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The Hippopotamus

'The rare words annoy the punter, 'but they never think about a poet's lot

'The rare words annoy the punter, 'but they never think about a poet's lot

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'The rare words annoy the punter,
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'but they never think about a poet's lot.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
52
Timestamp in Movie
00:08:01
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.
'A painter has oils, acrylics and pastels. - The Hippopotamus 00:06
'A painter has oils, acrylics and pastels.
'A musician has entire machines - The Hippopotamus 00:08
'A musician has entire machines
You may not remember me. - The Hippopotamus 00:05
You may not remember me.
Jane Swann. One of the Berkshire Swanns? - The Hippopotamus 00:06
Jane Swann. One of the Berkshire Swanns?
Cast your mind back to a small font, a baby and a rising poet. - The Hippopotamus 00:08
Cast your mind back to a small font, a baby and a rising poe...
Where the last of the semi-famous get assholed. - The Hippopotamus 00:05
Where the last of the semi-famous get assholed.
Sooth. You see before you a recently fired man. - The Hippopotamus 00:05
Sooth. You see before you a recently fired man.
'Jane's home lived up to my ripest expectations. - The Hippopotamus 00:06
'Jane's home lived up to my ripest expectations.
'As degrading a cocktail of over-priced cliches - The Hippopotamus 00:07
'As degrading a cocktail of over-priced cliches
'Any given surface - The Hippopotamus 00:14
'Any given surface
That thing on the sofa's a Kazakh placenta sheet. - The Hippopotamus 00:05
That thing on the sofa's a Kazakh placenta sheet.
'In the taxi over, Jane had mentioned she had a job for me. - The Hippopotamus 00:05
'In the taxi over, Jane had mentioned she had a job for...
'I demurred, of course, - The Hippopotamus 00:06
'I demurred, of course,
'But she told the driver to keep driving - The Hippopotamus 00:14
'But she told the driver to keep driving
My doctor tells me I have three months to live. - The Hippopotamus 00:05
My doctor tells me I have three months to live.
That's ballsy. - The Hippopotamus 00:05
That's ballsy.
But it's a grotty age and a grotty world - The Hippopotamus 00:07
But it's a grotty age and a grotty world
Do you believe in miracles? - The Hippopotamus 00:05
Do you believe in miracles?
As in calming the storms and feeding the multitudes? - The Hippopotamus 00:06
As in calming the storms and feeding the multitudes?
Give us a fag. - The Hippopotamus 00:06
Give us a fag.