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The Hippopotamus

The greats know that poetry is how we allow nature to speak to us

The greats know that poetry is how we allow nature to speak to us

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The greats know that poetry is how we allow
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nature to speak to us.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
00:35:17
Uploaded
Oct 30, 2025
Genres
comedy
Production
The Electric Shadow Company

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Movie Summary

Disgraced poet Ted Wallace is summoned to his friend's country manor to investigate a series of unexplained miracles.
Look, young Pull - The Hippopotamus 00:13
Look, young Pull
All the poets in England, Scotland, Wales, - The Hippopotamus 00:06
All the poets in England, Scotland, Wales,
Misery, nil. 14 years before anyone even notices. - The Hippopotamus 00:06
Misery, nil. 14 years before anyone even notices.
All the sewage engineers in London alone - The Hippopotamus 00:06
All the sewage engineers in London alone
Impact, turds and tampons flopping out of your tap. - The Hippopotamus 00:05
Impact, turds and tampons flopping out of your tap.
Misery. Hardship. Newsworthiness high. - The Hippopotamus 00:05
Misery. Hardship. Newsworthiness high.
You do still believe in poetry? - The Hippopotamus 00:07
You do still believe in poetry?
Its power to change the world. You do still care? - The Hippopotamus 00:05
Its power to change the world. You do still care?
You want gold, you break your back down a mine. - The Hippopotamus 00:05
You want gold, you break your back down a mine.
All this talk of poetry has awoken my appetite. - The Hippopotamus 00:06
All this talk of poetry has awoken my appetite.
Time for a second stanza of your mother's cream cake. - The Hippopotamus 00:05
Time for a second stanza of your mother's cream cake.
My center of gravity has shifted - The Hippopotamus 00:06
My center of gravity has shifted
He seems, in his own graceful way, - The Hippopotamus 00:06
He seems, in his own graceful way,
Look, my love, - The Hippopotamus 00:06
Look, my love,
I understand, - The Hippopotamus 00:06
I understand,
I've spent most of my life skipping after women, - The Hippopotamus 00:06
I've spent most of my life skipping after women,
But if your son is writing metaphysical art spunk - The Hippopotamus 00:10
But if your son is writing metaphysical art spunk
Well, if the horse is sick, he must do something. - The Hippopotamus 00:05
Well, if the horse is sick, he must do something.
Faith's great, but it'd be nice to have a soupgon of proof. - The Hippopotamus 00:05
Faith's great, but it'd be nice to have a soupgon ...
There's no ragwort in her field. - The Hippopotamus 00:06
There's no ragwort in her field.