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another one of these monthly treats. I have a dispute with Judge Hodgman. He should stop saying

the Hartford Whalers are extinct. Their records persist and their uniforms remain in use. The Arizona

coyotes are a truly extinct hockey team. They don't exist anymore. The Hartford Whalers are the

Carolina Hurricanes. I moved and changed my name once. Am I not me? I think Judge Hodgman just enjoys telling people he's into an obscure thing, but he's

doing it wrong.

I think the judge should refer to the whalers and Nordiques as relocated, save extinct for

the California Golden Seals or the New York Americans.

Well, look, John, I'm going to go ahead and I'm

going to take my co-host's prerogative and stipulate that Judge John Hodgman enjoys telling

people he's into an obscure thing. There's no doubt about that. Yeah. But that doesn't,

that doesn't mean the rest of it is true.

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