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New HHGTTG Radio Show Gets Douglas Adams' Voice

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the genius-at-work dept.

trellick writes "The BBC has not only announced that they are to make radio adaptations to The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy's final three books: Life, The Universe and Everything; So Long and Thanks For All the Fish; and Mostly Harmless. Also, Douglas Adams is to himself provide the voice of Agrajag, the character constantly being reincarnated and dying at the (inadvertent) hands of Arthur Dent, since Adams 'always intended to play the part of Agrajag and recorded himself in the part a few years ago.' Wonderful stuff!"

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  1. "Oh no ! Not again" by Psykopat · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...said Agrajag. Now let's all yell : "Oh yes ! Once again !"

  2. Re:strangely appropriate by tcopeland · · Score: 5, Funny

    > project his voice back across time and death

    Dr Dan Streetmentioner would approve - "Douglas Adams willion have be recorded an excellent radio series!"

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  3. Re:Just so very fitting.. by SlowMovingTarget · · Score: 4, Funny

    Adams really was a brilliant writer. The "Rob was a rain god" line in So Long and Thanks For All the Fish made me actually fall out of my chair laughing (it was a truly spectacular punchline).

    I still use "we demand rigidly defined areas of uncertainty" in software requirements meetings.

  4. In related news... by k4_pacific · · Score: 4, Funny

    The Bush Administration announced today that the next State of the Union Address will be delivered using Ronald Reagan's voice.

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    1. Re:In related news... by The_K4 · · Score: 5, Funny

      The Bush Administration announced today that the next State of the Union Address will be delivered using Ronald Reagan's voice.

      No, No, No....Richard Nixon's voice.....we've got tons of recordings.

    2. Re:In related news... by bgeer · · Score: 5, Funny

      Funny, I had heard it was going to be delivered in John Kerry's voice. Go figure.

    3. Re:In related news... by madpoet_one · · Score: 5, Funny

      And it will be 18 minutes shorter than usual....

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  5. Ehhhh....... I feel my leg stretching by cardshark2001 · · Score: 5, Funny
    What business does he have voicing radio shows? Dead people need to be reminded of their place. Why, in my day, dead people didn't just gallavant about and muck up perfectly good radio stories. No sir, they stayed in the box (or urn) where they belonged, and were happier for it! We had a word for it - yax, which means (loosely) "person who is dead and shouldn't be doing any more voice-overs, but does them anyway out of some overblown sense of self worth".

    Get a lif.... errr.... never mind.

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  6. Re:strangely appropriate by Nakito · · Score: 4, Funny

    And Agrajag is a fine name. But nothing can hold a candle to "Slartibartfast."

  7. Finally! by nacturation · · Score: 4, Funny

    My sig is finally relevant to the story!

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    1. Re:Finally! by nacturation · · Score: 4, Funny

      Except for that it's not a true statement... Funny mods don't improve your karma.

      Humous != Humorous. Post Humously. To post humously, you do need good karma. You misread and also missed the double entendre.

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  8. Adams on electronic democracy by geordi177 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Douglas Adams had a website that he posted on. One of his last posts (less than a month before his death) I thought had an interesting connection to /. and electronic forums in general:

    "If anybody has any suggestions of features they'd like to see added (or taken away) please say so. We will of course completely ignore them. That's how the new electronic democracy works."
    - Douglas Adams talking about updating his website

  9. Re:Poetic justice by MP3Chuck · · Score: 4, Funny

    Viva la Microsoft?

    You must be new here. :)

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  10. ah hem by fizban · · Score: 5, Funny

    In related news...

    A resident of Tibet by the name of Dug lah-sa Dams was reported to have screamed "Oh no, not again!" before being accidentally run over by a bus load of tourists. The driver of the bus, one Arthur Dent, originally from England, is being held for questioning.

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  11. Re:Just goes to prove... by Hex4def6 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Let's not forget Tupac.

    I'd rather we did.