With a new book, 'Medallion Status,' John Hodgman talks about unexpected fame and why he's not faking it anymore.
Whether you first saw him on “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart” or as the rumpled personification of a PC in a series of computer commercials, John Hodgman is not quite who you think.
In a recent conversation during a stop on his book tour, Hodgman talks more about his brush with fame and why he’s not faking it anymore.,” which was your first venture into personal essays from your more character-driven comedy of the past. Was that a daunting transition? Well, there’s definitely an element of the book that is “You can’t fire me. I quit.” The book chronicles the more recent years of my extremely unlikely on-camera career, and all of the secret rooms and first-class lounges that even the minor-est of fame grants you admittance to. And then what it feels like to slowly lose access to those rooms and be kicked out one by one — not meanly, but just because culture has moved on to a degree.
The problem with the literary agency where I worked was that it was a very nice place to work. There’s great comfort in going to an office, especially one as beautiful as Writers House. It used to be the private bank of the Astor family, so it’s got this huge walk-in vault, overstuffed leather chairs, ferns and dark corners where I could take naps. And a very supportive and collegial environment that I came to love as a family and feel loved by. That’s when you get trapped.
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