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A Gun For Dinosaur

X Minus One · 1956 · 29 min · 4,448 words

The transcript of “A Gun For Dinosaur”, an episode of X Minus One from 1956. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). X Minus One plays X Minus One free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.

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In just a moment, X minus 1, but first, no one can deny that spring is in the air and to prepare for the new season, NBC's weekday brings you some timely and useful features. One is a new series with Philadelphia on gardening best for both city and country dwellers.

The second feature brings you hits for the best use of leisure time, and you can also bet that Joe Copeland's famous dress designer will enlighten you on the spring fashion picture when she appears on tomorrow's show. Listen and hear it all on NBC's weekday tomorrow morning. And now stay tuned for X minus one on NBC.

Countdown for Blastoff. X minus five for three. X minus one. Fire. From the far horizons of the unknown come transcribed tales of new dimensions in time and space. These are stories of the future. Adventures in which

you'll live in a million could be years on a thousand maybe worlds. The National Broadcasting Company in cooperation with galaxy science fiction magazine presents... one... story a gun for dinosaur by L. Sprague de Camp. A just whiskey please no soda ice Mr. Rivers. Good heavens no I have been in America for some time but not that long

well to a fine dinosaur well now just a moment Mr. Sillingman I won't take you hunting late Mesozoic dinosaur why not how much do you weigh about nine stone 130 pounds. That's not heavy enough.

But your advertisement? You said safaris arranged to any time. Well, I'll take you to any period in the Cenozoic. I'll get you a shot at any Intelligant or even Mammoth or Mastodon. They have fine heads.

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