Nerdist Podcast – Live at JFL

This is tough to admit, because I know I’ll be judged harshly: I’m not a nerd.

I don’t own an iPhone. I don’t know the difference between DC and Marvel. I haven’t even seen Star Wars. I’ll let that sink in for a moment.

But the Nerdist podcast is one of my must-downloads. Why? Maybe it’s because anyone talking about what they’re passionate about is always interesting. So what if I don’t know what a TARDIS is? (That’s not an invitation to explain it to me. Really.)

So it was with great enthusiasm that I joined an appreciative crowd full of nerds (and one zombie) to enjoy the Thursday evening taping of the Nerdist podcast in Montreal, complete with Chris Hardwick, trusty sidekicks Matt Mira and Jonah Ray and special guests Bill Burr and Reggie Watts.

I know how you nerd types feel about spoilers, so here’s a very vague rundown of what we learned along the way, lest an angry geek stab me with a pen for revealing too much.

-Everything Matt knows about Montreal, he learned from one sketchy bartender.

-Whose dead baby joke was cut from the Dr. Who episode?.

-How sports are like nerditry, and what qualifies as the nerd equivalent of the ESPN Zone.

-A Chuck Muncie reference works in ANY room.

-What Montreal’s Chinatown should be renamed to.

-What Chris’s wristwatch WON’T do.

-What about blowjobs?

Confused? Intrigued? Good. Watch for the episode to drop soon!

All photos copyright Sharilyn Johnson.

Sharilyn Johnson

Sharilyn Johnson is a writer and communications professional. She's been an entertainment reporter since 1995, and began focusing on comedy in 1998. Before relocating to Toronto in 2008, she served as the comedy reporter for Winnipeg's alt weekly, Uptown Magazine, for five years and hosted the weekly radio program Laugh Tracks on CJUM for three seasons. Her comedy coverage has also appeared in the Winnipeg Free Press, and on CBC Radio's national comedy show LOL.

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