We'll give the voters of this city the kind of campaign that they want: plenty of girls and bands and slogans and lots of hoopla. But remember, no politics. Issues confuse people.

— The Penguin (Burgess Meredith)

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18 seconds sound clip from Batman (1966) - Hizzonner the Penguin (S2E17) TV Series.

You can hear this line at 00:10:27 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- 7 percent are undecided. And 3 percent are still backing Harry Gold winner, the monarchist candidate.

- So old Pointy Ears has thrown his cowl into the ring, huh?

- Good. Once and for all, I'll settle matters with that masked moron.

- And when I finish with him, he won't garner enough votes to be elected dogcatcher.

- Hold it. All workers double the assessments. Triple the size of the posters. Quadruple the number of campaign buttons.

- We'll give the voters of this city the kind of campaign that they want: plenty of girls and bands and slogans and lots of hoopla. But remember, no politics. Issues confuse people.

- See, a big smile, hearty handshake, a very catchy campaign song. That's the way to win an election. Quack, quack, quack.

- Meanwhile, at Batman Campaign Headquarters...

- Don't you think we should make them a little bigger, Batman?

- I think these are quite large enough. After all, the voters are interested in issues, not in window dressing.

[...]

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