Heard it first when I checked the tapes out of our local library. Listened to it on a long cross country trip and after almost running off the road several times because I was laughing so hard, would take hour-long breaks and sit, car cozied against the winter rains and laugh 'til tears. Then found numerous books by Adams and delighted anew was I. Then saw the BBC on the cheap TV series and was slightly disappointed that the characters didn't quite live up to my inner vision but lost THAT quickly as Arthur Dent seemed more in line with the radio version than the book version did and Vogons were perfect as was Prefect.

I am keen to see the current film. I hope that it is funny first and true to the "original(s)" second. I am in need of cheering up, it's been a cold damp winter.

CB