Recent content by Fred Smith

I remember being a kid and listening to the radio programs at night. I have no idea how I even found them, but one of the AM stations in Houston used to run an hour and a half of old radio shows on Sunday nights 20 years or so ago. They'd run a comedy (Jack Benny or something else), then a...

It probably would have been much better than what was released. I try to view it as merely another adaptation of the same basic story, though. There were many versions starting with the radio plays, and each one had substantial differences from the others. I try to view each one on its own...

Douglas Adams was involved in all the adaptations of his story, from the original radio show through to the most recent movie.