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Nerdist was started by Chris Hardwick and has grown to be a many headed beast.

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by on December 6, 2012

Chris Hardwick was born on the starship Enterprise and is the product of two red-shirts that quickly met their demise in a transporter lovemaking mishap.  He was banished by the Federation to earth after “inappropriate conduct” on the holodeck with a computer-generated Buffy Summers.  Since then, Chris has become a professional stand-up comedian and a self-proclaimed nerd. He is a writer for Wired Magazine and is the face of AMC’s first live after show Talking Dead, which airs as a platform to discuss the network’s highly rated show The Walking Dead.

In 2008, Chris founded Nerdist, a website and podcast devoted to all things nerd related. In 2011, Nerdist merged with GeekChicDaily to form Nerdist Industries with Hardwick serving as Founder & Chief Creative Officer and digital media entrepreneur Peter Levin serving as Chief Executive Officer. Their online presence includes a website at Nerdist.com, a premium YouTube channel (youtube.com/nerdist), the Nerdist News daily e-newsletters, 1.7 million Twitter fans and a podcast network including the flagship Nerdist Podcast which is also produced as a TV show on BBC America.  Nerdist hosts live events such as The Nerdist Podcast Live! and Course of the Force, an annual Comic-Con lightsaber relay in partnership with Lucasfilm LTD.  In July 2012 Legendary Entertainment, the company behind such genre films as Inception, Watchmen, 300, Man Of Steel and The Dark Knight Trilogy, acquired Nerdist Industries.  Hardwick and Levin serve as Co-Presidents of Digital for Legendary, in dual roles with their Nerdist positions. Nerdist Industries is headquartered at its theater space at Meltdown Comics in Hollywood, CA.  Chris will be featured in a one hour stand-up special “Chris Hardwick: Mandroid”  on Comedy Central in November 2012.

 
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  1. I watch Back at the Barnyard twice a week with the four-year old I babysit and honestly, it’s my favorite show. It’s hilarious!

    Techlovers unite! :)

    Take care,
    Claire

  2. Chris,

    This website, “Nerdist.com” is just one of the most recent endeavors of yours that I have come across. I must say, I’m a fan of it all. From G4 to the stand up and games. It’s all pretty awesome. Some how it encompasses all my interests. I’ll get to the point. Is there anyway one might go about possibly writing for this website. I’d do it for free. Honestly. Give me a nerdy topic and I will go off. Please tell me yes. And I will not disappoint. Thanks for your time. Keep it real and prosper.

    -Matt

  3. Chris,
    Awesome stand-up show Saturday night in Indianapolis. It was great talking with you after the show.

    Some of the great moments:
    -A&F Logan Wolverine
    -A doctor, a teacher and a lawyer
    -Dr. Cockran, Gynecologist

  4. I just saw you on the Bob and Tom show on WGN and thought I’d ask you something. I’ve wanted to be a comedian for a while. I saw some of your stand up stuff, and was wondering if you had any tips on how to get into the world of comedy. I live in Deville, Louisiana, which is in the middle of nowhere, and none of the comedy clubs I’ve been able to locate have open mic’s set up. So if you could help me out I’d greatly appreciate it, but if not I understand you’re a very busy man.

  5. I just have to say that this is an awesome website! Your tag cloud is mesmerizing. I should be reading for ancient cultures class but instead I’m watching the words spin around and reading about high tech bowling balls. It makes me happy. Thanks for creating a nerd Mecca!

  7. Chris! I’ve seen you on G4, but didn’t know that you had a blog/were on Twitter until my wife pointed it out recently. Would love to get your thoughts on an iPhone app I’m working on… Please email me or DM me on Twitter (I’m @rfelix, and I’m following you now.)

    Thanks, and keep up the Nerdistry!

  8. Chris
    I heard you for the first time on the Bob & Tom show the other day. The part that caught my attention was your comment that you came from a bowling family. My first thought was Billy Hardwick, since I grew up in the 60′s watching professional bowling. I too am linked to a bowling family since my grandmother was a professional bowler by the name of Marion Ladewig.
    It was a little surprising (right after the Bob & Tom experience) when I opened up the summer edition of US Bolwler magazine and spotted an article about your father.
    Hope you get a chance to see it.
    Best of luck in the future.

  9. Ah-hah – PBS! Glad to have stumbled upon your site. And here I thought you were one of the guys from my college A/V department. I keep a day job by teaching darling little gifted students science and we’ve watched your show clips to kill time in a science-related way. BTW, there are about 600 kids who will never eat cool whip again thanks to you.

  10. Wish you well, sir! Had fun on the Y107 air many years back, winning a “Disturbing Spelling Bee,” going to Universal Studios, and flying to Baja San Lucas on the station’s dime. Thanks for that!!! I guess getting through easily on a phone line to a radio station is indicative of its ratings, but man I do miss the Y107. Best of continued success in hollyweird.

  11. Actually, I DO know you from College :) One of these days that Chainsaw Bob dialogue you recorded with Fred T. And Ed S. will see the light of day.

    Congrats on all the various jobs — your latest WIRED article was great! And my kids quote Otis line from Barnyard daily.

  12. I read you grew up in Memphis. Is that true, and if so what school did you go to and where did you live in Memphis?

  14. I read you grew up in Memphis. If you did what school did you go to and where did you live in Memphis?

  16. the thing is, i did go to college with you. you tried to teach me how to juggle at dykstra hall. fail. still can’t do it. glad you’re doing well!

  17. Can you get the trailer for the new Alice in Wonderland? I would love to see it and can only find some stills.

  18. I’m confused… Noam Chomsky’s Shipmates? Is that a hilarious but weird joke or just a typo?

  19. If you ever need a Panarchist Beverly Hills JAP raver Double Scorpio Yale Mom who still looks do-able (except under harsh light) and talks like Doug Stanhope’s not as bright sister for a co-host… call on me.

  21. I love your new show Web Soup. I also like The Soup, and its weird because I always thought that you and Joel McHale looked alike and now you’re practically brothers…ok not really but both of you are gorgeous =D

  22. You and Web Soup Rock! Only bad thing: doesn’t come on every night. What’s up with that? One ep a week just isn’t enough!

  25. Chris_don’t stop believing. Hold on to that feeling.
    Be true to yourself. Lead the way for the rest of us. xo

  27. Hey, Chris! Do you like cardboard tube fighting? I know you do.
    Please enjoy “Way of the Cardboard Warrior”

  28. Chris,

    you need a new app for your new iPhone, check out a youtube vid of the one I just got. (Vanity for the iphone)
    Any other cool nerdy new apps out that you know of and reccommend?


    -Petr

  29. Hi Chris!
    I am an Executive Producer/Partner with Perfect Storm Productions, represented by Lance Klein-William Morris/Endeavor. We have a show that we would like to discuss with you that we think is perfect for you, both onscreen and as Producer/Partner.

    We are in LA this week shopping this idea and would love to discuss it with you, if you are available.

    I look forward to hearing from you!
    Tim Pearson
    Executive Producer/Partner
    Perfect Storm Productions

  32. Hey Chris!

    Tired of time wasting YouTube videos? Demand your 47 seconds back!

    (For fans of grammatically incorrect youtube comments, laser beams, and spinning newspaper graphics.)

  33. You are hilarious! I definitely need to see your stand up acts. And Yes, I do remember you from Singled Out and back when you worked for KROQ. So I have a quick question, were you in Tucson a little over a year ago eating at a restaurant called Blue Willow? I swear it was you but others did not agree with me. ‘Tis why I didn’t come up and ask myself. It still plagues me till this very day.

  34. I just spent 1 entire hour (*not wasted time at all!) checking out all that is “C.H.” the NERDIST…

    2 facts:

    1- You are a HUGE talented funny dude on the path to… “more” hugeness???

    2- I am a huge fan!

  35. Greetings from Eire, Nerdest.

    For some reason i am following you on twitter. Why not Follow EcoHubble on Twitter and help change the Earth from Space!

    And help encourage other Twitters to tweet EcoHubble too!

    Peace.

    Micheal

  38. Hey Chris, I don’t know if you read these comments, I know you’re busy with all the stuff you do, but hey maybe you do.

    I was wondering if you had an address where people can send mail/packages.

    Alison has an address set up where you can mail her, if you mail her an empty envelope sends an autographed photo back.

    If you’ve got any system set up where I can send you something that’d be awesome.

  40. Hey, you said on the GWF podcast that you’re touring. Coming to SF? email me. I’ll get you a gig if you don’t have one. Rock club or comedy club.

    b

  41. Proposal Technology Submission:

    http://gearturbine.260mb.com/

    YouTuve Video: Gearturbine – Retrodynamic

    “Gearturbine”-Dic, 1991 IMPI Patent Mexico #197187-Retrodynamic dextrogiro vs levogiro effect-Non parasitic losses engine system for cooling lubrication combustion-2 Very long distance cautive compression inflow propulsion conduits like a digestive system in perfect equilibrium well balanced star were end like a snake bite his own tale-4 Pairs of dynamic turbos-Direct planetary gear thrust like a YING YANG-2 Inflow propulsion opposite flames like 2 dragoons.
    Thanks.