And this computer, which was called the Earth, was so large that it was frequently mistaken for a planet, particularly by the strange, ape-like beings who roamed its surface, totally unaware that they were simply part of a gigantic computer program.

16 seconds sound clip from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981) - Episode 5 sitcom.

You can hear this line at 00:01:54.957 in the Blu-ray version of the TV Series.

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- Small blue creatures with more than 50 arms each, who are therefore unique in being the only race in history to have invented the aerosol deodorant before the wheel.

- However, the Great Green Arkleseizure theory was not widely accepted outside Viltvodle VI,

- And so one day, a race of hyper-intelligent pan-dimensional beings built themselves a gigantic supercomputer called Deep Thought to calculate once and for all the answer to the ultimate question of Life, the Universe and Everything.

- For 7.5 million years, Deep Thought computed and eventually announced that the answer was in fact 42.

- And so another, even bigger, computer had to be built to find out what the actual question was.

- And this computer, which was called the Earth, was so large that it was frequently mistaken for a planet, particularly by the strange, ape-like beings who roamed its surface, totally unaware that they were simply part of a gigantic computer program.

- And this is very odd, because without that fairly simple and obvious piece of knowledge, nothing that ever happened on Earth could possibly make the slightest bit of sense.

- However, at the critical moment of read-out, the Earth was unexpectedly demolished to make way for a new hyperspace bypass...

- And the only native Earth people to survive the demolition are now being shot at behind a computer bank on the lost planet of Magrathea...

- Along with their strange companions from Betelgeuse, who are currently singing a Betelgeuse death anthem on the very sensible ground that they are about to die.

- This is what the computer bank is about to do. (Explosion)

[...]

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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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