Live from SF Sketchfest

Judge John Hodgman

Jesse Thorn

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4.8 • 7.7K Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2023

⏱️ 74 minutes

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This week’s episode was recorded live in front of an audience at the Sydney Goldstein Theater! Our first case is SCOTTISH RITE OF WAY: Nate brings the case against his partner Chan. The two live together in a building that once was a Masonic lodge. One of the rooms in their apartment has a strange door that opens onto a dark and mysterious hallway. Nate wants to investigate the hallway. Chan wants him to leave the mystery door alone!

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Judge John Hodgman Podcast. This week's episode recorded live at the Sydney
0:08.5	Goldstein Theatre in San Francisco at SF Sketchfest. This was the pen ultimate stop on our
0:14.9	frontier justice tour of the West, but pen ultimate just means second to last. These were all
0:20.6	epic shows. Every single one of these was ultimate in that they took place in an alternate universe
0:26.0	where we wore slightly different costumes. Let's go to the stage at the beautiful Sydney Goldstein
0:32.9	Theatre in my hometown San Francisco, California. Well, this time it's mine.
0:43.4	San Francisco, you've come to us desperate for justice. We're here at the Sydney Goldstein
0:48.9	Theatre to deliver it. Let's bring out our first set of litigants. Please welcome to the stage,
0:54.3	Nate and Chan. Nate brings the case against his partner, Chan. Nate and Chan live together in a
1:02.1	building that was once a Masonic lodge. One of the rooms in their apartment has a strange door
1:08.7	that opens onto a dark and mysterious hallway. Nate wants to investigate the hallway. Chan
1:16.0	wants him to leave that mystery door alone. Who's right? Who's wrong? Only one can decide. Please
1:22.7	rise as Judge John Hodgman enters the courtroom and delivers an obscure cultural reference.
1:33.2	Incredible architecture, historic building, oldest fraternity in history, wisdom of the ages.
1:44.4	Bill, if Jesse Thorne, please swear them in. Nate and Chan, please rise and raise your right
1:49.3	hands. Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you
1:54.4	God or whatever? I do. I do. Do you swear to abide by Judge John Hodgman's ruling, despite the fact
2:03.0	that the only fraternal organization that would have him was the British novelty fraternal
2:09.1	organization the ancient order of the froth blowers? I do. I do. Two can make obscure cultural references,
2:18.8	John. Nate and Chan, you may be seated for an immediate summary judgment and one of your
2:22.7	its favors. Can either of you name the piece of culture that I referenced as I entered this courtroom?
2:27.1	Nate, why don't you go first? Well, it sounds like something Masonic. Sounds like something
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