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Judge John Hodgman

Jesse Thorn

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4.8 • 7.7K Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2023

⏱️ 90 minutes

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This week’s episode was recorded live in front of an audience at the Gothic Theatre in Denver! Our first case is BUY ME SUBPOENAS AND CRACKERJACK: Paul brings the case against his friend Chris. Chris has stopped believing in baseball superstitions and jinxes. He says his behavior can’t affect the outcome of a baseball game. But Paul says his friend’s carelessness has jinxed his team! PLUS: Swift Justice featuring the legendary David Gborie!

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Judge John Hodgman podcast. This week's episode recorded live at the Gothic
0:08.8	Theater in beautiful Denver, Colorado. Beautiful. Mile high. Denver, Colorado. Another stop on our
0:16.8	frontier justice tour of the West and it featured our friend, the great David Bory. Literally one of
0:23.1	the funniest comedians in the world. Oh, there are few in comedy. I love as much as I love the great
0:28.6	David Bory. One of the funniest best guys in the history of entertainment as far as I'm concerned.
0:34.0	This was a great show. I'm really excited to hear it. Let's go to the stage at the Gothic Theater.
0:43.0	Denver, Colorado, you've come to us desperate for justice and we're here at the Gothic Theater to
0:48.2	deliver it. Let's bring out our first set of litigants. Please welcome Paul and Chris.
0:54.8	Tonight's case by me, Sapina's and Cracker Jack. Paul brings the case against his friend, Chris.
1:06.1	Chris has stopped believing in baseball superstitions and jinxes. He says his behavior can't
1:13.4	affect the outcome of a baseball game. Paul says his friend's carelessness has jinxed to the team.
1:21.0	Who's right? Who's wrong? Only one can decide. Please rise as Judge John Hodgman enters the
1:26.2	courtroom and delivers an obscure cultural reference. People, people at the time asked me,
1:41.8	did you know she was going to become so famous? And I say no, I didn't. But she did.
1:49.1	They'll have Jesse Thorn, please, swear them in. Paul and Chris, please rise and raise your right
1:54.1	hands. Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God
1:59.5	or whatever? Yes, I do. Do you swear to abide by Judge John Hodgman's ruling? Despite the fact
2:06.4	the only sport he follows is horse race gambling and not a wholesome trotting race, but a race where
2:14.0	they set down right on the horse? Yes. I do. Makes her blood boil. I should say.
2:20.1	Judge Hodgman, you may proceed. Paul and Chris, you may be seated. You got a lot of energy coming
2:24.7	off of you. Which one of you is Paul? I'm Paul. Yeah, I could tell. For the at-home listener, Paul is
2:33.5	bleepsies on the Philadelphia Phillies. According to visual evidence, you got five hours of energy
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