31 Oct
The final book in trilogy of complete world knowledge

God I love John Hodgman. Ever since first seeing him on The Daily Show I recognized his genius, and so did apparently Jon Stewart, as from that first appearance he’s grown to become the show’s re-occurring “Resident Expert”. Since then of course he played the role of the hapless “PC” in those brilliant Mac ads, and the rest is minor celebrity history. Now Hodgman has completed his trilogy of “complete world knowledge”, aka fake trivia, with the release of his third book That Is All (following The Areas of My Expertise and More Information Than You Require). To promote the new book Hodgman gathered up a most random assortment of close friends (Samantha Bee, Jon Hamm, Justin Long, Brooke Shields, Paul Rudd, Dick Cavett, Nas, Fred Armisen, ?uestlove, Jason Jones, Jack McBrayer, et al) and put together this short video demonstrating, what else, his vast wealth of knowledge. And money, I guess, as he’s playing a Deranged Millionaire with a ferret skeleton room. Enjoy…

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