Episode 15
Chris Hardwick
Chris is the ultimate nerd, and that is meant in the most complimentary way possible. This guy knows how to geek out and embrace it all. He currently hosts several shows, sold a nerd empire and makes Monica's heart beat faster. Chris comes to the attic and talks about his family and his dedication to being positive.
What's this all about?
Well, we hear a lot about bowling in this one. Wait! Hold on, don’t go anywhere. We really hear about how Chris develops a dependency on alcohol because of his anxiety. It’s an all to familiar story that plays out with many young people. Luckily this story has a happy ending, and Chris shares how one mutual friend of theirs helped him the most. A great listen and you can find it here.
What did they say?
- @12:46 “Did you even realize you were in a crosswalk with Tara Lipinski?” Dax talks about how inaccurate his dating information is on the internet. Two inaccurate women linked with Dax are Tara Lipinski and Ione Skye.
- @15:30 “I have a very hard time with his last name.” Chris and Dax talk about how great Ted Danson is, and Dax reveals his real struggle with saying Ted’s last name. We’ll hear it first hand when Dax has Ted on the podcast.
- @16:43 “This is the thing that Glenn is really sensitive about.” Dax finds out that Glenn Danzig is really short, and it’s a not good to point it out to his friends.
- @17:55 “He’s a pretty smart, serious individual.” Chris and Dax talk about the admiration of Steve Martin. Chris recommends listening to Steve reading his book “Born Standing Up”.
- @19:28 “My father is a Hall of Fame Bowler.” Chris discusses his father’s successful bowling career, and how his parents met.
- @22:55“Why is it uncouth to say bowling alley?” Dax has never heard someone say bowling center, and Chris explaining the difference between a center and an alley. It ends up a Bowling Center is a family friendly place, while an alley is where people may or may not hit you over the head with a beer bottle.
- @43:35 “This is exactly why I love the Dunning Kruger experiments!” Chris loves the Dunning Kruger experiments and you can read about them here.
- @48:25 “My problem is not alcoholism.” Chris talks about what led him to becoming sober, and how his character flaws are more to blame than alcoholism.
- @1:02:26 “The idea that there is like a strange flat earth movement.” Chris brings up the flat earth movement and Dax thinks it’s incredibly stupid. You decide.
- @1:13:04 “If you want negativity it’s not hard to find that.” Chris talks about why he chooses to be positive about projects that he’s involved in.
- @1:14:53 “I owe her the rest of my life.” Chris talks about how Andrea Savage is a big reason why he is sober. Andrea talks a little about Chris during her episode too.
- @1:18:02 “The nerd brain is basically an obsessive brain.” Chris explains the nerd brain. The person running this website definitely has this type of brain.
- @1:27:35 “Your intentions don’t justify your approach.” Chris talks about how someone makes an excuse when they say they’re “just trying to” when explaining their criticisms.
These are the facts...
- @1:33:50 The Fact Check begins
- Monica was lovesick when Chris left the attic. #monicalovesboys
- Richard Curtis wrote the movie Love Actually.
- Glenn Danzig is 5’3″
- Blue City Cafe is the Restaurant in Memphis that Dax mentions. Their known for the tagline “Put some South in your mouth”.
- Please send Monica some MDMA, shoes, and chocolate.
- Bowling Alleys are where “bad shit” happens. Dax says that is where the cool shit happens.
- The highest paid bowler currently makes $168,290.
- Billy Hardwick rolled 8 games scoring an impressive 2,165 points which is a world record.
- Racing with the Moon is the movie with Nic Cage where he gets his girlfriend pregnant.
- David and Goliath is the Malcolm Gladwell book that has a chapter about Dyslexia which Dax mentions during the episode.
- The Bukowski quote is “The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.”
- The flat earth movement is actually growing according to the magazine The Economist.
- It was 19 yahoos that hijacked four planes on 9/11/01
- A.J. Jacobs is mentioned again.
- Scotoma is partial loss of vision or blind spot
- The Baader-Meinhof phenomenon explained.
Sponsors
@26:47 Bombas Ad (featuring the first mention of Armchairies or as we say it Arm Cherries)
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