# Special advance screening if you're a hoopy frood who knows where his towel is! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 27, 2005, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-advance-screening-if-youre-a-hoopy-frood-who-knows-where-his-towel-is/286974 "2005-01-27T20:12:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-advance-screening-if-youre-a-hoopy-frood-who-knows-where-his-towel-is/286974/1 "2005-01-27T20:12:49Z")
You sass that hoopy **bienville**? There’s a frood who really knows where his towel is. And because he’s such a hoopy frood he managed to get himself on the list to be in the audience for tonight’s test screening of **The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy**!!! Woo Hoo! 😃 I’ll report back later. I rock! ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-advance-screening-if-youre-a-hoopy-frood-who-knows-where-his-towel-is/286974/2 "2005-01-27T20:49:38Z")
Dude, you suck. I can’t wait for this to come out. Robin ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-advance-screening-if-youre-a-hoopy-frood-who-knows-where-his-towel-is/286974/3 "2005-01-27T20:50:51Z")
You lucky frood! Have a Pangalactic Gargleblaster or two for me. I’ll be viewing my BBC series DVDs to ease my pain of waiting for the public release. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-advance-screening-if-youre-a-hoopy-frood-who-knows-where-his-towel-is/286974/4 "2005-01-27T21:24:03Z")
Belgium! I hurl copious amounts of jealousy your way. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Rodd\_Hill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ab097/32.png) [@Rodd\_Hill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodd_Hill)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-advance-screening-if-youre-a-hoopy-frood-who-knows-where-his-towel-is/286974/5 "2005-01-27T21:37:05Z")
Ah, yes, but do you have your official HHGTG beach towel, circa 1982 to hand? I do! However, know that we expect a FULL REPORT for fellow Dopers. Or you can go and stick your head in a pig. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-advance-screening-if-youre-a-hoopy-frood-who-knows-where-his-towel-is/286974/6 "2005-01-28T00:12:08Z")
> [@Rodd Hill](#): > > Ah, yes, but do you have your official HHGTG beach towel, circa 1982 to hand? > > I do! More importantly, does your Infocom HHGTG game still have the little scrap of pocket lint in it? Mine doesn’t. ---
**Author:** ![EmeraldGrue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dc4da7/32.png) [@EmeraldGrue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmeraldGrue)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-advance-screening-if-youre-a-hoopy-frood-who-knows-where-his-towel-is/286974/7 "2005-01-28T00:23:54Z")
**bienville** , tell us EVERYTHING, man!! :listens to _Journey of the Sorcerer_ wistfully: ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-advance-screening-if-youre-a-hoopy-frood-who-knows-where-his-towel-is/286974/8 "2005-01-28T00:35:39Z")
You all already knew (didn’t you?) that I will be seeing this movie the instant it arrives in my town. Did I mention that I just picked up a copy of _The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy_? All five novels, plus a short story about Zaphod Beeblebrox in one volume 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-advance-screening-if-youre-a-hoopy-frood-who-knows-where-his-towel-is/286974/9 "2005-01-28T01:13:10Z")
> [@Phase42](#): > > Did I mention that I just picked up a copy of The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy? All five novels, plus a short story about Zaphod Beeblebrox in one volume I’ve had that for at least five years now. ---
**Author:** ![Phnord\_Prephect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/df705f/32.png) [@Phnord\_Prephect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phnord_Prephect)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-advance-screening-if-youre-a-hoopy-frood-who-knows-where-his-towel-is/286974/10 "2005-01-28T05:16:29Z")
Well… it’s tonight… update? Can you tell I don’t wanna wait? ☹ ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-advance-screening-if-youre-a-hoopy-frood-who-knows-where-his-towel-is/286974/11 "2005-01-28T10:13:37Z")
Aaaaargh!!! O.K. do you folks know how test screenings work? Well, they accept RSVPs from _several_ times the theatre capacity. The reason they do this is they want to be able to weed out the exact demograhic spread that they expect to be helpful to their market research. Once they’ve got all they want from a certain demographic they won’t admit anyone else from that demographic. So, I was in line 75 minutes prior to showtime (they recommended we be there 45 minutes beforehand). Even though, ultimately, I ended up being in the first third of the line, far to many of the people ahead of me happened to meet the same demographic criteria as I do. So, when I got to the front of the line they said, “Sorry, **bienville** , we’ve got too many of you here already.” (Really, _what_ were they thinking? Afterall, there’s only _one_ **bienville**!!!) So, they offered me a free pass to any other movie playing at the theatre (I declined in favor of taking up the plans I had cancelled for this screening) but I did _not_ get to see HHG. ☹ Personally, I think it’s because of all the ill will that was sent my way by my fellow Dopers. If you folks had wished me well and kept your jealousy in check, I’m sure the good vibes would have gotten me in. 😉 So, there it is. I don’t get to see it any earlier than the rest of you. Sorry for raising your hopes for juicy spoilers, only to have those hopes dashed. Didn’t mean to jerk you around. I’m very sad. (more for me than for you.) ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-advance-screening-if-youre-a-hoopy-frood-who-knows-where-his-towel-is/286974/12 "2005-01-28T12:34:13Z")
A couple of reports here: > **[Xhixen thumbs an early ride to a test screening of HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE...](http://legacy.aintitcool.com/node/19271)** > > Hey folks, Harry here with the very first film review of HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY - now both Moriarty and Quint were going to attempt to break into this screening all undercover style, and I've yet to hear if they've succeeded or... Brian ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-advance-screening-if-youre-a-hoopy-frood-who-knows-where-his-towel-is/286974/13 "2005-01-28T12:46:03Z")
> [@bienville](#): > > Aaaaargh!!! So, when I got to the front of the line they said, “Sorry, **bienville** , we’ve got too many of you here already.” (Really, _what_ were they thinking? Afterall, there’s only _one_ **bienville**!!!) You mean you don’t come in six-packs? ---
**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-advance-screening-if-youre-a-hoopy-frood-who-knows-where-his-towel-is/286974/14 "2005-01-28T19:19:54Z")
Here, **bienville**. Drown your spirits with an Old Janx Spirit. Doesn’t require half the rehabilitation time of a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster. ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-advance-screening-if-youre-a-hoopy-frood-who-knows-where-his-towel-is/286974/15 "2005-01-28T21:34:40Z")
> [@bienville](#): > > (Really, _what_ were they thinking? Afterall, there’s only _one_ **bienville**!!!) Sort of like suddenly finding yourself in the Total Perspective Vortex, innit :D? > [@](#): > > I’m very sad. (more for me than for you.) So am I. Except more for me 😉 . ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-advance-screening-if-youre-a-hoopy-frood-who-knows-where-his-towel-is/286974/16 "2005-01-28T22:26:10Z")
> [@](#): > > Have a Pangalactic Gargleblaster or two for me. How, exactly, does one have _two_ Pan-Galactic Gargle Blasters? ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-advance-screening-if-youre-a-hoopy-frood-who-knows-where-his-towel-is/286974/17 "2005-01-28T22:45:49Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > How, exactly, does one have _two_ Pan-Galactic Gargle Blasters? One down each throat, obviously. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-advance-screening-if-youre-a-hoopy-frood-who-knows-where-his-towel-is/286974/18 "2005-01-28T23:33:50Z")
This is a very sad thread. A very sad thread indeed. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-advance-screening-if-youre-a-hoopy-frood-who-knows-where-his-towel-is/286974/19 "2005-01-28T23:41:57Z")
So, do you know what demographics they were still letting in? (This is me fantisizing that if I’d had your ticket, I’d have made it in. Pathetic, isn’t it?) ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2005, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-advance-screening-if-youre-a-hoopy-frood-who-knows-where-his-towel-is/286974/20 "2005-01-29T00:01:21Z")
Ok, you’re a real hoopy frood who knows where his towel is, but don’t go climbing into the Total Perspective Vortex, now! Enjoy, and share! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-advance-screening-if-youre-a-hoopy-frood-who-knows-where-his-towel-is/286974.md?page=2)