Improvable Cause

Judge John Hodgman

Jesse Thorn

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4.8 • 7.9K Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2016

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Madeline files suit against her friend, Jason. They formed an improv group together and Madeline would love to perform a type of improv that is a little out of the box and not normally done in their hometown of Chicago. Jason insists that this form is silly and he is strongly opposed.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Judge John Hodgman podcast.
0:05.0	I'm Baylor F. Jessie Thorn.
0:07.3	This week, improbable cause.
0:09.9	Madeline filed suit against her friend Jason.
0:12.1	They formed an improv group together.
0:13.9	Madeline would love to perform a type of improv that's a little out of the box, not normally
0:18.1	done in their hometown of Chicago.
0:20.8	Jason insists that this form is silly and is strongly opposed.
0:26.4	Who's right?
0:27.4	Who's wrong?
0:28.4	Only one man can decide.
0:29.4	Please rise as Judge John Hodgman enters the courtroom.
0:33.7	What crushed my soul was hanging out with bitter, desperate comics backstage.
0:39.0	There are different breeds than the bitter, yet eager psyches in the wings of an improv
0:42.7	theater.
0:43.7	Struggling stand-ups have externalized self-loathing into an art form.
0:48.0	They're a hunching, waking, unshaven lot.
0:53.0	Baylor F. Jessie Thorn, would you please swear the lit against Eam?
0:55.8	Please rise and raise your right hand.
0:57.5	Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you
1:00.8	God or whatever?
1:02.0	I do.
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