Welcome to the Judge John Hodgman podcast. I'm Baylor Fjessi Thorne. This week, Fudgey the Bale.

Kate brings the case against her husband, Aaron. Aaron insists on baking cakes for every

birthday party or special event. Kate would rather he focus his energy on helping her with

their two young kids instead of baking elaborate cakes. Who's right? Who's wrong? Only

one man can decide, please rise as Judge John Hodgman enters the courtroom and presents

an obscure cultural reference. I threw it in the bin because I didn't want to present

it. I didn't want John Hodgman to judge the way my case came out. So I'd rather present

nothing. Baylor Fjessi Thorne, swear to the man.

Kate and Aaron, please rise and raise your right hands to you, swear to tell the truth,

the whole truth and nothing but the truth. So help you God or whatever. I do. Do you swear

to abide by Judge John Hodgman's ruling despite the fact that he recently celebrated his

birthday with a birthday pie? Yes, I do. Very well, Judge Hodgman. You may be seated.

In fact, it was an ice cream birthday pie, which is that a sandwich? I don't know. By the

way, I'm going to jump way ahead here, Jesse Thorne and say thank you to Jesse Madsen

for naming this case Fudgy the Bail, which of course is a reference to the old Carvelle

ice cream cake Fudgy the Whale that I grew up with at many a birthday party. It is the

most tortured and frankly, given the circumstances of this case inappropriate legal metaphor to

suggest that Fudgy has anything to do with bail, but it may be laugh. So I used it anyway.

This does have to do with cakes, however. So Aaron and Kate, given that as the subject matter,

an either of you name for an immediate summary judgment in one of yours favors the piece

of culture that I referenced as I entered the courtroom. Aaron, why don't you go first?

What's your guess? I'm going with a Julia Childs reference. Julia Childs, so that was

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