We are archeologists, boy, people who try to find out what men were like way back before they could read or write. The only way to pass on what they knew was through pictures like this one.
13 seconds sound clip from the Robot Monster (1953) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:10:00.562 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- Well, if you insist. But come here.
- Wouldn't it be nicer if we could live at peace with each other?
- Okay, I'll be from a friendly planet.
- Good. Does that mean we can play house now?
- No.
- I'm friendly, but I still have to find out what they're doing here.
- You see, our job is to chip it out carefully and take it to a museum so people can study it.
- It's even better than being cowboys, huh, Professor?
- You bet!
- As far as we know, there were no spacemen in those times, and robots either.
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