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Jimmy also got to perform in the occasional comedy skit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4d917f7106995ca9090e1f/1538067724491-D68O3HV2M11PRJRHSPG0/Jim+Recording+in+Rental+Car+SF+Bay.jpg Photos & Oddities - Mobile recording in Emeryville, CA next to SF Bay. Sadly, Jim forgot to set the parking brake and rolled into the bay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4d917f7106995ca9090e1f/1538066648331-OL5F6I0JEAPII9CS5HFU/Jim%26Sonya.png Photos & Oddities - Jim & bride Sonya at Movieguide Awards in 2010. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4d917f7106995ca9090e1f/1538066660395-SVOLZNVQCQZGANRGFIT5/Divorce+Court+Cast+%26+Crew+Season+9+2007.png Photos & Oddities - Jimmy (tall guy in center, back row) was the announcer on FOX's Divorce Court for 12 glorious seasons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4d917f7106995ca9090e1f/1538538780097-NW5H4ZQW10W79B9QJ57C/Jim+with+Amy+Grant+in+Minneapolis+1991.png Photos & Oddities - Jim has had the honor of doing some 5 or 6 shows with Amy Grant, including this On the Road Special in Minneapolis for the Family Channel in 1991. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4d917f7106995ca9090e1f/1538066676590-M0AGQEHPTXT68LK8OFHL/JimInStudio.png Photos & Oddities - Jimmy's home studio in 2009. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4d917f7106995ca9090e1f/1538067055660-FM5TOC8JLC8NLNVB6W3R/Harry+Connick+Jr.+%26+Jim+Interfiew+NYC+1990.png Photos & Oddities - Not Ed Grimley, but Harry Connick, Jr. in his first TV special on the Family Channel in 1991- the long-haired hippie freak is Jim. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4d917f7106995ca9090e1f/1538538659107-KGOGPPQ9FRDP7N29ZCMW/John+Candy+laughing+with+Jim+1991.png Photos & Oddities - The late John Candy really was the nicest and funniest guy in the business. He owned the Toronto Argonauts along with Wayne Gretzky back in 1991. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4d917f7106995ca9090e1f/1538067093563-QSUQ8A81XMPWA47SH6SF/Jim+Vancouver+Videosyncrasy+Dusk+standup+2.png Photos & Oddities - Hosting an episode of Videosycrasy on the Family Channel in 1991, on location in Vancouver. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4d917f7106995ca9090e1f/1538067129287-2TFGD38C3JKAMLNTD3QI/Michael+Bolton+%26+Jim-+Summer+1991-+interview+baseball+4.png Photos & Oddities - Michael Bolton and Jim did a Family Channel special in 1991 which included a charity softball game scene and a freakishly small microphone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4d917f7106995ca9090e1f/1538067159790-52O9Z5AAMV4QY2XXLKQ9/Michael+Bolton+%26+Jim-+Summer+1991.png Photos & Oddities - Interviewing Michael Bolton in his tour bus outside the stadium in Vancouver, 1991. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4d917f7106995ca9090e1f/1538068248836-IEN3ZKTMATHASGZHL9US/Don+LaFontaine+%26+Jimmy+Hodson.jpg Photos & Oddities - Jim towering over the late movie trailer king Don LaFontaine at the Key Art Awards, Hollywood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4d917f7106995ca9090e1f/1538067206942-81EM7OX7TH5KF13BHUJF/Jim+in+the+botanical+garden+greenhouse.jpg Photos & Oddities - Amsterdam botanical gardens, 2018. Jim was subsequently attacked by bees and rendered delirious with thousands of stings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4d917f7106995ca9090e1f/1538067525397-ZI8I78YRBKWA56XBTEA6/Hodson+Family+Only+Christmas+2017%2C+retouched.jpg Photos & Oddities - The Hodson Family in 2017: Jonathan, Sonya, Jim, Hayley. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4d917f7106995ca9090e1f/1538066848253-7UZERBWJ3RYNVGSAB9O0/JimFoxSoccerPromo.png Photos & Oddities - Fox Soccer Channel was Jimmy's home for 5 years as their signature voice. Gooooooooal! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4d917f7106995ca9090e1f/1538067234068-8Q53T3C5ZB5HCBI123GW/Beijing+2-1988-Temple+of+Heaven%3F.jpg Photos & Oddities - Shooting documentaries in Beijing, China with uber-producer Craig Forrest in front of a Chinese missile silo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4d917f7106995ca9090e1f/1538067260861-T6KD792E5OHVNHFKW6B5/Jim+in+Philippines+%281%29.jpg Photos & Oddities - Shooting documentaries in Manila, Philippines while sporting then-in-fashion hot pants and fanny pack. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4d917f7106995ca9090e1f/1538067296393-A8DY63MFECHCNG41S8H6/Italy+1989%3F+Jim+attacked+by+pigeons+in+St.+Mark%27s+Square%2C+Venice.jpg Photos & Oddities - Alfred Hitchcock set the precedent. Here Jim is attacked by pigeons in St. Mark's Square in Venice, Italy, 1988 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4d917f7106995ca9090e1f/1538067296349-GCHLTG4GL2DSWDCA8200/Jimbabwe+in+Zimbabwe+Victoria+Falls+1988.jpg Photos & Oddities - A large water main break in Zimbabwe, Africa. Actually, Victoria Falls, 1988. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4d917f7106995ca9090e1f/1538067319285-Q3TUWBKY6FQ1PRMR43C0/More+Botswana+1988+Jim+%26+his+family...not..jpg Photos & Oddities - Jim with his family in Botswana, 1988. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4d917f7106995ca9090e1f/1538067333804-RCI03Y0QCU2G83QJBJSU/Jim-Panavision+Directing+Promo-circa+1988.jpg Photos & Oddities - Jim worked in front of and behind the camera and microphone, directing music videos and commercials. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4d917f7106995ca9090e1f/1538067349121-V28XSJP2EAD5XDG1YAK9/Jim_Pyramids1988.jpg Photos & Oddities - Here Jim asked for directions to the Pyramids from a local Egyptian, 1989. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4d917f7106995ca9090e1f/1538067366538-6GIW8OAYQI4CZUJJFLN9/Skeletal+Jim+at+Dome+of+The+Rock+-+Temple+Mount+1988.jpg Photos & Oddities - Body fat and muscle mass were of no interest to Jim in the late 80's. Jerusalem's Dome of the Rock was. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4d917f7106995ca9090e1f/1538067208530-3HHJRMXJDVI8GGKK8HDT/JIm%27s+Casual+Headshot+2018+in+Koblenz%2C+Germany.jpg Photos & Oddities - On vacation in Antwerp, Belgium, 2018- recording VO on the river cruise ship between museum trips. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4d917f7106995ca9090e1f/1538066741625-LUXCJHO7TLJSDOEKG3IE/jimvobooth.png Photos & Oddities - In the old days when actors had to actually drive to recording studios- here recording Divorce Court intros. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4d917f7106995ca9090e1f/1538067390144-D534WTD7TE61Z6P0KTFL/%3F%3F%3F%2C+Scott+Rummell%2C+Jack+Roth%2C+Jim%2C+Elaine+Craig+%28her+office%29%2C+Dave+Spiker%2C+%3F%3F%3F.jpg Photos & Oddities - Early voiceover class. Top L-R: Scott Rummell, Jimmy, Dave Spiker. Front row: Jack Roth and legendary casting director Elaine Craig. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4d917f7106995ca9090e1f/1538067421514-NEQMMUK1JXMZ42MHMK37/Jim+at+Seattle%27s+Space+Needle+holding+a+BetaCam+and+an+Ikegami.jpg Photos & Oddities - Shooting Jim's first music video series Real Videos in 1985, on location here at the Space Needle, Seattle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4d917f7106995ca9090e1f/1538067455197-VHDX7W2P8SBH4J87UK61/Matt+Crouch+%26+Jimmy+Hodson+Hovering+Over+Waikiki+1985+%28Matt+with+legs+on+skids%29.jpg Photos & Oddities - Hovering over Waikiki in 1985 hosting Real Videos. He then dropped hundreds of fresh pineapples on unsuspecting sunbathers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4d917f7106995ca9090e1f/1538066811457-3LO3Y3WZ0QVWURQ0P74S/JimmyHodson8x10WithName.jpg Photos & Oddities - Renowned photographer & friend Kevin Foley took Jimmy's headshots in 2008. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4d917f7106995ca9090e1f/1538066681241-IT1RU7N8EUG389DTDPOU/Jim+%26+Sonya+at+Annie%27s+70th.jpg Photos & Oddities - Jim & bride Sonya who was TV executive on CBS's Touched by an Angel, producer at E! News Daily, and worked at CBS Sports and ABC Sports. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4d917f7106995ca9090e1f/1538067471582-HQ68N65YMJ9TB5ETPC5P/Randy+Layson+%26+Jim+Hodson_RealVideos_LAChinatown+11-1984.jpg Photos & Oddities - Shooting the 2nd episode of Real Videos in 1984 in LA's Chinatown. The show went on to run for 25 more years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4d917f7106995ca9090e1f/1538067471972-5JBBGCM54HUQBU54LTRI/Harry+Caray+%26+Jim+at+Wrigley+Field+1991+on+Videosyncrasy.jpg Photos & Oddities - Asking legend Harry Caray to say "holy cow" over and over at Wrigley Field, Chicago, 1991. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4d917f7106995ca9090e1f/1538067518349-T87LJ4OFY0VHF32NQVB1/Hayley+%26+Jim+at+Kings%27+Game.jpg Photos & Oddities - Beautiful Daughter Unit Hayley and Jim at LA Kings game, 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4d917f7106995ca9090e1f/1538108354942-30IBQCWX9DIMJN38C5YQ/JimDivorceCourtAnnounce.png Photos & Oddities - More Divorce Court announcing in Burbank. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4d917f7106995ca9090e1f/1538067551778-QEGQ8E6HP8Q2OL6HKZVC/GREAT-+Jonathan%2C+Hayley%2C+Sonya%2C+Jim+Hodson.jpg Photos & Oddities - Hodson family moments before being swept away by a rogue wave in Crystal Cove, CA; Jonathan, Hayley, Sonya, Jim, 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4d917f7106995ca9090e1f/1538067520419-30F5R52KM13IDFQKJ9IA/Happy+new+year+2018+Sonya+and+Jim+at+the+Rummells%27.jpg Photos & Oddities - Beautiful Bride Sonya tries to incinerate husband Jim on New Year's Day 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4d917f7106995ca9090e1f/1538067582574-9RT0X0TJDAKTDQFXGR1P/Sonya+%26+Jim+off+to+the+SAG+Awards.jpg Photos & Oddities - Off to the SAG Awards despite once again not being nominated. Note the table number 81... which is several kilometers from the main stage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4d917f7106995ca9090e1f/1538067573224-5WM37ROU1NHEBEFT3372/Sonya+%26+Jim+at+SAG+Awards+%283%29.jpg Photos & Oddities - SAG Awards 2018, Shrine Auditorium. Didn't win a single award. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4d917f7106995ca9090e1f/1538067574458-SHMFSGA1A3VTU3MQNIT3/Sonya+%26+Jim+at+SAG+Awards+%281%29.jpg Photos & Oddities - In front of the exposed-buttock statue-man at the SAG Awards 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4d917f7106995ca9090e1f/1538067576676-E61TM80EWXYFD0N034CG/Sonya+%26+Jim+at+SAG+Awards+interior+stage.jpg Photos & Oddities - Interior of SAG Awards. Jim tried to rush the stage to announce the show but was repelled by security guards. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4d917f7106995ca9090e1f/1538067626153-8PBCEM1UP5ZY8QW1ILAI/Sonya+%26+Jim+at+Montage%2C+Laguna+Beach.jpg Photos & Oddities - Laguna Beach 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4d917f7106995ca9090e1f/1538067630827-6G70JZYYJRGGI85HYEXW/Jim+at+Leeds+Castle+in+snow.jpg Photos & Oddities - Not Jim's house, but Leeds Castle in the UK with late spring spreading of polystyrene flakes in 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4d917f7106995ca9090e1f/1538067638458-61BZIXQY53AU64RW9G64/Jim%2C+Sonya%2C+Hayley+at+Broadway+Tower.jpg Photos & Oddities - The tall Hodsons in front of a suitable castle in the Cotswolds, UK. (It's only a model.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4d917f7106995ca9090e1f/1538067687216-2ECLVEJFOST3L5P4ZNZC/Jim+%26+Sonya+at+Maui+Film+Festival+Ice+Sculpture.jpg Photos & Oddities - 2018 Maui Film Festival. Later, Jim melted down the ice sculpture and freed the fish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4d917f7106995ca9090e1f/1538067699162-26ZXNS5MSH7721M84JVK/1456054_10154080037275554_8802828297321219176_n.jpg Photos & Oddities - Height comparison between 6'-8"/203cm announcer Jim vs. normal-sized cameraman Paul at In-N-Out Burger event in Hawaii. Jim has been the voice of In-N-Out since 1989. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4d917f7106995ca9090e1f/1538068027405-LTFL7DU26WPPP7S2QWS9/When+traveling%2C+this+is+how+I+normally+record+voiceovers+these+days...+laptop%2C+USB+MBox+pre-amp%2C+mic+and+my+iPhone+with+the+script%2C+then+upload+the+audio+files+to+the+producer+over+the+internet.++Slick%21.jpg Photos & Oddities - Recording voiceover in a hotel room in Maui- the beauty of mobile recording studios. Jim spent the entire vacation in this closet and even ordered room service in there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4d917f7106995ca9090e1f/1538068038355-BBI48R927CM8TTE3MALV/Scott+Rummell%2C+Jim+Hodson%2C+former+Angel+peanut+vendors+grown+up.jpg Photos & Oddities - Top movie trailer voice Scott Rummell (left) and Jim met at this stadium in 1976 when they both sold peanuts in the crowd and have been fast friends and colleagues ever since. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4d917f7106995ca9090e1f/1538099334420-17FB9V6YENGYYNN15MXX/Jim%2C+Scott+Rummell%2C+Sonya%2C+Terry+Rummell.jpg Photos & Oddities - With oldest friend & top VO man Scott Rummell w/ Jim's bride Sonya & Scott's bride Terry, plus thousands of similarly dressed people (where Scott & Jim used to work together as teens) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4d917f7106995ca9090e1f/1538067724336-94KKTFN4GNWB26ARJU1A/How+I+record+VO+in+Croatia+2.jpg Photos & Oddities - A makeshift hotel recording booth in Pula, Croatia 2015. The housekeeping maids were unamused. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4d917f7106995ca9090e1f/1538068098923-QJ3YCFL9V2B5KOTX0REQ/Jim+appearing+in+car+commercial.jpg Photos & Oddities - Performing in a commercial produced by Craig Forrest, 2012. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4d917f7106995ca9090e1f/1538068248892-V704XPNO4ALHEH7H6UEU/Jim%26WayneGretzky%26wine.jpg Photos & Oddities - The Marginal One with the Great One Wayne Gretzky at his wine label debut in Westlake Village, CA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4d917f7106995ca9090e1f/1538068679053-DTCIR5AMAUHVXSND3PHP/Screen+shot+2010-10-25+at+9.28.43+PM.png Photos & Oddities - Real Videos episode in 1985 at Anaheim Stadium. Here Andre Thornton teaches Jim how to spit tobacco juice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4d917f7106995ca9090e1f/1538068405065-NJ7WMR0WUERB9WQEDBKK/Sonya.jpg Photos & Oddities - With bride on top of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris before consuming inordinate amounts of macarons and escargot, in that order. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4d917f7106995ca9090e1f/1538068438688-EOQ23M4TH430MBY8K7ET/Hodson+Family+unit+after+helicoptering+around+kauai+closer.jpg Photos & Oddities - The Hodsons tried to helicopter from Kauai to Japan in 2017 before turning back after a few minutes due to limited fuel capacity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4d917f7106995ca9090e1f/1538099331587-02UEEC9T983LQNZ65W00/We+visited+my+old+friend+Davey+Lou+of+Audio+Images+Kauai%2C+who+moved+there+3+years+ago.++I+normally+record+at+home+in+LA+and+he+directs+me+over+the+phone%2C+then+mixes+the+commercials+in+Kauai.++Good+to+finally+see+them..jpg Photos & Oddities - Sealed behind glass at the wonderful Audio Images recording studio with Davey Lou in Kauai. Below frame, both men are wearing grass skirts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4d917f7106995ca9090e1f/1538591155970-NIRQG2SOGXB2VHAK3XU6/Stryper+Wedding1986+Michael+W+Smith+%26+Jim+%26+Sweet+Brothers.jpg Photos & Oddities - 1986, lightning in a bottle. Recording artist Michael W. Smith, Robert Sweet of Stryper, Jimmy, agent John Huie, Michael Sweet of Stryper at Robert's wedding, Queen Mary, Long Beach, CA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4d917f7106995ca9090e1f/1538099329712-T3XCV145P759OG0DWZ6L/Mario+at+Fox+Contemplate+Microphone+Height.jpg Photos & Oddities - Jim was the signature voice of Fox Soccer Channel for all 5 years of its existence. Here, sound designer Mario Manti-Gualtiero adjusts the microphone for Jim's freakish height. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4d917f7106995ca9090e1f/1538099332255-K5VKIV264A3B4BLXLTYV/SonyaStarTrekKlingon1993.jpg Photos & Oddities - Jim's wife Sonya got to fulfill Jim's dream of performing as a Klingon on Star Trek TNG in 1993, while 6'-8" Jim did not. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4d917f7106995ca9090e1f/1538099332417-74BZWZ7SU2HW7L4G6Y54/Hotel+VO+studio+in+Plano+at+Westin.jpg Photos & Oddities - Voiceover recording on the road in a hotel in Plano, TX 2016. The mattress collapsed on Jim and he wasn't found until days later by hotel security. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4d917f7106995ca9090e1f/1538099333172-W387YC8L844V1K2I1RS6/Jim%27s+dressing+room+at+%40midnight+on+Comedy+Central.jpg Photos & Oddities - Comedy Central dressing room moments before getting "let go" for not performing a profanity-laced diatribe after assurances there would be none. As comedians would say, Jim does not "work blue." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4d917f7106995ca9090e1f/1538538659498-GZ5B25PWGGYT6IC5NY8Z/Super+Dave+Osborn+%26+Jim+1991.png Photos & Oddities - The late great Super Dave Osborne (Bob Einstein) offered to drop Jim from the Fuji Blimp during a game onto Cecil Fielder. Jim declined. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4d917f7106995ca9090e1f/1538538510096-TR4G2O5104QW0LVK9EOW/Videosyncrasy+in+studio2+smile+Jim+9-+1990.png Photos & Oddities - Hosting Videosyncrasy on the Family Channel in 1990. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4d917f7106995ca9090e1f/1538538508342-Q5JQAPK9PDPHZD92TBRD/Jimmy+Hodson+Steve+White+Sheila+E+Magic+Hour+1998.png Photos & Oddities - Jim, comedian Steve White, and Sheila E. in a Magic Hour skit on FOX. Sheila was the bandleader and Jim was the announcer, here being the mouthpiece for Steve's flirtations with Sheila, 1998. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4d917f7106995ca9090e1f/1538538543578-9X6HBTQ6Q7DBPFI3PBL8/Kenny+G+%26+Jim+1990.png Photos & Oddities - Kenny G actually flew his own private plane to this interview in Virginia on Videosyncrasy, 1990. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4d917f7106995ca9090e1f/1538538573758-WBDHLKW51U7TD13QWPBI/TJ+Martel+Celebrity+Charity+Hockey+Game+2+1994.png Photos & Oddities - As a segment host for Hockey Player Magazine on ESPN2. Here at Luc Robitaille's charity celebrity hockey game at the old Forum in Inglewood, CA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4d917f7106995ca9090e1f/1538538571531-IFZ47RMDXGKJ71B2Y6JZ/E%21+TV+Pilot+Jim+Backlot+2.png Photos & Oddities - E! Entertainment Television produced a pilot for a half-hour syndicated show with Willow Bay as host and Jim as the backlot studio reporter in 1995. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4d917f7106995ca9090e1f/1538538596062-3G795MPF7BG6RK2MN7IE/Jim+Toronto+Argonauts+post+game+with+Rocket+1991.png Photos & Oddities - Post game wrap up on the field in Toronto. Raghib "Rocket" Ismail and the other players didn't notice Jim and knocked him down in their rush to the showers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4d917f7106995ca9090e1f/1538538686470-KTFPNYPFZBMG6EQ2B3YZ/Jim+with+Vitas+Gerulitis+1991.png Photos & Oddities - Having a laugh with tennis great Vitas Gerulaitis who, sadly, passed away 3 years later from carbon-monoxide poisoning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4d917f7106995ca9090e1f/1538538543514-TI7JI3PNBF7STYNQTX54/Jim+%26+Michael+Bolton+1990+Virginia+Beach+2.png Photos & Oddities - Jim's first of 4 meetings with Michael Bolton, this one in 1990 in Virginia Beach, VA. Bolton has a 4 octave vocal range. Jim's is 4 notes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4d917f7106995ca9090e1f/1538538712179-LF38YGNZ0N9FR5ZKDTBF/Jim+fire+stunt+1991.png Photos & Oddities - Stuntman Mike Johnson taught Jim a number of stunts including this fire burn on a Videosyncrasy episode in 1991. The flames spread to engulf Jim's entire body, explaining his appearance today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4d917f7106995ca9090e1f/1538538715134-RNYBE09QL8XB8EROHU4U/Jim+Bartles+%26+Jymes+giant+basketball+effect.png Photos & Oddities - Jim is not really quite this tall, just a special effect for Bartels & Jaymes, composited by Ken Slater who later became a very good friend & godfather to Jim & Sonya's chitlins. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4d917f7106995ca9090e1f/1538538750080-CU97K6AIQIRYNU210IZD/Mick+Hucknall+Simply+Red+%26+Jim+in+LA+1991.png Photos & Oddities - Interviewing Mick Hucknall of Simply Red in 1991 in LA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4d917f7106995ca9090e1f/1538538748905-L04Q6G8U9TXR5D7QEGWC/Skydiving+1991+dangling+from+wing+strut.png Photos & Oddities - Skydiving, Jim had to dangle from the wing strut & then let go. The parachute deployed, but the radio broke & Jim had no idea where to land & ended up in a sewage treatment pond. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4d917f7106995ca9090e1f/1538538798511-0YJ5H38HEORIND4EY03X/Jim+bitten+in+face+by+orca+marineland+niagara+falls+1991.png Photos & Oddities - Seconds before a crazed orca whale bit off much of Jim's head in 1991 at Niagara Falls Marineland. Jim has continued working unimpaired ever since. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4d917f7106995ca9090e1f/1538538797641-I4BI2QKCOOKLGE5GIVDN/Jim+as+Rod+Serling+1999+for+Vons.png Photos & Oddities - If you ever need a bad Rod Serling impression... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4d917f7106995ca9090e1f/1538538826696-7E9AXZU5SPYS29BTDNQ7/Hammer+Jim-Jill-Harry+1991+Grammys+NYC.jpg Photos & Oddities - NYC Grammys, 1991. Hammer interrupts Jim's interview with Jill Goodacre and Harry Connick, Jr. Jim and Scott Rummell had once MC'd Hammer's concert when he was called "Holy Ghost Boy." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4d917f7106995ca9090e1f/1538538899037-FEGVDWUYFFQ9MO8BJYNG/Jim+with+Amy+Grant+in+LA+1991+at+music+video+shoot.png Photos & Oddities - Behind the scenes interview at Amy Grant's music video shoot in LA for her #2 hit "Every Heartbeat" in 1991. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4d917f7106995ca9090e1f/1538538990638-F1RCZRYHJUHRBO65MUQB/Jim+on+Great+Wall.jpg Photos & Oddities - Shooting documentaries at China's Great Wall in 1989, which, apparently, was built to repel monsters according to a recent Matt Damon movie. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4d917f7106995ca9090e1f/1538067723587-MSI4FSV24WX4TV6Y2AD9/Hayley+Hodson+Stanford+2015.jpg Photos & Oddities - Daughter Hayley was the #1 volleyball recruit in the US and National Freshman of the Year in 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4d917f7106995ca9090e1f/1538591060241-90WUVDX29T9Y3N2V28C9/Hasselhoff+%26+Jim+Long+Beach+Grand+Prix+1985.jpg Photos & Oddities - The legendary David Hasselhoff at the Long Beach Grand Prix in 1985. Jim has all his albums and a "Hoff" shrine in his home to this day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4d917f7106995ca9090e1f/1538591085699-J7OTYQJ94U0CYIYEPMK8/JIm+in+25th+Real+Videos+Anniversary+Special+interview.jpg Photos & Oddities - Being interviewed for the 25th anniversary of the pioneering Real Videos which Jim co-created back in 1984. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4d917f7106995ca9090e1f/1538591096938-JRDSYI87X9EU5Y9MVLKD/Tiger+Woods+%26+Cotton+Dunn+1995+%26+1955+National+Junior+Winners.jpg Photos & Oddities - Jim's late father-in-law on the right, Cotton Dunn, won the USGA National Juniors tournament in high school & went on to the PGA Tour like the man on the left, but with slightly less success. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4d917f7106995ca9090e1f/1540409958685-T0GT5V3N5INN2MPCF8RF/Jim+hosting+at+Shrine+Auditorium+red+carpet+for+In-n-Out+Burger%27s+70th+Anniversary+Celebration.jpg Photos & Oddities - Hosting In-N-Out Burger’s 70th Anniversary Celebration & KISS Concert at The Shrine Auditorium, October 22nd 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4d917f7106995ca9090e1f/1540409962124-KW8JWTY55TGW8VCC2Q86/Jim+hosting+INO+70th%2C+introducing+KISS+with+Party+People.jpg Photos & Oddities - Introducing KISS with In-N-Out's "Party Boys" at the INO 70th Anniversary at The Shrine Auditorium in LA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4d917f7106995ca9090e1f/1540409959839-HM7UZD7DOF746NPKFDBA/Nersi+Elahi%2C+Tami+Hinson%2C+%26+Jim+at+Shrine+Auditorium+red+carpet+for+In-n-Out+Burger%27s+70th+Anniversary+Celebration.jpg Photos & Oddities - Rehearsing on the red carpet at The Shrine in LA with Nersi Elahi and Tami Hinson of In-N-Out's stellar TV crew. https://www.jimmyhodson.com/credits daily 0.75 2026-01-20