Wits: 2011

Special Event: John Hodgman

with John Darnielle
and Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett as the Box Dwellers

We'll feature images, videos, and audio, so if you missed the show you can enjoy some highlights!

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Bios and background

We enjoyed a special edition of Wits™ with our favorite minor television personality John Hodgman (@hodgman). You may know him as The Daily Show's Resident Expert or from a thousand Apple commercials (he was the PC) or from appearances in the movie Arthur and the TV show Battlestar Galactica. He's served as humor editor for The New York Times Magazine and is coming out with a new book, "That is All." It's the last in his three-part series of Complete World Knowledge.

John Hodgman was joined on stage by his friend, songwriter John Darnielle. John Darnielle (@mountain_goats) is the lead singer from the Mountain Goats. Literally everyone in the world loves the Mountain Goats.

Bonus: Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett - the Box Dwellers! For ten years Kevin Murphy (@kwmurphy) co-wrote and directed the Peabody Award-winning series Mystery Science Theater 3000, and starred as the plucky red robot Tom Servo. Bill Corbett (@billcorbett) also wrote and performed on the show as well, providing the voice of the robot Crow (v.2.0) and playing various other strange characters -- including the all-powerful but clueless alien The Observer (a.k.a. "Brain Guy"). They both are part of the RiffTrax team that makes MP3 tracks you can play in-sync with your favorite movies. We've asked them to come and riff on Wits™. They were in a box seat at the Fitz, talking about the show and what people are saying on Twitter. (See all tweets below!) Like our own, modern-day Statler and Waldorf.

Explore the archive pages from our 2011 season for even more video and extras!

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2011 Guests Archive

Archive! Patton Oswalt

with Grant Lee Phillips and Paul F. Tompkins
and Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett as the Box Dwellers
For bios, video, audio, photographs and Twitter capture visit the archive page of the Patton Oswalt program.

Archive! Chuck Klosterman

with Craig Finn, Maria Bamford, and Nikki Sixx
and Bill Corbett and Joseph Scrimshaw as the Box Dwellers
For bios, video, audio, photographs and Twitter capture visit the archive page of the Chuck Klosterman program.

Archive! Sandra Bernhard

with Rosanne Cash and Eugene Mirman
and Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett as the Box Dwellers
For bios, video, audio, photographs and Twitter capture visit the archive page of the Sandra Bernhard program.

Archive! Neil Gaiman

with Josh Ritter, Adam Savage, and Wil Wheaton
and Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett as the Box Dwellers
For bios, video, audio, photographs and Twitter capture visit the archive page of the Neil Gaiman program.

2010 Archive

Listen to each show audio and watch videos of the Wits™ 2010 archive shows!

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Host and Musical Director

John Moe spends his days as host of Marketplace Tech Report. Author of "Conservatize Me: How I Tried to Become a Righty with the Help of Richard Nixon, Sean Hannity, Toby Keith, and Beef Jerky," Moe has also written humor pieces for McSweeney's and the New York Times Magazine. In its top 25 Best Twitter Users of 2010, Paste Magazine put John in at #7 - that's below Kanye West, above Steve Martin.

John Munson, wrote, sang and played in 90's cult favorites Trip Shakespeare as well as the multi-platinum selling hit-makers, Semisonic. His current projects include founding and playing bass with jazzy revisionists (and hosts of the wildly successful annual Holiday Show at The Fitzgerald!), The New Standards, and his latest rock group, The Twilight Hours. He's both funny and a snappy dresser.