Original artwork, not a still
Life, the Universe and Everything · 1982
"I would like you to shut up about your towel," said Ford. "It isn't my towel," insisted Arthur, "that is the point I am trying to ..." "And the time at which I would like you to shut up about it," continued Ford in a low growl, "is now."
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
Ford demands that Arthur stop talking about a towel; Arthur insists it isn't his towel, which is the very point he keeps trying to make. Ford's low growl makes the deadline plain: the silence should begin immediately. The comedy comes from pedantic persistence meeting flat exasperation.
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