Welcome to the Judge John Hodgman podcast. This episode was recorded live at Revolution

Hall in Portland, Oregon. There was another stop on our frontier justice tour of the

West and it featured the great corn tucker of Slater Kinney. So let's go to the stage

at Revolution Hall. Portland, Oregon, you've come to us desperate

for justice and we're here at Revolution Hall to deliver it. Let's bring out our first

set of litigants. Please welcome Alan and Christie. Tonight's case, Broko leading the

witness. Alan brings the case against his wife, Christie. Alan wants to introduce

Broccoli into the diet of their 14 month old daughter. Christie has a phobia of Broccoli

and doesn't want any in the house unless she's out of town. Alan wants to serve it to their

daughter more frequently. Who's right? Who's wrong? Only one can decide. Please rise as Judge

John Hodgman enters the courtroom and delivers an obscure cultural reference. Well you know

in the Dark Phoenix saga, Jean Grey destroyed a whole planet in the guise of Dark Phoenix

in order to power herself, leading to her execution by the Shire Empire and the people

who lived on that planet. They were never named but are commonly known among comic book

fans as the broccoli people. But I'm not sure that anyone else is going to get that one.

Bale of Jesse Thorn, please swear them in. Alan and Christie, 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? I do. I do. Do you swear to abide by Judge John Hodgman's

ruling? Despite the fact that earlier on he not only made a there's a lot of food trucks

in Portland joke but he also immediately undercut it? Absolutely. I do. Judge Hodgman, you

may proceed. Alan and Christie, you may be seated for an immediate summary judgment

in one of your favors. Can either of you name the piece of culture that I reference while

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