Last night's Best Show w/ Tom Scharpling was the scene of an epic nerd-off: a science fiction trivia contest between John Hodgman and Patton Oswalt. If the finer points of Dr. Who, majordomos, the Last Starfighter and Alec Guiness impersonations are things that float your boat then this might just be for you.
Click here to stream the battle and if you are not already subscribed to the Best Show Podcast you can do so via itunes. Hats off to Scharpling for pulling off the highest ever fundraising total for a marathon show! Good guys win!
Photo by John Dalton
The "what does "TARDIS" stand for?" simultaneous answer was amazing. Patton saying The Hitchhiker/chloroform comment was hilarious...I needed to pull my car over on the ride back from the station. great moment in nerd history.
Posted by: Mike from Sparta, NJ | March 10, 2010 at 04:32 PM
No Jetpacks? Pshaw!
Posted by: UltraBob | March 10, 2010 at 04:40 PM
The fact that they dedicated so much time to Doctor Who in general makes me ridiculously happy...
Posted by: Scott Bandla | March 10, 2010 at 11:41 PM
Needed to ask "Dune" questions or at least a "2001" question...
Posted by: mr. mike | March 23, 2010 at 02:20 AM
Huh. Excited to listen to this but I'm nearly 8 minutes in and all I've heard is screaming, a phone number repeated endlessly, a mess of production and begging for money. I get it, it's a fundraiser. But this sure as hell isn't an episode where a new listener can jump in.
Posted by: boooooored | March 24, 2010 at 10:31 AM
Hey, if you guys like trivia, can you win in REAL TIME against a lot of other people? Try it! (It's free). http://www.chattrivia.net
$20 first prize every month!
Posted by: Craig Hilles | March 25, 2010 at 03:17 PM
Any looking for new fundraising idea's, it's time to look at using the internet to reach more people and funnel more dollars to your organization
Posted by: David | July 24, 2010 at 07:26 PM