![]() Hodgman: Yeah, that sounds pretty good too. Rumpus: Well, hopefully Hunter still has some sort of gravitas. I spoke with him in advance of his performance in Minneapolis. Through these works and others, Hodgman developed a public persona that extended not only to writing or to mock debates with Jon Stewart but also to manner of dress and grooming habits-a persona he recently discarded, with much anxiety, surprise, and delight. ![]() He is also the author of The Areas of My Expertise, More Information Than You Require, and That Is All, a trilogy of books devoted to cataloging mole men names, the four elemental hockeys, and thousands of other fake facts. This past summer, Hodgman released Ragnarok, a Netflix-only special he had recorded in late 2012, on the eve of the projected apocalypse. Many of Hodgman’s fans first encountered him through his work as a special correspondent for The Daily Show-at least those who somehow missed his work as PC in Apple’s Get a Mac ad campaign. So, without revealing too much, I’ll mention that Hodgman began his Minneapolis stop by stripping off several years’ worth of TV guest-work swag until finally he emerged as himself. Hodgman’s audiences are urged not to record his shows, and the push for secrecy has the character of both a tree house pact and a live performer’s sincere desire to keep things ephemeral. His efforts in the months that followed gave way to a nationwide tour this fall, a series of dates billed as John Hodgman Lives. ![]() John Hodgman spent much of 20 detailing the end of the world, a multi-platform piece of conceptual comedy that left him, at the start of 2013, with fewer apologies to make than more earnest doomsayers, but still hurting for new material.
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