Digital Watches Are a Pretty Neat Idea: Recent Episodes
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Welcome to Digital Watches Are a Pretty Neat Idea. This podcast is not about digital watches… or timepieces of any kind. It is about a book, a wholly remarkable book. Or rather, a wholly remarkable series of books. Jeff and Bryan are just these guys, y’know? They have been friends for almost 30 years. Tune in the first Thursday of every month when Jeff and Bryan will examine and discuss The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, its sequels, and its spin-offs in all forms of media.HOUSEKEEPINGThe following are links to all Jeff’s Hitchhiker’s referenced or inspired t-shirt designs…
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Don't Panic
The Answer Explained
Genuine People Personality
Play to Lose
Oh No, Not Again
Strange Usage of the Word Safe
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A couple of months ago, Jeff and Bryan discussed the merits of spinoffs and reboots. They decided that, like them or not, it is better than having nothing to watch. Because of the vastness of the Star Trek TV catalog, it was not discussed. In this episode Jeff and Bryan, mostly Bryan, will talk about their feelings about everything Star Trek TV.
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Once again Jeff and Bryan retell the highlights of their experience attending the Fan EXPO Philadelphia pop culture convention. However, all of the lights were not as high as they have been in previous years.
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Jeff and Bryan talk about the points of interest each of them found while reading Neil Gaiman's biography of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
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With the expansion of properties created by Douglas Adams after his death, Jeff and Bryan ask each other this question a lot... If you do not want others to expand his works, would you rather have nothing at all? The answer is always YES. However, there are mixed feelings about it. So, Jeff and Bryan are going to discuss reboots and sequels of other works in the sci-fi/fantasy genre and point out their opinions of the ones that worked and the ones that gave it a good try... even if they haven't seen them.
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In 1980, the Doctor Who episode, Shada, was started but never completed and was shelved never to be seen. In 1992, a VHS reconstruction of the episode was released with Tom Baker doing an introduction and filling in missing scenes via narrative description. In 2003, Big Finish did a remake of it with Paul McGann as the Doctor using limited flash animation. In 2017, a version was released as a movie (rather than in six episodic segments) with animated restoration and the original cast doing the voices for the missing scenes. The main focus will be on the 2017 movie, but Jeff and Bryan will touch on all the versions.
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Way back in 1998, Jeff and Bryan both bought a brand new CD ROM game with a revolutionary new conversation engine. It was Douglas Adams' Starship Titanic. Fast-forward 28 years and they decided to buy, from GOG.com, a re-released version compatible with todays operating systems. They discovered while playing it that they remembered almost nothing about solving the puzzles. Here they will talk about their feelings about the game and their journey through it. They will also present all the puzzles and their solutions. I would say "spoiler alert," however, you would be hard pressed to remember any of it.
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Jeff and Bryan discuss The BBC Radio's production of Douglas Adams' Starship Titanic... which they performed about as fast as they could.
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Volume three, The Salmon of Doubt, of the Dirk Gently comic books had bonus shorts at the end of seven of the nine3 issues. They lined up with the television series and did not follow any of the storylines of the comic. Jeff and Bryn are going to look at them all at once now since they did not cover them as part of their review of the issues in which they appeared. For a more complete experience, you can view the pages along with us on our YouTube channel at the following link... https://youtu.be/vZUVw9Wt0MU
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Jeff and Bryan discuss the second half of the novel Starship Titanic. The novel was written by Terry Jones while Douglas Adams was working on the CD ROM game. They were to be released simultaneously. Even though the Starship Titanic was born in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy universe, it did not stay there.
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Jeff and Bryan discuss the first half of the novel Starship Titanic. The novel was written by Terry Jones while Douglas Adams was working on the CD ROM game. They were to be released simultaneously. Even though the Starship Titanic was born in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy universe, it did not stay there.
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Once again Jeff and Bryan are doing a deep dive into the comic book world. This time they are tackling Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency: The Salmon of Doubt by IDW. This episode will cover Volume 3, Issue 9 of the nine issues in this series. For a more complete experience, you can view the pages along with us on our YouTube channel at the following link... https://youtu.be/T2UyL360in4
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Once again Jeff and Bryan are doing a deep dive into the comic book world. This time they are tackling Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency: The Salmon of Doubt by IDW. This episode will cover Volume 3, Issue 8 of the nine issues in this series. For a more complete experience, you can view the pages along with us on our YouTube channel at the following link... https://youtu.be/8sjHQXFiijA
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Once again Jeff and Bryan are doing a deep dive into the comic book world. This time they are tackling Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency: The Salmon of Doubt by IDW. This episode will cover Volume 3, Issue 7 of the nine issues in this series. For a more complete experience, you can view the pages along with us on our YouTube channel at the following link... https://youtu.be/P9SpvpN_WVE
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It is hard to believe but we have reached the end of another season. It all seems a blur. So, listen to us discuss our foggy memories of season 4.
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Once again Jeff and Bryan are doing a deep dive into the comic book world. This time they are tackling Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency: The Salmon of Doubt by IDW. This episode will cover Volume 3, Issue 6 of the nine issues in this series. For a more complete experience, you can view the pages along with us on our YouTube channel at the following link... https://youtu.be/dd6uElfwMkY
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Once again Jeff and Bryan are doing a deep dive into the comic book world. This time they are tackling Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency: The Salmon of Doubt by IDW. This episode will cover Volume 3, Issue 5 of the nine issues in this series. For a more complete experience, you can view the pages along with us on our YouTube channel at the following link... https://youtu.be/WTtC806DUnE
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Once again Jeff and Bryan are doing a deep dive into the comic book world. This time they are tackling Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency: The Salmon of Doubt by IDW. This episode will cover Volume 3, Issue 4 of the nine issues in this series. For a more complete experience, you can view the pages along with us on our YouTube channel at the following link... https://youtu.be/-0tF8yuwKIA
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Once again Jeff and Bryan are doing a deep dive into the comic book world. This time they are tackling Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency: The Salmon of Doubt by IDW. This episode will cover Volume 3, Issue 3 of the nine issues in this series. For a more complete experience, you can view the pages along with us on our YouTube channel at the following link... https://youtu.be/pKNKhD-Lf8g
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Once again Jeff and Bryan are doing a deep dive into the comic book world. This time they are tackling Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency: The Salmon of Doubt by IDW. This episode will cover Volume 3, Issue 2 of the nine issues in this series. For a more complete experience, you can view the pages along with us on our YouTube channel at the following link... https://youtu.be/B6LQDW8YdcA
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Once again Jeff and Bryan are doing a deep dive into the comic book world. This time they are tackling Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency: The Salmon of Doubt by IDW. This episode will cover Volume 3, Issue 1 of the nine issues in this series. For a more complete experience, you can view the pages along with us on our YouTube channel at the following link... https://youtu.be/irNLrTNd1UM
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Once again Jeff and Bryan attended the FanEXPO Philadelphia convention and talk about their experiences this year. Also, Jeff will tell his feelings about the second performance he saw of the stage play, Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency.
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Once again Jeff and Bryan are doing a deep dive into the comic book world. This time they are tackling Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency: A Spoon Too Short by IDW. This episode will cover Volume 2, Issue 5 of the five issues in this series. For a more complete experience, you can view the pages along with us on our YouTube channel at the following link... https://youtu.be/WSLIdSVYHQE
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Once again Jeff and Bryan are doing a deep dive into the comic book world. This time they are tackling Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency: A Spoon Too Short by IDW. This episode will cover Volume 2, Issue 4 of the five issues in this series. For a more complete experience, you can view the pages along with us on our YouTube channel at the following link... https://youtu.be/igwO0q6nn90
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Once again Jeff and Bryan are doing a deep dive into the comic book world. This time they are tackling Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency: A Spoon Too Short by IDW. This episode will cover Volume 2, Issue 3 of the five issues in this series. For a more complete experience, you can view the pages along with us on our YouTube channel at the following link... https://youtu.be/zkt6sDNw7y8
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Once again Jeff and Bryan are doing a deep dive into the comic book world. This time they are tackling Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency: A Spoon Too Short by IDW. This episode will cover Volume 2, Issue 2 of the five issues in this series. For a more complete experience, you can view the pages along with us on our YouTube channel at the following link... https://youtu.be/KSVZNJlAIcs
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Once again Jeff and Bryan are doing a deep dive into the comic book world. This time they are tackling Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency: A Spoon Too Short by IDW. This episode will cover Volume 2, Issue 1 of the five issues in this series. For a more complete experience, you can view the pages along with us on our YouTube channel at the following link... https://youtu.be/7jwbc1bTOcY
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A local theater company in the Chicagoland suburbs is performing Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, the Play. Once I knew it existed I had to see it. Though the play itself has its disconnects, the performance of the cast was outstanding. Any fan of Douglas Adams needs to see this and should start following a random stranger because you just might end up there.
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Once again Jeff and Bryan are doing a deep dive into the comic book world. This time they are tackling Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by IDW. This episode will cover Volume 1, Issue 4 of the five issues in this set. For a more complete experience, you can view along with us on our YouTube channel at the following link... https://youtu.be/6cn_wE5WvsY
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Once again Jeff and Bryan are doing a deep dive into the comic book world. This time they are tackling Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by IDW. This episode will cover Volume 1, Issue 4 of the five issues in this set. For a more complete experience, you can view along with us on our YouTube channel at the following link... https://youtu.be/23WJc0kntqQ
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Once again Jeff and Bryan are doing a deep dive into the comic book world. This time they are tackling Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by IDW. This episode will cover Volume 1, Issue 3 of the five issues in this set. For a more complete experience, you can view along with us on our YouTube channel at the following link... https://youtu.be/hGbWs1GU53A
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Once again Jeff and Bryan are doing a deep dive into the comic book world. This time they are tackling Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by IDW. This episode will cover Volume 1, Issue 2 of the five issues in this set. For a more complete experience, you can view along with us on our YouTube channel at the following link... https://youtu.be/B-yuVSuiNjE
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Once again Jeff and Bryan are doing a deep dive into the comic book world. This time they are tackling Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by IDW. This episode will cover Volume 1, Issue 1 of the five issues in this set. For a more complete experience, you can view along with us on our YouTube channel at the following link... https://youtu.be/v-eKt1ICtPg
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Jeff and Bryan discuss the second half of the second season of Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency from BBC America. And just when you thought it could not get any weirder...
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Jeff and Bryan discuss the first half of the second season of Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency from BBC America. And just when you thought it could not get any weirder...
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And now for more of something completely different. Jeff and Bryan discuss the the second half of the 2016 season of Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency. They both found it quite a departure from the depiction of the character in the novels.
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And now for something completely different. Jeff and Bryan discuss the the first half of the 2016 season of Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency. They both found it quite a departure from the depiction of the character in the novels.
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Jeff and Bryan look back at season three of the podcast. Jeff also talks about two additional conventions he attended after the recording of the convention episode.
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In December, 2010, the pilot for a Dirk Gently TV series was aired. Fifteen months later, a three episode season was released. Jeff and Bryan explain and discuss these episodes to see how they are interconnected with the books.
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Jeff and Bryan discuss Long, Dark Tea-Time of the Soul, the follow up radio drama to Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective agency. Both seemed to agree that simplifying the story for this medium actually improved it.
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Twenty tears after the novel was published, BBC Radio 4 turned it into a radio series. Jeff and Bryan discuss this version of Douglas Adams' story and how such a complicated plot can be reduced down to sound effects and dialogue.
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Jeff and Bryan finally finish their discussion of the last quarter of the Salmon of Doubt which contains the unfinished novel Douglas Adams was working on at the time of his death. If you thought the first two Dirk Gently novels were bizarre, just wait.
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It is that time of year again where Jeff and Bryan get to go to comic and entertainment conventions. This year there were three conventions in three consecutive weeks. Once again they will tell about all the fun and excitement that was had.
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Jeff and Bryan discuss and try to figure out why what is happening is happening in the second Dirk Gently novel, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul.
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Brush up on your early 19th century English literature before reading Dirk Gently's holistic Detective Agency. Jeff and Bryan got more than they bargained for tackling this book. Hear what they think and how they pieced together this intricate plot.
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The Salmon of Doubt is the title of the unfinished third Dirk Gently novel or the Sixth Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy novel depending on who you talk to and when you talk to them. It is also the title of a curated collection of writings published after the death of Douglas Adams. The aforementioned Salmon of Doubt is contained in this volume. We will not be discussing it. We are going to talk about most everything else in the book except it. But do not fear. We will circle back to it in a few episodes.
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This time, Jeff and Bryan are taken on a journey to the far corners of the Earth to learn about some of the most endangered animals in the world as they discuss the BBC TV program Last Chance to See. It again features Mark Carwardine. But this time he is accompanied by Stephen Fry.
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Jiffy and Barnacle... I mean Jeff and Bryan are taken on a journey to the far corners of the Earth to learn about some of the most endangered animals in the world as they discuss Douglas Adams' novel Last Chance to See.
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Jeff and Bryan unknowingly strayed outside of BBC Productions and were surprised when they listened to Apocryphal Phase, a Planet Skaro production. This six-episode serial tested the limits of their endurance, tolerance, and patience.
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Jeff and Bryan discuss Hexagonal Phase, the sixth installment of the BBC radio series. This one is based off the book ...And Another Thing by Eoin Colfer. Jeff and Bryan both agreed that this story benefitted greatly from a severe abridgement. They also give all the credit to the writer who adapted this story for radio.
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Jeff and Bryan clean up some loose ends as they look back over season 2. They also talk about how they discovered they do not actually have "every word" of the novels memorized as well as they thought they should.
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This is the second half of the discussion Jeff and Bryan had about ...And Another Thing, Eoin Colfer's addition of a 6th novel in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy trilogy.
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This is the first half of the discussion Jeff and Bryan had about ...And Another Thing, Eoin Colfer's addition of a 6th novel in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy trilogy.
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Jeff and Bryan look at, describe, and discuss Volume 3, Issue 3 of the Life, the Universe, and Everything comic book. Well, actually it is Volume 1, Issue 3 but I hope you understand the reasoning for wanting to renumber them for the podcast. Here is a link to this episode in our YouTube channel where you can see what they are seeing... https://youtu.be/WxVtB4quUus
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Jeff and Bryan look at, describe, and discuss Volume 3, Issue 2 of the Life, the Universe, and Everything comic book. Well, actually it is Volume 1, Issue 2 but I hope you understand the reasoning for wanting to renumber them for the podcast. Here is a link to this episode in our YouTube channel where you can see what they are seeing... https://youtu.be/6sZUE6gFPdI
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Jeff and Bryan look at, describe, and discuss Volume 3, Issue 1 of the Life, the Universe, and Everything comic book. Well, actually it is Volume 1, Issue 1 but I hope you understand the reasoning for wanting to renumber them for the podcast. Here is a link to this episode in our YouTube channel where you can see what they are seeing... https://youtu.be/EDZKBArL3f0
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Bryan tells of the experience he had at FanEXPO Philadelphia and tells his own story involving a raffle ticket. The prizes were so nice, very tasteful, and he was sure to like them.
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Jeff and Bryan have scoured the Internet looking for answers about the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything. Here is what they found. And what could be a better episode to talk about the number 42 than episode 43?
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Jeff and Bryan look at, describe, and discuss Volume 2, Issue 3 of the Restaurant at the End of the Universe comic book. Well, actually it is Volume 1, Issue 3 but I hope you understand the reasoning for wanting to renumber them for the podcast. Here is a link to this episode in our YouTube channel where you can see what they are seeing... https://youtu.be/WodfSIDMAnk
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Jeff and Bryan look at, describe, and discuss Volume 2, Issue 2 of the Restaurant at the End of the Universe comic book. Well, actually it is Volume 1, Issue 2 but I hope you understand the reasoning for wanting to renumber them for the podcast. Here is a link to this episode in our YouTube channel where you can see what they are seeing... https://youtu.be/5m3RJfckWwU
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Jeff and Bryan look at, describe, and discuss Volume 2, Issue 1 of the Restaurant at the End of the Universe comic book. Well, actually it is Volume 1, Issue 1 but I hope you understand the reasoning for wanting to renumber them for the podcast. Here is a link to this episode in our YouTube channel where you can see what they are seeing... https://youtu.be/Sb5dcMio52s
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Jeff and Bryan look at, describe, and discuss Volume 1, Issue 2 of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy comic book. Here is a link to this episode in our YouTube channel where you can see what they are seeing... https://youtu.be/bQcf7PwfILw
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Jeff and Bryan look at, describe, and discuss Volume 1, Issue 2 of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy comic book. Here is a link to this episode in our YouTube channel where you can see what they are seeing... https://youtu.be/m0Fv83oggcg
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Jeff and Bryan look at, describe, and discuss Volume 1, Issue 1 of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy comic book. Here is a link to this episode in our YouTube channel where you can see what they are seeing... https://youtu.be/OpG6xo842gQ
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The final eleven and a half minutes of Quintessential Phase flipped everything on its head. So much so that Jeff and Bryan decided to devote an entire episode to it.
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Jeff and Bryan discuss Quintessential Phase, the fifth installment of the BBC radio series. This one is based off the book Mostly Harmless. Unlike the first two radio series, which were original productions, this one, like the third and fourth, is adapted from the existing material. Jeff and Bryan will discuss and debate this adaptation... until the end where they had to hit pause and digest what they just heard.
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It has been said about this series of books that it can be inconsistent and contradictory. Like they did after The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, Life, the Universe and Everything, and So Long and Thanks for All the Fish, Jeff is going ask Bryan to clarify some of the questions he had after reading Mostly Harmless.
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Jeff and Bryan continue their discussion of Mostly Harmless, Douglas Adams' fifth and final novel in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy trilogy.
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Since we needed a bonus Bonus Episode and Random, Arthur, and Ford were approached by squirrels with offerings in the forest and since my brother, John, and I REALLY like telling our squirrel stories, here is an episode of squirrel stories. In the tradition of our previous Valentine's Day Bonus Episode, like The Guide, Mk. II, we have no filters and have not censored our language and the dirty jokes fly.
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Jeff and Bryan begin their discussion of Mostly Harmless, Douglas Adams' fifth and final novel in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy trilogy.
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In 1986 a short story called Young Zaphod Plays It Safe was included in a charitable book titled The Utterly Utterly Merry Comic Relief Christmas Book. Jeff and Bryan discuss this piece of political satire and try to determine if it includes some comic relief or if it is utterly relieved of comedy.
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Jeff and Bryan discuss Quandary Phase, the fourth installment of the BBC radio series. This one is based off the book So Long and Thanks for All the Fish. Unlike the first two radio series, which were original productions, this one, like the third, is adapted from the existing material. Jeff and Bryan will talk about different explanations to explain the unexplainable.
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It has been said about this series of books that it can be inconsistent and contradictory. Like they did after The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, and Life, the Universe and Everything, Jeff is going ask Bryan to clarify some of the questions he had after reading So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish.
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Jeff and Bryan discuss So Long and Thanks for All the Fish, Douglas Adams' fourth novel in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy trilogy.
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Jeff and Bryan present and discuss the poetry that appears and is mentioned in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series of books. They even attempt to interpret Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz's torture poem that was read to Arthur and Ford. All this leads up to a special reading of a poem written by Douglas Adams when he was 17 years old.
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Jeff and Bryan discuss the 1981 BBC TV show The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. They talk about whether or not they felt the visual media was effectively used and if it added anything to the radio script.
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In this very special episode, Jeff and Bryan discuss the homemade animated audio book of the first six chapters of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. This was created by Athena Phan and she posted it on YouTube. Here is a link to the playlist...
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Jeff and Bryan go to the archives, look back on season one and share some of their favorite memories.
Jeff and Bryan page through the Illustrated Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy in its entirety for the first time and react to what they see.
Jeff and Bryan discuss Tertiary Phase, the third installment of the BBC radio series. This one is based off the book Life, the Universe, and Everything. Unlike the first two radio series, which were original productions, this one is adapted from existing material. Jeff and Bryan will talk about how well they think they did.
Jeff and Bryan read Doctor Who and the Krikkitmen (so you don’t have to) and continue their discussion of the strong and weak points of a book that surely seemed like a good idea at the time. This book is a novelization of a script Douglas Adams wrote for Doctor Who that was never picked up. So, he used many of the ideas in this in the third book of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy trilogy, Life, the Universe, and Everything.
Jeff and Bryan read Doctor Who and the Krikkitmen (so you don’t have to) and discuss the strong and weak points of a book that surely seemed like a good idea at the time. This book is a novelization of a script Douglas Adams wrote for Doctor Who that was never picked up. So, he used many of the ideas in this in the third book of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy trilogy, Life, the Universe, and Everything.
It has been said about this series of books that it can be inconsistent and contradictory. Like they did after The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, Jeff is going ask Bryan to clarify some of the questions he had after reading Life, the Universe, and Everything.
Jeff and Bryan discuss Life, the Universe, and Everything, Douglas Adams' third novel in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy trilogy.
Jeff and Bryan discuss the three biggest issues with the 2005 Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Movie that they feel change the story so drastically that any sequels are very improbable. They also talk about how over editing made the movie confusing. They also wish the movie kept the jokes... the whole jokes.
Jeff and Bryan reminisce about seeing the 2005 Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy movie in the theater when it was released. They have a discussion about whether is is better or worse for the movie to stray from the original material. They do both agree that sometimes NO JOKE is better than HALF A JOKE.
It has been said about this series of books that it can be inconsistent and contradictory. Like they did after The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Jeff is going ask Bryan to clarify some of the questions he had after reading The Restaurant at the End of the Universe.
Jeff and Bryan discuss The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, Douglas Adams' follow-up novel to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
Now that comic and entertainment conventions are back, Jeff and Bryan talk about "going the extra mile" to promote their podcast by attending the Fan EXPO convention in Philadelphia wearing Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy themed cosplay.
Jeff and Bryan discuss the experience they had playing the 30th anniversary edition of the Infocom Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy text adventure game available on the BBC’s website.
It has been said about this series of books that it can be inconsistent and contradictory. Jeff is going ask Bryan to clarify some of the questions he had after reading The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
Jeff and Bryan talk about and tell stories about Douglas Adams' first novel, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. During this episode they learn that there are things that can be misinterpreted for forty years.
This is a special presentation of an NSFW piece of adult fan fiction titled The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Last Minute Submission by Eli Thunder written by Rae Pendergrass (@sharkespearean) and performed by her during Pen & Kink Round 1: Adult Fan Fiction World Championships.
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Jeff and Bryan discuss Secondary Phase (Fit the Seventh through Fit the Twelfth). Much of Secondary Phase and the last two Fits of Primary Phase were put in a scrabble bag, mixed up, and randomly drawn out. It was then put together in what was to become the book Restaurant at the End of the Universe.
Jeff and Bryan discuss their history of going to sci-fi/fantasy conventions and how they have changed over the years… especially the last two years.
Jeff and Bryan discuss, compare, and contrast the two versions of the same basic story represented in the last two episodes (Fit the Fifth and Fit the Sixth) of Primary Phase of the radio series and on the single LP, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Part Two: The Restaurant at the End of the Universe. Is one better than the other? Or, is there a nonexistent, perfect version somewhere in the middle?
Jeff and Bryan go searching for the unproduced Christmas episode and find something completely unexpected.
Jeff and Bryan discuss, compare, and contrast the two versions of the same basic story represented in the first four episodes of Primary Phase (Fit the First through Fit the Fourth) and on the double LP, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Part One. Is one better than the other? Or, is there a nonexistent, perfect version somewhere in the middle?
Jeff and Bryan thank their listeners and share some of the feedback they received after the first episode.
In this introductory episode, Jeff and Bryan reminisce over how they met and how each discovered The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. They reveal some of their fandoms and mention some other works by other authors they feel are worth reading. Then, finally, they talk about the name of the podcast, what it means to them, and what they hope to accomplish with this podcast.
Here is a list of the books we felt were worth reading and mentioned in this episode...
Neal Stephenson “Cryptonomicon” (1999) & “Seveneves” (2015)
Stephen R Donaldson “Lord Foul’s Bane” The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant (1977)
Piers Athony “A Spell for Chameleon” Xanth, Book 1 (1977)
Daniel Quinn “Ishmael” (1992)
Robert A. Heinlein “Stranger in a Strange Land” (1961)
Mary Doria Russell “The Sparrow” (1996)
Paul Theroux “Millroy the Magician” (1993)
Barbara Kingsolver “Prodigal Summer” (2000)
Clifford Simak “Shakespeare’s Planet” (1976) & “The Werewolf Principle” (1967)
Come back the first Thursday of next month for Episode 02...
Oh, It’ll Hurt, Buddy!
Primary Phase vs The LP - Part 1
Jeff and Bryan are inviting all you Hoopies to check out their podcast…
Digital Watches Are a Pretty Neat Idea.