Recording in progress.

Jesse, what were you eating? What was your snack? Yeah, what were you eating? I was eating some potato chips. You can't see. You don't, no, it doesn't stop. What are you talking about? This is pink. Some potato chips. We need brand. Saving it for the air. Hey, you know what? We're recording.

This is definitely going to be how we open the show.

Because guess what?

At the end of the episode, we're all going to take a guess as to what kind of potato chips Jesse was eating.

Whoever gets closest wins a brand new Lisa mattress.

Welcome to the Judge John Hodgman podcast.

I'm bailiff, Jesse Thorne.

We're in chambers this week, clearing the docket.

And with me, as always, is Judge John Hodgman.

Here I am, as always.

I'm Judge John Hodgman.

And when we are recording this, I don't know when you are, but when we are recording

this, it is between

Thanksgiving, worst holiday on Earth, and the winter holidays, Christmas, Onica, New Year's Eve,

Kwanza, Saturnalia, all of the wonderful winter solstice holidays that matter.

We're leaving Thanksgiving in the dust where it belongs.

But it means it's the holiday season.

I can tell our two guests are upset.

I love to stir controversy.

It's a controversial podcast, right, Jesse?

Indeed.

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