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

Quemments

by on February 8, 2011

Got a question for the Nerdist Podcast? How about a comment? Maybe BOTH: a quemment.

Post it all in the comments below and yours might make it onto the show. We shall do our best to get through ‘em all!

Polite constructive criticism is, of course, a-ok but don’t forget the DGD Policy!*

*DGD=Dicks Get Deleted

 
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  1. Hey guys! It’s been a long time since I’ve heard any quemments on the hostfulls, so hopefully you still read these. A long long time ago, you mentioned wanting an app for the nerdist podcast, but found the pricing “too damn high”, so I’ve slowly spent my free-time working on a Windows Phone 8 app, which hopefully I don’t get sued over…

    I figured, since you guys provide me with my favorite podcast, I would provide you guys with an app. I’ll be working an an android version as soon as I have the time and I want to build an iPhone app, but I don’t have a Mac, so…. if, “we have the technology”… “we can rebuild him”?

    I would love some feedback on the app, if you have any. Also, if you ever need an introverted software developer on the podcast, I’m available.

    Anyways, here’s the link:

    http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/nerdist/cb8d8071-8afb-474d-839a-7d5c9b8018f5

    Thanks for feeding my brain,
    Adam

  2. I, too, haven’t heard any quemments as of late, so I offer this for you three to riff on…

    Last night, I introduced my 5 yr old daughter to the classic “Explorers” starring Ethan Hawke and River Phoenix. What if, in some bizarre movie crossover (as I know you’re fans of those) River Phoenix’s character Wolfgang grows up, changes his name and becomes Carl from “Sneakers”?

    Please riff away as these are 2 very underrated movies IMO. Keep up the good work!

  3. Greetings Chris, Matt, and Jonah! I have recently become engulfed in all things Nerdist, and have listened to nearly all of the Nerdist podcast episodes over the past month (losing your job lends that kind of time!) Thank you guys for making me laugh so much, even when things seem bleak.

    But enough about me! This quemment is more for Chris. Recently, my 3-year-old nephew was over at my place, and after hours of playing, he became bored of me and was getting very antsy. I turned to Netflix to hopefully find something to entertain him with, and he specifically asked for farm animals. Lo and behold, I started playing episodes of some nickelodeon show called “Back to the Barnyard,” and it seemed to calm him down. Watching with him, the cow’s voice sounded oh so familiar, as did many other characters’ voices. I thought to myself, “no, it can’t be… Can it?” A Google search and Wikipedia link later, I saw it was true! You voiced Otis the Cow! Thanks to you, my nephew goes around saying “that Otis is a crrrraaaaazy banana.” Chris, you now have a three-year-old fan! Thank you for making my nephew laugh and keeping him entertained when I ran out of ideas (and making me look like the cool aunt).

    Just thought I would share that little anecdote. Thank you for your time guys, keep up all of your great works! I hope you all come back to do a live podcast from NYC soon, but either way I will be sure to see Chris live at Caroline’s in the spring. w00t!

  4. Chris, not sure of the best way to get a hold of you, but I was so very much looking forward to seeing you in Bloomington Indiana this week however I will be unable to attend (my wife is battling Ovarian cancer and the chemo has knocked her white blood cells down too much to go). A group of my friends attend the Thursday night shows and they should be there, they are a great group of people who work hard to rescue dogs and cats, they run the group Rescue Farm as well as the Owen Country Humane Society, as well as SPOT (Stop Pet Overpopulation Now). If you could give them a shout out during the Thursday night show, they would very much appreciate it!

    I also wanted to tell you about something that Harry Chapin once said that is very much in the vein of the ‘do what you love’ attitude you guys have. It was on his Gold Medal collection (put together to commemorate his posthumous award of the Congressional Gold Medal of Honor). The link to it can be found on youtube here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbpoUWO3kA8. Harry worked tirelessly to combat hunger in the 70s, starting the group World Hunger Year and giving the proceeds of half of his concerts every year to the cause. The text of the quote can be found at http://blog.metricula.com/2009/02/harry-chapin-on-his-grandfather.html

    So anyway, enjoy Bloomington, I hope to see you when you come back around, Jared and Dayna are truly wonderful people and it is great that you have said such nice things about them on your podcast!

  5. Hey guys, I just heard the Sick Ray episode and I just wanted to comment on the grocery shopping portion. My job involves working with and assessing individuals with developmental disabilities – and don’t worry this isn’t a myopic complaint about Matt’s non-PC wording. It’s a comedy podcast after all, and he can’t help the fact that he’s from Massachusetts. (I laughed, and I didn’t feel bad about myself for doing it) Interestingly enough however, of everyone involved in that conversation, Matt’s decision to opt for bagging by the grocery store employee is the choice that best advocates towards employment for individuals with developmental disabilities. In fact, the lazier a consumer is with these sort of tasks (bagging groceries, busing tables, being tidy at all) the more likely this will indicate to the owner that there is a need for a job position.

    It’s often very difficult to find employment for this population, and yet having a job helps with socialization, skills acquisition, financial stability, and allows them to be contributing (tax-paying) members of society. (not to mention the positive emotional and psychological effects)

    So America could learn a lesson from Matt: Be a Slob – Create a Job!

    Thank you for your funny podcast.

  6. Hey guys quick quemment, I think a great guest for the show would be Day9 (aka Sean Plott). You may have seen him on Wil’s first episode of tabletop. He is a self made internet videogame celebrity who does educational and hilarious examinations of professional starcraft matches. He also does live shoutcasting at starcraft tournaments around the world (think videogame john madden). Hope you read this and if it doesn’t interest you maybe the indoor kids would like him.

    (P.S. here is a clip of his standup in college http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VUClQJReXSA)

  7. Hey Chris, Matt, and Jonah! I just wanted you to know what an inspiration you guys have been for me in the past year and a half. I’m 24 and a recovering alcoholic. I’ve been sober since November 3, 2011 and have been listening to the podcast since around then. Up until then I was a fat drunk shell of a person. I had failed out of 3 different colleges and was on my way to losing my job and all my friends and family. When I sobered up I was faced with the challenge of figuring out what I was going to do with my life. Listening to the podcast, and the support of some good friends has inspired me to follow my passion and I am now back in school studying mathematics. I have maintained a 4.0 GPA since getting sober and am planning to transfer to one of the best universities in the country to hopefully become a mathematician. I just wanted to let you guys know that hearing about Chris’s experiences, listening to guests like Neil deGrasse Tyson and Danica McKeller, and hearing the constant encouragement you guys show for each other has really served me as a source of inspiration and motivation. Thanks for everything you do.
    P.S. I just bought tickets for your show in Grand Rapids, MI so if you guys do a tweet up or anything like that I will be there to thank you in person. I’ll be wearing my Silver Lake Atom Splitters Shirt. @BootlegDean on twitter.

  8. Chris, Matt, Jonah, Thank you so much for doing the podcast helps me get through the peeling off and adhering stickers all day at the library. Matt you’ve inspired me and my fiancee to get in shape. Jonah I have started listening to so many awesome bands thanks to you tips. And Chris I am in the middle of finishing “The Nerdist Way” (sorry, I could find the italics) and have finaling started pursueing my dream of becoming a writer, starting with keeping a blog everyday for one year, and no “here what I did today” entries. Thanks you all so much. I hope you never stop. -Jon

  9. Hey boys! I love your show and have a question for Chris: I just recently stopped drinking and I’d like to hear you talk a little more about the weeks immediately following your choice to stay sober. Also, what are some suggestions of things I can order when I go out? Thanks! :)

  10. Hey Chris, Matt, and Jonah! I’m a huge fan of the podcast! You guys get me through just about every night at work. Anyway, I was listening to an old hostful today and you guys read a quemment about the zombie episode of Regular Show and no one knew what the show was. Regular Show is a 15 minute cartoon on Cartoon Network that centers around Mordecai, a bluebird, Rigby, a raccoon and their colorful friends and their everyday antics at the local park they all work at. It’s better than I’m describing. Look it up sometime. You might find it funny. Just thought I’d let you guys know. -Michelle

  11. Hey guys, I love the show, keep up the great work! I wasn’t familiar with Macklemore until you had him on the podcast, so I checked his album out and I fucking love it! My question is have you had any guests on ego brought something in their profession to your attention that you weren’t familiar with but checked out and ended up liking?

    Ps – All hail Leo Murray

  12. I would like to see Walking Dead winter scene, beacuse I want to know how the zombies fare in heavy snow or very cold weather.

  13. Hi,
    why the zombies skull is so easily crushed? .. just one foot and it’s crushed like cooked potato .. i think this is so wrong .. as long as the skull maintain as a skull its bone still hardly break by a bare foot… this is illogical to my thoughts.

    THanks
    T

  14. Either it’s really late or I’m really high, but a Cutie on Adventure Time just told Jake to “Enjoy his burrito”. (S03/E01A)

  15. Hey Guys,

    I just started listening to the podcast recently and I’m totally hooked. I’ve been listening to all the old hostfuls at work because they’re awesome and they also help drown out the sounds of annoying coworkers being annoying. Anyway, my quemment is this: Can you guys post a pic of Nick on the site sometime (only if he agrees, of course – no creepshots)? It feels like he’s the honorary 4th cohost. Or mascot. Or spirit animal. Whatever, he’s great! On a bunch of old shows you guys keep mentioning his facial hair and now I’m desperate to see the ‘stache! Or (and here’s the “comment” part) would you consider having him on the Nerdist team sometime for All Star Bowling? (Oops that was also a question – that was a comment – that was a…..nevermind, you guys know the rest).

    Anyway, you guys are fantastic, hope I get to see you perform live some time!
    -Robin

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