Welcome to the Judge John Hodgman podcast. I'm Baylif Jesse Thorn. We're in chambers

this week clearing the docket with me as always is clear breathing East Coaster Judge

John Hodgman. How are you doing out there? I mean on top of everything else is a dense

layer of smokey apocalyptic fog and fear and anxiety. How are you holding up Jesse? Are

you okay or okay minus? Well, I'm definitely okay minus overall but in the context of the

smogulous smoke that's outside of my home, it's going okay. I somehow ordered two air purifiers,

two days before the air got bad here in Los Angeles, one for the upstairs of my home and one

for the downstairs of my home. I don't know why I did it. I think I was just looking for some way

to fill the hole in my heart left by the nightmare that is 2020 and I thought yeah maybe this will

get rid of my persistent anxiety, throat ache. It hasn't but it has kept my family healthy to the extent

that we've stayed indoors. I'm very glad to hear that. I also have been indulging in some self-care.

I try to watch a little bit of a movie every night because what else is there to do? Sure. And on top of

all of this, this is a minor thing but there is some justice that needs to be served to a particular

actor. In my self-care routine, I just I know nostalgia is a toxic impulse but it's less toxic than

everything else this year. And I decided to go back and revisit Superman the movie directed by Richard

Donner 1978 starring Christopher Reeve. Sure. Which is a delight. You've seen it, surely.

I've seen it. Chris Superman in the movie. Yeah. And I've seen the one where he's end nuclear weapons.

That's like Superman four or five or something. The War for Peace. Superman four. The War for Peace.

So look, Richard Donner is an amazing director. This thing has a look and feel that

veers between pure fun and pure reverence. It's playful. It's lyrical. It's wonderful. Margot

Kitter recites a poem. Christopher Reeve is the greatest of all supermins. But here's the thing,

Jesse. I have one last time you saw it. Oh, 25 years ago. Yeah. I mean, it's been the years for me.

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