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We were sitting around a table at the Brown Derby, when someone brought up the subject of how men differ from women in their attitude towards the simple things of life.

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

You can hear this line at 00:23:46 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- Now, who has the pickles? Pickles, Mr. Poppins?

- The curtain falls on Act One of 'You Can't Take It with You'...

- And the course of romance promises to be rather stormy in the Vanderhof household.

- During the brief intermission, before we go on with the Second Act, a member of our official family has an interesting interlude for you.

- Yes, I should like to tell you about a conversation that some of us had last night.

- We were sitting around a table at the Brown Derby, when someone brought up the subject of how men differ from women in their attitude towards the simple things of life.

- For instance, men don't like plays that are sad as much as women do.

- And men sing in the bath. That's right. And we've made up a little song about that which we think is cute. Want to hear it?

- We certainly do. Go ahead.

- Here's what we've heard nearly everyone say. Women are different from men!

- Ladies, when bathing, are not half so gay! While men sing or whistle and then sing again.

- If they're Irish, the tune goes like this... If they're Scotch, here is one they won't miss...

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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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