An edition of the Encyclopedia Galactica that fell through a time warp from 1000 years in the future, defines the Sirius Cybernetics Corp.'s Marketing Division as 'a bunch of mindless jerks who were the first against the wall when the revolution came.'

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19 seconds sound clip from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981) - Episode 2 sitcom.

You can hear this line at 00:23:44.606 in the Blu-ray version of the TV Series.

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- The Encyclopedia Galactica defines a robot as, a mechanical apparatus designed to do the work of a man.

- The Marketing Division of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation defines a robot as, 'your plastic pal, who's fun to be with!'

- Your plastic pal who's fun to be with.

- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy defines the Marketing Division of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation as, 'a bunch of mindless jerks who'll be the first against the wall when the revolution comes.'

- With a footnote to the effect that the editors would welcome applications from anyone interested in taking over the post of robotics correspondent.

- An edition of the Encyclopedia Galactica that fell through a time warp from 1000 years in the future, defines the Sirius Cybernetics Corp.'s Marketing Division as 'a bunch of mindless jerks who were the first against the wall when the revolution came.'

- I think this ship is brand new.

- Why, have you got some exotic device, for measuring the age of metal?

- No, I just found this sales brochure lying on the floor. It says, 'The universe can be yours for a mere five quilliad Altairian dollars.

- A quilliad is a whole page full of noughts with a one at the beginning.

- Ah, listen! This is what I was after.

- Sensational new breakthrough in improbability physics...

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Top rated lines from this movie

And lots of the people were mean and most of them were miserable, even the ones with digital watches.

Drink up. The world's about to end.

Ancient computers, ranged in the long caves, deep in the bowels of the planet, tick away the dark millennia, and the ages hang heavy on their dusty data banks.

What we demand is solid facts. -No, we don't. That is precisely what we don't demand. -We don't demand solid facts. What we demand is a total absence of solid facts.

By law, the quest for ultimate truth is the inalienable prerogative of your working thinkers. And if the machine actually goes and finds it, we're straight out of a job, aren't we?

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Sound Clip

The funniest lines and quotes from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 1981 TV Series, with sound clips.

Actors: Simon Jones (Arthur Dent), David Dixon (Ford Prefect), David Learner (Marvin the Paranoid Android), Peter Jones (The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Book), Sandra Dickinson (Trillian Astra), Mark Wing-Davey (Zaphod Beeblebrox), David Tate (Eddie the Computer), Martin Benson (Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz), Richard Evelyn Vernon (Slartibartfast), Valentine Dyall (Deep Thought)

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