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John Kellogg HodgmanHodgman, John. “ Wish Lists .” ''Open Letters''. August 20 , 2000 . (born June 1971 ) is an American author and humorist who is best known for his personification of a PC in Apple's " Get A Mac " Advertising Campaign and his correspondent work on Comedy Central ’s '' The Daily Show With Jon Stewart ''. His written work has been published in ''The Paris Review'' , '' The New York Times Magazine '', '' Wired '' and ''McSweeney's Quarterly Concern'' . He has also contributed to Public Radio International ’s '' This American Life '', and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ’s '' Wiretap ''. Hodgman’s first book, '' The Areas Of My Expertise '', was published in 2005. In addition to his work in literature, he is the founder of and Master Of Ceremonies for The Little Gray Book Lectures in Williamsburg, Brooklyn . As of August 2007 , however, the lectures have been on hiatus "for the foreseeable future" (which, according to littlegraybooks.com, means "'until at least Jan. 1 2007,'" although the notice has been up as early as September 2006), due to Hodgman's slew of new projects. Hodgman also provided his own narration to the audiobook version of ''The Areas of My Expertise''. BIOGRAPHY Hodgman was born and raised in , where he represented Darin Strauss , David Grand , Deborah Digges , and actor Bruce Campbell , among others. Hodgman has used his experience as an agent in his column “Ask a Former Professional Literary Agent” at ''McSweeney's Internet Tendency''. TELEVISION APPEARANCES ''The Daily Show'' Hodgman appeared on ''The Daily Show'' on November 16 , 2005 to promote his book, '' The Areas Of My Expertise ''. Stewart described the book as “very funny” and said that the section on Hobo names in particular was written with “a certain kind of genius.” Hodgman has returned to the ''Daily Show'' several times for "Resident Expert" interview segments with Stewart. Unlike other correspondents, who are frequently re-branded with titles using the “Senior Word or Topic Correspondent” format, Hodgman retains the simple title “Resident Expert," thus implying that he can speak expertly on anything. As Of 2007 , ''The Daily Show''’s website lists Hodgman as an official contributor. ''Daily Show'' appearances
''Attack of the Show'' '']] In February of 2006 , Hodgman appeared on '' Attack Of The Show '', a tech-related show which runs daily on G4 , to share some insight with the host and promote his book '' The Areas Of My Expertise ''. In this appearance Hodgman recounted the sad tale of the lobster (which he said were actually a small, furry, extinct species, killed and replaced by the creatures we think of as lobsters today) and brought along Jonathan Coulton , a frequent Hodgman collaborator and musical director of the Little Gray Book lectures. Coulton performed a song called ''Furry Old Lobster''. {Link without Title} ''BU Tonight'' In September of 2006, Hodgman was interviewed on '' BU Tonight '', Boston University's late night talk show, also as part of '' The Areas Of My Expertise '' book tour, promoting the new paperback edition. During the course of the interview, Hodgman described the categories that hobo names generally fall into and how he ended up becoming the literary agent for Bruce Campbell . {Link without Title} "Get a Mac" ad campaign Hodgman appears in the Get A Mac Advertising Campaign for Apple Inc. , which started in May 2006 . In the ads he plays an Anthropomorphized PC alongside his Mac counterpart, played by actor Justin Long . While he plays the role of a PC in the campaign, Hodgman is actually a diehard Mac user: "I bought the very first Mac, or convinced my father to buy it, in 1984."1 Venue Songs In 2005, Hodgman played a character named "The Deranged Millionaire" in They Might Be Giants ' Venue Songs DVD/CD , narrating in between songs with dialog he co-wrote with the band. He also narrated a number of "Venue Songs"-themed setlists during the band's live shows in 2005, and has introduced the band while in the role of The Deranged Millionaire as recently as May 16, 2007. Flight of the Conchords In 2007, Hodgman appeared in the '' Bowie '' episode of the HBO television series '' Flight Of The Conchords ''. He played the manager of a musical greeting card company who was considering using one of the bands songs for a greeting card. OTHER MEDIA APPEARANCES Radio Hodgman appears on '''':
Hodgman also appeared on the podcast Jordan, Jesse GO! playing "Judge Hodgman" presiding over a mock trial.
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