Brave New World V2.0

Guano: "You're gonna have to answer to the Cocoa Cola company!"

Muffley: You mean, people could actually stay down there for a hundred years?
Strangelove: It would not be difficult mein Fuhrer! Nuclear reactors could, heh ... I'm sorry. Mr. President. Nuclear reactors could provide power almost indefinitely. Greenhouses could maintain plantlife. Animals could be bred and slaughtered. A quick survey would have to be made of all the available mine sites in the country. But I would guess... that ah, dwelling space for several hundred thousands of our people could easily be provided.
Muffley: Well I ... I would hate to have to decide.. who stays up and ... who goes down.
Strangelove: Well, that would not be necessary Mr. President. It could easily be accomplished with a computer. And a computer could be set and programmed to accept factors from youth, health, sexual fertility, intelligence, and a cross section of necessary skills. Of course it would be absolutely vital that our top government and military men be included to foster and impart the required principles of leadership and tradition. [Slams down left fist. Right arm rises in stiff Nazi salute.] Arrrrr! [Restrains right arm with left.] Naturally, they would breed prodigiously, eh? There would be much time, and little to do. But ah with the proper breeding techniques and a ratio of say, ten females to each male, I would guess that they could then work their way back to the present gross national product within say, twenty years.

Stranglove: [snip] "But ah with the proper breeding techniques and a ratio of say, ten females to each male, I would guess that they could then work their way back to the present gross national product within say, twenty years."

Gen. Buck Turgison: "But, Doctor, wouldn't that require abandonment of the so-called monogamous relationship?"

Gen. Buck Turgison: "But, Doctor, wouldn't that require abandonment of the so-called monogamous relationship?"

Strangelove: Regrettably, yes. But it is, you know, a sacrifice required for the future of the human race. I hasten to add that since each man will be required to do prodigious ... service along these lines, the women will have to be selected for their sexual characteristics which will have to be of a highly stimulating nature.

Sir -- [stands up out of his wheelchair] -- I have a plan -- [pauses, realizing that he is standing] -- Mein Fuhrer, I can walk!

Thank you for that inspirational moment.

[strains of "We'll Meet Again on a Sunny Day" are heard in background, as flashes of nuclear weapon detonations fill the screen.]

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