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Though the planet Earth, the Islington flat and the telephone have all now been demolished, it is comforting to reflect that they're all in some small way commemorated by the fact that some 29 seconds later, Arthur and Ford were, in fact, rescued.

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

You can hear this line at 00:13:57.303 in the Blu-ray version of the TV Series.

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- Any net imbalance between the amount you eat, and the amount you excrete whilst on the planet is surgically removed from your body weight when you leave.

- So, every time you go to the lavatory there, it is vitally important to get a receipt.

- In the entry about dying of asphyxiation, 30 seconds after being thrown out of a spaceship, it says that what with space being the size it is, the chances of being picked up by another craft within those seconds are 2 to the power of 260199:1 against.

- Which, by a staggering coincidence, was also the telephone number of an Islington flat, where Arthur once went to a very good party.

- Where he ate some very good food, had some very good drinks, with some very good friends, and met a very nice girl whom he totally failed to get off with.

- Though the planet Earth, the Islington flat and the telephone have all now been demolished, it is comforting to reflect that they're all in some small way commemorated by the fact that some 29 seconds later, Arthur and Ford were, in fact, rescued.

- See, I told you I'd think of something.

- Well, sure.

- Great idea of mine.

- Find a passing spaceship, get rescued by it.

- Oh, come on. The chances against it were astronomical.

- Don't knock it, it worked.

- Where the hell are we?

- Well, I hardly like to say this, but it looks like the seafront at Southend.

- God. I'm relieved to hear you say that.

- Why?

- I thought I must be going mad.

- Perhaps you are. Perhaps you only thought I said that.

- Well, did you, or didn't you?

- I think so.

[...]

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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