Welcome to the Judge John Hodgman podcast. I'm Baylif Jesse Thorn. We're in chambers this week clearing the docket with me as always.

The Ferrari of justice Judge John Hodgman. This is very temperamental. He looks best in red.

Honestly, I'm really more the 2009 Volkswagen Passat station wagon of justice. It kind of keeps going but I never really wanted it.

I always, but it does it good enough job that I can't get rid of it. Baylif Jesse Thorn, I'm here in my chambers in Brooklyn and you know, I don't want to brag but to my left at this moment is a partially dismantled action figure.

The action figure of the alien from the movie alien with a bunch of putty on its face. Because as you know, I've been on my Instagram John Hodgman for a while trying to make this thing happen.

I discovered by accident by putting this kind of upscale brand of putty that as of right now is not sponsoring the podcast so I'm not going to say their name.

I put one on top of a lemon and in case the lemon in such a beautiful carbonite style shell, the now all I ever want to do is put putty on things and see what happens.

And I'm really excited about how this alien is taking shape.

Is putty the new slime?

Yeah, I guess slime has been a major major cultural force. But I'm trying to make putty happen and I could die trying by that.

I mean, I might accidentally suffocate myself with putty trying to see if get it to mold to my face.

Putty really hasn't been a major force in the culture since the eight ball jacket on Seinfeld.

You're talking about Patrick Warburton the actor who played putty Patrick Warburton is always a major force in the culture.

Yeah, you're talking about the guy who was a rock Samson on venture brothers and was the original live action the tick until the role is then taken over quite wonderful ideas say by Peter Sarah Fenowitz and Amazon's the tick season two coming some time.

Starring Riffon Newman Peter Sarah Fenowitz and a little bit of me that's my plug let's get to some of all so other plug everyone subscribe my Instagram and check out my putty experiments there gross.

Jesse Thorne we still have some just wait I still do a podcast right that's another thing I did as far as I know yes all right let's try it see what if I remember to do it.

Here's something from Gwen my husband John insists that to see a movie in the theater it must be a theater worthy film.

He's the sole decider on which films are theater worthy his criteria seem to be based on the amount of explosions special effects and kung fu I would like the judge to order john to expand his theater worthy definition to include other more subtle films like romantic comedies john says these movies are a waste of time and money.

Hmm well imagine that this guy has an opinion there are definitely movies.

That do not essentially require a perfect viewing experience I will grant that to john that there are smaller more intimate movies that you can enjoy very that really lose nothing by the translation to watching them in your living room comfortably on your own time.

Compared of course to big visual movies that you should only see if possible as many times as possible on the big screen I'm speaking of course of spider man's into the spider verse which is a beautiful movie that you really would miss out if you don't see it in the theater loved it but even though I know right it's the best.

Thank you guys for making that movie people made that movie but even the john is not wrong that there are some movies that are let's say enhanced by a theater as opposed to theater worthy and others that are not particularly enhanced by going to see them in the theater.

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