East River Creature
As Ford Prefect travels through space in a Sirius Cybernetics Corporation spaceship, he has a dream in which he encounters a strange creature made of slime from the East River in New York who has just come into existence. After asking Ford a series of questions about life, and Ford's recommendation of finding love on 7th Avenue, the creature leaves Ford to talk to a nearby policeman on his status in life.
Appearances:
- the novel So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
- fit the twenty-first of the radio series
In fit the twenty-first of the radio series, the East River character was played by American comedian Jackie Mason.
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