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The ancient Greeks had a gift for philosophy, the Romans a gift for government, and just as certainly Americans have always been blessed with a gift for humor.

9 seconds sound clip from the You Can't Take It with You (1939) classic radio play.

You can hear this line at 00:01:51 in the radio play.

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- And special thanks to you for 'You Can't Take It with You.'

- I'll be listening in Monday night.

- And that brings us to our play.

- The ancient Greeks had a gift for philosophy, the Romans a gift for government, and just as certainly Americans have always been blessed with a gift for humor.

- Prophets of gloom have never fared very well in our country. They've always been overshadowed by prophets of laughter, like Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman, who wrote 'You Can't Take It with You.'

- A Pulitzer Prize play on the Broadway stage and later a hit motion picture produced by Columbia Pictures Corporation, 'You Can't Take It with You' is a great American comedy.

- But it's also a love story, for there can be humor in romance, even though the parties concerned are usually too serious to see it.

- To cast this play, we literally covered the country, from Maine to California.

- Our good friend Edward Arnold was up in San Francisco enjoying a kind of postman's holiday with the Bohemian Club...

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You Can't Take It with You (1939) Sound Clip

You Can't Take It with You (1939)Quotes from You Can't Take It with You (1939), Lux Radio Theatre play broadcast in 1939, based on the Pulitzer Prize Play by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart.

Actors: Fay Wray (Alice), Robert Cummings (Tony), Walter Connolly (Grandpa Vanderhof), Edward Arnold (Mr. Kirby), Lou Merrill (Kolenkhov), Sally Payne (Essie),

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