Chris Hardwick
Chris Hardwick
Christopher Ryan "Chris" Hardwickis an American television host, stand-up comedian, actor, writer, producer, podcaster, musician, and voice artist. He is the chief executive officer of Nerdist Industries, the digital division of Legendary Entertainment. He currently hosts @midnight with Chris Hardwick, a nightly comedy-game show series on Comedy Central, and voices Craig in the Nickelodeon series Sanjay and Craig...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth23 November 1971
CityLouisville, KY
CountryUnited States of America
Growing up in the 70s and 80s, it took effort to be a nerd. You had to seek out the nerd stuff.
I played tournament chess from fifth grade up into high school.
It changed my whole outlook. I lost a decade to self-pity, and the next thing I knew I was turning 40.
I do podcasts for the same reasons I do stand-up comedy. I love it, and I don't care if anybody else gets it.
I was very competitive growing up. I can't even play chess anymore because I used to play tournament chess in school. There's too much sense memory of sitting in front of a chess board and getting super intense about it. It's ruined the game for me.
Long ago you may have given up control of your brain and set it on autopilot either because it just felt like too much work. And it is work! But for me, this work was well worth it for the prospect of not waking up sad every day.
The difference being that a nerd would wear a D&D shirt because he loves D&D while a hipster would wear a D&D shirt because it's ridiculous that he is wearing a D&D shirt.
Mainstream culture is like your mom: It's always a little late to catch on and gets easily confused by technology, but it means well.
The idea of the archetypal nerd is totally blurred these days. So many people of this current generation have grown up with technology and video games. It's just a part of the world now, a part of our shared culture.
Jokes that make me laugh out loud when I write them almost always bomb. I have no idea why.
You walk into a strip club with a wad of cash; they all flock around you. Strippers are just pigeons with tits. They go where the bread is.
Some people learn comedy, and some people just are comedy.
There's not many a man who would get shot and then come visit the family responsible.
We're gonna have fun, god***it!