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Welcome to This! ... was Digital Watches Are a Pretty Neat Idea. This! is a podcast about all things Douglas Adams, author of the wholly remarkable book The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Jeff and Bryan are just these guys, y’know? They have been friends for almost 30 years. Tune in the first Thursday of every month when Jeff and Bryan will examine and discuss his books, sequels, and spin-offs in all forms of media. HOUSEKEEPING The following are links to all Jeff’s Hitchhiker’s reference ...
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Send us a text And now for more of something completely different. Jeff and Bryan discuss the the second half of the 2016 season of Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency. They both found it quite a departure from the depiction of the character in the novels. This has been a Froods for Thought production.…
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Send us a text And now for something completely different. Jeff and Bryan discuss the the first half of the 2016 season of Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency. They both found it quite a departure from the depiction of the character in the novels. This has been a Froods for Thought production.על ידי Jeff Lesnik & Bryan Campbell
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Send us a text In December, 2010, the pilot for a Dirk Gently TV series was aired. Fifteen months later, a three episode season was released. Jeff and Bryan explain and discuss these episodes to see how they are interconnected with the books. This has been a Froods for Thought production.על ידי Jeff Lesnik & Bryan Campbell
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Send us a text Jeff and Bryan discuss Long, Dark Tea-Time of the Soul, the follow up radio drama to Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective agency. Both seemed to agree that simplifying the story for this medium actually improved it. This has been a Froods for Thought production.על ידי Jeff Lesnik & Bryan Campbell
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Send us a text Twenty tears after the novel was published, BBC Radio 4 turned it into a radio series. Jeff and Bryan discuss this version of Douglas Adams' story and how such a complicated plot can be reduced down to sound effects and dialogue. This has been a Froods for Thought production.על ידי Jeff Lesnik & Bryan Campbell
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Send us a text Jeff and Bryan finally finish their discussion of the last quarter of the Salmon of Doubt which contains the unfinished novel Douglas Adams was working on at the time of his death. If you thought the first two Dirk Gently novels were bizarre, just wait. This has been a Froods for Thought production.…
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Send us a text It is that time of year again where Jeff and Bryan get to go to comic and entertainment conventions. This year there were three conventions in three consecutive weeks. Once again they will tell about all the fun and excitement that was had. This has been a Froods for Thought production.…
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Send us a text Brush up on your early 19th century English literature before reading Dirk Gently's holistic Detective Agency. Jeff and Bryan got more than they bargained for tackling this book. Hear what they think and how they pieced together this intricate plot. This has been a Froods for Thought production.…
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Send us a text The Salmon of Doubt is the title of the unfinished third Dirk Gently novel or the Sixth Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy novel depending on who you talk to and when you talk to them. It is also the title of a curated collection of writings published after the death of Douglas Adams. The aforementioned Salmon of Doubt is contained in …
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Send us a text This time, Jeff and Bryan are taken on a journey to the far corners of the Earth to learn about some of the most endangered animals in the world as they discuss the BBC TV program Last Chance to See. It again features Mark Carwardine. But this time he is accompanied by Stephen Fry. This has been a Froods for Thought production.…
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Send us a text Jiffy and Barnacle... I mean Jeff and Bryan are taken on a journey to the far corners of the Earth to learn about some of the most endangered animals in the world as they discuss Douglas Adams' novel Last Chance to See. This has been a Froods for Thought production.על ידי Jeff Lesnik & Bryan Campbell
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Send us a text Jeff and Bryan unknowingly strayed outside of BBC Productions and were surprised when they listened to Apocryphal Phase, a Planet Skaro production. This six-episode serial tested the limits of their endurance, tolerance, and patience. This has been a Froods for Thought production.על ידי Jeff Lesnik & Bryan Campbell
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Send us a text Jeff and Bryan discuss Hexagonal Phase, the sixth installment of the BBC radio series. This one is based off the book ...And Another Thing by Eoin Colfer. Jeff and Bryan both agreed that this story benefitted greatly from a severe abridgement. They also give all the credit to the writer who adapted this story for radio. This has been…
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Send us a text Jeff and Bryan clean up some loose ends as they look back over season 2. They also talk about how they discovered they do not actually have "every word" of the novels memorized as well as they thought they should. This has been a Froods for Thought production.על ידי Jeff Lesnik & Bryan Campbell
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Send us a text This is the second half of the discussion Jeff and Bryan had about ...And Another Thing, Eoin Colfer's addition of a 6th novel in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy trilogy. This has been a Froods for Thought production.על ידי Jeff Lesnik & Bryan Campbell
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Send us a text Jeff and Bryan look at, describe, and discuss Volume 3, Issue 3 of the Life, the Universe, and Everything comic book. Well, actually it is Volume 1, Issue 3 but I hope you understand the reasoning for wanting to renumber them for the podcast. Here is a link to this episode in our YouTube channel where you can see what they are seeing…
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Send us a text Jeff and Bryan look at, describe, and discuss Volume 3, Issue 2 of the Life, the Universe, and Everything comic book. Well, actually it is Volume 1, Issue 2 but I hope you understand the reasoning for wanting to renumber them for the podcast. Here is a link to this episode in our YouTube channel where you can see what they are seeing…
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Send us a text Jeff and Bryan look at, describe, and discuss Volume 3, Issue 1 of the Life, the Universe, and Everything comic book. Well, actually it is Volume 1, Issue 1 but I hope you understand the reasoning for wanting to renumber them for the podcast. Here is a link to this episode in our YouTube channel where you can see what they are seeing…
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Send us a text Bryan tells of the experience he had at FanEXPO Philadelphia and tells his own story involving a raffle ticket. The prizes were so nice, very tasteful, and he was sure to like them. This has been a Froods for Thought production.על ידי Jeff Lesnik & Bryan Campbell
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Send us a text Jeff and Bryan have scoured the Internet looking for answers about the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything. Here is what they found. And what could be a better episode to talk about the number 42 than episode 43? This has been a Froods for Thought production.…
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Send us a text Jeff and Bryan look at, describe, and discuss Volume 2, Issue 3 of the Restaurant at the End of the Universe comic book. Well, actually it is Volume 1, Issue 3 but I hope you understand the reasoning for wanting to renumber them for the podcast. Here is a link to this episode in our YouTube channel where you can see what they are see…
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Send us a text Jeff and Bryan look at, describe, and discuss Volume 2, Issue 2 of the Restaurant at the End of the Universe comic book. Well, actually it is Volume 1, Issue 2 but I hope you understand the reasoning for wanting to renumber them for the podcast. Here is a link to this episode in our YouTube channel where you can see what they are see…
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Send us a text Jeff and Bryan look at, describe, and discuss Volume 2, Issue 1 of the Restaurant at the End of the Universe comic book. Well, actually it is Volume 1, Issue 1 but I hope you understand the reasoning for wanting to renumber them for the podcast. Here is a link to this episode in our YouTube channel where you can see what they are see…
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Send us a text Jeff and Bryan look at, describe, and discuss Volume 1, Issue 2 of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy comic book. Here is a link to this episode in our YouTube channel where you can see what they are seeing... https://youtu.be/bQcf7PwfILw This has been a Froods for Thought production.…
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Send us a text Jeff and Bryan look at, describe, and discuss Volume 1, Issue 2 of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy comic book. Here is a link to this episode in our YouTube channel where you can see what they are seeing... https://youtu.be/m0Fv83oggcg This has been a Froods for Thought production.…
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Send us a text Jeff and Bryan look at, describe, and discuss Volume 1, Issue 1 of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy comic book. Here is a link to this episode in our YouTube channel where you can see what they are seeing... https://youtu.be/OpG6xo842gQ This has been a Froods for Thought production.…
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Send us a text The final eleven and a half minutes of Quintessential Phase flipped everything on its head. So much so that Jeff and Bryan decided to devote an entire episode to it. This has been a Froods for Thought production.על ידי Jeff Lesnik & Bryan Campbell
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Send us a text Jeff and Bryan discuss Quintessential Phase, the fifth installment of the BBC radio series. This one is based off the book Mostly Harmless. Unlike the first two radio series, which were original productions, this one, like the third and fourth, is adapted from the existing material. Jeff and Bryan will discuss and debate this adaptat…
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Send us a text It has been said about this series of books that it can be inconsistent and contradictory. Like they did after The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, Life, the Universe and Everything, and So Long and Thanks for All the Fish, Jeff is going ask Bryan to clarify some of the questions he had aft…
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Send us a text Since we needed a bonus Bonus Episode and Random, Arthur, and Ford were approached by squirrels with offerings in the forest and since my brother, John, and I REALLY like telling our squirrel stories, here is an episode of squirrel stories. In the tradition of our previous Valentine's Day Bonus Episode, like The Guide, Mk. II, we hav…
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Send us a text In 1986 a short story called Young Zaphod Plays It Safe was included in a charitable book titled The Utterly Utterly Merry Comic Relief Christmas Book. Jeff and Bryan discuss this piece of political satire and try to determine if it includes some comic relief or if it is utterly relieved of comedy. This has been a Froods for Thought …
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Send us a text Jeff and Bryan discuss Quandary Phase, the fourth installment of the BBC radio series. This one is based off the book So Long and Thanks for All the Fish. Unlike the first two radio series, which were original productions, this one, like the third, is adapted from the existing material. Jeff and Bryan will talk about different explan…
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Send us a text It has been said about this series of books that it can be inconsistent and contradictory. Like they did after The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, and Life, the Universe and Everything, Jeff is going ask Bryan to clarify some of the questions he had after reading So Long, and Thanks for Al…
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Send us a text Jeff and Bryan present and discuss the poetry that appears and is mentioned in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series of books. They even attempt to interpret Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz's torture poem that was read to Arthur and Ford. All this leads up to a special reading of a poem written by Douglas Adams when he was 17 years old.…
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Send us a text Jeff and Bryan discuss the 1981 BBC TV show The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. They talk about whether or not they felt the visual media was effectively used and if it added anything to the radio script. This has been a Froods for Thought production.על ידי Jeff Lesnik & Bryan Campbell
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Send us a text In this very special episode, Jeff and Bryan discuss the homemade animated audio book of the first six chapters of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. This was created by Athena Phan and she posted it on YouTube. Here is a link to the playlist... https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIMaEDtgPQNJ5dJaczpNyxaFPdVDiF1Pt This has been…
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Send us a text Jeff and Bryan page through the Illustrated Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy in its entirety for the first time and react to what they see. See it for yourself on the YouTube version here... https://youtu.be/6T91bXRHNuw This has been a Froods for Thought production.על ידי Jeff Lesnik & Bryan Campbell, a Froods for Thought production
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Send us a text Jeff and Bryan discuss Tertiary Phase, the third installment of the BBC radio series. This one is based off the book Life, the Universe, and Everything. Unlike the first two radio series, which were original productions, this one is adapted from existing material. Jeff and Bryan will talk about how well they think they did. This has …
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Send us a text Jeff and Bryan read Doctor Who and the Krikkitmen (so you don’t have to) and continue their discussion of the strong and weak points of a book that surely seemed like a good idea at the time. This book is a novelization of a script Douglas Adams wrote for Doctor Who that was never picked up. So, he used many of the ideas in this in t…
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Send us a text Jeff and Bryan read Doctor Who and the Krikkitmen (so you don’t have to) and discuss the strong and weak points of a book that surely seemed like a good idea at the time. This book is a novelization of a script Douglas Adams wrote for Doctor Who that was never picked up. So, he used many of the ideas in this in the third book of the …
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Send us a text It has been said about this series of books that it can be inconsistent and contradictory. Like they did after The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, Jeff is going ask Bryan to clarify some of the questions he had after reading Life, the Universe, and Everything. This has been a Froods for…
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Send us a text Jeff and Bryan discuss Life, the Universe, and Everything, Douglas Adams' third novel in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy trilogy. This has been a Froods for Thought production.על ידי Jeff Lesnik & Bryan Campbell, a Froods for Thought production
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Send us a text Jeff and Bryan discuss the three biggest issues with the 2005 Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Movie that they feel change the story so drastically that any sequels are very improbable. They also talk about how over editing made the movie confusing. They also wish the movie kept the jokes... the whole jokes. This has been a Froods fo…
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