I’m your nerd host, Chris Hardwick
Nerdist is a place where we nerds come together and share the nerdery that we find. It's also my home to various elements of the Nerdist Empire. You might recognize me from TV. You don't realize that's where you know me from, but it is. You think you went to college with me or I look like your cousin's friend, but that is not the case. At one time or another you stumbled upon me on your moving picture box in such cerebral gems as MTV's "Singled Out" and Noam Chomsky's "Shipmates." and so much more...
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Another great episode Pete how in the world do you manage to always keep it soooo CRISPY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Minor correction on Gray Hulk— It didn’t cost more money to make him gray so they made him green. The change was because the printers couldn’t consistently print the hulk gray with their cmyk limitations, so they changed his color to green, which was easier to nail with cyan and yellow.
Overall, Pete was correct that MANY decisions are mandated by production costs. Other decisions are made due to limitations of technology, of which was the Hulk’s original skin color, and also why many heroes are red and blue.
Our printers are much better now than they were in the ’40s, ’60s, etc, so any limitations nowadays are usually about production costs.
What a great episode! I heard Mike Lawrence on a live WTF and was like who is this guy? This elaborated on that and made for a really riveting episode. Great origin story!
Great episode Pete! This guy is literally in the beginning of “making it” — not that anybody in any career ever “makes it” — so interesting! Can’t wait to here you interview him 2 years from now, say, episode 200 something.
Or, depending on how many listeners you get, maybe you should interview him once the number of your downloads syncs up with McDonald’s number served? 2030, YMIW, 100 billion served!
Keep on crispifyin’!
I just saw Mike open for Marc Maron at the Stress Factory. Hilarious! In a sad sad way.
I found out that Steve Jobs died at an open mic once. Once when Steve Jobs died. That time.