If we’re to believe the movies and what we see on TV, the world will soon be coming to an end. Maybe it will be at the hands of zombies. Maybe it will be the result of selfish human choices. Maybe it will stem from unharmonious international relations. Who knows–it could begin at James Franco’s house.
Humorist, writer, and Daily Show “resident expert” John Hodgman has been thinking about the end of the world and joking about it for the past year on stages across America.
His new special documents the last night of his doomsaying tour. The Netflix-only show is called “Ragnarok,” a reference to Norse mythology’s depiction of the end of the world.
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