Posted on October 1, 2008 9:40 AM
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BBtv is launching a series of episodes featuring author, PC, and minor television personality
John Hodgman, as the world waits breathlessly for the launch of his new book,
MORE INFORMATION THAN YOU REQUIRE . We have read it, dear viewer, and it is splendid.
Today, the debut installment of Boing Boing tv's SPAMASTERPIECE THEATER, which Hodgman himself describes as the dramatization of "true tale[s] of romance, adventure, infamy, and low-cost prescription drugs, all culled from the reams of actual, unsolicited emails, received here by us and people like you -- what we call SPAM."
We'll be releasing more of these in the coming weeks. Each one is composed exclusively of actual, unadulterated, unsolicited email. Like virtual raw foodists, we would not think of cooking perfect fruit that falls so gracefully from the internet's tree of life.
We hope you enjoy. { fade to black, fade in Hodgman in the library chair, surrounded by spam ephemera}
A note from our musical director: The adaptation of Jean-Joseph Mouret's "Rondeau: Fanfare" (1735) which opens today's episode was remixed in flagrante 8-bit by Hamhocks Buttermilk Johnson.
Posted on September 8, 2008 9:37 AM
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John Hodgman is known throughout galaxies far and wide for transcendent wit and bookish LOLs. You may know him from the
Apple ads, the
Daily Show hijinks,
his blog, or his book,
Areas of My Expertise (
Amazon link), which begat the
Internet Hobo Craze of The 21st Century.
What you may not yet know about him is this: he has a new book coming out October 21, 2008, titled More Information Than You Require (Amazon link).
The new compendium will include mole men. And, frankly, it's pretty sweet. We visited with him during a hotel hole-up at the Chateau Marmont, and interrupted his writing flow. He forgave us, and offered us a ham sandwich with some Soylent Green. Please to be watching.
(Ed. note: We aired a mole-man-centric cut of this visit late last year, but we're revisiting again to reveal more undiscovered Hodgmanic goodness. Stay tuned for all-new fun with this guy, planned soon.)
Posted on November 19, 2007 12:00 AM
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In
our last episode,
John Hodgman gave us a sneak peek at his next book in progress, which includes mysteries of mole men. What do they look like? We don't know, the book's not finished. But Hodgman
did share some of their names with us.
Florida-based artist Adam "Ape Lad" Koford drew some of the 700 hobo names recounted in Hodgman's last book, so we asked him to imagine the mole-men for today's BBtv episode.
Next, kick back with some earthworms and Stoli, and dig the smooth underground sounds of DJ Mole-licious. This "mole crunk" track was written and rapped by BBtv segment producer Russ Gooberman, with music by BBtv associate editor Laura Lopez. What set you from, homie? 6.02 x 10^23. Lyrics and MP3 after the jump.
Posted on November 16, 2007 12:00 AM
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Xeni barges in to a hotel room where the great
John Hodgman is writing his next book (
not on a PC, oddly). The book comes out in 2008, and will include never before known knowledge about mysterious MOLE MEN (among many other things). Then, we enjoy a cavalcade of
hobos drawn by
Ape Lad -- these
are but a few of the
700 hobos named in Hodgman's last book,
Areas of My Expertise. THAT IS ALL.
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