Welcome to the Judge John Hodgman podcast. I'm Bale of Jesse Thorne. This week, Death Cab

or Sue Me. Louisa brings the case against her sister, Josie. Josie has a huge box she'd

like to paint to look like the skeleton cab from Halloween town. Louisa just wants to

get rid of the box. Who's right? Who's wrong? Only one can decide. Please rise as Judge

John Hodgman enters the courtroom and presents an obscure cultural reference. Josie and the

pussy cats, long tails and ears for hats. You wish that was the cultural reference. You

wish it. It's not. Here's the cultural reference. Does that sound really go ears for hats? Yeah,

it does. Wow. They do wear ears for hats. They wear ears for hats. But I mean they're not

hats. They're just something that's on their head, not everything that's on your head. A hairband

isn't a hat. What do you think about this new hat that I'm wearing, Jesse? I call it headphones.

Yeah, there you go. It's my new hat. There you go. That's what we're talking about. All right,

here comes a real obscure cultural reference. This side, that side and the truth. Just as from every

angle, hot bench, Bale of Jesse Thorne, please swear them in. Louisa and Josie, please rise and raise

your right hands. Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth,

so help you God or whatever? I do. I do. Do you swear to abide by Judge John Hodgman's ruling,

despite the fact that he only takes that goofy cab from Hoofram Roger Rabbit? Benny the cab.

Benny the cab, thank you. That's right. I do. I do. Judge Hodgman, you may proceed. Benny the cab.

You just stick out your thumb and he shows up. Benny the cab. Louisa and Josie, you maybe see it for

an immediate summary judgment in one of your favors. Can either of you name the piece of cultural

reference when I entered the courtroom, Louisa? That was the intro to the courtroom show Hot Ben,

I believe. That's correct. And who is doing the voiceover? Uh, yes. Let's go ahead to Josie.

Well, I don't know. I've never watched Hot Ben. Never watched Hot Ben? No, I haven't. I've seen Judie. Judie.

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