...I believe we're in need of some Nerd Man of the Month nominations. Please let me know your preference for the gentleman upon whom this month's honor should be bestowed. For handy reference, here's a list of past winners:
Jim Parsons
Neil Gaiman
Bruce Campbell
Adam Baldwin
Neil Patrick Harris
Patrick Stewart
Robert Downey Jr.
David Tennant
John Krasinski
Conan O'Brien
Alton Brown
Michael Cera
Nathan Fillion
Flight of the Conchords
Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart
Simon Pegg and Nick Frost
James Gunn
Wil Wheaton
Jonathan Coulton
John Hodgman
Joss Whedon
Nominate away! Actually, I'll throw in the first suggestion: the men of Top Gear -- James May, Richard Hammond and Jeremy Clarkson.
Anthony Stewart Head!!
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How about Steve Martin!? His banjo-off and speak-off with Colbert last week made me weep with laughter.
ReplyDeleteHe has a grammy nomination for reading his book, and has a bluegrass CD out?! Don't get much more nerdier then that.
I second Greg Grunberg! God I love that man!
ReplyDeleteStephen Fry: Comic genius, techno-geek extraordinaire, environmentalist, author, and Lord Mayor of Twittertown.
ReplyDeleteI'll go with Grunberg!
ReplyDeleteI would like to preemptively nominate Ron Moore and David Eick for March. Its the end of BSG and they are very nerdy, attractive and generally full of win. Srsly. Watch the video blogs or listen to the podcasts, totally nerdy and awesome.
I'd second Ron Moore and toss Rainn Wilson's hat into the ring.
ReplyDeleteStephen Fry all the way for me!
ReplyDeleteMy second vote would be for Greg Grunberg.
Ohhh, the top gear guys! My husband(major car nerd) is in love with those guys.
ReplyDeleteHow about one (or all!) of the Mythbusters guys?
ReplyDeleteI vote for Stephen Fry or Greg Grunberg. Ooh, how about Jeremy Davies?? Daniel Faraday has been an awesome nerdy man this season on Lost!
ReplyDeleteI'll second The Men of Top Gear!
ReplyDeleteHow about a true geek, not an actor a la Pete Cashmore... drool.
ReplyDeleteDarnit. I always pipe up with the lone vote for Richard Ayoade, but I think I'm going to have to go along with the Stephen Fry crowd this time.
ReplyDeleteEveryone must YouTube his quiz series QI!
I'll second Jeremy Davies, aside from being absolutely adorable he studied physics to prepare for his role on Lost. In fact he's shown geek levels of devotion for all of his acting project...if I remember correctly he wrote a letter to Lars Von Trier in hopes of just being able to study under him (he landed a part in Dogville for his efforts.) He's fanboy and a cutie!
ReplyDeleteMy alarming Davies devotion aside, Grunberg would be an awesome pick to.
Robert Llewellyn
ReplyDeleteGirl, I was using the word geekily about seven years ago.
ReplyDeleteI probably have dated documents somewhere to prove it.
Michele: I think ASH already won it a few months ago?
I am too tired to think of suggestions. Top Gear sounds good. How about The Stig?
How about Ron D. Moore for giving us Battlestar Galactica? Sci fi that we can be proud of. That we can use to introduce non-sci fi nerds into our world.
ReplyDeleteKevin Davies!
ReplyDeleteI would have to go with either Steve Martin or Stephen Fry, I can't decide which. Steve Martin was on The Muppet Show with his banjo (either 1st or 2nd season) and Stephen Fry kicks ass at the original Whose Line Is It Anyway?
ReplyDeleteI don't know. Guess I'll go back to lurking now.
I'm voting for Stephen Fry. His twitter updates make me smile---especially when he gets frustrated with people asking him the same question over & over again instead of googling it for themselves. And as typed this he "twittered" (is that a word?!) his current location on google maps. Awesome.
ReplyDeleteStephen Fry all the way. :)
ReplyDeleteHow about Randall Munroe, the programmer responsible for the webcomic xkcd? There are days when I think I love him more than Joss.
ReplyDelete(Just SOME days, though.)
Barack Obama!
ReplyDeleteI vote for Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson, author of Pluto Files and Death by Blackhole. He makes astrophysics sound way too much fun.
ReplyDeleteI'm all for Stephen Fry!
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