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Thursday, March 09, 2006
I find John Hodgman rather amusing.
over the past few months, i've rather enjoyed John Hodgman's performance as They Might Be Giants' arch-rival, the Deranged Millionaire. most noticably, this character introduces each of the Venue Songs videos from TMBG's collection of...well, venue songs.
his role received its own theme song in TMBG Podcast 2A and he reprieved the role for a long-winded interview in TMBG Podcast 3A.
stream a bunch of the Venue Songs videos here. my favorites are the sensationally catchy melodies and joyously effortless videos for Anaheim's "Anaheim House of Blues" and Asbury Park's "Stone Pony"
keeping with the theme, you can hear live recording of both of those songs and many others in TMBG Podcast 4A
back in December, my friend Dan was raving about John's new book, The Areas of My Expertise. i haven't gotten around to it yet because of my own self-inflicted reading regimen, but i look forward to it finding its way onto my stack of paperbacks.
the reason i'm writing about him today, though, is this absolutely brilliant segment from last night's The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
wow. that is my kind of funny, and apparently the audience agrees.
6:45 PM
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