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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I really liked her in Angel and Dolls. Thanks fro the upload Janet/ Ms. Varney. Listening commence!
Amy Acker is awesome. I love her in pretty much everything she’s in. Fred was one of my favorite characters ever because I just wanted to give her a hug the whole time.
Eeeep! I love Amy! She’s almost always my favorite part of anything she’s in. Can’t wait to listen to this one!
Alas, sometimes the kind of thing Acker’s Apple commercial joked about wasn’t so…slight? An acquaintance of mine was a US high school exchange student in Japan who was raped by the host-family husband/father. Something that was rather hushed up by everyone affected but her. (And, of course, some of those Russian and other women are being trafficked into the US and elsewhere, after having been promised Glamorous or at least good-paying work, and find themselves working involuntarily as janitors or prostitutes, the height of glamor, particularly when both are combined in practical slavery.)
That grimness aside, a fine and typically engaging conversation…I have also enjoyed Acker’s work whenever I’ve seen it.
It’s funny that almost all the artists make portraits of her as the blue skinned warrior goddes, I always liked her more as Fred! And Fred seems closer to the real Amy. Definitely the most soft spoken guest ever, and so sweet!! Spider bites be danged!!
Amy might call herself soft-spoken, but that quiet tone of voice made this conversation feel really personal and close.
TOO EXCITED! Currently downloading this but I love Amy and I can’t wait to find out more about her!
For the record, the power to speak all languages is called “omni-lingual”. Here’s a list of all super heroes with the power:
http://www.comicvine.com/omni-lingual/41-89/
The more you know!
Archibald Boddington, professional pumpkin carver. I couldn’t help but laugh at that one… (maybe because my mom’s last name is Archibald). You can’t carve pumpkins too long ahead of Halloween, they’ll go moldy pretty fast. Here you can leave them outside and the near frigid temperature will keep them better preserved (assuming normal October weather). That probably doesn’t work in LA…
Crazy spider story… that must have been a horrible Xmas. When I was that age, a horrible Xmas was having a cold or there being only 6 inches of snow on the ground.
I like the language discussions that keep popping up in these podcasts. I guess having a wide variety of options in second language courses in high school must be nice (the only second language course here was English, and of course it was mandatory, though I wish there were some third language courses available too). But even with French there’s a lot more places to visit than France and cultures to discover. I wish I was omni-lingual too. Being bilingual just isn’t enough.
Corn dogs were invented at the Texas State Fare. True. Also Colbie Smulders was also a model in Japan.
Thank you so much for this and all your other podcasts. I am a freshman in college and have used these to help me survive the piles of homework, tests, and self-doubt that have come with this experience. I have shared this podcast with all the people on my floor and plan to spread the word to anyone who needs a verbal hug. Please keep doing what you are doing; this really matters.
I feel like Archibald Boddington is the name that Gob Bluth would go by if he gave up his illusions and became a professional pumpkin carver.
Oh my heavens! What a great group o’comments! Thanks, guys! Scott- thanks for the omni-lingual link! PJ – I’m with you- fascinated by language stuff! Rob S – corn dogs trivia is always welcome.
Mottsy- What a wonderful comment. Thank you so much! I’m going to read it during the intro for the next episode!
Okay, very fun episode, loved the horrifying stories about spider bites and Japanese commercials, but…NO behind-the-scenes stories about Angel, Dollhouse, or Cabin in the Woods?!? Janet, you’ve got unfinished business–get Amy back!
If anyone finds that Japanese commercial, or something similar I would kill to see it.