This is Completely Absurd: THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY (1981)

[@billhumiston9888]

What a FANTASTIC opening! In about a minute, you managed to capture the spirit and wit of your subject matter. Douglas would be proud!

[@TheUnapologeticGeek]

Thank you so much! 😊

[@caldodge]

​@@TheUnapologeticGeek I agree.

[@thedon-e6514]

I agree!! Awesome opening - really enjoyed it!

[@dane3038]

Ironic, isn't it?

[@Laceykat66]

The second head of Zaphod Beeblebrox, according to Douglas Admas, was a "throwaway line" in the original radio script that he greatly regretted writing. It made for all sorts of problems in the show's later incarnations. A solid word of caution for all "comedy" writers. Jokes stick.

[@tomsenior7405]

My favourite version you ask? The original 1978 Radio Broadcasts from 1978. Between the entire school, we were able to reconstruct the entire series (Because not everyone managed to tape every episode off the radio, all in one go). The TV adaptation, books and albums did not disappoint, even though minor changes stood out to us. Hitch-Hikers was not a Radio Show, it was a phenomenon. Will there ever be a 7th book?

[@easyevilg299]

mr adams passed

[@davidwebb4451]

​@@easyevilg299That didn't stop there being a 6th book ( written by Eoin Colfer).

[@FredScuttle456]

I'd like to write a detailed reply, but I've got a horrible pain in all the diodes down my left side.

[@daviniarobbins9298]

The first radio series is always edited when released whether on tape, record or CD due to copyright issues. Episode 3 is the most affected with about 2 minutes worth cut. There is a whole website devoted on how to restore the missing bits .

[@iainlaskey7285]

@@daviniarobbins9298 Well that’s a pain, I dumped my original off air recordings when I got the CDs. I knew there were minor tweaks but didn’t realise the extent.

[@Stuff_And_Things]

I loved THGTTG. It wasn't as "absurd" as the term suggests though. The things he poked fun at were for the most part, real world situations and thought processes worked into his brilliantly comedic sci-fi reality. From the bits of green paper we trade for digital watches to the plans to destroy our planet that we could have known about if we'd just bothered to keep track of the thousands of projects going on across the galaxy. From explaining things that make no sense as "its art", to the preference of eating meat from animals that can't articulate a desire on the question of "can I eat you" rather than those bred specifically to take pleasure in knowing you'll be eating them. The absurdity is in the stuff it pokes fun at. The books themselves are not really that absurd at all. ;)

[@NextToToddliness]

“Sorry, did I say something wrong?" Pardon me for breathing, which I never do anyway so I don't know why I bother to say it, oh God I'm so depressed."

[@andythebritton]

For me, nothing beats the radio series, but the books would be a very close second.

[@garetjax19]

It's the skill of the Radiophonic Workshop that needs to be mentioned. The musical cues and comical and other worldly, ambient background soundscapes they created for the radio series, really helped draw you into this wonderfully imagined alternative reality. I lost count how many times I listened to the 6 tape boxset I got in the late 80's, and along with the TV series, it's still the best adaptation of the books and one of the best, full cast audio dramas, to escape into. Peace all

[@RobMagill]

That opening was absolute perfection. For those who may know Eric, never say “that’s life” to him. He’ll always reply: “Life. Don’t talk to me about life.” 😂😂 Love to hear that the nephew appreciates this classic as much as the rest of our clan!

[@johndemeritt3460]

First off, while I've seen various interpretations of _Hitchhiker's Guide_ , my favorite version is still the books. _Mostly Harmless_ struck me and my wife (who, by the way, introduced me to the series in the first place) as something Adams wrote to end the series: not because he felt it was time, but because he was tired of it. That said . . . . Unapologetic One, you started out by defining "absurdism" which, by the way, I think is the backbone of fine British humour. But I saw little about absurdism's role in the series after that introduction. Slartibartfast is an excellent example. His obsession with fjords is a powerful antidote for "creationist" or "intelligent design" dogma on The Creation of The World. Going into that alone could have taken up 14 minutes! This has been a good introduction to the origin of the series. I hope you'll release additional episodes going into the absurdity of many different elements, explicating how this series parodies modern society so very well!

[@tomstanziola1982]

10:00.......I really like the movie, too! Alan Rickman was perfect for the voice of Marvin!!! 👏👏👏👏✌️

[@Concreteowl]

I've seen it... It's rubbish.

[@andythebritton]

​​@@Concreteowl😂. nothing but a gnab gib.

[@lidge84]

Im 60 yrs old at the end of October, i remember hearing the original radio series by mistake and was hooked,back in 1983 i had a tattoo done on my left forearm,in the middle is a book with dont panic written on it (although today it looks moe like a black mess) and above and below the book is written "life dont talk to me about life").i told my partner at the time that if i died i wanted those words on my gravestone.

[@danpreston564]

The pronunciation of Zaphod and Babel Fish is setting my teeth on edge. You’d have to have watched the show, right? Where everything is pronounced correctly, and then You get them wrong in the video. Bizarre.

[@rmoz2729]

I haven’t watched it through yet but does he pronounce Babel Fish as ‘babble fish’? I’ve heard Americans say it this way which makes no sense at all as there is clearly one B in the middle there which makes the vowel long.

[@danpreston564]

@@rmoz2729 yes, and Zaphod is pronounced with the same A as Babble.

[@____uncompetative]

@@rmoz2729It is a reference to the biblical Tower of Babel. Also, Beeblebrox should be "Zay-fod", I heard it from DNA himself after I asked him to read "Flying" and "Vogon poetry" to see how he pronounced everything (quite different from Peter Jones).

[@rmoz2729]

@@____uncompetative Yes the Tower of Babel. Long A. It is not ‘babble’ but babel with the A as in baby.

[@dstarling61]

I first heard the radio play, on a college radio station late at night, in the early eighties and fell in love with it. After that I dove into the books. Then the TV series came out on PBS and it was wonderful. Then the movie… while not my favorite, it does have a few redeeming qualities, the “So long, and thanks for all the fish” song being one of them.

[@chrisgenson2278]

One of my older brothers introduced me to the BBC series when it was playing on PBS here in America. Then he told it was based on a series of books which, in turn, were based on a BBC radio show. Thank You My Brother!

[@thiswonderfullandpenwithco1151]

@@chrisgenson2278 I walked into a charity shop and found a copy of the radio scripts for £1.50 result ! First addition yay ! 🎉

[@graemewilson7975]

Great rundown of BBC HHGTTG a truly remarkable radio series. And novels. We need a new Adam's to puncture the pretensions of Hollywood science fiction and bring humanity and wit (both long gone ) .

[@bobdobalina2931]

The original BBC Radio 4 series from 1978 is the ultimate version for me. Strap on your headphones for maximum stereophonic effect and let your imagination fill in the rest unconfined by budgetary limitation or shonky special effects. Plus Geoffrey McGivern was a far superior Ford Prefect.

[@tomstanziola1982]

Great review!!! 👏👏👏👏 I feel exactly the same way as you about Douglas Adams and his work! I love "Hitchhiker's" in all its forms, print, radio, TV, and film! ✌️

[@mrsogre]

Even if some people define absurdism as describing a purposeless and chaotic universe (according to my Concise Oxford Dictionary), it can't be meaningless because people, such as Douglas Adams, use it to make a point.

[@HowievYT]

Thank you!!! My formative years too. Changed my perspective and let me imagine much more fully, how is our place in existence.

[@markearnestfromreno613]

I knew from the opening minute that this one would rule. Thanks for all the details I didn’t know (and all the fish).

[@adaddinsane]

As a person who heard the original radio series - thanks for doing this.

[@thesisypheanjournal1271]

Of all the iterations I like the BBC miniseries best.

[@perreyalsdam7994]

I'm more fan of the original TV series than the newer film. Its a must to see.

[@darentopham4533]

The BBC tv series was my first introduction to the Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy and loved it. I have since read all the novels more than once and have the radio production on CD. Brilliant piece of comedy that,in my opinion, has never been surpassed.

[@brianrobinson4825]

you want the list of best formats. Easy 1. Radio 2 Books 3 TV 4 Towels 5 Film 6 Video games 7 Vogon Poetry 8 Zaphod's 2nd head

[@DavidGreen_au]

I really do like the TV series. But I thought the Movie looked to polished to be taken in the same vein. However, Alan Rickman's Marvin was really quite good.

[@Nedski42YT]

My all time favorite comedy. I had the book, the vinyl album, the Infocom PC game, the VHS videotape, the DVD. I hated the 2005 movie version. I'll paraphrase one reviewers criticism "They took out all the jokes." It was worse than that.

[@1420Days]

About the 2005 movie. Had a friend who commented something similar… while the jokes were there, the writers didn’t understand the humor, so naturally they left out the punchlines.

[@roberttaylor2058]

The radio show is my favourite because I can listen to it on the move, it has all five parts of the 'trilogy' and I never get tired of listening to episode four from season one - 'when, for Arthur, surprise is no longer adequate and he is forced to resort to astonishment'

[@FredScuttle456]

Old saying: The pictures are better on the radio.

[@tomstanziola1982]

9:26.......OOPS!!! I forgot about "Mostly Harmless"!!! Forgive me, Douglas, wherever/whenever you are!!! 😞😥😭

[@TheUnapologeticGeek]

I was gonna let it slide. 😎

[@tomstanziola1982]

@@TheUnapologeticGeek Thanks! ✌️

[@justfellover]

I've only ever partaken of the books, but you've convinced me there are at least 3 productions I'm missing out on.

[@cpmf2112]

The last movie was terrible, I will never watch it again. The BBC series was the best version.

[@tomstanziola1982]

I've read the entire four-book "Hitchhikers" "trilogy", and I love all of them!!! 👏👏👏👏✌️❤️ Douglas Adams was a comic genius who passed from this reality WAY too soon!!! 😞😥😭

[@tomsenior7405]

Don't you mean the "Entire Six" Books? You are in for a treat if you haven't read Adams' Fifth book yet. (Eoin Colfer authored the 6th). Enjoy!

[@tomstanziola1982]

@@tomsenior7405 I did read Eoin Coffer's book , "And Another Thing"! It's great! I did read "Mostly Harmless". I just forgot it. I apologized to Douglas Adams in another message.

[@tomsenior7405]

@@tomstanziola1982 Sweet. Please do not think me a pedantic member of the Hiker's Stasi. I have been on the receiving end of their bizarre wrath for paraphrasing Adams. They do not like misquotes!

[@tomstanziola1982]

@@tomsenior7405 It's fine! No problem! ✌️

[@JamesLMason]

There's also the short story, Young Zaphod Plays it Safe.

[@gazd9493]

It's a work of art. Ok bit look cheap but it adds to it. It captured the humour and satire perfectly, the cast is top notch, the guide is excellent and better than most effects nowadays. I even own an original cell from it. Loved it when first shown and still do. As for your pronunciations....😢

[@scottthomas3792]

Some years ago, I saw a yellow king cab style pickup truck with " Vogon Constructor Fleet" stencilled in black on the doors...gave an old state truck new life. I like the movie version of the Vogons....they looked more bureaucratic, if that makes any sense The BBC TV version was aired here in the US on PBS in....1983? ...I think.

[@FredScuttle456]

I wanna make a car sticker stating, "Zaphod Beeblebrox for President".

[@scottthomas3792]

@@FredScuttle456 " Two heads are better than one"...?

[@curiousgemini]

I first read the book when I was 12. I loved then and now.

[@stephencampion2127]

I listened to the BBC radio broadcast when it was first transmitted. I've been hooked ever since.

[@deraykrause4517]

As a young teen in the mid 80s, I saw the book in the school library of all places. The round head giving the raspberry caught my eye and I read it. Loved it. Got a bootleg VHS copy of the show and loved it. Pirated a copy of the Infocom text adventure and loved it. Saw the movie for free, and aside from the obnoxious race swapping and the 2 headed dude not having 2 heads for most of the movie, I liked it. My entire history with this franchise is loving it and not paying a dime for it. Does that make me a bad person? Don't bother answering cuz I don't really care. RIP Doug.

[@daviniarobbins9298]

I didn't even know this was a comedy until years later. I guess at the age of 6 the humour just went right over my head.

[@Wishbone1977]

My favourite version is the first four of the books, the original "trilogy in four parts". I've heard the radio show, seen the TV show and seen the movie, but for me those four books are where it's at. I still vividly remember the first time I read the first book. I was enjoying it, it was new, it was funny, it was exciting... And then I reached chapter 7, and I absolutely lost it. For those who don't know or don't remember, chapter 7 opens with the explanation of the worst poetry in the universe, followed by the Vogon captain reciting some of his own poetry to Ford and Arthur before having them thrown out of the airlock. After reading the opening explanation (which includes the mention of Grunthos the Flatulent's poem "Ode To A Small Lump Of Green Putty Which I Found In My Armpit One Midsummer Morning") I had to stop reading while I had a 5-minute laughing fit.

[@stevedenis8292]

I have the box set DVD"S watch them every few years always funny the 2005 movie was meh. The books are always a bit hard to get into the reading style but after a few pages It is defiantly worth it. I Always make sure to know where my towel is.

[@thedon-e6514]

Thanks for this vid - HHGTTG still is relevant and entertaining. I came to it from vinyl versions my siblings bought. I have read / watched / listened to all the various incarnations and do not have a fave. They are all good in their own way. Of course now I cannot say “Oh no, not again” without a wry smile 😜 Now maybe a look at some of the adaptations of the Dirk Gently series? There have been a few and all have their own strengths (& weaknesses 😝).

[@lanceerickson9244]

Don't forget the radio program that played around 1982.

[@FredScuttle456]

Maximum Improbability Drive.

[@gary.h.turner]

The radio programme was first broadcast in 1978. Of course, it may have been repeated in 1982?

[@FredScuttle456]

@@gary.h.turner My advice to you: Don't Panic.

[@ADHDIYuk]

I remember watching this every week. Great show.

[@markheywood5626]

Well I never knew that part of it was filmed at Dovestones. It's not far from where I live & have been hundreds of times. As soon as you said it I recognized it right away on screen.

[@Zeithri]

Read this book as a kid. All books we were allowed to borrow was always so boring, but I was lucky enough to find this one. That was the 90's ^^ Had me quoting 42 since forever. I really enjoyed the 2005 movie. I think I've seen the TV-series but never in full.

[@satyb]

Heard the radio show by accident and immediately hooked. Loved the books where he made fun of the common tropes with sci-fi books, tv and films and also brought in jokes based on trivia that you felt pleased about knowing so basically a precursor to Terry Pratchett Discworld, some Dr Who time wimey wibbly wobbly and Captain America hearing "flying monkeys" and saying I get that reference. Who can not love the sentence "when men were real men, women were real women and small blue furry creatures from Alpha Centauri were real small blue furry creatures from Alpha Centauri". Also give his Dirk Gently books ago though the Netflix series is completely different to the books.

[@papabearlives9995]

I had to see if you had reviewed the movie, but you hadn't. That being said i want to thank you for doing one of my favorite science fiction franchises ever. I will be sharing this with several Facebook groups that are fans of the series books and some even the movie In fact one of the groups has as a member one of the crew that worked on the show.

[@TheUnapologeticGeek]

Excellent! Thank you!

[@bman68au]

The BBC TV series was my introduction, followed by the books as quickly as I could consume them.

[@2seekerx]

Radio series was out of this world - mostly

[@HairyDalek]

The graphics for the book entries in the TV show mirrored another emerging technology that the BBC was pioneering at the time - Teletext (thye called their service CEEFAX). The 8-bit colours, mostly black background and the way the text appeared was reminiscent of the way that Teletext looked (though Teletext was/is very chunky by comparison). In a way, it was a vision of the future of the technology - albeit one form the early 1980s. I loved it. The first I encountered was the TV programme. We were used to the BBC production budget (see: Dr Who, Blake’s 7* as examples), and frankly at the time it worked fine on the TV sets we had. *Yikes - it has just occurred to me that if the BBC is remastering B7, then the H2G2 is no doubt on the list.

[@dockaos924]

If they had spent a ridiculous amount of of money on making hitch hikers they would have probably ruined it

[@siarnne]

Most enjoyable!

[@Swonder1972]

As far as analog production, this series is fantastic and quite inspired in it's design and art production. You hardly ever leave the English TV studio but you feel like you are traveling in the void, in ships, and to distant restaurants at the end of time and space. The non computer graphics "computer graphics" style and production is some of the best visuals and writing ever in a Sci-Fi movie. I adore this version. It brings so much of the brilliant philosophy and comedy of the original writings. Many people like one version of the story or another but it must be pointed out that Adams intentionally wrote many versions for many mediums.

[@thiswonderfullandpenwithco1151]

I so love this with a passion xx

[@typograf62]

I heard a Danish radio version first, so that is my favorite. But the odd thing is that I knew a lot of it beforehand just from side remarks. And some slight time-travel.

[@snbrown100]

Where can you find the bbc tv series nowadays? Can't seem to find it in a 5 minute search. :)

[@TheUnapologeticGeek]

I've owned it on DVD for forever, so I'm not sure. 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@FloweredUp-n4t]

9:29 - Fails to mention the series was rerecorded as a double LP length audio play while showing said double LP on screen...

[@blengi]

I love how the absurdism makes everything more meaningful and magical, even yearningly so. For me HHGTTG imbues everything with just the right amount of existential ambiguity. It's like the balanced ambiguity of a good joke, making one reflexively emergently aware of the dichotomous nature of many realities in a way reason can never . Can't wait for the personalized generative AI,VR experience of HHGTTG, where one can literally befriend these characters and discover the meaning of life the multiverse and everything for "real" in my own absurd adventures....

[@christianschoenewald]

My favorite version is the five audiobooks read by Douglas himself.

[@caldodge]

Great video about a great show. Sorry, but i prefer the TV series over the movie. You can find fans everywhere. In the SF bestseller "Footfall", a character is using a towel to do some stretching exercises. When someone else comments about the towel, the character replies "it's the most massively useful thing in the universe".

[@jmalmsten]

I have often said that "The Book". Aka, the book series, the radio play and TV series as a unified concept, has given me more and better and, as it doesn't take itself too seriously, it is more consistent in its teachings than any of the real life holy scriptures, books and pamphlets I've come across in my life. And, that is something I'll continue to say until I find something better.

[@goodwood-rc4nx]

the chalk pit they filmed in is just a few miles from the Eden project BTW the TV series is not Shakespeare but cherish it for the lack of other versions of the books or radio filmed as well, still think should animate the radio show with the original cast it worked for Ricky Gervais

[@palmercolson7037]

My favorite remains the original radio show. The actual images used didn't quite match my imagination.

[@TexasNight]

Brilliant review! thank you very much! I found the TV series and the books about the same time and loved them both so much. I am pretty ambivalent in regards to the 2005 Movie.. I Enjoyed parts of it, but I think the thing that most "irks" me the most, is their solution to Beeblebrox's 2nd head... it just bothers me!

[@dannystaton5386]

Greetings from South Carolina 🎉

[@edwardevans7219]

Dough Adams wrote one of my favorite Dr Who stories, The Pirate Planet !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@petermgruhn]

It's weird. It's like it finished while I was still waiting for it to actually start.

[@dockaos924]

Marvin best bot ever

[@user-Kiwi49]

Loved the tv series. ❤

[@michaelmachiavelli]

You DEFINITELY need to do a video on the movie now!!!

[@TheUnapologeticGeek]

Seems that way, doesn't it?

[@michaelmachiavelli]

@@TheUnapologeticGeek I actually love the movie, I thought the casting was almost perfect. The story does seem a little rushed at times but that's because they squeezed a series into a movie. But otherwise I think they did a great job, I think "Brit-boys" at the time turned up their noses at it because they were gatekeeping. Hell I remember multiple conversations where the Tea-aboos kept saying the original author should have been consulted when they wrote the script. Not realizing HE wrote the script. Lol 😆😂

[@joshsalwen]

I love the first three books. Liked the 4th book. But I’ve never seen this show. I’ll try to find it.

[@mikebowers7161]

I’ve been listening reading and watching H2G2 since the mid 70’s. Absolutely wonderful!! By the way, Zaphod is pronounced Zay-fod and Babel fish Bay-bil. Sorry for being a pedant.

[@TheUnapologeticGeek]

No need to apologize. We appreciate pedantry here. 😎

[@thrashpondopons8348]

There have been several attempts at the merging of Sci/Fi & Comedy... But none so perfectly done! (& wasn't there some issue with the '#1 Poet' in the Franchise???)

[@SusanBell-dl5gr]

Douglas Adams did write for BBC Dr who a couple of times I think. The radio, the books and the TV stories are all slightly different,

[@gmanley1]

9:48 And what's even worse, the 2005 movie isn't available on Disney+.

[@TheUnapologeticGeek]

That's obnoxious!

[@Hayden1969-ws4vy]

Wish this would come out on remastered Blu-Ray.

[@stevedenis8292]

The original DVD's are not too bad I find older shows just feel right not too over produced. Then again I'm old too.

[@KonElKent]

I'm not a huge fan of the books, or the 2000s film, but the TV miniseries is somehow a serious (heh) winner!

[@mybachhertzbaud3074]

Having read,listened and watched all of the versions, I would say my preference is for the later radio plays that cover more of the story and let's me close my eyes and take a ride with Arthur on his many trips.😁👍Ride On

[@gary.h.turner]

The LATER radio plays? The radio version came FIRST! Then the book, then the TV version, then the movie.

[@mybachhertzbaud3074]

I was referring to the radio plays that were done sadly after Douglas had passed.

[@mikesilva3868]

This bbc tv series was better than that awful 2005 movie 🎉

[@TheUnapologeticGeek]

A lot of people agree with you on that. But not me. 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@mikesilva3868]

@@TheUnapologeticGeek ok I would disagree with you but everybody has their opinions 🙂

[@archivist17]

Radio best of all.

[@cpmf2112]

​@@TheUnapologeticGeekwhich parts of the movie were good? I can't remember a single thing I liked honestly.

[@only257]

@@cpmf2112 same here i hated the whole movie

[@gerrimilner9448]

defo a classic. i like the series, but read the books every couple of years too

[@jrickclark]

Great video for a great show. The books and TV series are my favorite iterations, although the Infocom game is good too! I haven’t read Mostly Harmless since it came out, but I remember mostly hating it, and I recall thinking it was written by Adams as a “fuck off” to all the fans who kept asking him to write another HHGTTG book, when he was deeply interested in other things (Dirk Gently, Last Chance to See, magazine articles about how great Macintosh computers were). The title itself is one of the most offensive things ever said to Arthur, and Adams basically perma-kills all the characters at the end (spoilers, sorry, not sorry). Personally I only count the first four books in the trilogy. I bought the British edition in 4th grade on a school trip to England (from the US). It was in the merch section of the Plymouth Theatre Royal. I later realized that the theater was playing the stage version of the play in the secondary theater, and had I known, I might have caught a performance. Aaarghh! (As an aside, the only difference I noticed between the British edition and the American edition of the first book, is that the word “stoat” was changed to “weasel.” It would have been more helpful if they had changed “torch” to “flashlight,” because I had the wrong image in my head for a good decade.) Anyway, I’m mildly interested in why passionate fans of HHG liked Mostly Harmless. Apparently you had a different experience than I did.

[@MayumiC-chan9377]

This Allo Allo and monty python is me and my husband’s favorites to watch

[@skasteve6528]

I like the books best, but it's close as I also loved the radio & tv series. Watching the film (despite the good cast) was like listening to Vogon poetry though.

[@kenfenske5002]

The original BBC Radio series is probably the best but the books delete some great stuff then add other great stuff. Ditto on the TV show. Adams kept expanding and changing the bits in the story so I'm happy I've read or heard or seen every version he worked on (even the later movie). I've read the first book at least 50 times.

[@clangerbasher]

I am off to make an extra hot cup of tea. Brownian motion is where it is at.......

[@susangurnoe9611]

I had a friend that loved the books in highschool. To the point i avoided them. Then in a theater i saw a trailer for the movie and thought. Guess I'll read the book. Was drawn in right away. Read them all. And dirk gently. Read more about Adams and he hated writing. Said deadlines made a woosh noise as they went by

[@jasonblalock4429]

This is probably my favorite overall version of the 'core' HHG story. Not perfect, but it does hit what I think of as all the best parts of the various versions. Well, except I've never been the biggest fan of David Dixon's Ford. It always feels to me more like he's auditioning for Doctor Who. I definitely prefer radio Ford.

[@stevenhandzel5929]

Maddest sequel to Mad Max? Which one would that be? I’ve forgotten if we’ve gone beyond Thunderdome.

[@dannystaton5386]

I never new about the TV series 😢

[@TalmidAndy]

Oh the absurdity of an American talking about a British series whilst mispronouncing names of characters and actors and missing the point that the absurdity and surrealism of the show was not new or unique at the time but rather very much in the zeitgeist of British comedy of time.

[@rogermorris9696]

As a golden rule I have, anybody or anything that tells don't panic makes me panic more..

[@edwardevans7219]

I liked the BBC version way more than the movie !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have the TV series on DVD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@shaunbrierley5864]

The radio series came first and was the best in my opinion. I still remember taping episodes, though the tapes are long gone, probably fallen through a wormhole to a planet populated enitrely by used cassette tapes...

[@ChicagoPadre]

Enjoy the vid...as usual--and yes, a fine opening!! HOWERVER....ahhh DUDE--how can you POSSIBLY like the feature film even remotely as much as the BBC TV series!! Are you HIGH?!? Because if you're not...ya SHOULD be--as nothing else gives you the excuse for utter delusion!!! Oh, and as asked, other than the book you've asked for the best/fav production?!? Without question...the radio version!! And WHY?!? Because it was the FIRST creation of it available to the joyous public! And I can vividly remember listening to it in California. It became a "Big Deal"...and dozens of college pals from LA to San Diego, would meet up at a dear friends place every weekend to listen to the episode release that week until it's conclusion!! And because there was NO DISTRACTION for visual...just that of one's imagination, as in radio shows of days gone by even then, made it miraculous!! As much as I love the TV version...in all it's own absurdity indeed...it takes 2n'd place!! A shame you didn't experience it the same way and age and circumstances of the world at the time!! It RULES! ;)

[@marSLaZZ66]

I only know the film, i'll try to watch the TV series or the book.

[@jlande6]

...and don't forget the books.

[@hanniffydinn6019]

Love hitch hikers guide to the galaxy? Looking for something that is just as crazy, surreal, off the wall & SF comedy? I highly recommend the german TV show: “ Ijon Tichy: Raumpilot” which is based on Star dairies and other books by Stanislaw Lem! I Can’t express how brilliant it is, it’s more hitch hikers than hitch hikers itself ! Stanislaw Lem is a genius with these crazy SF comedy tall stories, I’d argue Ijon Tichy is better, And should be more known in the west. 🤯😎👍

[@JESTERFISH1]

Alan Rickman was a good voice for Marvin in the movie

[@Keefymonoped]

We didn't enjoy that at all! 😉😉😉😉 Keep banging those rocks together guys! Brilliant.

[@clangerbasher]

You need to look up where Dickinson and Davison first met. But I won't be responsible for the damage to your brain box if you watch that show.

[@davidabulafia7145]

The BBC tv series is so much better than the movie.

[@only257]

agreed