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- Is it that bad?
- I'm afraid so.

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

You can hear this line at 00:17:12 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- I wish I could see what they're eating.

- How long has this been going on?

- A little over a month.

- It certainly doesn't feel good.

- I don't want feelings... I want facts.

- A psychologist never saw a fact in his life. He knows about feelings. And this doesn't feel good.

- Now, my advice to you is to have the whole room torn down and your children brought to me every day for the next year for treatment.

- Is it that bad?

- I'm afraid so.

- You know, that's why the nursery was developed originally. To let us examine the patterns left on the wall by a child's mind.

- But what is it? What's wrong with Peter and Wendy?

- It's hard to say.

- I haven't punished them more than average... Oh, I took away a few gadgets.

- Last week, I locked the nursery to show I meant business.

- You've let this room replace you and your wife in your children's affections. This room is their real father and mother. And now you come along and want to shut it.

[...]

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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