Welcome to the Judge John Hodgman podcast. I'm bailiff Jesse Thorne. We're in chambers this week

to clear the docket and with me as always is the world's greatest father of two judge John Hodgman.

I wish I could only live up to that barbecue apron, but that is I'm just I'm just doing the best

I can like any other parent. And Jesse, this is not a regular docket is it this is a very special

docket. We're back in juvenile court. Is that the sound of juvenile court? That's the sound

that I was asked to make for Dick Wolf's law and order juvenile court spin off. Got it.

That did not get made and there and it was not because it was it was maybe an unseemly topic

for television because there's nothing to unseemly. It's like they said, why don't we get John

Hodgman to make that sound instead of having the regular synthesizer or whatever do it. And they

hired me to do it and it was so terrible. Are they canceled the show like many working actors

lost good paying sag jobs. And everyone wrote a letter to the producers saying, can you just

re-record it? You already have the sound on file. He said, no, John Hodgman just ruined it and

ruined the vibe. Anyway, wow. My son just brought himself onto the show, Unbidden. So I'm going to

introduce him. What is this episode of the Doe Boys? No, this is the Judge John Hodgman juvenile

court edition and joining me in the studio here at Maximum Fun is my son Oscar age eight.

Nine. Nine. Eight nine.

World's best dad of three. Honestly, Jesse Thorn Oscar, I'm going to say this now in case you

don't know it. Your dad is a terrific dad. Thank you, John. Did you know that I'm John Hodgman's

dad? That's right. Oscar. Oscar Thorn is here with me my nine-year-old son. He's back on the

podcast. He's been very excited to come back. He's back on that pod. Oscar Thorn, friend of the court,

hello. How are you? Good. What did you do today before this? Nothing. Nothing. Okay. Nothing.

You played Fortnite with your sibling. I did. The perfect conversation starter finally fails.

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