Episode notes

This week Bullseye with Jesse Thorn breaks format to bring you something from another great show on the Maximum Fun Network.

Judge John Hodgman

If you know John Hodgman , it’s probably as The Deranged Millionaire on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart , his appearances on Red Oaks or maybe from his books of world knowledge . Or, maybe, as the PC from the Mac vs. PC ads . What you might not know is that he’s also a fake judge on the internet.

On Judge John Hodgman, he hears disputes from real people all over the world via Skype and tells them who’s right and who’s wrong. Jesse Thorn is the bailiff. The two cases you’ll be hearing are slightly truncated versions. If you want to hear the full versions, click below.

Mike brings the case against his mom, Maribeth. He says Maribeth knowingly took her daughter-in-law’s recipes for a family cookbook and passed them off as her own. Maribeth says that the attribution was implied and there was no wrongdoing.

Naomi files suit against her husband, Spencer. She’s embarrassed by his loud and incessant heckling at baseball games. She’s frustrated that Spencer continues heckling at baseball games despite his promises that he’ll stop.

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