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    Please Don't Call John Hodgman's Cell Phone. What Would You Say, Anyway?

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    10/29/09

    In reply to John Hodgman Takes on CEOs and the Mobs They Anger
    If only "I'm a PC" could cover "I'm a Mac's" head with live, angry bees. One can dream. #johnhodgman
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    10/29/09

    @MrInBetween: Maybe in the "Drag Me to Hell" sequel... fingers crossed! #johnhodgman
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    09/04/09

    In reply to Please Don't Call John Hodgman's Cell Phone. What Would You Say, Anyway?
    "Hi. I'm the PC's cellphone. And please forget we've ever met."
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    09/04/09

    In reply to Please Don't Call John Hodgman's Cell Phone. What Would You Say, Anyway?
    Most people will still confuse his phone number with Rainn Wilson's.
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    09/04/09

    In reply to Please Don't Call John Hodgman's Cell Phone. What Would You Say, Anyway?
    Clearly this will precipitate the great hobo uprising.
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    09/04/09

    In reply to Please Don't Call John Hodgman's Cell Phone. What Would You Say, Anyway?
    "Hi, I'm a Mac." "And I'm several dozen court orders of protection."
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    09/04/09

    In reply to Please Don't Call John Hodgman's Cell Phone. What Would You Say, Anyway?
    I think Hodgman probably has the kind of fans who wouldn't bug him too much, but at the same time, this number is easily recoverable between feeds and even search engines designed specifically to recover deleted tweets. He'll probably have to change the number if he hasn't, already.
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    09/04/09

    In reply to Please Don't Call John Hodgman's Cell Phone. What Would You Say, Anyway?
    I saw John Hodgman and his too-cute-for-words 3-year-old at the grocery store the other day. I wanted to tell him that I love him so much I would buy a PC because of him, but it didn't seem cool to interrupt his family time. I'm hoping most other Hodgfans are similarly nice about this, but it may be time to change cell phone numbers.
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    09/04/09

    @Astigmatism: ...I would buy a PC because of him...
    Somehow I don't think that's what the folks at Apple had in mind.
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    09/04/09

    @naugahydeinplainsight: The odd thing is that they've kept him as "PC" even as his popularity has grown. They're still making new ads with him. They can't be that oblivious.

    I think they must have determined that the overall popularity he brings to the ads themselves outweighs the fact that people identify more with him than with Justin whatshisname. They must just be happy with the fact that people always want to see whatever the latest Mac ad is, even if it's to see what "PC" is doing.

    There's a little mini-trend in ads featuring smug pitchmen up against semi-pathetic competitors, though, and I don't think it works in any other case. Those new Verizon ads just make me want to punch Verizon. The entire company.
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    09/04/09

    @naugahydeinplainsight: Maybe the Apple folks should stop making adverts that make me hate their company.
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    09/04/09

    @pantaloonfan: I would hope so, and received at a substantial discount, as well.
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    09/04/09

    @badasscat: It's about the only commercial we stop for as we DVR through the breaks.
    And I'm no ad man, but it always seemed that the popularity of JH and the campaign worked for Apple. You know: Macs are cool. Macs are a little cutting edge. Macs are part of the whole Irony thing. Even the ads! So buy a Mac.
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    09/04/09

    @senatormayer: Though it seems to be working for them. [news.cnet.com]
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    06/21/09

    In reply to John Hodgman's Broadcast Correspondent's Speech: Obama Is The First Nerd
    that was AWESOME!
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    06/20/09

    In reply to John Hodgman's Broadcast Correspondent's Speech: Obama Is The First Nerd
    Hodgman regularly receives a paycheck from both the Daily Show and the Apple ad agency, among others. Because he is very funny. If that doesn't make him a "professional comedian," I don't know what does.
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    06/20/09

    @saintjim: I'd go so far as to say "triple-threat humorist," though I'm sure he's got something better.
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    06/20/09

    In reply to John Hodgman's Broadcast Correspondent's Speech: Obama Is The First Nerd
    Who else wants to see Dick Cheney floating around on suspensors?
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    06/20/09

    @ticktockman: That would be cool, but I'd duck out for the daily boil-draining sessions.
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    06/20/09

    In reply to John Hodgman's Broadcast Correspondent's Speech: Obama Is The First Nerd
    I love him. An intelligent riff. Who'd thunk it? The thing is that the whole fucking thing would have been over W's head. Thank God in heaven now he's gone (apologies to Roy Clarke).
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    06/20/09

    In reply to John Hodgman's Broadcast Correspondent's Speech: Obama Is The First Nerd
    Humor, subtle profundity, SF, and self-deprecation. These are a few of my favorite things. Gave me chills I tell ya. Chills.
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    06/20/09

    @92BuickLeSabre: Were you referring to me?
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    06/20/09

    @ChillbearLatrigue: Yes. And I'm not giving you back.


    Now, get back in the basement.

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    06/20/09

    In reply to John Hodgman's Broadcast Correspondent's Speech: Obama Is The First Nerd
    I will test the Nerds' generosity.


    Am I allowed to like both Hodgman and Obama, and simultaneously think that Dune is tedious drivel?

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    06/20/09

    @Xanaxian: No.


    That is all.

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    06/20/09

    @92BuickLeSabre: The sequels: yes.
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    06/20/09

    @Bedheadjc: Really? I quite liked the entire trilogy. Personally, I think it's a shame that neither he nor his son wrote any more after that.
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    06/20/09

    @92BuickLeSabre: I thought the very last book, Children of Dune was a bit weaker than the first two. We're probably better off that Herbert stopped there. It might have devolved into an increasingly misogynistic and violent morass of money-grubbing sleaze.
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    06/20/09

    In reply to John Hodgman's Broadcast Correspondent's Speech: Obama Is The First Nerd
    On the other hand, Justin Long's dramatic, and very slow, reading of My Pet Goat for Shrub last year was just painful.
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    06/20/09

    In reply to John Hodgman's Broadcast Correspondent's Speech: Obama Is The First Nerd
    Dune jokes. Gotta love it.
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    06/20/09

    @Mediahohoho: Indeed. Just so long as Obama never tries to work "Fear is the mind killer" into a speech.
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