When news of the new Russian satellite was released on the Sunday, the high-ranking British astronomers were unfortunately away for the weekend.

10 seconds sound clip from The Goon Show, Series 8, The Space Age classic radio program.

You can hear this line at 00:01:26 in the radio play.

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(Peter Sellers does car impression)

- Stop those car impressions.

- I can't. This is a chauffeur-driven impression.

- Stop here, Jim. (Impression of car stopping)

- How can you afford such expensive impressions?

- Because I do a brilliant impression of a large bank account.

- Splendid! You're just the type to do the impressions in our most recent leather Goon Show, entitled The Space Age!

- When news of the new Russian satellite was released on the Sunday, the high-ranking British astronomers were unfortunately away for the weekend.

- However, the moment they were informed of the phenomena, they immediately continued their weekend holiday.

- But in Hailsham, a small English village just across the Channel from France, an Englishman staunch and true was at work.

- Ah, that's my cue, thank you.Now where's my tin speaking trumpet?

- Hello folks, hello folks! Calling folks!

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