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The Hippopotamus

We need to put up a strong front, but first we have to checkyou in for some rehab

We need to put up a strong front, but first we have to check
you in for some rehab

Full Transcript

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We need to put up a strong front,
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but first we have to check you in for some rehab.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
19
Timestamp in Movie
00:05:16
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.
I know you've been told by people cleverer than you - The Hippopotamus 00:06
I know you've been told by people cleverer than you
I know my writing for you makes you feel successful. - The Hippopotamus 00:06
I know my writing for you makes you feel successful.
I know you know I could walk into any job - The Hippopotamus 00:11
I know you know I could walk into any job
I also know you took culture - The Hippopotamus 00:07
I also know you took culture
You would censure me? - The Hippopotamus 00:06
You would censure me?
You're the one bringing down the tone - The Hippopotamus 00:09
You're the one bringing down the tone
I bet you never had a wank that wasn't focus-grouped, - The Hippopotamus 00:10
I bet you never had a wank that wasn't focus-grouped,
Why don't you take your freckled ass on a sabbatical - The Hippopotamus 00:10
Why don't you take your freckled ass on a sabbatical
You may have been the great hope for British poetry - The Hippopotamus 00:07
You may have been the great hope for British poetry
When... when did you last do anything at all? - The Hippopotamus 00:05
When... when did you last do anything at all?
I have about as much need of you - The Hippopotamus 00:07
I have about as much need of you
'No use denying the fact we all feel undervalued. - The Hippopotamus 00:07
'No use denying the fact we all feel undervalued.
'To be told officially that we are off the case - The Hippopotamus 00:11
'To be told officially that we are off the case
'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