John Hodgman: A conversation with a famous writer and minor television personality

Author and minor television personality John Hodgman might best be known to your mom and dad as the charming portrayer of PC in Apple’s funny, iconic Mac/PC advertisements, but you probably know him as The Daily Show‘s “Resident Expert” and the author of two totally unresearched, totally untrue almanacs of fake trivia: The Areas of My Expertise and its direct continuation (as proven by the page numbering), More Information Than You Require.

Hodgman also contributes to McSweeney’s and edits the humor section of the New York Times Magazine. He played minor parts in Tina Fey‘s Baby Mama, Ricky Gervais‘ The Invention of Lying and Francis Ford Coppola‘s Bram Stoker‘s Battlestar Galactica. Hodgman will be in town for a reading at Unity Temple on the Plaza on November 6, and The Pitch spoke with him by phone this week. After the jump, MORE INFORMATION THAN YOU REQUIRE about John Hodgman: