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Mark Frauenfelder at 4:50 pm Mon, Nov 17, 2008

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Gary says:

John Hodgman, aka "PC" from the Get a Mac campaign, and recent Guest Blogger on Ukulelia's big sister site, Boing Boing, plays Tonight You Belong to Me at a recent event promoting his book, More Information Than You Require. He's accompanied by Jonathan Coulton on guitar.
Hodgman on uke

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  • bobsyeruncle

    Fiona Apple? Gah! :D

    Here’s the Patience and Prudence version:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ufzIano8D8

    And the original:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ey1xAK9HRtc

  • Shrdlu

    No more Hodgeman.

  • TheMostHorrible

    Here’s yet another rendition with Hodgman, Coulton and the Long Winters from Live Wire! Radio in Portland.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oVstSOFxRY

  • Anonymous

    best version since the jerk
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI8NuFAETMQ&feature=related

  • bikkle

    That was a great show! Here it is from another angle, along with a few other clips from that night.

  • barrymcw

    Wow, hitting on soooo many levels, this may be the greatest thing I’ve seen in many a day.

  • bikkle

    @14: It was a piece of paper, I believe.

  • isaacb2

    Where’s the cat proclaiming, “Tonight all you has belong to me”?

  • Anonymous

    That’s Sean Nelson singing in the suit on the left. What a great night that was.

  • Anonymous

    Great. I love that song and having Hodgman sing it is something I never would have guessed.

    Anyone know what that guy used to make the kazoo-like instrument?

  • FLG

    Fantastic. Anyone else think Hodgman’s performance reminds them Kermit?

  • Clayton Hove

    You guys just made Monday a little less Mondayish for me.

    I can only hope and pray that they followed it up with the Thermos song.

  • haileris

    Be sure to click on BIKKLE’s second link and watch Jonathan Coulton’s Presidents song (with a new Obama ending!)

  • Bek

    This was a sweet little clip, displaying why Mr. Hodgman is deserving of the BoingBoing gods’ favoritism.

  • Maneki Nico

    Clayton @5: My thoughts exactly! I must start reading BB earlier in the day.

    Oh I’m picking out a thermos for you
    not an ordinary thermos for you
    but the extra best thermos you can buy
    with vinyl and stripes and a cup built right in

  • patricio

    Very sweet. This reminded me of Fiona Apple’s version:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQddapeaIRw

  • mdh

    John Hodgeman apparently has a decent vocal range.

  • OM

    …So, was he doing impressions of ARTHUR GODFREY or TINY TIM?

    That is all.

  • franko

    not to take away from the hodg, but that clip of JoCo singing the presidents song was kickass.