This! ...was Digital Watches Are a Pretty Neat Idea
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.
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Podcasting since 2021 • 64 episodes
This! ...was Digital Watches Are a Pretty Neat Idea
Latest Episodes
Note Free Reviewing Season Three
Jeff and Bryan look back at season three of the podcast. Jeff also talks about two additional conventions he attended after the recording of the convention episode.
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Season 3
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Episode 63
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53:00
Dirk Gently on TV
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.
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Season 3
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Episode 62
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1:34:03
Long Dark BBC
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.
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Season 3
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Episode 61
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1:04:14
Holistic Phase
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.
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Season 3
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Episode 60
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48:25
The Salmon of Doubt in The Salmon of Doubt
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, j...
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Season 3
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Episode 59
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56:16