“The Office” creator Ricky Gervais interviews John Hodgman on Gervais’ blog.

R.G. 2. When you wear this “suit” you often accessorize with facial eye glasses. Again the why?
J.H. LIKE MOST PEOPLE, my eyes are located in my face, so I find that the facial eye glasses are really the only way to go.

(For the uninitiated, Hodgman, an author and book editor, is now known as a performer as well. On The Daily Show, he is “Resident Expert John Hodgman”; he’s also the personnification of the PC on those Mac ads.)