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The Hippopotamus

'To be told officiallythat we are off the case 'confirms our sense of beingnot fully...

'To be told officially
that we are off the case 'confirms our sense of being
not fully appreciated 'by an insensitive world

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'To be told officially that we are off the case
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'confirms our sense of being not fully appreciated
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'by an insensitive world.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
47
Timestamp in Movie
00:07:06
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.
'Paradoxically, this increases our self-esteem - The Hippopotamus 00:15
'Paradoxically, this increases our self-esteem
'Finding myself at leisure, - The Hippopotamus 00:12
'Finding myself at leisure,
'It was unlikely a poem would come - The Hippopotamus 00:08
'It was unlikely a poem would come
'S0, I listed, as is my custom, - The Hippopotamus 00:09
'S0, I listed, as is my custom,
'The rare words annoy the punter, - The Hippopotamus 00:08
'The rare words annoy the punter,
'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.