Arthur and the Birdpeople

[@PhoenixDfire]

Someone pay this man to animate the whole series!

[@5ilver42]

He has a Patreon you can pledge to

[@labrynianrebel]

I concur.

[@thewiirocks]

If this was a Netflix series, it would be SO MUCH better than everything else on the platform.

[@crellercorps]

1:30 Love how nonchalantly and comedically Adams basically told us Arthur has accepted his death and actively wants to commit suicide throughout this entire convo

[@doopnamnam4275]

I love how Arthur Dent was totally willing to just fall and die.

[@roguishpaladin]

At 1:02, the line, "If the good Lord had meant us to walk he'd have given us sneakers!" is one of the most subtly ironic things in the series.

[@emrecan7316]

Makes no sense, doesn't matter if you are religious or aetheist

[@mrbenoit5018]

Emre Can huh?

[@somefancycashews4418]

@@mrbenoit5018 if I am correct, this bird is one of Frogstar World B, in which there is a short anecdote in Adams' 'The Restaurant at the End of the Universe', explaining that the planet's economy had become so lopsidedly dependent on the sale of sneakers that the entire economy collapsed, and the entire population nearly died as a result, with the only survivors evolving into large birds who swore never to walk or touch the ground again.

[@mrbenoit5018]

SomeFancyCashews I know

[@zarni000]

@@somefancycashews4418 it's shoes not sneakers specifically

[@drbrontosaurus]

I always envisioned the "Don't panic." to be in Comic Sans.

[@easybot_exe6868]

that would only make me more distressed and filled with murderous rage

[@femmefuntime]

Ella Chairunnisa not as murderous as the ravenous bugblatter beast of traal

[@TheSmart-CasualGamer]

I always assumed it was a ludicrously bold, curvy font, a bit like that typically '60s font. I also imagine it's ALWAYS coloured with a gradient, even when being displayed in a non-colour medium.

[@abstractgrant]

Your design of the statue is perfect. Even though I knew perfectly well what was coming, the visual reveal still made me laugh out loud.

[@gorgolyt]

People don't usually throw things with their fingers closed, but apart from that yeah.

[@athodyd]

One of my favorite episodes. I think of the way the computer delivers the line "Do you LIKE caves?" at least once a week.

[@zacmumblethunder7466]

3:01 Just the sort of image for the laugh out loud moment I needed after the day I've had! Thanks.

[@antisoda]

Fantastic stuff. I guess I'm late to the party, but just I had to comment to add my adoration for the animator. The BBC radio broadcast of the Guide is probably the best version of the series, and these snippets animation certainly add to it. The BBC should throw some money at the animator and make a full length animated companion to the radio broadcast. Keep up the good work. I haven't checked for more clips yet, but I will. I do hope there are more. All hail Douglas Adams, btw.

[@user-ip1ow7hf8c]

Never late, just in time, always in time. Time.

[@jammin023]

I'd forgotten all about this bit. Nicely done - I especially liked the courtroom sketches!

[@nailmusic]

man... these are the BEST

[@lostchild]

... i somehow now feel that it is my destiny to see this video. What started this destiny, i cannot know and yet somehow care

[@robinhodson9890]

This must be one of the radio script versions: I don't remember this passage in the books.

[@roguishpaladin]

This is correct, though there is an allusion made to them in the books if you follow this story arc and found out the background of these guys.

[@joedellinger9437]

This is how I remember the original radio series going. Played on NPR as a serial! (Addendum: NPR = National Public Radio in the US. It is mostly funded by voluntary donations from listeners although it also gets some various gov’t funding too. So it is not like a traditional national broadcaster as a European or Canadian would understand it.)

[@dogwalker666]

Yes this is the Radio 4 Original.

[@dogwalker666]

@@joedellinger9437 I have all the recordings this is the Radio 4 original, I listened to it so many times I wore the tapes out.

[@sunyacharoenying5183]

You should animate the part where Arthur has a disturbing discussion with a cow while at the RatEotU. That scene has so much potential, animation wise.

[@Onychoprion27]

Sunya Charoenying Unfortunately that scene wasn't in the radio show, which is where all this audio is coming from.

[@CGoody564]

I thought these were some official adaptation. Well done man. Subbed

[@chap666ish]

A work of genius.

[@thesarahbrown]

I love this so much. You sir, are the babel fish for my dreams.

[@themadplotter]

“Art”

[@ADxWales81]

Excellent use of Judiciary Pag!

[@theoneandonlyNick2]

Adrian Rees I'm glad someone finally spotted him

[@paulelliott3220]

Genius It's a question of physics Wonderful animation

[@taurnguard]

"You are living in a stagnant, declining civilization. Where are you looking?" "Down." "What do you see?" "My shoes." "Correct. How do you cheer yourself up?" "I buy a new pair." "Correct. You may press the button."

[@theoneandonlyNick2]

Oooh...That feels nice

[@MostlyHarmlessPlanet]

Huzzah! Just the kind of video one needs before a Thursday :)

[@CloudStar42]

Haven't gotten to this part in the series, but as per usual it never ceases to amaze me

[@TrustATinOwl]

Thankyou THANKYOU! Getting some great moments visualised is fantastic. Please never stop making videos :)

[@aukondk]

Another wonderful animation from my favourite section of the Hitchikers radio series!

[@benvolio15]

Wonderful! I wonder what the limping Foot Warriors look like to you.

[@ameliapond1288]

AMAZING!!!!! I LOVE these videos

[@tjbarke6086]

Hitchhiker's Guide is the Britishest thing of all time.

[@BeardyBassist]

These are fab! Always puts a smile on my face :)

[@jocelynhanna9395]

Wooohooooo!! Love them!! And they make me have nerdgasms!!!!

[@theoneandonlyNick2]

awesome! thats the second best kind of gasm! :D

[@johnlittleton8117]

Thank you for this.

[@TunaFreeDolphinMeat]

Great work.

[@Nighthawke70]

I'm so effing glad i found these.

[@labrynianrebel]

This series is amazing 🏆

[@jialinding9636]

Great work!

[@ZiddersRooFurry]

These are brilliant.

[@evanraynolds8699]

i like how the judge is shown to be drunk during the trial

[@5ilver42]

I'm going to admit, I completely forgot about this part... >_

[@richardmattocks]

Fantastic!

[@mpabromley]

Just WOW!! yet again this is awesome. So many good scenes that can be done. Ford at the old pink dog or Fenny & Arthur. Anything you do is fantastic though. :)

[@MaisieSqueak]

Another great job. Moar Plez :D

[@dixieflatlineable]

so. awesome.

[@grumpyorgre2336]

This is very Monty python

[@RebeccaMarkelvGaming]

legend! saw the thumbnail and instantly watched :D thanks for the animaton

[@Bashamo257]

You should do the Starship Bistromath!

[@TrisketsCheese]

I don't remember this from the books.

[@RAFMnBgaming]

It was in the radio series season 2 only

[@octogonSmuggler]

@@RAFMnBgaming I thought it was also referenced in the 1980s TV series as well...

[@RAFMnBgaming]

@@octogonSmuggler Possibly but as I remember it they only really got up to Ford and Arthur on earth in that.

[@tristramllewellyn8162]

Didn’t John Lloyd help with the writing towards the end as Douglas getting further and further behind with the writing. Stories of Douglas’s scripts literally been torn from the typewriter to studio so the next scene could be recorded. Wikipedia has it that John co-wrote some of series one but as this part is series two and never reprised in any other format by Douglas I think quite likely the above story applies.

[@pixlification3130]

Yep original BBC radio series from which the books came!

[@MLB9000]

It’s not a question of who’s habitat it is, it’s a question of how hard you hit it

[@jdmill2]

Nick Page needs a patreon where he lets us pay him to animate the whole thing...

[@davethomas1241]

I'd like to see the animation with the wise old bird

[@why_keith]

Superb

[@CuteFuzzyWeasel]

FUCK! YOU ARE AWESOME!

[@horaciosi]

How are his slippers not falling off?

[@tssteelx]

Expect the unexpected.... i wounder if that's were mocho man go it from.

[@ArcaneKnave]

One birdperson disliked this

[@WobblesandBean]

I love Brontitall 😂

[@duketheLEGEND651]

Can someone explain

[@TGPadm]

hahaha hilariouse

[@Seal0626]

These are brilliant.