on NBC.

Actors: Fred Collins (Announcer), Wendell Holmes, Bill Zuckert, Peter Capell

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