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Now, look here, old boy, what did you think you were gonna shoot those dinosaur with?

6 seconds sound clip from the X Minus 1 - A Gun for Dinosaur by L. Sprague de Camp classic radio drama series.

You can hear this line at 00:02:54 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- But your advertisement! You said, Safaris arranged to any time period.

- Well, I'll take you to any period in the Cenozoic.

- I'll get you a shot at any entelodont or even mammoth or mastodon... and they have fine heads.

- But I'll jolly well not take you to the Jurassic or the Cretaceous. You're just too small.

- Well, what's my weight got to do with it?

- Now, look here, old boy, what did you think you were gonna shoot those dinosaur with?

- Well, look over here in this case. That's my own gun, a Continental six hundred.

- That shoots a pair of Nitro Express cartridges the size of bananas. It's designed for knocking down elephant... not just wounding them, but knocking them base-over-apex.

- Well, now, I've handled guns.

- Look, I've been guiding hunting parties for over twenty years.

- But I've never known a man your size who could handle the six-nought-nought. It knocks him over.

[...]

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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