Idaho Skies Transcript for May 24th and 25th

RACHEL
Welcome to Idaho Skies for May 24th and 25th. We’re your hosts, Rachel…

PAUL
…and Paul.

BRING DOWN MUSIC

RACHEL
Hey! It’s Towel Day on the 25th!

PAUL
Towel Day? That sounds like something from The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.

RACHEL
It is. On May 25th, 1971, Douglas Adams was traveling through Innsbruck, Austria.

PAUL
And there he got the idea to write a book about hitchhiking through the Milky Way galaxy.

RACHEL
Why a hitchhiking story?

PAUL
Because he was carrying a copy of Ken Welsh’s Hitchhiker’s Guide to Europe.

RACHEL
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is a classic piece of literature with a certain category of human beings.

PAUL
To the rest of the human population, it’s probably best described as a cult classic.

RACHEL
The novel describes the adventures of one human of the British persuasion, Arthur Dent and his friend, Ford Prefect.

PAUL
By the way, Ford Prefect is from the planet Betelgeuse 5.

RACHEL
One of the pieces of advice given by the Hitchhiker’s Guide is to always know where you towel is.

PAUL
Adams felt that a well organized person would always know where his towel was.

RACHEL
So according to the Guide, having a towel indicates that the hitchhiker must also be in possession of a multitude of other useful items, like a spacesuit.

PAUL
And therefore non-hitchhikers are more likely to lend the hitchhiker anything that he or she may have inadvertently lost.

RACHEL
Like a spacesuit.

PAUL
So don’t forget you towel.

RACHEL
And Don’t Panic.

FADE IN MUSIC

PAUL
That’s Idaho Skies for the 24th and 25th of May.

RACHEL
Be sure to read our blog for additional information. It’s at idahoskies.blogspot.com.

For Idaho Skies this is Rachel…

PAUL
…and Paul.

RACHEL
Dark skies and bright stars.