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A Comedy podcast, a personal view of life from 1956 to today - in random order.

Simon R Anthony


    • Jan 15, 2024 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 23m AVG DURATION
    • 224 EPISODES


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    The HHGttG, the final book, the Guide Mk2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2024 30:00


    The bird/book Guide MK2 is deliberately confusing Random, what on wherever is reverse temporal engineering? Arthur meets up with Ford - the previous Bird 'owner' and speaks of similar confusing, but life saving oddities. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/simon-r-anthony/message

    HHGttG - Douglas Adams. Arthur gets a box and Random wants it

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2024 29:59


    Ford has sent a new version of the Guide to Arthur, but they don't know that yet. Random - runs off with it and meets a 'bird'. You do realise that ALL episodes are available on this podcast don't you? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/simon-r-anthony/message

    HHGttG - Douglas Adams. Arthur is looking for help, Ford is attempting escape

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2023 30:00


    In which Arthur is asking all the wrong questions in many of the wrong universes to almost all the wrong species. Ford is trying to work out what has happened to the Guide - and then escape from it. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/simon-r-anthony/message

    HHGttG - Douglas Adams. Arthur and the BogHogs, Ford and the new HH owners

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2023 29:59


    In which Arthur decides he real is in the wrong Earth, and Ford is horrified to discover the HHGttG owners have - changed things. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/simon-r-anthony/message

    HHGttG - Douglas Adams - Ford (and -spoilers- Vogons) in the new HH offices

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2023 30:00


    In which Ford Prefect Finds a new edition of the Book, and tries to keep it. Meanwhile, Arthur is looking for Fenchurch in all the wrong universes. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/simon-r-anthony/message

    HHGttG - Douglas Adams - Mostly Harmless continued

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2023 29:58


    Trisha McMillan - if that is her name - does not have her bag with her, but does get to fly in a spaceship --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/simon-r-anthony/message

    HHGttG - Douglas Adams - Wonko the Sane and his Dolphin bowl

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2023 30:00


    In which Arthur and Fenchurch are confused by Wonko's sanity but given clues for finding that which Fenchurch lost. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/simon-r-anthony/message

    HHGttG - Douglas Adams, in which Arthur and Fenchurch are spotted from a 747

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2023 30:02


    The Fuolornis Fire Dragons not being available due to extinction, a 747 takes the place of a big thing in the sky while our couple - couple. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/simon-r-anthony/message

    HHGttG - Douglas Adams Life the Universe and Everything, when Arthur teaches Fenny to fly

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2023 29:59


    They do a lot more than fly - no dragons were involved, but a 747 got very close. Ford meets a new life form and is utterly unhelpful. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/simon-r-anthony/message

    HHGttG - Douglas Adams Life the Universe and Everything, getting more racy- with dragons

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2023 30:03


    Arthur, having found Fenny by extraordinary good fortune, does a lot of talking. Ford does some hacking. Fenny found the Guide and things really take off. New readers, start ages ago or you won't have a clue what's going on. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/simon-r-anthony/message

    HHGttG - Douglas Adams Life the Universe and Everything, The Raffle ticket and getting to know Fenny

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2023 29:57


    Well, this gets a bit racy towards the end - and even more so in the next episode. First though Arthur has to avoid a raffle - which he fails to do and not lose the ticket - which he does. At least, he starts out with Fenny. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/simon-r-anthony/message

    HHGttG - Douglas Adams Life the Universe and Everything - Rain God, the pub and Fenny

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2023 30:00


    HHGttG - Douglas Adams So long and Thanks for all the fish, Arthur is solidly happy at home - on Earth, despite the junk mail and the fact he has lost his Guide. He meets a rain god in person this time. He is an idiot in his re-created Local, he almost runs over the most important person in his life and finally, Chattus Interuptus foils Arthur's first attempt at really wooing Fenny. This shall be or has been the programme as broadcast on Ambronradio.com in August 2023 on Thursdays. (depends on when you find this podcats...) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/simon-r-anthony/message

    HHGttG - Douglas Adams So long and Thanks for all the fish,

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2023 30:02


    HHGttG - Douglas Adams So long and Thanks for all the fish, Arthur meets a rain god, Fenny and a fish bowl, oh yes, and finds the Earth has his local pub in it again - and his house. Did he dream it all?. This shall be or has been the programme as broadcast on Ambronradio.com in August 2023 on Tuesdays. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/simon-r-anthony/message

    HHGttG - Douglas Adams Life the Universe and Everything - Earth Two, it's raining

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2023 30:04


    HHGttG - Douglas Adams So long and Thanks for all the fish, Arthur returns to Earth somehow and gets very wet - often. Ford gets very drunk and can't pay for it until- he gets published. Arthur gets stunned by an unconscious woman. This shall be or has been the programme as broadcast on Ambronradio.com in July 2023 on Mondays. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/simon-r-anthony/message

    HHGttG - Douglas Adams brilliant Life the Universe and Everything -more of the history of Krikit.

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2023 30:00


    HHGttG - Douglas Adams brilliant Life the Universe and Everything- after a bit of the last book. Slartibartfast shows them more of the history of Krikit, our friends get involved because it's not a recording this time but the real thing. Trillian takes charge and saves the universe - sort of. Marvin is still depressed and it's spreading. Oddly he doesn't meet Hactar. This shall be or has been the programme as broadcast on Ambronradio.com in July 2023 on Thursdays. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/simon-r-anthony/message

    HHGttG - Life the Universe and Everything - Observing, understanding and participating in the history of the planet Kriket.

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2023 30:01


    HHGttG - Douglas Adams brilliant Life the Universe and Everything - the horrid flying party, why Kriket got to be so anti-social, we meet Hactar, also brilliant and also unhappy This shall be or has been the programme as broadcast on Ambronradio.com in July 2023 on Tuesdays. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/simon-r-anthony/message

    HHGttG, Life the Universe and Everything - in which England wins the ashes, but it really doesn't matter in the wider scheme of things

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2023 30:00


    HHGttG - Life the Universe and Everything - after the last test match ever at Lords. Staring a sofa and a party in the sky that you really don't want to be at. This shall be or has been the programme as broadcast on Ambronradio.com in July 2023 on Mondays. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/simon-r-anthony/message

    HHGttG Life the Universe and Everything - in which Arthur discovers he is a murderer and has to face his victim Agrajag

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2023 30:05


    The continuing reading of Hitchhicker's guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams - read by me, Simon Anthony, Agrajag Is imoderately upset by having been killed an almost innumerable number of times by Arthur Dent - and he makes the point clearly and at some length. More of the game of Krikkit and it's many offshoot games. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/simon-r-anthony/message

    HHGttG Life the Universe and Everything - Zaphod, a door, white robots and the Krikkit history lesson ends

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2023 30:00


    The continuing reading of Hitchhicker's guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams - read by me, Simon Anthony, In which, Zaphod is oddly not killed by robots, a bit of the 'Heart of Gold', the gold part, is stolen. Why the Kikketers hate the rest of us and the legal judgments arising. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/simon-r-anthony/message

    HHGttG - Life the Universe and Everything - more Krikket

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2023 29:57


    The continuing reading of Hitchhicker's guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams - read by me, Simon Anthony, Here a sales pitch is made for a model of the "Wikkit Gate" and an explanation of the original and why it is remembered. Zaphod returns to the story, as does Trillian and the 'Heart of Gold'. A lot of drinking is done, by Zaphod. Then - the ship is invaded... --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/simon-r-anthony/message

    HHGttG - Life the Universe and Everything - the Bistromathic space ship goes to the planet Krikkit

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2023 29:58


    The continuing reading of Hitchhicker's guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams - read by me, Simon Anthony, Slartibartfast explains his mode of transport- in terms of a robot run bistro. He shows a historical reproduction of the cause of and reason for the events at Lords. An advert explains a bit more of the problem. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/simon-r-anthony/message

    HHGttG - Life the Universe andEverything - At Lords - continued until - Aliens stopped play.

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2023 31:38


    The continuing reading of Hitchhicker's guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams - read by me, Simon Anthony, Aliens stopped play, but this is Somebody Else's Problem. Slartibartfast may sort things out, but it doesn't look like it frankly watching the replay. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/simon-r-anthony/message

    HHGttG - Life, the Universe and Everything - starting with Wowbagger the infinitely prolonged.

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2023 29:59


    The continuing reading of Hitchhicker's guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams - read by me, Simon Anthony, Here we find out why Arthur was insulted and discover he is by far not the only one. We shall meet the insulter, Wowbagger again, but not yet. We have a game of cricket to play - until the players from Kricket arrive. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/simon-r-anthony/message

    HHGttG - Life the Universe and Everything - the start -

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2023 29:59


    The continuing reading of Hitchhicker's guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams - read by me, here up to the end of The Restaurant at the end of the Universe, and the start of book Three. This starts with the end - an utterly unimportant meeting and moves on to the reason for a lot of insults. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/simon-r-anthony/message

    HHGttG - exploring Fintlewoodlewix and finding Slartibartfast's signature

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2023 30:02


    The continuing reading of Hitchhicker's guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams - read by me. Arthur and Ford fail to integrate with the new arrivals from the B Arc and so go exploring. They meet and get fed by the local inhabitants and then, find a note in a glacier - Slartibartfast's signature. The B Arcers don't really care. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/simon-r-anthony/message

    HHGttG, After crashing on Fintlewoodlewix/Earth

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2023 30:00


    The continuing reading of Hitchhicker's guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams - read by me, Simon Anthony, here up to chapter 25 just after the 'B Arc' has crashed on a beautiful young planet that would have generated the right answer to the question to which it turns out the wrong answer is 42 - I think. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/simon-r-anthony/message

    HHGttG - Crashing on Fintlewoodlewix - AKA the Earth, but you knew that didn't you.

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2023 62:11


    In which, I make a big mistake. It's fixed here though. This episode covers life in "the B Arc" and its telephone sanitisers as they are about to crash on the very early earth and cause a software glitch... A brain glitch follows, being the original transmitted version of this episode --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/simon-r-anthony/message

    Marvin has the question to the answer 42, but they get distracted by being about to crash in to a sun.

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2023 30:01


    Hotblack Desiato's black ship is targeted at a sun, only an ignored Marvin can save them - possibly. Somehow they get split up and go several separate ways and times. Ford and Arthur get the short straw of another ship, on the way to Golgafrincham. The others return the the Heart of Gold, at least for a while. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/simon-r-anthony/message

    HHGttG - leaving the Restaurant at the end of the Universe - heading in to a sun in a black ship

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2023 30:02


    The allure of the Restaurant at the end of the Universe, AKA Milliways, twinned with the Big Bang Burger Bar, is about to be lost. Before the end of time, our heroes leave on another stolen ship, but this one is about to go bang - in the next episode. In this one they muck about with light entertainment and a depressed robot. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/simon-r-anthony/message

    The Milliways episode in which Max is the MC at the end of time, but they have seen it all before.

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2023 30:00


    It's not all glitz and glamour at the end of time, it's a day like any other - even when it happens time and time again. This time - it's different. Max is unhappy. He is always unhappy, but as a true professional, he won't show his deeper feelings. Our team don't want to hang around for the big finish. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/simon-r-anthony/message

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    HHgttG The Restaurant at the end of the universe - the start of the next part of the adventure

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2023 30:00


    From the surprising instant arrival at the end of time itself, many millions of years since the last episode - all of which were spent by Marvin going the long way, to the point where they are introduced to the object of their meal and converse with him. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/simon-r-anthony/message

    HHGttG - Zaphod in the Total Perspective Vortex on Frogstar Planet B , Later, an offer of drinks.

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2023 30:01


    How Zaphod copes with being the most important being in the universe - and how it is true - sort of. A very delayed passenger space flight - leading to some answers from Zaniwhoop. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/simon-r-anthony/message

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    The HHGttG Restaurant at the end of the universe. The flying office - to the Total Perspective Vortex

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2022 30:01


    The continued reading of Douglas Adam's brilliant work,The HHGttG, the Restaurant at the end of the universe bit. Still no food though, just an office flying to the Total Perspective Vortex --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/simon-r-anthony/message

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    The HHGttG - Ursa Minor Beta

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2022 30:01


    The HHGttG - being my continued reading, now as far as Ursa Minor Beta. In which a few more answers further complicate the question for Zaphod and his locked off brain bit. What are Frog Star fighters anyway? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/simon-r-anthony/message

    beta ursa minor zaphod
    HHGttG - Arthur and a cup of tea

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2022 29:59


    My continued reading of Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy - The Restaurant at the end of the universe bit. In which Arthur asks for a cup of tea. What could possibly go wrong ? Read by me, Simon Anthony - with a Long Covid soar throat. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/simon-r-anthony/message

    HHGttG In which they try to escape the mice, but are as yet unaware of the returning Vogons

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2022 29:59


    These are the programmes as broadcast on Ambron Radio in December 2022. This is the Thursday transmission of Douglas Adams' Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy as read by Simon Anthony. HHgttG In which they try to escape the mice, but are as yet unaware of the returning Vogons --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/simon-r-anthony/message

    HHgttG In which '42' is not a very good answer. It needs even deeper and far longer thought.

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2022 30:00


    These are the programmes as broadcast on Ambron Radio in December 2022. This is the Tuesday transmission of Douglas Adams' Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy as read by Simon Anthony. In which '42' is not a very good answer. It needs even deeper and far longer thought. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/simon-r-anthony/message

    HHgttG In which, Arthur learns the truth about the Earth - and Mice

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2022 30:00


    These are the programmes as broadcast on Ambron Radio in December 2022. This is the Monday transmission of Douglas Adams' Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy as read by Simon Anthony. In which, Arthur learns the truth about the Earth - and Mice. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/simon-r-anthony/message

    HHGttG In which they split up and explore Magrathea -

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2022 30:02


    These are the programmes as broadcast on Ambron Radio in November 2022. This is the Monday transmission of Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy as read by Simon Anthony. In which they split up and explore Magrathea - --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/simon-r-anthony/message

    HHGttG In which Zaphod finds Magrathea - and they all survive - except the Whale.

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2022 30:09


    These are the programmes as broadcast on Ambron Radio in November 2022. This is the Tuesday transmission of Douglas Adams' Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy as read by Simon Anthony. In which Zaphod finds Magrathea - and they all survive - except the Whale. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/simon-r-anthony/message

    HHGttG - In which Ford and Arthur meet Zaphod and Trillion on the Heart of Gold

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2022 30:00


    These are the programmes as broadcast on Ambron Radio in November 2022. This is the Monday transmission of Douglas Adams' Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy as read by Simon Anthony. In which Ford and Arthur meet Zaphod and Trillion on the Heart of Gold. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/simon-r-anthony/message

    The HHGttG - my fifth reading - I think ... Poetry cornered - and a breathless escape

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2022 30:01


    HHGttG - by Douglas Addams. He was a terribly clever chap and I like reading his stuff, so I've done it here and I'm quick about it too ! But - Arthur and Ford are only on their first space ship by the end ... The dreadful sound of a Babel fish doing its job but not helping much during a conversation at an airlock. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/simon-r-anthony/message

    HHGttG - In which we meet Zaphod and Trillian and almost meet Marvin on the Heart of Gold

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2022 29:58


    I've lost count of how many episodes I have recorded. This one ends just before Chapter 12. Zaphod is Galactic President and is a thief. Trillian is another escapee from Earth, but we don't know that yet and Marvin hasn't mentioned his diodes either. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/simon-r-anthony/message

    HHGttG -The End of the Earth to the Dentrassis sleeping area.

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2022 29:58


    So far my reading starts where the half hour slot for my Ambron Radio broadcast runs out and picks up where I can find a sort of re-entry point. Th brick like Vogons do their thing, then get ready for the poetry - in the next episode.. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/simon-r-anthony/message

    The Third part of my reading of the Hitchhickers Guide to the Galaxy

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2022 29:59


    I started with Douglas Addams' introduction, then found there was little space left for a decent chunk of the actual book, so part two starts quite close to the story's beginning. This section has not moved on very far as yet. Arthur is still in the mud and the Vogons are biding their time - hanging around. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/simon-r-anthony/message

    More living with Long Covid - followed by Kelly Shanley's 'Drunk 30 something'

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2022 29:59


    More living with Long Covid - followed by Kelly Shanley's 'Drunk 30 something' --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/simon-r-anthony/message

    Starting with - personal thoughts on the NHS, 1977 Christmas comedy compilation including The Silver Jubilee.- with 45 year old radio links.

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2022 30:00


    Raymond Baxter makes his mark reporting on the Silver Jubilee. Salisbury Cathedral's Bells for the Queen. Starting with, sad comments about the state of the NHS. Radio comedy clips and links - from the TV as well. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/simon-r-anthony/message

    WeekEnding Christmas 1976 and a police car chase - via the radio

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2022 30:00


    These recordings are from my ancient tape archive, recovered thanks to Kaleidoscope. Week Ending was a Radio 4 topical comedy sketch show of very high quality. Following that, is a VHF radio recording of a car chase through London around the same time. It has a happy ending - if you are not the baddies. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/simon-r-anthony/message

    BBC Lively Arts TV programme celebrating Dr Who in 1977. Part 1 of 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2022 30:00


    Just the TV sound, recorded directly by wire - not sure why I didn't record the video. I think I had a VHS by then but tapes were so very expensive - and I had not joined the BBC yet... --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/simon-r-anthony/message

    1977 Christmas comedy compilation - with 45 year old radio links. Plus thoughts on the NHS

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2022 30:00


    From my archives... remarkably clear for all the years spent in attics and suchlike places - these recordings were made on valve reel to reel tape recorders at 1 7/8th ips. I get to say a few things about the NHS too. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/simon-r-anthony/message

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    1977 celebration of thirteen years of Dr Who - part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2022 30:01


    This is the soundtrack of a BBC TV programme - no pics except those from your memories ! Part one is on another episode download. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/simon-r-anthony/message

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