# Long, weird, cool John Hodgman interview (with shout out to Cecil!)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-weird-cool-john-hodgman-interview-with-shout-out-to-cecil/469042>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 22, 2008, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-weird-cool-john-hodgman-interview-with-shout-out-to-cecil/469042 "2008-10-22T13:00:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-weird-cool-john-hodgman-interview-with-shout-out-to-cecil/469042/1 "2008-10-22T13:00:42Z")

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[This](http://www.avclub.com/content/interview/john_hodgman)is the longest interview I can remember seeing on the A.V. Club. I didn’t know he got his start on _The Daily Show_ as a guest, or about the books he’s written (which I now have to pick up). And towards the bottom of Page 1 he mentions The Straight Dope as an inspiration.

Anyway, just thought I’d share.

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**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-weird-cool-john-hodgman-interview-with-shout-out-to-cecil/469042/2 "2008-10-22T13:02:40Z")

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I misspelled “weird,” didn’t I? I wish we could edit thread titles. It’s really too insignificant, but if a roving mod \*happens \*to see it and feels like fixing it, that’d be fine. And if not, that’s cool too.

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**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-weird-cool-john-hodgman-interview-with-shout-out-to-cecil/469042/3 "2008-10-22T17:01:40Z")

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Reading it now - very cool and very explicit shout-out to Cecil and the Straight Dope.

Hmmm - okay, clearly he is a Doper - but who??

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**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-weird-cool-john-hodgman-interview-with-shout-out-to-cecil/469042/4 "2008-10-22T17:06:10Z")

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> [@WordMan](#):
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> Hmmm - okay, clearly he is a Doper - but who??

I knew someone was going to say that. It’s not clear that he necessarily is. He may not even know about the website, only the printed columns.

Good interview, though. The one about him denying Chicago’s existence is absolutely hilarious, too.