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At first, Ford had formed a theory to account for this rather strange behaviour.

4 seconds sound clip from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981) - Episode 6 sitcom.

You can hear this line at 00:07:16.820 in the Blu-ray version of the TV Series.

Quote context

[...]

- How?

- Quiet. We're thinking.

- So, this is it? We're going to die?

- I wish you'd stop saying that.

- One of the things that Ford Prefect had always found hardest to understand about human beings, was their habit of continually stating and restating the very, very obvious, as in, 'It's a nice day. ' Or, 'You're very tall.'

- Or, 'So this is it, we 're going to die. '

- At first, Ford had formed a theory to account for this rather strange behaviour.

- 'If human beings don't keep exercising their lips, he thought, their mouths probably seize up. '

- After a while, he abandoned this theory in favour of a new one.

- 'If they don't keep exercising their lips, he thought, their brains start working.'

- In fact, this second theory is more literally true of the Belcerebon people of Kakrafoon Kappa.

- The Belcerebons used to cause great resentment and insecurity amongst neighboring races by being one of the most enlightened, accomplished, and, above all, quiet civilizations in the galaxy.

[...]

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Sound Clip

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981) poster

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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