- Yes, but where do we start? The ultimate answer's 42. What's the question? How should I know? Could be anything. I mean, what's 6 times 7?
- 42.
- Yes, I know that! I'm just saying it could be anything.
14 seconds sound clip from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981) - Episode 6 sitcom.
You can hear this line at 00:02:50.179 in the Blu-ray version of the TV Series.
Quote context
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- Of this, however, Arthur Dent and his companions are totally unaware.
- They decide to relax for a while and take stock.
- Listen, Earthman, you've got a job to do, right? The question to the ultimate answer, right?
- There's a lot of loot tied up in that, uh, head thing of yours.
- 42.
- Yes, I know that! I'm just saying it could be anything.
- Cause you were the last one. You were there when your planet did the big firework.
- I do wish you'd stop saying that.
- I know.
- Ah, shut up, Marvin. This is organism talk.
- You mean you can see into my mind?
- Yes.
- And?
- It amazes me how you manage to live in anything that small.
[...]
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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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