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Now this week, small claymations court.

Brian brings the case against his wife Sherry and their daughter, Lauren.

The family has a long-running joke where they declare who among them is the Gumby.

That's right.

Gumby, the mid-20th century claymation cartoon.

Brian says he is the Gumby of the family, but Lauren and Sherry disagree.

He is pokey at best.

Who's right, who's wrong, only one can decide. Please rise as Judge John Hodgman

enters the courtroom and presents an obscure cultural reference. Don't tell me to enter the court

headshot, okay? I do what I want to do. I'm Judge John Hodgman. Damn it, everyone loves me.

Bail of Jesse Thorne, swear them in.

Lauren, Sherry, and Brian please rise and raise your right hands. Do you swear to tell the truth,

the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? So help you, God, or whatever. I do. I do.

Do you swear to abide by Judge John Hodgman's ruling, despite the fact that he himself is a blockhead? I do. I do. Do you swear to abide by Judge John Hodgman's ruling, despite the fact that he himself is a blockhead?

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