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John Hodgman: Alt-Weekly Writers Should Get Their Own Ticker-Tape Parade

By AAN Staff
november 10, 2009  08:26 am
John Hodgman: Alt-Weekly Writers Should Get Their Own Ticker-Tape Parade
In a Q&A with The Onion's AV Club, Hodgman, the comedian who is probably best known as the PC in the ubiquitous Apple ads, discusses his lack of sports knowledge. He says he understands the "comforting" aspect of "watching millionaires hit balls with sticks," but offers the example of others who provide similar comforts. "Why isn't there a ticker-tape parade for the freelance magazine writers? Where's the ticker-tape parade for the guy whose movie review you read in the alt-weekly every week, and who lives down the block from you, and who gets drunk in the same bar as you, and, like you, will never go anywhere in his life?," Hodgman asks. "That guy gives you comfort as much as the millionaire who hits the ball with a stick or kicks it."
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