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 More options Jul 28 2004, 5:19 pm
Newsgroups: alt.fan.douglas-adams
From: Gusty <gustywinds.obviousspamt...@btopenworld.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 22:19:03 +0100
Local: Wed, Jul 28 2004 5:19 pm
Subject: Re: Deadlines quote source?
Reason not withstanding the universe continued unabated and MJ Simpson
spoke forth:

>> > I seem to recall it being in the South Bank Show program (???)

>> It's a radio 4 program, the sort of thing you find in the 12.30 on Saturday
>> slot as far as I know.

>The problem here is that the South Bank Show (which is of course a TV
>series made by LWT, not a BBC radio series) featured Adams in 1992.

>And we have someone quoting this on the net in May 1989.

Did Neil Gaiman ever do any TV appearances to promote Don't Panic?
I have this picture in my mind of somebody else quoting this about
Douglas rather than Douglas himself saying it.
I may be getting confused with something much later such as one of the
tribute shows.
Definitely pre-dates 1992 as he mentioned it at the MH promo I went to
in October of that year. His word then were along the lines of "you
know what they says about me? I love the sound, etc."
This was in response to a question on when his next book was due.

Unless someone close to him responds, I doubt we'll ever know.

--
D.

gusty
n. a person with more than one radio.


 
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