Full Court Press

Judge John Hodgman

Jesse Thorn

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4.8 • 7.7K Ratings

🗓️ 19 July 2023

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Rick brings the case against his friend, Ken. During the 2019-2020 NBA season, Rick and Ken made a bet about who would be named Rookie of the Year. Ken bet in favor of Zion Williamson, and Rick bet in favor of Ja Morant. While Ja Morant was named Rookie of the Year, Ken believes that he should not be compelled to pay. He says that the pandemic caused too many complications. The bet should be voided. But, Rick says that Ken needs to pay up! Who’s right? Who’s wrong?

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Judge John Hodgman podcast. I'm Baelif Jesse Thorn. This week, full court
0:08.7	press. Rick brings the case against his friend, Ken. During the 2019-2020 NBA season,
0:16.0	Rick and Ken made a bet about who would be named rookie of the year. Ken bet on Zion
0:22.1	Williamson. Rick bet on John Morant. While John Morant was named rookie of the year, Ken
0:29.2	believes he should not be compelled to pay. He says the pandemic caused too many complications.
0:36.6	The bet should be voided. Rick says Ken needs to pay up. Who's right? Who's wrong? Only one can
0:44.7	decide. Please rise as Judge John Hodgman enters the courtroom and presents an obscure cultural reference.
0:59.5	Eve LePage, John Panachong, Elvay Merour, Pierre Carbouc.
1:06.3	Baelif Jesse Thorn, please swear them in. Rick and Ken, please rise and raise your right hands.
1:12.1	Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? So help you God or
1:17.7	whatever. I do. I do. Ken Rick, do you swear to abide by Judge John Hodgman's ruling despite
1:23.9	the fact that he does not love the way they dribble up and down the court? I do. I do also.
1:29.2	Judge Hodgman, you may proceed. Ken and Ricky may be seated for an immediate summary judgment.
1:33.5	One of your favors can either of you name the piece of culture that I references I entered the
1:36.5	courtroom. Let's start with Ken, you're the one who just doesn't want to pay the bet, right?
1:42.0	Okay, Ken, you start. What's your guess? My guess is famous French chefs. Famous French chefs.
1:52.0	That's a pretty good guess. It's just a list of names, after all. I mean, this is a conflict
1:57.5	about basketball. So you might have guessed like French athletes, French basketball players eat,
2:04.1	John. Man, that's true. And you know what? They probably eat more than most. These guys are huge.
2:09.2	When they're in France, they're they're eating food made by famous French chefs. I like that
2:13.1	guess. We're going to keep that in the guest book. What about you, Rick? I'm going to say that that
2:18.8	is a quote from the movie, Blue Chips, delivered by Indiana basketball on Matt and over.
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