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John Hodgman's Legendary Speech On Nerd Rights

John Hodgman was the keynote speaker at this weekend's Radio & TV Correspondents' Dinner in Washington DC, following President Barack Obama, which is insane. Not that he was the keynote speaker, but just that he followed the president, and that...  CONTINUE READING JOHN HODGMAN'S LEGENDARY SPEECH ON NERD RIGHTS»

Posted on June 22, 2009 in , (19 comments)
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Good Guys Win

Last night's Best Show on WFMU fundraiser marathon featured Paul F. Tompkins from Best Week Ever with Paul F. Tompkins and John Hodgman from John Hodgman's Coraline. In the words of a California Raisin in our hometown public library, "READ."...  CONTINUE READING GOOD GUYS WIN»

Posted on March 11, 2009 in (1 comments)
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John Hodgman Guest Starred On Battlestar Galactica

Things I know about Battlestar Galactica: 1. People who are into it are REALLY into it. 2. They say "frak" where we would say "fuck." 3. John Hodgman guest starred as a brain surgeon last week: INTENSE! "Take out the...  CONTINUE READING JOHN HODGMAN GUEST STARRED ON BATTLESTAR GALACTICA»

Posted on February 20, 2009 in (4 comments)
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If I Knew John Hodgman Was Going To Be In Coraline, I Would Have Given A Shit About Coraline

Coraline looks really cool and art-directed. But since I'm much more of a documentary/comedy person than an animated scary movie person, I kind of filed Coraline away in the "Sure, I will be dragged to that on a lazy Sunday...  CONTINUE READING IF I KNEW JOHN HODGMAN WAS GOING TO BE IN CORALINE, I WOULD HAVE GIVEN A SHIT ABOUT CORALINE»

Posted on February 3, 2009 (10 comments)
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John Hodgman Talks To Conan About Taking His Fame In Stride

John Hodgman, the only famous person who literally everyone likes, was on Conan O'Brien last night to promote his new book of made-up lies, More Information Than You Require, and to poke fun at his celebrity, striking comparisons with Jay...  CONTINUE READING JOHN HODGMAN TALKS TO CONAN ABOUT TAKING HIS FAME IN STRIDE»

Posted on November 19, 2008 in , (2 comments)
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I Knew Him Could M8k Her Go All Nite, Horatio

On today's episode of BoingBoing TV, John Hodgman gives dramatic readings of his spam emails. That is all....  CONTINUE READING I KNEW HIM COULD M8K HER GO ALL NITE, HORATIO»

Posted on October 1, 2008 in (0 comments)
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Last Night A Droid Entered John Hodgman's Window And Tried To Kill Him

John Hodgman was on BoingBoing TV today. That is all....  CONTINUE READING LAST NIGHT A DROID ENTERED JOHN HODGMAN'S WINDOW AND TRIED TO KILL HIM»

Posted on September 9, 2008 in , (2 comments)
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No Cute Chicks Were Harmed In The Sasquatch Theft Of Summer '08

John Hodgman reports that a Sasquatch mascot statue similar to one he owns at his home in "Internetless Hills, MA," has been stolen from a place where such a theft is worthy of local news: John claims to have had...  CONTINUE READING NO CUTE CHICKS WERE HARMED IN THE SASQUATCH THEFT OF SUMMER '08»

Posted on July 2, 2008 in (2 comments)
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Ricky Gervais And John Hodgman Ask The Hard Questions

As you might know and be excited about, Ricky Gervais has a new movie coming out next year called The Other Side Of The Truth for which he's been keeping a production blog, and which stars, among others, the highly...  CONTINUE READING RICKY GERVAIS AND JOHN HODGMAN ASK THE HARD QUESTIONS»

Posted on June 4, 2008 (0 comments)
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Chris Ware's Animation For This American Life

As I mentioned in my recap of the This American Life live show, this animation from season 2 is just great: I still wish they would have animated John Hodgman's story about sneaking into the London zoo to steal a...  CONTINUE READING CHRIS WARE'S ANIMATION FOR THIS AMERICAN LIFE»

Posted on May 8, 2008 in , (2 comments)
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