Chief Scientist : I agree with those who say we could launch a pod.
Lyndon Johnson : A pot?
Chief Scientist : A POD - a, uh, capsule. Now, we would be in full control of zis pod. It vill go up like a cannonball, and come down like, uh, a cannonball, splashing down into ze water, the ocean, vith a parachute to spare the life of the specimen inside.
Lyndon Johnson : Spaceman?
Chief Scientist : SPE-CI-MEN.
Lyndon Johnson : Well, what kind of spe-ci-men?
Chief Scientist : A tough one. Responsive to orders. I had in mind a jimp.
Lyndon Johnson : JIMP? Well what the HELL is a jimp?
Chief Scientist : A jimp. A-a-a jimpanzee, Senator. An ape.
Dad: (confused) “You play a SPACE MAN?”
Leonard: sigh Yes.
Arguably THE space man, though.
Chief Scientist : I agree with those who say we could launch a pod.
Lyndon Johnson : A pot?
Chief Scientist : A POD - a, uh, capsule. Now, we would be in full control of zis pod. It vill go up like a cannonball, and come down like, uh, a cannonball, splashing down into ze water, the ocean, vith a parachute to spare the life of the specimen inside.
Lyndon Johnson : Spaceman?
Chief Scientist : SPE-CI-MEN.
Lyndon Johnson : Well, what kind of spe-ci-men?
Chief Scientist : A tough one. Responsive to orders. I had in mind a jimp.
Lyndon Johnson : JIMP? Well what the HELL is a jimp?
Chief Scientist : A jimp. A-a-a jimpanzee, Senator. An ape.