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Title: Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings HHGG easter egg
Post by: Darren Dirt on June 28, 2012, 02:59:48 PM
fun fact #1: Douglas Adams in drag = the still* frame picture in the animation for "worst poetry in the universe"

fun fact #2: the name "Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings" is a slight modification of a REAL NAME, of a real-life poet who, Adams was trying to warn the world, really stinks up the joint with his verbiage.

http://www.eeggs.com/items/22584.html



fun fact #3: the still* frame also contained some horrible poetry about rotting swans... Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Neil_Milne_Johnstone#Paul_Neil_Milne_Johnstone_of_Redbridge.2C_Essex) says it's also a real thing

fun fact #4: Adams felt so strongly that he claims this poetry = worse than that of the Vogons.


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(http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/7042/280full.jpg)
(original source that doesn't like direct-linking: http://www.eeggs.com/images/items/280.full.jpg )
Title: Re: Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings HHGG easter egg
Post by: Mr. Analog on June 28, 2012, 03:23:48 PM
I remember reading about this a long time ago, quite frightening really.
Title: Re: Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings HHGG easter egg
Post by: Darren Dirt on June 28, 2012, 03:28:44 PM
and now to balance out the frighteningness, how about a tune by The Eagles...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rOMGIbY-9s
Title: Re: Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings HHGG easter egg
Post by: Mr. Analog on June 28, 2012, 03:30:41 PM
Quote from: Darren Dirt on June 28, 2012, 03:28:44 PM
and now to balance out the frighteningness, how about a tune by The Eagles...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rOMGIbY-9s

Well of course! What HHGTTG fan doesn't have this particular album!
Title: Re: Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings HHGG easter egg
Post by: Darren Dirt on June 28, 2012, 03:49:21 PM
Quote from: Mr. Analog on June 28, 2012, 03:30:41 PM
Quote from: Darren Dirt on June 28, 2012, 03:28:44 PM
and now to balance out the frighteningness, how about a tune by The Eagles...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rOMGIbY-9s

Well of course! What HHGTTG fan doesn't have this particular album!

(http://www.forgingelitesarcasm.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/This_guy.jpg)
Now you've made me feel sad.
Title: Re: Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings HHGG easter egg
Post by: Mr. Analog on June 28, 2012, 03:51:53 PM
Just like, don't have it around if The Dude visits...

:)
Title: Re: Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings HHGG easter egg
Post by: Darren Dirt on June 29, 2012, 01:48:44 AM
Quote from: Mr. Analog on June 28, 2012, 03:51:53 PM
Just like, don't have it around if The Dude visits...

:)

or Elaine Benes from Seinfeld (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Checks)?
Title: Re: Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings HHGG easter egg
Post by: Mr. Analog on June 29, 2012, 07:21:23 AM
The witchay woman?

You bet your ass
Title: Re: Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings HHGG easter egg
Post by: Darren Dirt on June 29, 2012, 07:42:09 AM
Quote from: Mr. Analog on June 29, 2012, 07:21:23 AM
The witchay woman?

You bet your ass

"I'd know that ass anywhere"? (oops wrong excellent from-the-mind-of-Larry-David show)

Title: Re: Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings HHGG easter egg
Post by: Mr. Analog on June 29, 2012, 08:31:47 AM
lol!
Title: Re: Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings HHGG easter egg
Post by: Darren Dirt on June 29, 2012, 12:03:41 PM
HHGD (Hitchhikers Guide to Daleks)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWn_1yOFpfU

VERY well done animation and writing, and the voice work is very Peter Jones-like (a dramatic improvement over his initial attempt)


the writing is pretty deep and rewards a 2nd viewing -- there's this one thing it mentions about "Football" (especially timely considering it's World Cup Fever time)

Title: Re: Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings HHGG easter egg
Post by: Mr. Analog on June 29, 2012, 02:27:06 PM
Blarg! People and their @%&#ty microphones ruin so much on YouTube.

It's not that expensive to buy a decent sounding mic!

Step 1: Go to a music store and buy a Shure SV100 Dynamic Handheld Microphone for thirty Canadian dollars, if Canadian dollars are not available in your part of the galaxy simply set up a system of barter for goods or if those are unavailable, services.

Step 2: When buying your Dynamic Handheld Microphone ignore the conventional advice that might lead you to believe you should use your hand to operate it and purchase a sturdy microphone stand, this may in fact cost more than the microphone however it features multiple functions such as a bludgeon for particularly bad poets, a device by which hard foodstuffs may be mashed and on certain planets can be used as a flotation device (where liquid lead is the fluid you find yourself uncomfortably suspended in).

Step 3: While you're on a spending spree already it is wise to buy a pop filter, it is merely a fabric covered hoop that creates a portal to an alternate dimension where the motion of air forced from the mouth is substantially diminished by a miscalculation of thermodynamics on God's part (see chapter "God"), the end effect is whistling, blowing and spraying sounds emitted by your vocal orifice are eliminated and exist in a wholly non-functional universe where mimes roam freely and unchecked.

Step 4: Purchase an XLR to USB conversion device, this allows you to connect your microphone to any computer that supports the horrifically misnamed Universal Serial Bus interface, this name in fact has caused innumerable problems in the universe at large confusing travellers who thought they had purchased valid transit tickets to Sirius only find themselves equipped with small storage devices designed for use with rudimentary computers built by low intelligence apes.

The final Step involves connecting all of the aforementioned items, making sure not to urinate on them, and begin overdubbing your video clips of juvenile beasts performing amusing tricks.

It has been estimated that the number of videos with poor audio quality in the universe is rapidly increasing at such a rate that within 7 galactic cycles the dominant form of life in the galaxy will be comprised of sentient cute kitten videos.
Title: Re: Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings HHGG easter egg
Post by: Darren Dirt on June 29, 2012, 09:12:59 PM
^ grumpy old man much?

;)


Sure it's not professional BBC level audio, but it's not BAD (i.e. not worth skipping the video because of it) ... heck you listen to Yogscast all the time and there's sometimes audio issues in their mass of video product (volume inconsistencies, the occasional distortion or background noise).

Although I like how your rant was totally "in character" with the theme of the video I linked to.
Title: Re: Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings HHGG easter egg
Post by: Mr. Analog on June 29, 2012, 11:28:26 PM
Yogscast generally has good audio, even some of the corollary video blogs are mostly listenable, I found this to be ... hard to hear

And yes, of course I was going to parody one of the things that's been burnt into my brain since the early 80s :)

I shall never forget when it was first broadcast :)

I still think digital watches are a neat idea haha
Title: Re: Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings HHGG easter egg
Post by: Mr. Analog on June 29, 2012, 11:52:09 PM
So the conversation came up on chat about HHGTTG references in things among my animation chums and they pointed out this little weirdness from a Disney cartoon of all things...

(http://i.imgur.com/WR4SQ.jpg)

From an episode of "Aladdin" ~1994

"Oh no, not again!"

Mind officially blown.
Title: Re: Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings HHGG easter egg
Post by: Tom on June 30, 2012, 01:52:20 PM
I dun gettit :(
Title: Re: Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings HHGG easter egg
Post by: Darren Dirt on June 30, 2012, 07:37:21 PM
Quote from: Tom on June 30, 2012, 01:52:20 PM
I dun gettit :(

Google: Guide Galaxy Whale Petunias
Title: Re: Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings HHGG easter egg
Post by: Darren Dirt on July 02, 2012, 03:32:00 AM
Quote from: Darren Dirt on June 30, 2012, 07:37:21 PM
Quote from: Tom on June 30, 2012, 01:52:20 PM
I dun gettit :(

Google: Guide Galaxy Whale Petunias

or if yer really lazy, watch the damn moviefilm:
http://www.youtube.com/user/pechosenos
Title: Re: Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings HHGG easter egg
Post by: Tom on July 02, 2012, 10:40:26 AM
Quote from: Darren Dirt on July 02, 2012, 03:32:00 AM
Quote from: Darren Dirt on June 30, 2012, 07:37:21 PM
Quote from: Tom on June 30, 2012, 01:52:20 PM
I dun gettit :(

Google: Guide Galaxy Whale Petunias

or if yer really lazy, watch the damn moviefilm:
http://www.youtube.com/user/pechosenos
Seen the movie. Didn't remember the bit about the petunias.
Title: Re: Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings HHGG easter egg
Post by: Mr. Analog on July 02, 2012, 10:55:13 AM
Quote from: Tom on July 02, 2012, 10:40:26 AM
Quote from: Darren Dirt on July 02, 2012, 03:32:00 AM
Quote from: Darren Dirt on June 30, 2012, 07:37:21 PM
Quote from: Tom on June 30, 2012, 01:52:20 PM
I dun gettit :(

Google: Guide Galaxy Whale Petunias

or if yer really lazy, watch the damn moviefilm:
http://www.youtube.com/user/pechosenos
Seen the movie. Didn't remember the bit about the petunias.

It's a classic bit where when arriving at Magrathea and dodging some compimentary nuclear missiles the Improbability Drive randomly creates a sperm whale and a bowl of petunias, the whale new to existence tries to come to grip with its surroundings, puzzling out what to call itself and wondering if that thing it named "ground" that is rapidly approaching will be friends with it. Conversely the bowl of petunias only had a single thought "oh no not again" which scholars believe if we understood the meaning of we'd know a lot more about the universe.

Classic HHGTTG bit!
Title: Re: Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings HHGG easter egg
Post by: Tom on July 02, 2012, 11:04:19 AM
Quote from: Mr. Analog on July 02, 2012, 10:55:13 AM
Quote from: Tom on July 02, 2012, 10:40:26 AM
Quote from: Darren Dirt on July 02, 2012, 03:32:00 AM
Quote from: Darren Dirt on June 30, 2012, 07:37:21 PM
Quote from: Tom on June 30, 2012, 01:52:20 PM
I dun gettit :(

Google: Guide Galaxy Whale Petunias

or if yer really lazy, watch the damn moviefilm:
http://www.youtube.com/user/pechosenos
Seen the movie. Didn't remember the bit about the petunias.

It's a classic bit where when arriving at Magrathea and dodging some compimentary nuclear missiles the Improbability Drive randomly creates a sperm whale and a bowl of petunias, the whale new to existence tries to come to grip with its surroundings, puzzling out what to call itself and wondering if that thing it named "ground" that is rapidly approaching will be friends with it. Conversely the bowl of petunias only had a single thought "oh no not again" which scholars believe if we understood the meaning of we'd know a lot more about the universe.

Classic HHGTTG bit!
Ah right. It's been a while :)
Title: Re: Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings HHGG easter egg
Post by: Darren Dirt on July 03, 2012, 10:35:13 AM
and if you visit the moviefilm link I provided, you'll notice in that 2005 movie there's a certain familiar face (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0429254/bio#trivia) delivering the message about the missiles coming their way...

@ 8:30 -- and yes, you should put on your 3D glasses (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRzrQLpvcXI&list=UU2x03xsPA5m6MFv3JON7ocw&index=5&feature=plcp#t=8m30s)
Title: Re: Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings HHGG easter egg
Post by: Mr. Analog on July 03, 2012, 10:42:29 AM
Oh yes, one of my favourite parts.

Also the original Marvin is in the queue when the gang goes to rescue Trillian from the Vogons.
Title: Re: Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings HHGG easter egg
Post by: Darren Dirt on April 01, 2015, 02:50:41 PM
This is in the Top 3 of topics for this forum's full lifetime! #WtfMomentOfTheDay


Maybe it's the KEYWORDS in the either the title or the contents, because look at the Top 6...

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So apparently most people are accidentally stumbling upon our humble home by searching for photos of Minecraft Nazis streaming HHGG on their Plex media server while hiding behind a fake email address...

Title: Re: Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings HHGG easter egg
Post by: Mr. Analog on April 01, 2015, 03:15:48 PM
It's funny you mention that because when I see who's online I almost invariably see someone viewing this thread, magic keyword combo!

It's like the time I put the terms "batman porn" on a page just to see how it would trend

It trended.

(I have just potentially boosted the popularity of this tread with the thought of naked catwoman boobs)
Title: Re: Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings HHGG easter egg
Post by: Darren Dirt on April 01, 2015, 04:38:39 PM
Quote from: Mr. Analog on April 01, 2015, 03:15:48 PM
It's funny you mention that because when I see who's online I almost invariably see someone viewing this thread, magic keyword combo!

It's like the time I put the terms "batman porn" on a page just to see how it would trend

It trended.

(I have just potentially boosted the popularity of this tread with the thought of naked catwoman boobs)

you mean BEWBS.

There, now all the CinemaSins/HonestTrailers etc. fans might find this page too.
Title: Re: Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings HHGG easter egg
Post by: Mr. Analog on June 11, 2015, 04:48:24 PM
This thread is getting a lot of views again LOL

keyword c-c-c-combo breaker!
Title: Re: Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings HHGG easter egg
Post by: Darren Dirt on June 12, 2015, 01:16:21 AM
Quote from: Darren Dirt on April 01, 2015, 02:50:41 PM
This is in the Top 3 of topics for this forum's full lifetime! #WtfMomentOfTheDay


Maybe it's the KEYWORDS in the either the title or the contents, because look at the Top 6...

Top 10 Topics (by Views)
Mailinator.com blocked? here's some alternatives! 39175
Photo Thread 18263
Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings HHGG easter egg 17113
Plex media server is slick 17096
Pizza Nazi? 16349
Minecraft Overviewer 14607


So apparently most people are accidentally stumbling upon our humble home by searching for photos of Minecraft Nazis streaming HHGG on their Plex media server while hiding behind a fake email address...

70 days later:

Top 10 Topics (by Views)
Mailinator.com blocked? here's some alternatives! 40419
Photo Thread 20506
Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings HHGG easter egg 19757
Plex media server is slick 18514
Pizza Nazi? 17297
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It's like 2000-ish more views in each of those Top 6!