Marvin the Paranoid Android Comes to QI | QI

[@kingt34]

Just as an FYI to a lot of people who don't know - this is Marvin from the HHGTTG Live Radio Show, which is why he's composed of different radio parts. So if you're wondering why they used this Marvin - First, it was directly accessible, and second, the tour for the live show had just wrapped up so it was a nice send-off for the show!

[@anthonyking4508]

I’m just saying… Casting Alan Rickman as Marvin in the film adaptation of Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy was a master stroke. His voice is the epitome of intelligence mixed with depression that’s so evocative!! May he RIP Alan Rickman

[@HarriRobins]

Stephen Moore is also very very good in the part as this demonstrates.

[@esquilax5563]

Can just imagine Marvin saying "Mr Takagi won't be joining us, for the rest of his life"

[@hadorstapa]

@@HarriRobins I thought that sounded like the original. I wonder if they took his lines from the radio, TV, or theatre production? Of course, we also lost dear Stephen Moore in 2019, so may he also Rest in Peace.

[@Tao_Tology]

@@hadorstapa Deffo they played a recording of his performance from the original radio broadcast.

[@bigkevonbass]

I agree, Alan Rickman and Stephen Fry were perfect cast choices. They should have had Timothy Spall as the Vogon leader. With a full black country accent! "Paepole of earth, yaour attention plaease!"

[@DrewSavo]

I read the autopsy for Hitchbot. It said he was ‘beaten with a blunt object, stabbed, shot then stabbed again’. And when you tell the average American this they’re just like ‘That’s Philly, whatchu expect?!’

[@eggsngritstn]

I came here to say exactly the same thing. 100% on brand for Philadelphia.

[@DrewSavo]

@@eggsngritstn this is the third time I’ve written this comment on this vid. Someone keeps deleting my posts from this vid. I think maybe someone from Philly…?

[@kharynj6629]

From the land of punching a police horse because their team won the Super Bowl

[@donjones4719]

I want to believe it was scavenged for components, but yeah, this is a place full of Eagles fans.

[@RubyDoobieScoo]

Rasputinbot

[@TheTroystreet]

The second she started to talk about them sending one to the US I knew it wasn’t going to end well for the robot.

[@lisakaz35]

Indeed. The word "Philadelphia" told me where it died.

[@mbirth]

Turning HitchBot into DitchBot ...

[@jeremiahmichael5417]

I just think that the murders were standing over the beaten and dismembered shell of Hitchbot saying "Welcome to Philly...."

[@John_Smith_60]

I remember a news report on television here in the US when the robot was dropped off, and then the one several days later with the Philadelphia result. When I started watching this video, my immediate thought was, "Oh, this does not end well."

[@grf15]

Yes, it traveled thousands of miles in Canada and Europe and didn't last a week in the USA. I'm tempted to write something nasty.

[@StuzRoz]

42 points to Marvin 😂

[@Minotaur1975]

I was going to like this comment, but it's at 42 likes already, so...

[@zapkvr]

Or 6 * 9

[@josefschiltz2192]

"42? . . Is THAT it? . . . Hateful. JuUUst hateful! . . I'm off to find a rustful corner . . Get it? Rustful? I don't know why I bother!" - wheezes off.

[@marvintpandroid2213]

Thank you

[@speleokeir]

42? The meaning to life, the universe and everything? Life - Don't talk to me about life...

[@EddiePedalo]

I remember Marvin the Paranoid Android... but I don't remember him being a bloke holding a tape recorder with a nightlight on top. After Hitchbot got in that fight in Philadelphia, he hitched a ride to Bel Air to live with his Uncle Philbot and Aunt Vivbot.

[@AndrewCreatez]

every character looks different across certain adaptations

[@dorkarama3135]

The hitchhiking bot survived Canada and Europe, which is fine but what were the owners thinking: "I know, lets plonk the bot down on a highway in the land of the serial killer". It was never gonna do route 66.

[@Zeiler91]

in 2015 l hitchhiked from Florida to California. Took me three months, but was amazing. I was 23 back then from Europe. Not a single bad thing happened, except US custom officers at Orlando international airport. Tossers 😐....

[@amoral_minority]

@@Zeiler91 Americans are robophobic

[@Pfisiar22]

their mistake was taking it to Philadelphia. The only city in the US more full of assholes than Philadelphia is Boston

[@franzfanz]

@@Zeiler91 Worst customs officer I ever experienced was my first trip to the UK. She barked questions at me and was dissatisfied when I was slow to answer. I'd just come from Auckland, New Zealand. My origin point was almost the furthest away from Heathrow it is possible to travel from. I'd slept a total of three hours in the last seventy two. Of course I was slow to answer! Best experience was in Beijing. She was super friendly and efficient which was appreciated as I'd picked up a wee head cold in Hong Kong and was paranoid that it was bird flu and I was going to be denied entry.

[@John_Smith_60]

Jack the Ripper, Burke and Hare, Harold Shipman, Beverley Allitt, Rebecca Smith, Fred and Rose West, _et. al._ join the chat.

[@juliusfucik4011]

The original TV series Marvin is my spirit animal. Life... Don't talk to me about life!

[@TheGreatAtario]

"I wish you'd just tell me rather trying to engage my enthusiasm, because I haven't got one."

[@jmalmsten]

"he just called us up to wash his head at us."

[@alexrogan6563]

'Making it up? Why should I be making it up? Life's unpleasant enough as it is without having to invent more of it.'

[@josefschiltz2192]

"Ghastly . . It all is, absolutely ghastly. Just don't even talk about it. It's too ghastly for words."

[@markbriten6999]

Life loathe it or ignore it, you can't like it

[@TheRealMirCat]

There was a story about a garden gnome that was stolen. Went all over the U.S. sending the lady postcards and pictures of his trip. Made it back home a year later. Didn't dare go through Philly.

[@FendtFavorit926Vario]

That's the most heartwarming story about a stolen garden gnome I've ever heard.

[@kellydalstok8900]

That story was used in a film. So it’s based on a true story.

[@perrydowd9285]

It became a kind of fad where I live. Perth Airport was the gnome trafficing capital of the world.

[@BornAgainCynic0086]

Back in the 1970's in Sydney Australia, I was part of a gang of Gnome Nappers. We would SWAP gnomes from one house to another. We kept a list of where they belonged. Then one night, when the police (yes people actually complained to the pigs) were getting a bit close for comfort, we stole every one of the transplanted gnomes and placed all of them in a park near Ryde police station with a sign saying SORRY.

[@CricketEngland]

"Here I am, brain the size of a planet, and they tell me to take you up to the bridge. Call that job satisfaction? 'Cos I don't."

[@BuzzaB77]

I might be in the minority here, but I personally hold the 2005 film as one of my fave films ever, and I believe it to be a fantasitic adaptation of Douglas Adams' humour. Alan Rickman's performance of Marvin was just perfect.

[@BornAgainCynic0086]

Ever seen the original BBC series? You should, it blows the movie away.

[@nathanglover8437]

Alan Davies' Marvin voice was on point

[@ericoliverio5514]

Please QI add closed captions to your videos I’m stunned such a smart show doesn’t consider accessibility features a priority!

[@JaneAustenAteMyCat]

Hear, hear!

[@JaneAustenAteMyCat]

Unintentional pun

[@chessman88]

„smart“

[@wx7fm]

I’ll support that

[@TheThirdSilence]

I live in NY, and I remember when this happened haha. Anyone in the Tri-State Area who heard the story could only shrug and just say: "Yeah, but that's just Philly"

[@ratholin]

Yeah I knew a guy from philly who was just playing basketball and things got so bad his mom had to ship him off to california to live with her sister just to avoid getting murdered.

[@TheThirdSilence]

@@ratholin I hear he was doing well, though his new house didn't have a roof

[@jackielinde7568]

I live in Phoenix, and when she mentioned Philly, my first thought was, "Yeah, that robot's not going to survive long."

[@jackielinde7568]

@@ratholin I think I heard that story. Wasn't the kid's uncle some sort of judicial figure or magistrate?

[@realtijuana5998]

Kitty Genovese sends her regards.

[@jcortese3300]

I'm FROM Philadelphia, and I have no idea what the hell they were thinking putting the thing down in North Philly.

[@JosephineMiller]

From a world perspective, that is very sad.

[@iaindavis4417]

I would love to have the voice of Marvin the paranoid Android as a burglar alarm

[@rustknuckleirongut8107]

"Everything is shit here so take what you like, its not like I will miss it when everything is wrong with the world and the police wont come since the last time I talked to police officer he shot himself and the family living here"

[@thatdudeinorange2297]

Yes, but will it be a purple burglar alarm?

[@BobTheTrueCactus]

@@thatdudeinorange2297 You may try a purple people eater as a guard dog instead.

[@zapkvr]

Stephen Moore was a national treasure and I dont even know what he looks like. I've only heard the radio version

[@juliusfucik4011]

Best version!

[@peterjf7723]

He was in many TV, radio and theatre productions. In the 1985 TV version of The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole he played George Mole, the father of Adrian Mole.

[@zapkvr]

@@peterjf7723 I just found this out earlier today. I need to go find it. 😊

[@zapkvr]

@@juliusfucik4011 I have all 12 eps on CD. Drag it out every Xmas. It's wonderful

[@scaredyfish]

A few years back they did audio versions of the rest of the books with most of the original cast, too.

[@christopherbell5817]

Reminds me of the wheelie bin found floating in The Sea of Gallilee, with the words "Property of Waltham Forest District Council" stamped on it.

[@zanussidish8144]

It would be a brilliant story if true.

[@giantnerd14]

RIP hitchbot, it was a mistake sending through the USA.

[@stevie-ray2020]

There would've been nothing to find if they'd sent it on a road-trip in Asia, as it would be stripped down to scrap within a couple of hours!

[@lenmarfox2947]

Marvin: I've just been talking with the ship's computer. Arthur Dent in panic:....and?.... Marvin: ......it hates me.

[@thefakecanadian2651]

I’m from Philly and I just have to say this is exactly what I would expect.

[@NewMessage]

I'd have expected this clip on the 25th!

[@LeornianCyng]

I love Marvin. Imagine if Honda gave his voice to ASIMO lol. Also I love Sandi’s relationship with Susan as much as I love the dynamic between Holly and Susan.

[@alexharrison2743]

The tale of Hitchbot in Philadelphia is a happy story - one fewer hitchhiker died that week

[@hiltonian_1260]

You’d think that the hitchbot would have gotten a giant robotic arm installed in Canada.

[@makiburgess5733]

My mum worked for SPAR Aerospace in Toronto at the time when they built the Canadarm. As a wee boy, I saw a working prototype demonstration with one on one explanation by one of the engineers.

[@reachandler3655]

I like a Marvin sat-nav!

[@cthellis]

How can you possibly quiz a robot with a brain the size of a planet?

[@bradleynoneofyourbizz5341]

If you ever encounter said robot please let this be the first question you ask it!

[@David-qi1ys]

What did Jim's wife ever see in him?

[@CricketEngland]

"Here I am, brain the size of a planet, and they tell me to take you up to the bridge. Call that job satisfaction? 'Cos I don't."

[@peterclarke7240]

Don't talk to me about quizzes.

[@Titan604]

"Given that God is infinite, and that the universe is also infinite, would you like a toasted teacake?"

[@nagranoth_]

Marvin isn't paranoid. He's depressed.

[@CorvusCorone68]

yes but depressed doesn't rhyme with android; also, he does have some aspects of paranoia, where he expects the universe to shit on him from a great height

[@marvintpandroid2213]

Life, don't talk to me about life.

[@TheAlllseeeingFish]

That's not the android from the TV show or the film though?

[@gdparry2727]

not the one I recognise

[@ofmanynicknames]

Nah it's the one from the radio show, aka it can look like anything.

[@sharg0]

I love the cameo by the TV version in the film :-)

[@stevie-ray2020]

From the original TV show that used the original radio-script!

[@CricketEngland]

No not from the TV series or crappy film (in which Marvin from the TV series makes a cameo) probably from one of the stage shows

[@Mnogojazyk]

The highlight, Marvin the robot. Yea, Marvin!

[@Tht1Gy]

Life! Don't talk to me about "life".

[@marvintpandroid2213]

I still have pain in the diodes down my left hand side.

[@cmennare]

Great, thanks, now I miss Alan Rickman all over again.

[@frederickvondinkerberg7721]

What the actual fuck has this got to do with Rickman?

[@cmennare]

@@frederickvondinkerberg7721 Alan Rickman was the voice of Marvin in the movie.

[@frederickvondinkerberg7721]

@@cmennare the movie was utter shit only the book, radio and TV show are any good so Rickman wasted his time

[@zanussidish8144]

@@frederickvondinkerberg7721 Be easier to say you didn't know. 🤷‍♂️

[@thelastgreataudit8112]

If they had talked to even a single American on the street before trying this theyd have promised this result. Genuinely the most surprising part about this story, as an American, has always been that there is anywhere on Earth where that wouldn't happen. (We have a very warped perception of the wider world.)

[@TheGreatCalsby]

Welp, it managed to get across Europe pretty well. Better revise those perceptions!

[@camtheman3x6]

if you look closely there's a man controlling the robot

[@Tht1Gy]

You don't have to look too close. Lol

[@BornAgainCynic0086]

The robot is manipulating the human, obvious.

[@puirYorick]

I remember seeing a bit of the Hitchbot being mugged or being recovered in an alley afterwards or something. The story made the news cycle.

[@Chris-hx3om]

Pretty much sums up the USA...

[@theprodigalstranger5259]

Cant do that here, most states have laws making hitchhiking illegal. Yup, sounds about right for Philly, after all they won the Super Bowl and burnt down like half the city in celebration.

[@warren52nz]

That might help explain why Americans hitchhiking around New Zealand often have Canadian flags on their backpacks. I actually picked one up because I'm Canadian and I assumed we'd have something in common... we didn't.

[@graemenicholls2836]

Well Marvin is different from the TV show - but at least they've kept the brilliant Stephen Moore's voice for him. So points off for QI for failing to mention that.

[@TailedFeature]

Sounded more like Simon Farnaby doing an impression of Stephen Moore.

[@edwardfletcher7790]

That was NOT Stephen Moore. The puppeteer controlling him didn't even bother dressing in black out !

[@zoenewton94]

@@edwardfletcher7790 Unfortunately it wasn't Stephen Moore being the puppeteer as he passed away around the time this was filmed

[@edwardfletcher7790]

@@zoenewton94 Oops. Didn't know that. Just knew the voice wasn't the right guy. (Guy was wayyyy too young anyway)

[@kingt34]

@@edwardfletcher7790 Just to clarify, this WAS Stephen Moore's actual voice - Stephen had recorded the lines for the HHGTTG Live Radio Show before his passing, and the lines here are recordings taken from the show.

[@bazza945]

Sandi's, "42 points to the robot!" How many people are old enough to catch that joke?!

[@alisonhill3941]

You mean, how many people watching a video referencing one of the main characters in H2G2 are old enough to catch one of the most famous H2G2 references, and one which is a massive part of geek culture? I'm going to go with "most"...

[@joyphil4399]

I don't think it's an age thing! Being a geek transcends generational gaps.

[@likebot.]

I think the Hitchbot is my long lost cousin. I will avenge his beating!!! _I'm coming for you, Yankee._

[@likebot.]

I have a certain -skillset- killset...

[@TheNightWatcher1385]

Your first mistake was sending it to Philadelphia.

[@davidioanhedges]

Douglas would have been on QI as the other permanent panellist ...

[@lhfirex]

The very obviously lit up puppeteer when they show Marvin is disappointing. I would have thought the robot wasn't interested in manipulating a human being like that.

[@Tao_Tology]

They tried to get Marvin for this episode but he was too busy putting his head in a bucket of water.

[@AUSSIETAIPAN]

The city of brotherly love - Philadelphia. Did anybody else get that joke?

[@underworld_jumbo]

Hi all, in this clip/episode Stephen mentions something about a series of hitch hikers guide series that just finished a run, but for the life of me I can't work out what it's in relation too. Was it radio, TV or something else. Maybe I'm just mishearing but if not could someone point me in the right direction!

[@kingt34]

The run was The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy Radio Show Live tour, where the original actors gathered and toured to do a live radio show on stage for live audiences. This Marvin is the Marvin that was from the show, which is why Marvin is made up of loads of old-school radio bits and bobs!

[@scaredyfish]

Is that Stephen Moore doing the Marvin voice? Or did they sample it from the original radio show, perhaps?

[@DerekHartley]

Sadly, Stephen died two weeks before it aired, but yes, that was him.

[@rodgeranderson4922]

Killadelphia!

[@barbeerian]

The correct answer to what you'd to to Hitchbot is DESTROY IT

[@petejones879]

Not sure where this one comes from it's different shaped head to the one used in the TV series and obviously not the round one used in the film.. Is this one Qi have knocked up? Or could it be off the original radio series.. Did they even have a physical one for the radio?

[@kivimik]

I think it was for a live stage version of the radio play: hence, the reel-to-reel aesthetic.

[@InternetEntity]

The first ten million years were the worst. And the second ten million, they were the worst too. After that I went into a bit of a decline.

[@antisoda]

"The third ten million years I didn't enjoy at all." Just had to insert this. It's my favourite Marvinism after all. :)

[@InternetEntity]

@@antisoda Missed a bit :(

[@NotSuitableForMum]

Disappointed it wasn't the one from the 70's TV show.

[@lngvly22]

All these people making fun of America, as if the same thing wouldn’t happen to the robot if you set it loose in Glasgow or Dagenham 😂

[@christopherdean1326]

As a paid-up Essex boy, I can tell you that he would have been stripped for parts and sold in Dagenham!

[@danadcock7028]

Voice? Yes. Marvin? No.

[@DerekHartley]

Marvin most definitely.

[@jamesbundy1781]

That's not Marvin! The voice is close though.

[@PhilBoswell]

That's Stephen Moore from the original radio series, I recognise several of the lines.

[@stevie-ray2020]

Can't quite fathom why a robot with a brain the 'size of a planet' would need a magnetic-tape reel-to-reel tape-deck built into its chest!?! 🤔

[@globalincident694]

In my headcanon, it's entirely aesthetic and doesn't do anything

[@samuellawrencesbookclub8250]

It's meant to be the robot from the HitchHikers Guide to the Galaxy, specifically, the one from the original 80s radio show, and later TV series. Hence the 80s sci-fi aesthetic.

[@Tht1Gy]

Cuz it's funny?

[@peterjf7723]

@@samuellawrencesbookclub8250 The radio show was first broadcast on Radio 4 in 1978.

[@samuellawrencesbookclub8250]

@@peterjf7723 So it was, must have misremembered. My point stands though, it's a nod the aesthetic of that era of sci-fi

[@WahrheitMachtFrei.]

Philly...that figures.

[@patrickamcguire8749]

Marvin wasn't paranoid, he was depressed

[@Tht1Gy]

In the book, he is called "Marvin, the paranoid android". Deal with it. 😉

[@lisakaz35]

@@Tht1Gy Did you not see Marvin in the film say he was depressed?

[@TaterRaider]

@@lisakaz35 And? Film based on book so book is canon. Also, the two aren't mutually exclusive.

[@mine634]

@@TaterRaider the book was based on the original radio series

[@mine634]

@@TaterRaider the book is brilliant though, and the TV show, the film sucks

[@christiner6000]

And that's all you need to know about America these days.

[@LysanderLH]

Which ‘Marvin’ was that?! Not the Marvin from the original tv series.

[@Hugh.G.Rectionx]

the theatre version

[@DerekHartley]

You mean the original radio series.

[@LysanderLH]

@@DerekHartley no.

[@bsjeffrey]

i am not unfriendly because i won't pick up a robot,

[@DKGifford19608]

Proud of my home city of Philly for stopping that robot bullshit.

[@ansfridaeyowulfsdottir8095]

That's not Marvin! {:o:O:}

[@samleno2630]

If memory serves, this was not the actual Marvin.

[@ann_onn]

They didn't show a real mermaid either.

[@dyent]

I'm sorry but that looks nothing like either incarnation of Marvin

[@Hugh.G.Rectionx]

its the theatre version

[@David-qi1ys]

As an American, yeah I can see that. Western Europeans are more likely to engage in these quirky types of things. Especially large cities in the US it'll just be looted. But the rural areas it would likely just sit forever or someone might come along and take it for a ride... to the scrapyard for a few $. We're not going to go "Ooh, a nifty social experiment! Let me take time out of my day to load it up, move it and set it up for the next kindly stranger." If we're ever that bored we'll go to the woods, set up some pop cans for target practice cause guns are fun. Honestly (without any positive or negative judgement), we see this and think "You over there you to have a lot of time on your hands." :)

[@eshwarsubramaniam4288]

That's a very eloquent way to say we're uncultured dickwads, y'know.

[@SevCaswell]

Yeah, and you guys think socialism is evil, but who has the best quality of life, hmm?

[@kawaiilotus]

What a sad way of thinking, no time in your day for fun and intrigue, especially when I will take all of 5 minutes out of your schedule?

[@Woad25]

You know rural America isn't all gun totin, uneducated hilljjacks that would have taken the robot for target practice. The modern rural American would of scraped the robot for meth money. Get with the times man.

[@Saje3D]

Well, when you don’t have to scramble to pay for healthcare…

[@blairshort1098]

.... nice try

[@Dextrovix-42]

Marvin The Paranoid Android looks nothing like the British TV series, or the 2005 movie, so where did this version appear, apart from on QI...?

[@Julius_Hardware]

The stage show, toured about ten years ago. So he's the most recent Marvin.

[@donjones4719]

In a few years the Hitchhiking Robot could have been picked up by a robo-taxi. But by then he could have actual companions. Tesla has announced they'll be making android-form robots, and they are already the world leader in real-world AI.

[@tymon5349]

thats not marvin

[@Hugh.G.Rectionx]

yes it is

[@AmmoGus1]

I wonder the people who beat up the robot LOOKED LIKE? I wonder if they have those same types of people in Europe?? One wonders!

[@onemercilessming1342]

Philadelphia was founded by Quakers. They assisted runaway slaves among other peaceful endeavors. Benjamin Franklin had Quaker leanings. It's where our Liberty Bell is kept, our Declaration of Independence and our Constitution were written. Sadly, it has become a sh*thole. However, there is much of historical value to see in Philly if you are brave and stay out of the ghettoes.

[@davidlawrence3106]

Am I the only person who thinks that showing empathy towards an insensate machine is a sign of human decline? People are not raising machines to human level, they are degrading humans to machine level.

[@esquilax5563]

Yes, you're probably the only one. People will show empathy to a fire hydrant if you put googly eyes on it. It's just part of a natural human instinct, which evolved at a time when there were no pseudo-humans around to hijack it

[@markbriten6999]

YES

[@BornAgainCynic0086]

Do you live in Philly?

[@memonk11]

Not Mavin. Boo.

[@haldasinger6440]

I thought for some reason it was Marvin the Martian. V disappointed. The reason is of course that I am thick.

[@robg521]

That isn’t Marvin

[@Hugh.G.Rectionx]

yes it is

[@robg521]

@@Hugh.G.Rectionx they appear to have created a new version of the robot for some reason. …. There is the original Marvin from the TV series voiced by Stephen Moore or there is a movie version of him voiced by Alan Rickman. What appeared on QI is a parody of the TV original with an impersonator mimicking Steven Moore’s voice. [as far as I know this new thing they have build has never been used to represent Marvin in any TV or movie production so any Hitchhikers fan won’t recognise it] Ps In the original Radio series Marvin was voiced by Steven Moore and it was only by chance that he did the voice. He was booked to do the voice of another character and only did Marvin’s voice because he was in the studio at the time. His voice was so good it was the reason the character took off and became so popular.

[@alisonhill3941]

@@robg521 That's the Marvin from the touring theatre show, so many Hitchhikers fans (myself included) definitely will recognise it.

[@lidbass]

@Rob G Not sure, but I think that it is Stephen Moore’s voice taken directly from the radio series ( or possibly the re-recordings released on tape, depending on rights). It certainly sounds like him to me, so if it is an imitator, hats off to him. Course it would have been nice for the QI channel to actually credit the real voice, maybe in the video description… Too much trouble, Elves?

[@Hugh.G.Rectionx]

@@robg521 any real fan recognises the character 'marvin' in all the forms. just because some people spend their lives staring at a screen instead of experiencing other things in life, doesnt mean the only canon versions of marvin are the ones on screen

[@AllahDoesNotExist]

White Europeans -> no problem. Basketball Americans in Philly -> dead robot.

[@GlassDeviant]

Americans should be ashamed.

[@ItsGroundhogDay]

I wouldn't want to go into a major American city either. The vast majority of America is safe. Cities are a cesspool.

[@puirYorick]

Tell that to all the women and children whose remains are found in some abandoned chained up trailer in the boondocks or some remote farm plot in a shallow pit. Oh wait, you can't. There's plenty of evil weirdos in rural America. The world is just less likely to hear about them if there's no nearby TV news truck to catch the story. Proportionate to the local population density, I'm sure rural America holds its own better than any suburb or city when it comes to horrible acts. It's just not caught on camera as often and there isn't a formal reporting structure to investigate anything amiss. Small town secrets is a thing. In a city, pretty much everything gets noticed by the various mechanisms before too long, not like in the remote hills and desert towns where folks know but don't dare speak.

[@edwardfletcher7790]

Well that was a real let down ☹️ STUPID clickbait !

[@jamesbutler6253]

The more I see and hear Joe Lycett the less I like him.

[@paulpeterson4216]

Marvin did not look like Marvin, more like Martha, and the Rickman impersonation was, let's say...less than stellar.

[@DerekHartley]

Why would it sound like Rickman? That was actual Stephen Moore doing the original voice of Marvin.

[@DiscoCol08]

Rubbish version of Marvin