Welcome to the Judge John Hodgman Podcast. I'm your guest Baylif, Jean Grey.

This week, no show, contenteday. Ted brings the case against his good friend, Chris. They

will make plans, but Chris will suddenly become unreachable when it comes time to meet

up. Ted's calls and texts go unanswered. Ted says Chris needs to step up and let him

know when his plans have changed. Chris says the plans weren't firm, so he's not entirely

in the wrong. Who's right? Who's wrong? Only one man can decide. Please rise as Judge

John Hodgman enters the courtroom and issues the obscure cultural reference.

He explained that he had been contracted to ghost right and autobiography for a famous

wrestler, but the deal fell through. His agent had arranged for him to keep the advance

money however, so now he was a little richer and wanted to change a pace. She was more interested

in why the wrestler he had been contracted to write for was called Mighty Pipe's Cabrera.

He wasn't just a wrestler, then said he was also a tenor in the Louisville City Opera.

That's fantastic, she said. Why did the book fall through? He was killed suddenly, then

in the ring.

Ted and Chris, 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 even though he has been known to employ

smoke bombs as a way of leaving a venue or restaurant unannounced? Yeah, I do. I do.

Okay, thank you, Judge Hodgman. You may proceed.

All right, Chris and Ted, I'm going to get to you in a second. I have to say welcome to my

friend Jean Grey, who is stepping in for Reg Belif, Jesse Thorn, who is in disposed with

other business at the moment. Jean, I spent all summer with guest bail of, summer time,

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