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Roger that

Mitch!

The Dish • 2000

[explaining to Janine how the prime receiving stations work] Glenn Latham:
Imagine the earth as a basketball. Ross 'Mitch' Mitchell:
This'll be good. Glenn Latham:
And on top of the basketball there's... [to Mitch and Cliff] Glenn Latham:
What's the name of the thing you put the pump into? Ross 'Mitch' Mitchell:
A hole. Glenn Latham:
Yeah but it's got a name. [Mitch shrugs his shoulders] Glenn Latham:
The valve! Imagine on top there's a valve, and on the bottom there's another valve and... Ross 'Mitch' Mitchell:
You know, basketballs only have one valve, Glenn. Ross 'Mitch' Mitchell:
Well, what's something that has two valves? Ross 'Mitch' Mitchell:
Tuba? Glenn Latham:
It's gotta be round. Ross 'Mitch' Mitchell:
Tamborine? Glenn Latham:
That doesn't have valves! Ross 'Mitch' Mitchell:
Coconut! Cliff Buxton:
Mitch!

Full Transcript

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Roger that

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This is the main control panel

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That moves the Dish up and down and that sideways

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It's incredible

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You can pinpoint a tiny spaceship thousands of miles away

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and lock onto it

Duration

23 seconds

Views

498

Timestamp in Movie

00:49:14

Uploaded

Mar 15, 2022

Genres

comedy, drama, history

Production

Working Dog,Distant Horizon

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Movie Summary

A remote Australian community, populated by quirky characters, plays a key role in the first Apollo moon landing.

Actors

Glenn Latham