Bullseye with Jesse Thorn (formerly The Sound of Young America) – Best Friends with John Hodgman and Jonathan Coulton (February 21, 2007)

Episode notes

This week on The Sound of Young America, two old friends, both of the show and of each other. We chat with each seperately, and in special blog-only bonus audio (below), we squash a long-simmering feud between them regarding cat care and a series of vicious attack ads.

Jonathan Coulton is a comic singer-songwriter. For the past year, he’s written and released (free) a new song every single week. Some, like “Code Monkey,” which he performs on the show, have become internet phenomena. Enjoy free downloads of his three musical performances below. He’s currently touring with his best pal…

…John Hodgman. Hodgman is the author of “The Areas of My Expertise,” a compendium of entirely fabricated facts, history and trivia. For many years, Hodgman was a literary agent, and counted among his clients the B-movie star Bruce Campbell. Today, he’s best known for portraying the PC in the Mac-Vs.-PC advertisements for Apple, and for his regular appearances on the Daily Show. See below for special blog-only audio of Hodgman discussing his childhood interest in (but incompetence at) D&D.

If you’re coming from an outside link (I see you, boingboing, Coultonblog, etc), be sure to check out our audio archive for past programs (Colbert’s head writer, The Flaming Lips, Chuck Klosterman & Dave Foley, etc), and look below for past shows with John H.

Download Jonathan Coulton’s Musical Performances (Right Click, Save As)

Code Monkey / Lyrics
You Ruined Everything / Lyrics
The Future Soon / Lyrics

Incidental Music by DJW

Previously on The Sound of Young America:

“All World Knowledge” with John Hodgman and Fred Rees: MP3
“On the Road” with John Hodgman and Henry Rollins: MP3
“ComedyCopia” with a song from Jonathan Coulton
“Joketacular” with a song from Jonathan Coulton