Neil Gaiman on how he will remember Terry Pratchett

[@jessherselfable]

I will hold the image of Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman walking through NYC singing "Shoehorn With Teeth" close to my heart for the rest of my life.

[@openh2oswimmer]

I love that Terry Pratchett was singing a TMBG song very near Brooklyn. I wonder if they know he was a fan.

[@fastinbulvis2223]

Pretentious. Overrated.

[@neilholmes8200]

Neil Gaiman's impersonation of his friend is so brilliant :) You can also tell how much they remained true friends throughout their lives, especially when you see the bit in the Back in Black documentary where he talks about how much he misses his friend

[@spacestormgirl2657]

I can't believe that even with an Alzheimer, he still managed to remember so many details of that day. You just got to love him.

[@Grim_Sister]

Heros always get remembered, but legends never die. Sir Prachett was a legend. And we were all very lucky to know him

[@Galastel]

That made me laugh and cry. I miss Sir Terry.

[@JoJo-xs7hd]

Magnificent memory to remember such a phenomenal human being. Thank you Neil for sharing it with us so eloquently ❤️

[@lewissmith5759]

Terry is by far my favourite author.

[@jotskiaren]

right? I mean look at the discworld, all the characters hundreds of them, and they all intertwine, I cant even begin to explain how human death is . He is brilliant, absolute brilliant and I admire him more then tolkin.

[@i_dont_know_who_i_am69]

Jonathan Fransson yeah, Gaiman also writes a great Death, but Terry's still my favorite.

[@GeaVox]

Yep! He travels on the Overhead in our websites... Anyone who has a WordPress website can install the GNU Terry Pratchett Plugin. And Users of Firefox and Android can install the add-on that puts a Clacks card on your toolbar, so that when a website is sending Sir Terry's name on in the Overhead, the card will light up... and you can wave him on Terry Pratchett you live forever... >>>>> Sir Terry Pratchett >>>> Always Going Home On The Overhead! >>>> addons.mozilla.org/en-US/android/addon/gnu_terry_pratchett/

[@GeaVox]

www.gnuterrypratchett.com/

[@EvulOne42]

GNU Sir Terry! I just love your books, and wish there would have been many more!

[@JediMB]

That was amazing. I... I really have to pick up all the Discworld books I haven't already read.

[@megha1806]

Have you?

[@pillmuncher67]

Who in their right mind dislikes this?

[@OneOfTheEvil]

Currently reading "Witches Abroad" and oh boy, best Pratchett book I red so far. Granny does not fuck around. Most bad ass female fictional character i can think of. Imagine her in the Harry Potter universe :D She'd just tell Voldemort to be kind and he'd be happy to do so.

[@neilholmes8200]

I kind of think Mcgonigal's "his name is Voldemort, you might as well use it, he's going to try and kill you whether you use it or not" is very Granny

[@scottm.603]

Voldemort would become a gardener or something because he knows Granny Weatherwax is always watching him...and he wants none of that.

[@Ryan-fosho]

I have never read a book voluntarily, of course I’ve read all the books they forced us to analyze in school and I think that’s what turned me off of books for so long. Somehow small gods was put in front of me one day and I started reading out of pure boredom, after an hour I realized I love reading! Small gods is awesome so far almost done with it.

[@neilholmes8200]

Did you carry on to other books? :)

[@Ryan-fosho]

@@neilholmes8200 I infact did. Read a couple more of the discworld books and bounced around a lot now I’m reading crime and punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky :) trying to read at least a couple books from every genre.

[@neilholmes8200]

@Ryan great stuff, I try to read a fiction book, then a non fiction book and so on (I'm a history nerd lol). Definitely recommend dipping in and out of the discworld books though, they're brilliant

[@scottm.603]

@@Ryan-fosho Oooh, that's a deep one, as is most of Russian literature. Good luck! o7

[@Intersounds]

Nature plays tricks on brilliant mind.

[@rishabhaniket1952]

Wow! Chabon is my favourite author. Interesting that he loves Gaiman and Pratchett.

[@LBVidiot]

Internet! I need you! Where is this interview!?!

[@sasukesarutobi3862]

There is a link to the full interview in the description.

[@LBVidiot]

@@sasukesarutobi3862not the full version of this. I was literally looking for the interview where the interviewer thought that Good Omans was non-fiction, but thanks.

[@Greycap96]

I would sell my first born son to the guy who could get me a recording of that abc radio interview...

[@MasterTow1994]

"Rumpelstilzchen likes that"

[@Grim_Sister]

I’ll help you create a first born for that recording

[@thestiffarchives7749]

Neil Gaiman bringing the "Luggage".

[@peterlistuder3058]

guys is there some planescapian timeshifting ongoing?

[@scottmantooth8785]

did Gaiman, Pratchett and Adams ever meet together in the same room at the same time?

[@Elsenoromniano]

Probably, Gaiman and Terry were close friends and they were all part of the H.P Lovecraft Holiday fun club (A group of sci-fi/fantasy authors who were in every gathering). and Gaiman definitely knew Adams, so it' wouldn't be weird for them to coincide in one conference or such and have a nice talk. And I would pay a spleen to be able to have been there.

[@MichaelSHartman]

To be a fly on the wall.

[@rachaelknudsen8801]

@@Elsenoromniano I would pay a kidney.

[@teamstarpug]

Where can I find the whole show?

[@qwertyTRiG]

I think it's from kzbin.info/www/bejne/pZbcm6FpesZ7d68.

[@peterlistuder3058]

theres suddenly a several hour gap here. and thats your thing mind the gap. is outdoors safe or is it new new oslo bugged?

[@tmaxim2651]

I guess a man with Alzheimer's can still have a good memory, just maybe not all the time...

[@kwgrid]

I tend to believe that they're still 'in there', but the difficulty is getting the 'in there' to the 'out there' due to mechanical problems, if you get what mean.

[@Galastel]

The memories are there, it's just "finding" them that stops working. A person might remember they have a daughter, but be unable to recognise her, and keep looking for her while she's there.

[@swiftlymurmurs]

That, yes, but Terry also had rather peculiar Alzheimer's symptoms, that degraded his short term memory much worse than his long term, save the smaller details.

[@josephteller9715]

@@swiftlymurmurs It happens... some lose the short term before the long. I had a friend who's mom developed it... both short and long term became spotty. Could remember when her library books were due but could not remember if she ate breakfast that morning or what it was.... and the last time I saw her my friend had to tell her several times who I was (I was there to help him move some of her stuff into storage as she was going in to an assisted living situation and he was selling the house for her etc.).

[@lehelisbored]

@@swiftlymurmurs The most common effect of Alzheimer's on the brain is the inability to store memories on the outer layer of the brain, which atrophies. Long term and "emotional memories" (i.e. remembering the way something/someone makes you fell, but not remembering the functional details about them, like their name) are stored in the amygdala, which is usually not damaged by dementia. Terry however had posterior cortical atrophy, a rate type of dementia which is somewhat different, but generally similar to Alzheimer's. In the late stage of his life he did however show the most common symptoms of most dementias - aphasia, or the loss of speech skills (even though he knew what he wanted to say, he couldn't find the right words) and decreased concentration, or being "muddled" when having to sequence tasks.

[@RawbeardX]

when did Neil get so old?

Not a particular time; he's been working on it for a while.

[@henrysmith9725]

Eduardo Gutiérrez I’m late to the party here, but this comment does Gaiman and Pratchett a lot of credit.

[@lewstherinteletubby50]

Who else clicked because of Pratchett's eyebrows?

[@mattknauf3996]

i didn't know they were friends. go figure

[@lehelisbored]

As he says in the video, they co-authored Good Omens.

[@rachaelknudsen8801]

Before they co-authored it, Neil interviewed Terry for a magazine article. They became friends and Neil learned that certain hats belong on other people. Leather jackets and black tee-shirts belong on him.

[@srinivasaramanujan2881]

THEY comforted Terry before he died and told him everything would end well. THEY conveyed this message to many people. Maybe someone will be interested in this information, comfort someone else. Someone else can laugh. The services take it all seriously .The people who work there are not big fans of religion, God, Gods . Furthermore, THEIR rules are a joke for many of them.

[@wetwhistlinwillyjohnson5743]

Go away, Neil.

[@einarsteinnvalgarsson3333]

You click on a video that’s literally called “Neil Gaiman on how he will remember Terry Pratchett” to tell Neil to “go away”? Gee, troll much?