Lights Out: Humor-monger John Hodgman, the most dynamic public speaker of our generation, attempts to validate the claim that Obama is the first nerd president of the modern era by conducting an extensive nerd “purity test” at the 2009 Radio and TV Correspondents’ Dinner.
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I haven’t really seen John Hodgman before, but apparently he’s in the Bowie episode of Flight of the Conchords. His Wikipedia entry describes him as ‘humorist’. I’ve always wondered what the difference is between a comedian and humorist.
UPDATE!
Ah! Okay! I found an answer. According to Wikipedia:
A humorist is a person who writes or performs humorous material. The material written and/or performed by humorists tends to be more subtle and cerebral than the material created by stand-up comedians and comedy writers. The intention is often to provoke wry smiles and amusement rather than outright belly laughs.
Interesting.
