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" American television constantly tries to co-op British comedy and create their own version of it. Most of the time it doesn't work; obviously, in the case of 'The Office,' it did. But a lot of times, it doesn't really work. "
Create
American
Comedy
" Any nerd who grew up around the time that I did, BBC programming was a treasure chest for us. "
Us
Time
Treasure
" Any time you're lucky enough to get on a show people watch, it's a good thing. "
You
Enough
Good
" Bowling is all physics and energy distribution. It's F = ma. So it is actually one of the most science-y sports, because it literally is just a ball and a surface and objects to knock down. "
Energy
Physics
Sports
" Bowling really was a big American sport in the '50s, '60s, and '70s, and then it kind of died off in the '80s. "
Big
American
Bowling
" Comic-Con is interesting because there's so much going on at once, it's literally impossible to do everything. You need clones and some sort of hoverboard so you can surf over the crowd of packed-in nerds. "
Over
Impossible
Interesting
" Don't tell television, but there is some superior programming being made on the Interwebz. "
Tell
Television
Programming
" Even before I had an assistant, my calendar was color-coded and I had all these different e-mail rules for how to prioritize e-mails, so I made it a point years ago to figure all that stuff out because my life was a mess. "
Mess
Life
My Life
" For me personally, I have a fear of, 'If I stop, I'm going to die.' If I stop doing the things that are enriching to me or creatively exciting to me or if I stop creating, then I feel stagnant. If something isn't growing, it's dying. "
Die
Me
Growing
" If you do a joke that's really old, then what happens is people on Reddit and Twitter just go, 'Real original, you're just doing old jokes!' But bands do it all the time. "
Doing
Time
You
" I had a personal blog, but why does anyone care that I went shopping for hats? "
Shopping
Hats
Why
" In the '90s, you couldn't say the word 'nerd' to someone when pitching a show. They would have considered that too niche and wouldn't have listened. "
You
Pitching
Say
" I think for a lot of people, bowling is sort of a joke. But I love it, and it means a lot to me, so any chance to help promote it or celebrate it or not make the hackiest jokes - 'Bowlers are like plumbers and they wear the craziest shirts!' - I'm way into. "
Celebrate
Think
People
" I think the mistake a lot of people make with new media is they just focus on one thing. But any one thing - just doing podcasts or just having a website or just doing television - isn't enough anymore. "
Media
Focus
Mistake
" I think when I look out and I see there's so much negativity in the world and a lot of people are unhappy and a lot people are anxious, it just feels like that's one view of the world. But you don't have to always focus on that view of the world. "
View
People
World
" It's funny: when I first started getting vocal about how much I liked 'Doctor Who,' I didn't realize how deep the fan base was. "
Realize
Deep
Started
" My father was one of the greatest professional bowlers of all time. Seriously. Billy Hardwick: PBA Hall of Fame, Player of the Year in '63 and '69, and the first winner of the triple crown of bowling, among other things. "
Professional
Winner
Father
" Real philosophy is like trying to read an alarm system installation manual in Korean. "
Real
Trying
System
" Steve Martin said that philosophy is good for comedy because it screws up your thinking just enough, and I agree with that. Being forced to see life's metadata is good training for looking for interesting angles on a topic. "
Looking
Training
Thinking
" The 'Hipster Nerds' like stuff because they hate it. It's like they ironically like it. "
Because
Like
Nerds
" The lifeblood of YouTube is sharing. "
YouTube
Sharing
Lifeblood
" Traditionally nerd-based culture is now a big sector of pop culture. "
Pop Culture
Culture
Now
" Trying to make strangers laugh is crazy and more than a little narcissistic. "
Crazy
More
Strangers
" We're not in an information age anymore. We're in the information management age. "
Age
Management
Anymore
" When you first start working, you take whatever job is offered, because you have to build your resume. But you don't think about what you're building. "
You
Building
Think
" While the liberal media elite depict the bowler as a chubby guy with a comb-over and polyester pants, the reality is that bowling is one of the most tech-heavy sports today. Robotic pinsetters and computerized scoring were just the beginning. "
Reality
Today
Sports
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