Then There Was the Time Captain Picard and Arya Stark Snuck Simon Pegg Into the Olympics
Okay, admittedly, there’s not a lot nerdy here other than the alternate roles of the actors, but still, Jean-Luc Picard and Arya Stark sneak Simon Pegg into Ryan Lochte’s place in the 400-meter men’s swimming relay. That seemed worth mentioning, and given how many people sent me the tip, I suppose you guys think so too. Incidentally,I would watch the hell out of a show about Scraggly Sue, just sayin’.
About The Author
Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.