In this episode I talk about my favorite comedians and why I love them.

Show Notes:

• Inspired by the article: http://www.timeout.com/london/comedy/chris-hardwicks-top-ten-stand-up-comedians
• My Spotify list featuring everyone here: Stand up
• Steve Martin Books
• The Bugle Podcast: http://thebuglepodcast.com/
• Pete Holmes (Featuring Maria Bamford and Tig Nataro) http://www.nerdist.com/2013/06/you-made-it-weird-159-live-from-bloomington-indiana/
• This Week with Larry Miller: http://www.adamcarolla.com/LMBlog/
• Mike Birbiglia: All Things Birbigs
• Jonah Ray: Jonah Ray!
• Matt Mira: https://twitter.com/MattMira and http://www.nerdist.com/podcast/feab/
• Comedian's Comedian! http://www.comedianscomedian.com/home

Opening Theme: Lock You Up Closing Theme: Louie Louie Both performed by the University of Rhode Island Ram Marching Band under the direction of Brian Cardany.

Show Notes:

• Characterize
• What are some decisions you've been recently struggling with?
• What are the pros and cons of both sides?
• Scared is scared: http://t.co/f8VXqnmbFS

Opening Theme: Matt Smith's 11th Doctor Saying "I am and always will be the optimist, the hoper of far-flung hopes, the dreamer of improbable dreams." Malaguena performed by the URI Ram Marching Band under the direction of Brian Cardany. Closing theme is "Do It Anyway" by Ben Folds Five. Walking the Nerdist Way Pledge, Repeat after me or with me....I don't think I left much of a space for after...ooops. "I will believe that I deserve good things. I will make it a habit of putting my artly creations out into the wild no matter what. I will then be ahead of 98% of the people on this floating rock." Me & Chris Hardwick. (It's a work in progress.) Webextras: http://wp.me/p2tSXK-kY

Show Notes:

(I say it's 73 but it's really episode 74! You can't hire good help these days. ;-)

• Blood Kiss Kickstarter: http://kck.st/11EXkvO
• YouTube videos for Blood Kiss: https://www.youtube.com/user/OfficialBloodKiss
• My article on Matt Smith leaving Doctor Who: http://www.nerdtitan.com/2013/06/03/thank-you-matt-smith/

Opening Theme: Lock You Up Closing Theme: Louie Louie Both performed by the University of Rhode Island Ram Marching Band under the direction of Brian Cardany.

Show Notes:

• Mission Statement or why I podcast
• I will believe that I deserve good things. I will make it a habit of putting my artly creations out into the wild no matter what. I do this so that my fellow Nerds will be inspired to do the same. Creating things and sharing them with our fellow humans feeds our soul and makes our existence joyful. Life is too short not to have joy in it. (Modified and added from The Nerdist Way by Chris Hardwick)
• http://interesting--thing.blogspot.com/2013/04/how-to-find-your-purpose-and-what-you.html
• Doing what you love: http://www.paulgraham.com/love.html

Opening Theme: Matt Smith's 11th Doctor Saying "I am and always will be the optimist, the hoper of far-flung hopes, the dreamer of improbable dreams." Malaguena performed by the URI Ram Marching Band under the direction of Brian Cardany. Closing theme is "Do It Anyway" by Ben Folds Five. "If you can believe you deserve good things and cultivate this skill of "putting yourself out there no matter what" you will be ahead of 98% of the people on this eroding rock." -Chris Hardwick

Show notes:

• I talked about last weekend.
• NANO: Just Steve, Gillian, Mary Leora, Tara, Emily
• Go check out her plushies! http://www.etsy.com/shop/EMYStuffNplush
• Chris Hardwick agreed to be on my podcast. But his body language was as if I asked him to make sweet love to a hornet's nest. But he SAID yes and that's what I'm going with. Speaking of making love to a hornet's nest
• Swedish man making love to a hornet's nest: FALSE: http://www.snopes.com/media/notnews/hornetsnest.as

Opening Theme: Opening Theme: Lock You Up Closing Theme: Louie Louie Both performed by the University of Rhode Island Ram Marching Band under the direction of Brian Cardany.

Show Notes:

• We try to end on something lighter
• Pirate of the Carobinian: Keira Knightley and Orlando Bloom vs. Johnny Depp and Penélope Cruz
• Alice in Wonderland (Another movie I didn't see)
• Green Lantern
• We are keeping it light with the recent deaths of Ray Haryhausen (RIP), Chris "Mac Daddy" Kelly, and Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman
• Chris' favorite movie of all time: They Live
• Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe and other movie/books by C. S. Lewis
• Meeting people from the 1950's movies
• New Media: I mention Macklemore--we talk about making a career without major companies
• Star Trek: What's yours?
• BBC, I recommend Torchwood, Chris recomends The Day of the Triffids http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081850/
• Star Trek the reboot: I <3 Simon Pegg
• Simon Pegg and Nick Frost
• He called it Ted but it's really Paul
• Death Wish movie series
• Nicholas Cage

Thank you for listening! Remember do not give up what you want most for what you want right now! Opening Theme: Lock you up performed by URI Ram Marching Band under the direction of Brian Cardany Closing Theme: Louie, Louie performed by the URI Ram Marching Band under the direction of Brian Cardany

Show Notes

• Burn Notice
• Bruce Campbell Book and Movies
• Bubba Ho Tep http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0281686/
• Phantasm Series http://www.phantasm.com/
• The Beast Master books: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beast_Master
• Andre Alice Norton: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andre_Norton
• Conan the Barbarian: Can't beat the Arnold
• Red Sonia
• Scorpion King and the Mummy
• Tremmers
• Movies I haven't seen yet: The Thing, Prometheus,
• The Alien(s) movies!
• Sex in movies: necessary?
• A Serbian Film: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Serbian_Film
• Human Centipede
• Casting unusual people, how do you put out the call?

Characterize:

1. Come up with the dumbest, hackiest thing you can think of. me? This: http://spillway.ca/2013/05/13/episode-69-now-hear-me-out/
2. How can you start tweaking it to make it your own?
3. Is there a project you've been putting off because of prejudgement? What is it?
4. What are some limitations you've imposed on yourself? Is it possible they're not true?

Opening Theme: Matt Smith's 11th Doctor Saying "I am and always will be the optimist, the hoper of far-flung hopes, the dreamer of improbable dreams." Malaguena performed by the URI Ram Marching Band under the direction of Brian Cardany. Closing theme is "Do It Anyway" by Ben Folds Five.

"If you can believe you deserve good things and cultivate this skill of "putting yourself out there no matter what" you will be ahead of 98% of the people on this eroding rock." -Chris Hardwick

Show Notes:

• Introducing Chris Hinkson. He works with me at the University of Rhode Island technology help desk. I've know him for many years.
• Super Hero Movies: Are there too many?
• We talk about the different movies coming out including movies based on lesser known characters
• Our conversation wonders from horror movies to bizzar movies
• We both have shitty memories so there is a bunch of information we forget
• The Incredible Hulk and how incredible Bill Bixby was as a human and actor
• Fantastic 4
• Priest the movie
• Walking Dead
• Jean Claude van Damme has good movies?
• We end with a brief discussion of Nascar.

Thank you for listening! Remember, do not give up what you want most for what you want right now.

Show Notes:  

• Picture is used with permission from Super Serious Show: http://www.flickr.com/photos/superseriousshow/6478010459/
• The photographer is Mandee Johnson, www.mandeejohnson.com
• My fangirl almost funny but really sincere bits:
• The hardest I ever laughed: Chris Hardwick's unintentional 3 way (Original Chris Hardwick Mashup: http://www.comedycentral.com/video-clips/tklk05/mash-up-hotel-rooms )
• SF Sketchfest Déjà vu: the return of the hotel mirror joke
• A Nerdgirl's Monologue : (http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/386b86125a/chris-hardwick-s-message-to-emma-stone )I had re-recorded this but....Pro Tip of the Day: Make sure you are really recording when you are recording. #sigh
• Closing: 30 Seconds with Chris Hardwick (The room gets dusty for me #feelings) Ultimately, I am and always will be the optimist, the hoper of far-flung hopes, the dreamer of improbable dreams. It says so on my podcast business card.

Opening music: Ben Folds Five "Do it anyway" (Because I needed to remember this when releasing this....)

Closing music: Martha Jones Theme on piano by Murray Gold (Because....#feeelings)

Also sampled: Ben Folds Five "Philosophy"

I apologize for the highly self indulgent episode. I equally apologize for the horrible execution of this adequately written piece. Well you have to start somewhere. I will be back to my unapologetically enthusiastic self. Thank you for allowing me to experiment.

Remember: Do not give up what you want most for what you want right now!