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Judge John Hodgman

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Judge John Hodgman

Jesse Thorn

Justice, Society & Culture, World, Knowledge, Kids & Family, Relationships, Mac, Comedy, John Hodgman, Information, Show, Judge, More, John Hodgeman, Pc, Jesse Thorn

4.87.9K Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2019

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Luke files suit against Stephanie. Stephanie refuses to say "bless you" whenever anyone sneezes. Luke thinks it's a pleasant practice she should engage in, but she says it's annoying. Who's right? Who's wrong? Thank you to Steve Runyon for naming this week's case! To suggest a title for a future episode, follow Judge John Hodgman on Facebook. We regularly put out a call for submissions.

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Judge John Hodgman podcast. I'm Bail of Jesse Thorn. This week, a

0:06.8

two-dication. Luke files suit against Stephanie. Stephanie refuses to say,

0:13.2

bless you when someone sneezes. Luke thinks it's a pleasant practice in which

0:18.8

she should engage. She says, it's annoying. Who's right? Who's wrong? Only one can

0:25.2

decide. Please rise. As Judge John Hodgman enters the courtroom and joins me.

0:30.6

Bail of Jesse Thorn in presenting an obscure cultural reference. Judge

0:36.0

Hodgman, that's a very nice hat you're wearing and I don't mean that in an

0:39.8

heady-haskle typeway. Thanks.

0:43.9

Shut your pie hole. Oh, Bail of Jesse swear them in. Luke and Stephanie please

0:51.2

rise and raise your right hands. Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth,

0:55.2

and nothing but the truth so help you God or whatever? I do. I do. Do you swear to abide by

1:01.5

Judge John Hodgman's ruling despite the fact that while he is both myth and legend,

1:07.2

he is not man but merely an incorpural form of pure justice. I do. I do. Judge Hodgman,

1:14.2

you may proceed. Luke and Stephanie, you may be seated for an immediate summary judgment in one

1:18.3

of yours favors can either of you name the piece of culture that Jesse mostly paraphrased and

1:24.1

I helped out with as I entered the courtroom. Luke, you bring the case. Why don't we start with you?

1:29.2

Judge, I am going to guess an episode of Happy Days. An episode of Happy Days. A television

1:37.2

show, any particular episode? The heady-haskle reference made me think a television, so just any old

1:42.3

episode of Happy Days. That was a leave it to be for a thing but that's cool. Happy days. We'll put

1:46.6

it in there. I wonder whether we'll leave it to be for existed in the Happy Days of Earth.

1:51.9

They could have watched that. I think the timing could have worked. They could have made it

1:55.2

at any asical reference. Interesting guess. What about you, Stephanie? Do you have a guess for

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