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Judge John Hodgman

Wreathing Havoc

Judge John Hodgman

Jesse Thorn

Judge, Information, Show, Comedy, Justice, Kids & Family, Society & Culture, John Hodgman, Pc, Relationships, Jesse Thorn, John Hodgeman, More, Knowledge, Mac, World

4.87.9K Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2018

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

It’s our last episode of 2018! We’ll be off next week for the holidays. Paul files suit against his wife, Lizzie. Paul loves to decorate for Christmas but Lizzie doesn't. He wants to add more to their home in order to create some Christmas magic for their kid. But Lizzie thinks their tree is enough. Who's right? Who's wrong? Thank you to Travis Marttila for naming this week's case! To suggest a title for a future episode, like Judge John Hodgman on Facebook. We regularly put out a call for submissions.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Judge John Hodgman podcast.

0:04.8

I'm Baylif Jesse Thorn.

0:06.4

It's our last episode of 2018.

0:08.2

We'll be off next week for the holidays.

0:10.6

This week we're hearing the case, Rething Havoc.

0:14.2

Paul Files sued against his wife Lizzie.

0:16.4

Paul loves to decorate for Christmas, but his wife Lizzie doesn't.

0:19.6

He wants to add more to their home in order to create some Christmas magic for their kid.

0:24.3

Lizzie thinks their tree is enough.

0:26.8

Who's right?

0:27.8

Who's wrong?

0:28.8

Only one man can decide.

0:29.9

His judge John Hodgman enters the courtroom and presents an obscure cultural reference.

0:34.6

I'm not talking about just hundreds of thousands of lights.

0:37.2

I'm talking four million lights.

0:41.0

We see one property that has four million lights.

0:44.3

Most people have never seen anything like it.

0:46.0

I know I never saw anything like it until I saw it.

0:49.4

It was overwhelming.

0:50.6

It took my brain a second just to program what I was looking at.

0:54.7

Baylif Jesse Thorn, please swear to them in.

0:56.9

Please rise and raise your right hands.

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