FYI the answer to his very simple 3 part question about Dune is: 1. Shai-hulud 2. a Thumper 3. The water of life

Hilarious performance by Hodgman. He is an incredibly smart guy.

I'm watching Dune now, and just remembered this video that I saw yyeeeaaarssss ago! John Hodgman is ❤️

"i have been, and always shall be, your friend" i always loved that quote!:)

One of the best speeches I've seen in a long time. It was amazing how he shifted from the light comedy to the insight about jock and nerd presidencies.

Coming from freakonomics ep370

I love how smart and well-spoken John is. This was fantastic.

that was one of the greatest things Ive seen in my life

I have to say, at the end of his speech, I put my hand upon my chest in the utmost heartfelttedness, and then right into the Vulcan wishwell. Live long and prosper!

Excellent .... enjoyed so much !!!

I immediately knew exactly what he meant when he said "Kwisatz Haderach". I guess I'm a nerd.

John Hodgman's stock just went up in my book. I love this guy.

I just shed a tear. So beautiful. :'3

I LOVE this guy! The Dune reference could not be more true. Only a few of us nerds out there actually have read Dune and would know what the Kwisatz Haderach is!

Mr. Hodgman, you have done it again and you almost made me cry.

Great video. John Hodgman is masterful in his delivery.

when he takes questions in debates or from the media he gives clear and well thought of responses..... no teleprompters there

Impressive ! Thanks for sharing this one John

I heard Kwisatz Haderach and I gigglesnorted. And yeah, they WERE easy questions! Haha.

Just fantastic.

The closing of the speech was par excellence in its originality and nerdfullness.

Thanks for making me feel +2 INT on my nerd job

The Dune reference made me laugh rootbeer out my nose.

How have i never seen this

John you know I love your video Thank you John

Fantastic. I Heart John Hodgman!

The icing on the cake is the Princess Irulan quotes!

This was surprisingly enjoyable. :)

Brilliant, subtle humor. Nice one John.

this was really really good

Wow, that was really awesome!

I've read Dune a few times over the years but not for a long time. Did not get #1... But #3 the very first thing that came to mind was the Truthsayer drug. Before I go back and read it again is that another name, does that count?

Quintessential dry humor delivered medium-rare, Hodgman style. Thanks, John.

That was a amazing speech he gave. he is so funny. Him and stephen colbert are probably the best people to ever entertain at this thing.

clever, smart and funny, what a great speech!

sweet video thank you

As a fellow geek I totally loved this!

Jesus Christ! John Hodgman owned that mic. That was even better than So

I just became a John Hodgman fan... what he just did their was AMAZING. He took liberals view of Obama, people who say he's not delivering the change he spoke about in the campaign and basically saying Change takes time, this is the beginning, not the end of the change, and to calm the fuck down and give the man a chance LOL. *Applauds* Go John Hodgman!!!

It's also nice to see intelligent humor and how readily the Prez can appreciate it.

Brilliant !

God, I love John Hodgman! =)

i thought this would be boring... but then i cant stop watching

i didn't have high hopes but that ended up being hysterical

John very impressive and well said

his closing thoughts where fucking awesome

less politics, and just perfect humor.

Hodgman was FAN-FREAKIN-TASTIC! He was witty and intelligent and I especially enjoyed all his double entendres.

SUPERB!

wow, quite a awesome speech.

by definition, a nerd is someone who is knowledgeable in a field that isn't sports. so yes, in order to be a nerd, you must actually be bright. also, nerd is a positive term in the majority of society's current consciousness (just as planned) so being a nerd requires to to actually have a good set of morals. someone who doesn't fit the second set of requirements is called an "asshole" and someone who doesn't fit the first set is not called a nerd.

Crap, yeah. I knew too many answers. Love how he wrapped up. Got very powerful.

Epic as usual.

that was great

Brilliant! Perfectly played. He knocked it out of the park with that one. Epic win. GO NERDS!

John Rocks !

awesome speech.

Only one thing missing from an almost perfect speech. Johnathon Coulton in the background playing nice, sweet accompaniment.

That was fantastic! Holy smokes!

"Spockish calm and gangly frame" awesome!

Fantastic! Hodgman is really good.

that was actually very good.. I normally get bored and turn things like this off.. but I got 3/4 the way through!

Every time I see this guy I think of those PC or MAC commercials.lol!

John Hodgman, that was excellent!

The answer to the three part question is: Maker Thumper Water of LIfe in that order.

They were all enjoying the dinner ;)

Hodgman writes and performs a lot of radio comedy. For whatever reason, writers of radio comedy are generally called "humorists." For example, Garrison Keillor refers to himself as the "world's tallest radio humorist."

Brilliant

That's David Axelrod. So far as I can tell, that's the way he always looks.

I personally love your brand of crazy.

Its the professional media and a media event... what more can be said. ;-)

"[Mr. President,] you are clearly not exactly the person we hoped you would be."

come to think of it, we nerds have been in control for a while now. it's a heartwarming thought.

all the beautiful people

I mean this as a compliment -- for I am about to show how nerdy I am -- Hodgman reminded me of Robert Benchley with this speech.

"The president is known to dabble in sports. And not just bowling, but the hard stuff. What they call... basketsballs." hahahahaha John Hodgman's hilarious.

John is hilarious as always

The inhaler killed me.

Ha, started a little slow, but once I realized where he was going with it, it was hilarious.

@SomeNofA - Well, he was also referring to the fact that a bunch of the founders were Deists -- they believed that G*d set the world in motion, and then declined to intervene to help anyone out after that. Similarly, it's a DM's job to create the world and administer the rules impartially, rather than providing information (prophecy) or help (miracles) to the Player Characters.

Oh my. This geek, like most good Sci-fi story tellers, can spin a yarn with a moral. Well played. Live long and prosper, my friend.

awesome-o!!

he is from time to time on the daily show ..

I was starting to hope for a "The Future Soon" reference near the very end there.

Epic win!

Humorist of the first class!!! John Hodgman the great.

Hodman= brilliant.

i hav no idea who that guy is but his offically the coolest guy ever

PC is awsome .. at least when running Hodgman OS :)

good work Hodge

Anyone know about the designer of that dress Heather Dahl wore?

10:44 is gold!

how do they get the video longer than 10 mins?

Considering I didn't get to watch much tv at that time as I was doing my duty in the military, I can't say yes to that.

By the way, it's 1) Shai-Hulud, 2) Thumpers and the third is a trick question, but Sandtrout is probably what he's angling for. No vomit is involved.

Crom? He didn't recall Crom? What an imposter!

Love the Star Trek reference.

thanks. someone needs to write this every few hours to make sure the we can find it with out reading through all the comments.

haha such a perfect cut after "you are nerds."

being a nerd, does not automatically make one wise or moral,or even of necessity terribly bright. nerds come in all human personality type categories,just like everyone else.