Welcome to Judge John Hodgman. This episode was recorded live at Lincoln Center's Summer

for the City series in New York City. What a special show it was, John.

It was magical, honestly. It was the first show, live show that we had done since the

beginning of the pandemic. It was the first time we'd seen each other since the beginning.

Right. The pandemic. I'm not going to lie to you, John. When I was walking up to the

soundcheck, you know, this was an outdoor, this was an outdoor event at Lincoln Center.

And they had all the chairs set up across this big park field.

Right. Damarosh Park.

And a huge stage, like you'd see at a big music festival.

Like a big music fest.

And as I was approaching for the soundcheck, I was walking down the sidewalk and I could

see down all the chairs to the stage, like all the way down. That was my line of sight

through all the chairs down to the stage.

Yeah.

And I took a picture of it, all those empty chairs and texted it to my wife with the

message, oh, F word.

Doing a lot of chairs.

But you know what? People came. It was amazing.

It was so great to see everybody's faces. And if you were there, you will know. You will

remember that this was a special night featuring extra special guest Jean Gray, as well as other

surprises that we can't wait for you to hear. And if you weren't there to join us, thank

you for listening. Thank you for supporting the show. I hope you enjoy this one.

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