“It’s not the old fashioned sum total of human knowledge–that is to say, true things that Most recently, he is the author of the acclaimed collection of funny true stories called VACATIONLAND. And once I was done with my third book [“That Is All”] I was more inclined to stop lying and start telling true stories as myself, as a regular human being named John Hodgman who has a wife and two human children.
Well, unfortunately you have me.” Luckily, I was able to grow enough of a mustache, a pencil mustache, and they colored that in. There was no likelihood that anyone would put me on camera.Yeah, that would not be the word. And that became our house.
Finally, he is the host of the popular JUDGE JOHN HODGMAN podcast, where he settles serious disputes between real people, such as “Is a hot dog a sandwich?” and “Should we tell our children the TRUTH about Santa Claus.” He also contributes a weekly column under the same name for The New York Times Magazine.You may write him directly at hodgman (at) maximumfun.orgFor publicity requests regarding MEDALLION STATUS, please write to Shannon Twomey: stwomey (at) penguinrandomhouse.comIf you wish to book him for shows, please contact HEIDI FEIGIN via feiginh (at) unitedtalent (dot) com.PS: The above photo is by me, John Hodgman, and you may use it if you like. The comedians who are doing the best work of their lives and are most meaningful to my life as a lover of comedy are the comedians who are able to happily tolerate silence for long stretches of time and are not afraid of silence.
But then a couple of years ago, my wife, who grew up going to Maine as a child and loved Maine more than any other place or, frankly, human on earth, instructed me that we were going to buy a home in Maine and that was last year. For many years, because neither my wife nor I — nor our children — are properly employed, we would escape for much of the summer to western Massachusetts around the Northampton/Amherst area. And that extends to the flies. Bringing me on television, as a guest first of all and giving my first book [“The Areas of My Expertise”] of fake facts and invented history a vote of confidence was not only commercially transformative for that book, but personally very gratifying. as Mac gains popularity on college campuses. The license plate motto of Maine is of course “Vacationland” and as I say in the show the motto of Maine really should be “Putting the Spite in Hospitality.” The idea that this rugged and challenging and weird world that is northern New England is called “Vacationland” is a better joke than I could ever write in my life.For hilarity’s sake we purchased a home in the smallest town of Brooklin, Maine — so I have gone from Brookline, Massachusetts, to Brooklyn, New York, to Brooklin, Maine. 277k ratings
I will say for $31, including service charge, you’re going to get a lot of content for that.Not only is the mustache there, it’s gotten side mustaches all over my face. Then, to continue on television was utterly implausible because even at that time — that was long before I had this hideous mustache — I was a weird 35-year-old man-baby with a wandering eye and chubby cheeks. You could even entertain the illusion that Jon was making it up or it was all off the cuff. And yet somehow it all worked out and put me on a path to take on bigger challenges as a performer, as an actor, as a comedian, as a writer, to collaborate with people that I’m so astonished to even have met.It was scripted completely. And on a rather devastating financial impulse we did it. Enter your EXCLUSIVE MEMBERSHIP CODE into any device: bit.ly/MEDALLIONSTATUS. Telephobic?
And it is also a place that is not my own so I have had to learn to adapt.The show — and Jon specifically — profoundly changed my life in a way that was completely, not merely unpredictable, but frankly implausible. Hodgman takes one for the team, as PC becomes a cheerleader, ready to "fight, fight fight!" It is a place full of, prickly plants, animals, beaches and people.
Go for it. You can’t call it a beard ‘cause it’s not one.It’s been in place since 2011 with a brief disappearance thanks to marital discord in October of last year. 1.5M ratings
The director of that episode, Roman Coppola, came to see a live show I was doing and he came up to me said, “I’m really excited you’re going to be in this show.” And I caught him looking at me and I’m like, “You miss the mustache don’t you?” and he said “Yeah.” I said, “You were casting a mustache weren’t you? It’s an area I grew to love very much and considered to be my part-time other hometown.
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