Sally:
Who is Pearl Harbor?
Narrator:
For some miraculous reason, it's a wonderful feeling having a teacher you've seen dance naked in front of a mirror.
Diction Student:
Hark! I hear the cannons roar! Is it the King approaching?
Diction Student:
Hark! I hear the cannons roar! Is it the King approaching?
Sally:
[
in a very thick New York accent] Hahk! I hear the cannon's raw! Is it the King approaching?
[
Last lines]
Narrator:
I never forgot that New Year's Eve when Aunt Bea awakened me to watch 1944 come in. I've never forgotten any of those people or any of the voices we would hear on the radio. Though the truth is, with the passing of each New Year's Eve, those voices do seem to grow dimmer and dimmer.
[
On his parents]
Narrator:
I mean, how many people argue over oceans?
Abe:
He's a ventriloquist on the radio -- how do you know he's not moving his lips?
Joe:
[
as he realizes the substitute teacher is the woman he and his friends saw dancing naked in the window] Oh God, we're all going straight to hell!
Mother:
[
as she watches anti-aircraft searchlights with husband during a World War II black-out] It's so beautiful. Boy, what a world... it could be so wonderful, if it wasn't for certain people.
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