Hoover the Talking Seal

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Uploaded by on Nov 28, 2007

Audio clip of Hoover, our famous talking seal, who died in 1985 after 14 years at the Aquarium.

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  • I thought he was at his best when he sang kiss from a rose.

  • I always thought 'Kissed by a rose' was his best song.

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  • This sucks... real bad.

  • Hoover the farting seal

  • I have a cat that says no. Particually when he gets a bath and when he has to go to the vet's.

  • I have to admit among the popular talking animals(parrots, apes, elephants, etc) I did not count seals among them.

    I knew they were hiding something... Just you wait... They're planning revenge for the bloody pastime of baby-seal-clubbing!

  • the QI clip can be watched here /watch?v=pZS0coZ0NSw

  • @MrM13D haha, it just re-aired in Australia last week.

  • @huntfastuff It is true.

  • come on get over here come on come on

  • @JollyMunkie I hear Australia has a mish mash of eps out of sequence - so some are new and some old. Alan Davies said Aus can watch how his hair seem to grow overnight and Stephen's weight goes up and down.

  • @88lines44women I'm surprised there aren't more (video) recordings of him "speaking".

  • @JollyMunkie Yep...we started getting it a year or more back, with the then current season. Since then, they've gone back to the first series, and been showing them all in order.

  • @JollyMunkie I just watched it in Australia tonight :)

  • @MrM13D haha, I did

  • @MrM13D I didn't realise QI was screened so far behind in Australia.

  • That is Quite Interesting!

  • The resemblance to Wilford Brimley is astounding. 

  • @mmemmm344455 "Get over here"

  • @mmemmm344455 Hoover... Come on, get out of here! Come on, come on, get out arararaaaaa!! Come on, get out!

  • 12 people are named something other than Hoover.

  • He was MUCH better in person. He would say pretty clearly " Hello dare!" "Hello!" "Whaddya doin" This recording wasn't very good.. I pretty much freaked the first time I heard him, I thought I was hallucinating.

  • He was MUCH better in person. He would say pretty clearly " Hello dare!" "Hello!" "Whaddya doin" This recording wasn't very good..I

  • what does the fucking thing suppose to be saying????

  • what does the fucking thing suppose to be saying????

  • I heard he had a Bostonian accent.

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