John Hodgman Riffs on Magicians and Their Craft at Maker Faire

in Books, Comedy, Random | September 27th, 2011 2 Comments

John Hodgman, your favorite quirky, mustachioed humorist, made an appearance at the Maker Faire festival in NYC earlier this month. And, in the DIY spirit of the event, he gave a 30+ minute comic riff on material appearing in his upcoming book That is All — a compendium of “complete world knowledge” that can help you survive an apocalypse. The better part of the talk focuses, quite naturally, on the magic of magic tricks — something we all need to know more about…


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  1. will says . . . | September 27, 2011 / 9:33 pm

    wheres the second part to this?
    John Hodgman makes me laugh, man./

  2. Jim says . . . | September 30, 2011 / 1:18 pm

    Complete segment here:

    http://fora.tv/2011/09/17/John_Hodgman_Are_Magic_Tricks_Really_Magic

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