The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (TV Series)
Episode #1.5 (1981)
David Dixon: Ford Prefect
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Garkbit (Head Waiter) : [whilst greeting Arthur and the others at Milliways] It's not unusual for customers to be disoriented after the time journey.
Trillian : Time Journey?
Ford Prefect : You mean... this isn't the afterlife?
Garkbit (Head Waiter) : The afterlife? No, sir.
Arthur : So... we're not dead?
Garkbit (Head Waiter) : Sir is most evidently alive otherwise I would not attempt to serve, sir.
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Bodyguard : [Ford is trying to talk to Hotbalck Desiato] Kid?
Ford Prefect : Yeah?
Bodyguard : Go away.
Ford Prefect : What?
Bodyguard : Beat it.
Ford Prefect : And who are you?
Bodyguard : I'm the guy who's telling you to beat it before you get it beaten for you.
Ford Prefect : Listen, ugly, I'm one of Hotblack's oldest mates and...
Bodyguard : And I am Mr. Desiato's personal bodyguard and I am responsible for his body and I am not responsible for yours, so take it away before it gets damaged.
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Zaphod Beeblebrox : You mean they want to arrest me over the phone? Could be. I'm a pretty dangerous dude when I'm cornered.
Ford Prefect : Yeah. You go to pieces so fast, people get hit by the shrapnel.
Zaphod Beeblebrox : Hey, what is this? Judgement Day?
Arthur Dent : Oh, do we get to see that as well? Terrific!
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Bodyguard : [Ford is trying to get Hotblack Desiato's attention when the bodyguard notices him] Kid!
Ford Prefect : Yeah?
Bodyguard : Beat it.
Ford Prefect : [looks around and sees the Bodyguard standing over him] Who are you?
Bodyguard : [cracks his knuckles] I'm the guy that's telling you to beat it before it gets beaten for you.
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Ford Prefect : [regarding Hotblack Desiato] He's spending a year dead for tax reasons.
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Zaphod Beeblebrox : Did you talk to the big noiseboy?
Ford Prefect : Hotblack? Yeah, I sort of spoke to him.
Zaphod Beeblebrox : What did he say?
Ford Prefect : Nothing much. He's, um...
Zaphod Beeblebrox : Yeah?
Ford Prefect : He's spending a year dead for tax reasons.
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[Zaphod, Trillian, Arthur, Ford, and Marvin are attempting to escape a stuntship that's going to hit the sun. Zaphod is holding Ford up so he can search the upper regions of the ship]
Zaphod Beeblebrox : Hey Ford, how many escape capsules are there?
Ford Prefect : None.
Zaphod Beeblebrox : You counted them?
Ford Prefect : Twice! Raise the crew on the radio?
Zaphod Beeblebrox : Yeah. I told them there were a whole bunch of people on board.
Ford Prefect : And they said?
Zaphod Beeblebrox : 'Hi there.'
Ford Prefect : Did you tell them who you were?
Zaphod Beeblebrox : Yeah. They said it was a great honor.
Arthur Dent : What does teleport mean?
Zaphod Beeblebrox : What did you say?
[Zaphod turns, causing Ford's foot to slip off his hand. Ford yells and falls somewhere offscreen]
Arthur Dent : Probably the wrong moment...
Zaphod Beeblebrox : Where does it say teleport?
Arthur Dent : Well here, underneath this sign that says out of order!
Zaphod Beeblebrox : Hell's donkeys!
Ford Prefect : It seems okay, just the automatic guidance, uh, where-ever-it-is-we're-going system is conked up!
Zaphod Beeblebrox : Who cares where we go? Lets just go!
