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

Jeopardy! Catherine Filesuit against her friend Jerome. Jerome commissioned Catherine

to paint large-scale panels inspired by the Hubble Telescope photos. She did, and he's

thrilled, except for one thing. She didn't sign her work. She says that's not her thing,

but even still, Jerome thinks she should sign the panels. 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. A straight line can be readily drawn among each of the two

series' points corresponding to the maximum and minimum, thus showing that there is a

simple relation between the brightness of the Cepheid variables and their periods.

Catherine and Jerome, 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? Whatever. We do.

Do you swear to abide by Judge John Hodgman's ruling despite the fact that he's a rocket

man, and I think it's going to be a long, long time? Yes, we do. Yes. Judge Hodgman, you may

proceed. Catherine and Jerome, you may be seated. For an immediate summary judgment, in one

of your favors, could one of you please, or both of you perhaps name the piece of obscure culture

that I referenced as entered the courtroom? Catherine, why don't you guess first?

I'm going to guess a start trick, the original series, the Mirror Mirror episode and evil's

box as it. That is a solid guess. A straight line can be readily drawn among each of the two

series points corresponding to the maximum in the mirror. The Mirror Mirror episode from the

original series, TOS of Star Trek, I'm putting into the guest book Jerome. John, sorry, I don't

mean to interrupt here, but I think it's a bad guess because because John, yeah,

Spock is a good guy. Oh, I'm sorry, Jesse, but when he has a goatee, he's all evil.

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