The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Dolphins

A clip from the 1981 TV series adaption to Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

[@Abuamina001]

This book and tv series should be part of the Education Curriculum. In all countries across the globe.

[@jlewis6195]

yeah definitely, I agree because school needs less fact sand more imagination so the children can "think outside the box" and have a greater understanding of the universe and the fact that things are not always what they seem

[@jlewis6195]

in the beginning the universe was created, this was widely regarded as a bad move.

[@circuitrionjuliusbreaker9924]

Agreed.

[@vaketea717]

When humans get too effing 'smart' for me I love to watch this.Thanks for posting.

[@Sinjinator]

I always loved these animations

[@carpetmonk]

many were increasingly of the opinion that they'd all made a big mistake in coming down from the trees in the first place.

[@devanhinskey9001]

And some said even the trees had been a bad move and that no one should have left the oceans.

[@Crossroadsinc]

Don't expect hate at all. The TV series was MARVELOUS! I deeply recommend the radio show, many people consider it the first and BEST version. Ironically, the books are actually done Last, written AFTER both the TV show and the Radio show.

[@paulelliott3220]

Brilliant Very cool part of the tv series and actually pretty groundbreaking at the time Excellently portraying the visuals to the unmistakably wonderful Peter Jones as 'The Book'

[@megafan2453]

I enjoyed the movie because it tried some things differently. I wouldn't have wanted to sit through just a verbatim adaptation of the TV show or radio show or books, so while it changes many things, it's mostly harmless.

[@SamuelBlack84]

So long, and thanks for all the fish

[@orinanime]

@twdalbeck27 i didn't say the radio show followed the books. i said they're the only other iteration that lives up to them. As I feel the books are the best and most fully developed of the incarnations of the H2G2. That's all I meant. Sorry, I wasn't more clear.

[@ChrisSmout]

A very old one and well worth tracking down

[@FrankHoboMaster]

@paulcrash especially the animation segments, they're so much more interesting and intriguing to look at.

[@hotelmario510]

0:51 Douglas Adams :D

[@DeepEye1994]

The movie is still good tough

[@Spoomis]

It's pretty good.

[@AnhTuPhucDerrickHoangCanada]

The dolphin never evolved through thick and thin.

[@EXRazeBurn]

How many times better was this than the movie? 42

[@stephentyrrell5951]

At 41 seconds there is an animation of Arnold Schwarzenegger in the middle of the 3 body-builders. On the right, I think is Bill Pearl and on the left it could be Franco Columbo. And if you ever saw the documentary 'Pumping Iron', you will know that Mike Katz really didn't know where his towel was! Or was it his T shirt?

[@paulcrash]

@72metallicafan I was referring to the 2005 movie. I didn't know there was a previous movie version.

[@mijmijrm]

the ultimate ref for HHGTTG is the original 2 radio series. I think the Futrama people could make a good shot at something **based** on HHGTTG. Live action stuff gets snarled up in special effects that detract from the point.

[@Ryan44567]

@MissSushipunk This is from the description box: "A clip from the 1981 TV series adaption to Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."

[@squirrelapocalypse]

@Gry Fu 1 There were some aspects of the second book in it, and a line or two.

[@LoneDragoon90]

@twdalbeck27 In any case, the first two radio series were first, then the books, then the last three series. And I strongly reccomend the radio series. They're all brilliant.

[@christophercervantes5753]

Mice.. Dolphins.. then Humans!

[@chaz706]

There was on the BBC.

[@TheAnonymousfruit]

Radio Show is great

[@HancockYo]

@paulcrash so true

[@Bigotedechivo]

What's this clip? I only knew the movie with mos def! please answer! want to get it asap!

[@Sindre1]

@hotelmario510 Oh yeeeaaaaah :P Did not notice that.

[@Gryfu1]

@EXRazeBurn I don't really see how the choice for the role of Trillian in the movie is a mistake. Trillian is described as having black hair in the book. She has black hair in the movie, but blonde hair in the TV series. And what the hell makes you think they tried to cram the whole book series into a 2 hour movie when THEY DID NOT. The movie is based on only the first book.

[@ObjectsInMotion]

its 10 times better, which makes the total 11 if you count the original.

[@hotelmario510]

@CardinalDextrous83 Don't be so sure. Dawkins first rose to fame in 1976 with his book "The Selfish Gene". THHGTTG came out in 1978. In any case, Jones has his own voice, and Dawkins has his own. Neither is impersonating either.

[@Residentlistener]

Not quite correct Crossroads Inc.-the original books The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and The Restaurant at the end of the Universe were written in 1979 and 1980 and published by Pan Books - after the original radio shows but before the TV adaptation. The remainder of the trilogy (in 5 parts) were published in 1982,1984 and finally 'Mostly Harmless in 1992. Today is Towel day -25th May -celebrating the life and works of Douglas Adams

[@HiiPPi3]

there's a tv series?!

[@hotelmario510]

@Sindre1 Well you have now! :D

[@radicalsaturday9857]

Earth was the true smartest though

[@zecle]

tvtropes brought me here

[@Gryfu1]

@EXRazeBurn Lol, Douglas Adams wrote the f*ckin' screenplay of the movie.

[@givesmepaws]

Its starting with the orcas

[@mrmalade]

which came first? the narrator or richard dawkins? One is definitely mimicking the other

[@dabunnyrabbit2620]

wheres the rest?

[@ObjectsInMotion]

so your saying it was 10 times better

[@ma356289]

british comedy rules!

[@paulmag91]

42 ratings, that's your answer.

[@paulcrash]

The TV series was 1,000 % better than the movie

[@B1o2e3rg4e5r6]

Stephen Fry. That is all.

[@EXRazeBurn]

@Gryfu1 A good sceneplay by no means makes a good movie. While it is usually clever writing, the movie (I'm assuming you mean the newer one) often doesn't fully capture the atmosphere of the series (televised or radio) or the books, and the actors, while some were good choices (i.e. Arthur Dent and the narrator) most were horrendous mistakes (i.e. Trillion, Zaphod Beeblebrox). Not to mention that since it is a movie, it tries to cram the whole book series into one 2 hour affair. Aweful.

[@ObjectsInMotion]

you are wrong. if it is 1000% better, then it is 10 100%s better, and if a 100% is one time better, then it is 10 one-time-betters, or ten times better. if you have one apple, and someone else has 6 times more than you, then they have 6 apples not 7.

[@orinanime]

This series is decent enough. I don't think either the TV series or film live up to the books. The Radio show does. I still prefer the recent movie, above all others though.

[@LoneDragoon90]

@twdalbeck27 In any case, the first two radio series were first, then the books, then the last three series. And I strongly reccomend the radio series. They're all brilliant.