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Re: Fit The Third - The Hitch-Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy Froup Production [message #27561] Di, 03 Mai 2005 20:39
iain  
"Peter" <dacelogunreal [at] hotmail.com> wrote in
news:37i994F5epgr5U1 [at] individual.net:

>> >
>> > Slartibartfast: Shocking cock up, the mice were furious.
>> >
>> > Arthur: (In a dead way) Mice.
>> >
>> Slartibartfast: Yes, the whole thing was their experiment
>> you see. A ten million year research programme to find
>> the Ultimate Questions -- big job you know.
>
> Arthur: *with dazed look in eyes* Look, would it save you all the
> bother if I just gave up and went mad now?

This was the last line posted, performed wonderfully by my understudy.
We need some Grams, and the Narrator, Arthur, and the Announcer to finish
off. Then we'll just have Fits the Fourth to Twenty-Sixth left!

--
iain

afda [at] imb.clara.net http://www.zootle.net/afda/
"how can you say that iain is a furyy fpevcg?!" - kristen
Re: Fit The Third - The Hitch-Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy Froup Production [message #27569 ] Di, 03 Mai 2005 21:20
Gusty  
Reason not withstanding the universe continued unabated and iain spoke
forth:

>"Peter" <dacelogunreal [at] hotmail.com> wrote in
>news:37i994F5epgr5U1 [at] individual.net:
>
>>> >
>>> > Slartibartfast: Shocking cock up, the mice were furious.
>>> >
>>> > Arthur: (In a dead way) Mice.
>>> >
>>> Slartibartfast: Yes, the whole thing was their experiment
>>> you see. A ten million year research programme to find
>>> the Ultimate Questions -- big job you know.
>>
>> Arthur: *with dazed look in eyes* Look, would it save you all the
>> bother if I just gave up and went mad now?
>
GRAMS SIG. TUNE

NARRATOR:*Calmly, unhurried, like we haven't been waiting several
light years for these lines*
Has Slartibartfast flipped his lid?
Are Ford, Zaphod and Trillian dying in fearful agony, or have they
simply slipped out for a quick meal somewhere?
Will Arthur Dent feel better with a good hot drink inside him? Find
out in next week's exciting instalment of The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to
the Galaxy.

--
D.

"The Sphynx of the Caverns is the deadliest of all.
It possesses the head of a snake,
the body of a snake
and the feet of a snake."
Re: Fit The Third - The Hitch-Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy Froup Production [message #27588 ] Di, 03 Mai 2005 23:57
iain  
Gusty <gustywinds [at] btopenworld.com> wrote in
news:oljf71hniga8n8cgtoshog4qbq0fi65jmp [at] 4ax.com:

> Reason not withstanding the universe continued unabated and iain spoke
> forth:
>
>>"Peter" <dacelogunreal [at] hotmail.com> wrote in
>>news:37i994F5epgr5U1 [at] individual.net:
>>
>>>> >
>>>> > Slartibartfast: Shocking cock up, the mice were furious.
>>>> >
>>>> > Arthur: (In a dead way) Mice.
>>>> >
>>>> Slartibartfast: Yes, the whole thing was their experiment
>>>> you see. A ten million year research programme to find
>>>> the Ultimate Questions -- big job you know.
>>>
>>> Arthur: *with dazed look in eyes* Look, would it save you all the
>>> bother if I just gave up and went mad now?
>>
> GRAMS SIG. TUNE
>
> NARRATOR:*Calmly, unhurried, like we haven't been waiting several
> light years for these lines*
> Has Slartibartfast flipped his lid?
> Are Ford, Zaphod and Trillian dying in fearful agony, or have they
> simply slipped out for a quick meal somewhere?
> Will Arthur Dent feel better with a good hot drink inside him? Find
> out in next week's exciting instalment of The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to
> the Galaxy.

ARTHUR: *sounding rather defensive*
I'm sorry, but I'd probably be able to cope better if I hadn't
bruised my arm.

--
iain

afda [at] imb.clara.net http://www.zootle.net/afda/
"how can you say that iain is a furyy fpevcg?!" - kristen
Re: Fit The Third - The Hitch-Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy Froup Production [message #29311 ] Mi, 04 Mai 2005 23:37
Gusty  
Reason not withstanding the universe continued unabated and iain spoke
forth:

>Gusty <gustywinds [at] btopenworld.com> wrote in
>news:oljf71hniga8n8cgtoshog4qbq0fi65jmp [at] 4ax.com:
>
>> Reason not withstanding the universe continued unabated and iain spoke
>> forth:
>>
>>>"Peter" <dacelogunreal [at] hotmail.com> wrote in
>>>news:37i994F5epgr5U1 [at] individual.net:
>>>
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Slartibartfast: Shocking cock up, the mice were furious.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Arthur: (In a dead way) Mice.
>>>>> >
>>>>> Slartibartfast: Yes, the whole thing was their experiment
>>>>> you see. A ten million year research programme to find
>>>>> the Ultimate Questions -- big job you know.
>>>>
>>>> Arthur: *with dazed look in eyes* Look, would it save you all the
>>>> bother if I just gave up and went mad now?
>>>
>> GRAMS SIG. TUNE
>>
>> NARRATOR:*Calmly, unhurried, like we haven't been waiting several
>> light years for these lines*
>> Has Slartibartfast flipped his lid?
>> Are Ford, Zaphod and Trillian dying in fearful agony, or have they
>> simply slipped out for a quick meal somewhere?
>> Will Arthur Dent feel better with a good hot drink inside him? Find
>> out in next week's exciting instalment of The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to
>> the Galaxy.
>
>ARTHUR: *sounding rather defensive*
> I'm sorry, but I'd probably be able to cope better if I hadn't
> bruised my arm.

ANNOUNCER:
Zaphod Beeblebrox is now appearing in `No Sex Please, We're Amoeboid
Zingat-Ularians' at the Brantersvogon Starhouse.
--
D.

"The Sphynx of the Caverns is the deadliest of all.
It possesses the head of a snake,
the body of a snake
and the feet of a snake."
Re: Fit The Third - The Hitch-Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy Froup Production [message #29312 ] Mi, 04 Mai 2005 23:52
Kaare Fiedler Christi  
iain wrote:
> Gusty <gustywinds [at] btopenworld.com> wrote in
> news:oljf71hniga8n8cgtoshog4qbq0fi65jmp [at] 4ax.com:
>
>
>>Reason not withstanding the universe continued unabated and iain spoke
>>forth:
>>
>>
>>>"Peter" <dacelogunreal [at] hotmail.com> wrote in
>>>news:37i994F5epgr5U1 [at] individual.net:
>>>
>>>
>>>>>>Slartibartfast: Shocking cock up, the mice were furious.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Arthur: (In a dead way) Mice.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Slartibartfast: Yes, the whole thing was their experiment
>>>>> you see. A ten million year research programme to find
>>>>> the Ultimate Questions -- big job you know.
>>>>
>>>>Arthur: *with dazed look in eyes* Look, would it save you all the
>>>>bother if I just gave up and went mad now?
>>>
>>GRAMS SIG. TUNE
>>
>>NARRATOR:*Calmly, unhurried, like we haven't been waiting several
>>light years for these lines*
>>Has Slartibartfast flipped his lid?
>>Are Ford, Zaphod and Trillian dying in fearful agony, or have they
>>simply slipped out for a quick meal somewhere?
>>Will Arthur Dent feel better with a good hot drink inside him? Find
>>out in next week's exciting instalment of The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to
>>the Galaxy.
>
>
> ARTHUR: *sounding rather defensive*
> I'm sorry, but I'd probably be able to cope better if I hadn't
> bruised my arm.
>

Yaaaay! Wild applause!

Best
Kåre
Re: Fit The Third - The Hitch-Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy Froup Production [message #29326 ] Do, 05 Mai 2005 01:29
Tian Harter  
Gusty wrote:
> Reason not withstanding the universe continued unabated and iain spoke
> forth:
>
>
>>Gusty <gustywinds [at] btopenworld.com> wrote in
>>news:oljf71hniga8n8cgtoshog4qbq0fi65jmp [at] 4ax.com:
>>
>>
>>>Reason not withstanding the universe continued unabated and iain spoke
>>>forth:
>>>
>>>
>>>>"Peter" <dacelogunreal [at] hotmail.com> wrote in
>>>>news:37i994F5epgr5U1 [at] individual.net:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>>Slartibartfast: Shocking cock up, the mice were furious.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Arthur: (In a dead way) Mice.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Slartibartfast: Yes, the whole thing was their experiment
>>>>>> you see. A ten million year research programme to find
>>>>>> the Ultimate Questions -- big job you know.
>>>>>
>>>>>Arthur: *with dazed look in eyes* Look, would it save you all the
>>>>>bother if I just gave up and went mad now?
>>>>
>>>GRAMS SIG. TUNE
>>>
>>>NARRATOR:*Calmly, unhurried, like we haven't been waiting several
>>>light years for these lines*
>>>Has Slartibartfast flipped his lid?
>>>Are Ford, Zaphod and Trillian dying in fearful agony, or have they
>>>simply slipped out for a quick meal somewhere?
>>>Will Arthur Dent feel better with a good hot drink inside him? Find
>>>out in next week's exciting instalment of The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to
>>>the Galaxy.
>>
>>ARTHUR: *sounding rather defensive*
>> I'm sorry, but I'd probably be able to cope better if I hadn't
>> bruised my arm.
>
>
> ANNOUNCER:
> Zaphod Beeblebrox is now appearing in `No Sex Please, We're Amoeboid
> Zingat-Ularians' at the Brantersvogon Starhouse.

FOOTNOTES

This show was recorded on 13 December 1977. The only addition to
the cast was the splendid Richard Vernon who played Slartibartfast.
Douglas adds the following note on how his name came about.

*Slartibartfast*
I thought that this character should be a dignified, elderly man,
weighed down with the burden of a secret sorrow. I wondered what
this sorrow should be, and thought perhaps he might be sad about
his name. So I decided to give him a name that anybody would be sad
to have. I wanted it to sound as gross as it possibly could, while
still being broadcastable. So I started with something that was
clearly completely unbroadcastable, which was PHARTIPHUKBORLZ, and
simply played around withg the syllables until I arrived at something
which sounded that rude, but was almost, but not quiter, entirely
inoffensive.
(DNA)

The dramatic missile attack and all the noisy evasion manoeuvres
caused us problems because, as always, the effects were put on after
the actors' recording and a lot of complicated jiggling around with
their lines was needed in order not to drown them out. The lesson learnt
from this was that in future when we recorded any scene that was to have
loud effects over it we would force the actors to project by feeding a
variety of loud noises down their headphones. All this probably added to
the extreme mental uncertainty they had already from the lines they had
to deliver.

Douglas adds the following note on the origins of the whale.

*The Whale*
Ah yes, the whale. Well, this came about as a result of watching an
episode of a dangerously insane TV detective show called /Cannon/ in
whic people got shot the whole time for incredibly little reason. They
would just happen to be walking across the street, and they would
simply get killed, regardless of what their own plans for the rest of
the day might have been.

I began to find the sheer arbitrariness of this rather upsetting,
not just because characters were getting killed, but because nobody
ever seemed to care about it one way or another.

Anybody who might have cared about any of these people -- family,
friends, even the postman -- was kept firmly offstage. There was
never any `Good nick sweet Prince' or `She should have died hereafter'
or even `Look you bastard, I was meant to be playing squash with this
guy tonight' just bang, clear them out of the way, on to the next.
They were merely, excuse me, Cannonfodder.

I thought I'd have a go at this. I'd write in a character whose
sole function was to be killed for the sake of a small detail in the
plot, and then damn well make the audience care about it, even if
none of the other characters in the story did. I suppose I must have
succeeded because I received quite a number of letters saying how
cruel and callous this section was -- letters I certainly would not
have received if I had simply mentioned the whale's fate incidentally
and passed on. I probably wouldn't have received them if it had been
a human either. [DNA]

The splat of the whale hitting the ground was partially made up from
the batter pudding splat from the Goon show, a fact that might interest
people who have seen similarities between the two shows.

To publicize the stage show of Hitch-Hikers a twenty five foot
whale was thrown off Tower Bridge. Unlike the stage show it floated.

As a final note on the whale those people interested in sinister
conspiracy theories might find some significance in the fact that the
whale speech *twice* disappeared from the multi-track tape for no
reason that we could fathom, and had to be re-recorded. Those people
of a more technical frame of mind might be more inclined to think
that we didn't really know how out equpiment worked.

Originally the mice were gerbils, but this was changed because
gerbils sounded altogether too interesting.

*Music details*
/Kotakomben/ from the LP /Einsteig/ by Gruppe Between
(Used in the opening Magrathea speech)
/Space Theme/ from /Yamashta/ by Stomu Yamashta
(Used in the story-so-far speech)
/Oxygene/ by Jean Michel Jarre
(Used several times as calming music during the missile attack).
/That's Entertainment/
(Used as the light dribble of film music)
/Wind on Water/ from /Evening Star/ by Fripp and Eno.
(Used in the biro speech, which incidentally was originally written
for show four but cut back into this show)
/Over Fire Island/ by Fripp and Eno /Another Green World/
(Used in the dolphins speech)


Sorry about burping it out a line early...

--
Tian
Last Friday I saw the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. For
weeks before I saw it, I was predicting the Hollywood dis-
asters in it would make the Hollywood disasters in The Day
After Tomorrow look like a walk in the park. I was right.
http://tian.greens.org
Re: Fit The Third - The Hitch-Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy Froup Production [message #29327 ] Do, 05 Mai 2005 01:31
Tian Harter  
Kaare Fiedler Christiansen wrote:
> iain wrote:
>
>> Gusty <gustywinds [at] btopenworld.com> wrote in
>> news:oljf71hniga8n8cgtoshog4qbq0fi65jmp [at] 4ax.com:
>>
>>
>>> Reason not withstanding the universe continued unabated and iain spoke
>>> forth:
>>>
>>>
>>>> "Peter" <dacelogunreal [at] hotmail.com> wrote in
>>>> news:37i994F5epgr5U1 [at] individual.net:
>>>>
>>>>>>> Slartibartfast: Shocking cock up, the mice were furious.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Arthur: (In a dead way) Mice.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Slartibartfast: Yes, the whole thing was their experiment
>>>>>> you see. A ten million year research programme to find
>>>>>> the Ultimate Questions -- big job you know.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Arthur: *with dazed look in eyes* Look, would it save you all the
>>>>> bother if I just gave up and went mad now?
>>>>
>>>>
>>> GRAMS SIG. TUNE
>>>
>>> NARRATOR:*Calmly, unhurried, like we haven't been waiting several
>>> light years for these lines*
>>> Has Slartibartfast flipped his lid?
>>> Are Ford, Zaphod and Trillian dying in fearful agony, or have they
>>> simply slipped out for a quick meal somewhere?
>>> Will Arthur Dent feel better with a good hot drink inside him? Find
>>> out in next week's exciting instalment of The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to
>>> the Galaxy.
>>
>>
>>
>> ARTHUR: *sounding rather defensive*
>> I'm sorry, but I'd probably be able to cope better if I hadn't
>> bruised my arm.
>>
>
> Yaaaay! Wild applause!
>
Much clapping and stomping.

--
Tian
Last Friday I saw the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. For
weeks before I saw it, I was predicting the Hollywood dis-
asters in it would make the Hollywood disasters in The Day
After Tomorrow look like a walk in the park. I was right.
http://tian.greens.org
Re: Fit The Third - The Hitch-Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy FroupProduction [message #29328 ] Do, 05 Mai 2005 01:39
spam05  
Tian Harter <DontBeFuelish [at] aol.com59577151> hit the keyboard.
Afterwards the following was on the screen:

> Kaare Fiedler Christiansen wrote:
>> iain wrote:
>>
>>> Gusty <gustywinds [at] btopenworld.com> wrote in
>>> news:oljf71hniga8n8cgtoshog4qbq0fi65jmp [at] 4ax.com:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Reason not withstanding the universe continued unabated and iain spoke
>>>> forth:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> "Peter" <dacelogunreal [at] hotmail.com> wrote in
>>>>> news:37i994F5epgr5U1 [at] individual.net:
>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Slartibartfast: Shocking cock up, the mice were furious.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Arthur: (In a dead way) Mice.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Slartibartfast: Yes, the whole thing was their experiment
>>>>>>> you see. A ten million year research programme to find
>>>>>>> the Ultimate Questions -- big job you know.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Arthur: *with dazed look in eyes* Look, would it save you all the
>>>>>> bother if I just gave up and went mad now?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> GRAMS SIG. TUNE
>>>>
>>>> NARRATOR:*Calmly, unhurried, like we haven't been waiting several
>>>> light years for these lines*
>>>> Has Slartibartfast flipped his lid?
>>>> Are Ford, Zaphod and Trillian dying in fearful agony, or have they
>>>> simply slipped out for a quick meal somewhere?
>>>> Will Arthur Dent feel better with a good hot drink inside him? Find
>>>> out in next week's exciting instalment of The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to
>>>> the Galaxy.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ARTHUR: *sounding rather defensive*
>>> I'm sorry, but I'd probably be able to cope better if I hadn't
>>> bruised my arm.
>>>
>> Yaaaay! Wild applause!
>>
> Much clapping and stomping.

/me claps hands

WOOHOOO!

Yay!

/Rasmus

--
-- [ Rasmus "Møffe" Bøg Hansen ] ---------------------------------------
A computer without Windows is like a chocolate cake without mustard.
----------------------------------------------[ moffe at zz9 dot dk ] --
Re: Fit The Third - The Hitch-Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy Froup Production [message #29467 ] Fr, 06 Mai 2005 18:23
John Coxon  
In the two thousand and fifth year of Bob, Rasmus Bøg Hansen's voice said
the following, in wonderful perfect quadrophonic sound with distortion
levels so low as to make a man weep:

> Tian Harter <DontBeFuelish [at] aol.com59577151> hit the keyboard.
> Afterwards the following was on the screen:
>
>>Kaare Fiedler Christiansen wrote:
>>
>>>Yaaaay! Wild applause!
>>
>>Much clapping and stomping.
>
> /me claps hands
>
> WOOHOOO!
>
> Yay!

Congratulations to the *excellent* cast, who all performed brilliantly!

*applause*

--
John Coxon

You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say will be misquoted then
used against you.

Email: john[dot]coxon[at]gmail[dot]com
Website: http://alphacentauri.8k.com
Missing footnotes: http://www.nut.house.cx/cgi-bin/nemowiki.pl?ISFN
ZZ9 - the official HHGG appreciation society: http://www.zz9.org/
Re: Fit The Third - The Hitch-Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy Froup Production [message #32018 ] Di, 10 Mai 2005 04:39
Jeff DeWitt  
Yes, but what about the bowl of petunias?

Jeff DeWitt

Tian Harter wrote:

> Gusty wrote:
>
>> Reason not withstanding the universe continued unabated and iain spoke
>> forth:
>>
>>
>>> Gusty <gustywinds [at] btopenworld.com> wrote in
>>> news:oljf71hniga8n8cgtoshog4qbq0fi65jmp [at] 4ax.com:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Reason not withstanding the universe continued unabated and iain spoke
>>>> forth:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> "Peter" <dacelogunreal [at] hotmail.com> wrote in
>>>>> news:37i994F5epgr5U1 [at] individual.net:
>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Slartibartfast: Shocking cock up, the mice were furious.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Arthur: (In a dead way) Mice.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Slartibartfast: Yes, the whole thing was their experiment
>>>>>>> you see. A ten million year research programme to find
>>>>>>> the Ultimate Questions -- big job you know.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Arthur: *with dazed look in eyes* Look, would it save you all the
>>>>>> bother if I just gave up and went mad now?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> GRAMS SIG. TUNE
>>>>
>>>> NARRATOR:*Calmly, unhurried, like we haven't been waiting several
>>>> light years for these lines*
>>>> Has Slartibartfast flipped his lid?
>>>> Are Ford, Zaphod and Trillian dying in fearful agony, or have they
>>>> simply slipped out for a quick meal somewhere?
>>>> Will Arthur Dent feel better with a good hot drink inside him? Find
>>>> out in next week's exciting instalment of The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to
>>>> the Galaxy.
>>>
>>>
>>> ARTHUR: *sounding rather defensive*
>>> I'm sorry, but I'd probably be able to cope better if I hadn't
>>> bruised my arm.
>>
>>
>>
>> ANNOUNCER:
>> Zaphod Beeblebrox is now appearing in `No Sex Please, We're Amoeboid
>> Zingat-Ularians' at the Brantersvogon Starhouse.
>
>
> FOOTNOTES
>
> This show was recorded on 13 December 1977. The only addition to
> the cast was the splendid Richard Vernon who played Slartibartfast.
> Douglas adds the following note on how his name came about.
>
> *Slartibartfast*
> I thought that this character should be a dignified, elderly man,
> weighed down with the burden of a secret sorrow. I wondered what
> this sorrow should be, and thought perhaps he might be sad about
> his name. So I decided to give him a name that anybody would be sad
> to have. I wanted it to sound as gross as it possibly could, while
> still being broadcastable. So I started with something that was
> clearly completely unbroadcastable, which was PHARTIPHUKBORLZ, and
> simply played around withg the syllables until I arrived at something
> which sounded that rude, but was almost, but not quiter, entirely
> inoffensive.
> (DNA)
>
> The dramatic missile attack and all the noisy evasion manoeuvres
> caused us problems because, as always, the effects were put on after
> the actors' recording and a lot of complicated jiggling around with
> their lines was needed in order not to drown them out. The lesson learnt
> from this was that in future when we recorded any scene that was to have
> loud effects over it we would force the actors to project by feeding a
> variety of loud noises down their headphones. All this probably added to
> the extreme mental uncertainty they had already from the lines they had
> to deliver.
>
> Douglas adds the following note on the origins of the whale.
>
> *The Whale*
> Ah yes, the whale. Well, this came about as a result of watching an
> episode of a dangerously insane TV detective show called /Cannon/ in
> whic people got shot the whole time for incredibly little reason. They
> would just happen to be walking across the street, and they would
> simply get killed, regardless of what their own plans for the rest of
> the day might have been.
>
> I began to find the sheer arbitrariness of this rather upsetting,
> not just because characters were getting killed, but because nobody
> ever seemed to care about it one way or another.
>
> Anybody who might have cared about any of these people -- family,
> friends, even the postman -- was kept firmly offstage. There was
> never any `Good nick sweet Prince' or `She should have died hereafter'
> or even `Look you bastard, I was meant to be playing squash with this
> guy tonight' just bang, clear them out of the way, on to the next.
> They were merely, excuse me, Cannonfodder.
>
> I thought I'd have a go at this. I'd write in a character whose
> sole function was to be killed for the sake of a small detail in the
> plot, and then damn well make the audience care about it, even if
> none of the other characters in the story did. I suppose I must have
> succeeded because I received quite a number of letters saying how
> cruel and callous this section was -- letters I certainly would not
> have received if I had simply mentioned the whale's fate incidentally
> and passed on. I probably wouldn't have received them if it had been
> a human either. [DNA]
>
> The splat of the whale hitting the ground was partially made up from
> the batter pudding splat from the Goon show, a fact that might interest
> people who have seen similarities between the two shows.
>
> To publicize the stage show of Hitch-Hikers a twenty five foot
> whale was thrown off Tower Bridge. Unlike the stage show it floated.
>
> As a final note on the whale those people interested in sinister
> conspiracy theories might find some significance in the fact that the
> whale speech *twice* disappeared from the multi-track tape for no
> reason that we could fathom, and had to be re-recorded. Those people
> of a more technical frame of mind might be more inclined to think
> that we didn't really know how out equpiment worked.
>
> Originally the mice were gerbils, but this was changed because
> gerbils sounded altogether too interesting.
>
> *Music details*
> /Kotakomben/ from the LP /Einsteig/ by Gruppe Between
> (Used in the opening Magrathea speech)
> /Space Theme/ from /Yamashta/ by Stomu Yamashta
> (Used in the story-so-far speech)
> /Oxygene/ by Jean Michel Jarre
> (Used several times as calming music during the missile attack).
> /That's Entertainment/
> (Used as the light dribble of film music)
> /Wind on Water/ from /Evening Star/ by Fripp and Eno.
> (Used in the biro speech, which incidentally was originally written
> for show four but cut back into this show)
> /Over Fire Island/ by Fripp and Eno /Another Green World/
> (Used in the dolphins speech)
>
>
> Sorry about burping it out a line early...
>
Re: Fit The Third - The Hitch-Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy Froup Production [message #32021 ] Di, 10 Mai 2005 09:06
Tian Harter  
Jeff DeWitt wrote:
> Yes, but what about the bowl of petunias?
>
What's so remarkable about a bowl of petunias falling?

--
Tian
Yesterday I walked a huge precinct in Oakland for Aimee
Allison with three other people. Maybe we got her a couple of
dozen votes she wouldn't have otherwise landed. Many times
we told people "your vote could make the difference."
http://tian.greens.org
Re: Fit The Third - The Hitch-Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy FroupProduction [message #32549 ] Di, 10 Mai 2005 16:36
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Tian Harter <DontBeFuelish [at] aol.com59577151> hit the keyboard.
Afterwards the following was on the screen:

> Jeff DeWitt wrote:
>> Yes, but what about the bowl of petunias?
>>
> What's so remarkable about a bowl of petunias falling?

That depends on where it is falling, how far it is falling and where
it came from I guess?

Oh, and the colors of the flowers.

/Rasmus

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