ˈæftɚ ðɪs hiː "vˈɜːtʃuːəli vˈænɪʃt fɹʌm sˈaɪt", bᵻkˈʌmɪŋ, æz hɪz fɹˈɛnd tˈɛɹi pɹˈætʃɪt pɹəklˈeɪmd, "ðə mˈæn ˈɛvɹi tˌiːvˈiː pɹədˈuːsɚɹ ɪn ˈɪŋɡlənd wʊd kˈɔːl wɛn ɐ nˈuː tˌiːvˈiː θˈiːm wʌz nˈiːdᵻd".
After this he "virtually vanished from sight", becoming, as his friend Terry Pratchett proclaimed, "the man every TV producer in England would call when a new TV theme was needed".