Then the depression came. I got a job with the W.P.A., shoveling snow to eat. That's how I met Alice: she used to hand out the shovels.

— Ralph Kramden (Jackie Gleason)

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8 seconds sound clip from The Honeymooners (1955) - A Matter of Life and Death sitcom.

You can hear this line at 00:06:15.571 in the Blu-ray version of the TV Series.

Quote context

[...]

- What difference does it make? Six or eight months?

- Look, you got to promise me one thing. I don't want you to tell Alice anything about this. I don't want her to find out a thing about it.

- All right, all right. But what's gonna happen after six months? She's gonna notice you're not coming home nights.

- You know, I never thought I'd go out like this. I haven't even tasted life yet.

- My whole life has been a struggle, ever since I was a kid. I started out delivering newspapers. Then I got a job with the A and P, delivering groceries.

- Then the depression came. I got a job with the W.P.A., shoveling snow to eat. That's how I met Alice: she used to hand out the shovels.

- One thing led to another and we got married.

- Got a job on a bus and I've been struggling ever since.

- 14 Years ago and I've been still struggling!

- I come into this world with pink cheeks, and a healthy pair of lungs, and a lot of big ideas. How am I going out of it? A bald head, blue tongue, and a saucer of warm milk with a pill in it.

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