So, my favorite show over on Geek and Sundry is Wil Wheaton’s
TableTop. If you haven’t seen it or at least heard of
it, you are either not enough of a nerd to be reading my blog or you have been
hiding under the preverbal rock. Either
way, it is a webseries in which Wil Wheaton level Celebrates play nerdy table
top games (usually Euro style board games, but dice, card, roll playing, and
Ameritrash games as well). Here’s a
sample episode (this episode runs about 25 minutes):
This list is my picks for Guest-Players who need to appear
on the show.
10. Lisa Foiles – a quasi-famous former TV
star turned internet phenomenon (like Wil Wheaton). Lisa is probably best remembered for
appearing on Nickelodeon’s All That,
but is now better known as a video game journalist and web-star – previously hosting
The Game Station’s Remag and
currently hosting Top Five with Lisa
Foiles. Plus, we already know she’ll
win, cause she’s a redhead, and redheads always win on TableTop.
9. Katee Sackhoff and Tricia Helfer – probably not the biggest celebs to ever appear on TableTop (Jeri Ryan is at least as big,
right? And Seth Green?). This duo of BSG
stars are no stranger to YouTube nerdom appearances. Katee appears in Team Unicorn’s “Geek and
Gamer Girls” music video and Tricia is in The Nerd Machine’s miniseries Trailer Park Heroes.
8. Adrianne Curry – this is either a
stroke of genius or a recipe for disaster.
Should be fun to watch either way.
Not only is Adrianne a self admitted nerd and video gamer, but she also
has a show Super Fans on Stan Lee’s
World of Heroes YouTube channel and let’s face it, you can’t have more nerd
cred than Stan Lee. She is, however, a
bit scandalous…and naughty…and nsfw.
7. Joss Whedon – a god in the greater nerd
pantheon, Whedon is responsible for Buffy,
Firefly, Dr. Horrible, Dollhouse, and Marvel’s
The Avengers. He’s also responsible
for Felicia Day (who first rose to nerd prominence in Buffy, Dr. Horrible, and Dollhouse)
and he’s already made an appearance on Geek and Sundry starring in “Scary Smash,”
the inaugural episode of Written By a Kid.
6. Dr. Drea Letamendi (@ArkhamAsylumDoc) –
Fangirl, cosplayer, psychologist. Drea
is, in fact, Barbara “Batgirl” Gordon’s shrink in Gail Simone’s Batgirl.
Drea is also an expert on the psychology of “fandom.”
5. Jim Parsons – there is this one show, you may have heard
of it. It’s called something like The Big Bang Theory maybe, does that
sound right? Anyway, there’s this one
character on the show named Dr. Sheldon Cooper and this Sheldon has an arch-nemesis
named Wil Wheaton (played by Wil Wheaton, the host of TableTop). Their rivalry is
often expressed in friendly games of competition, such as bowling and the
fictional trading card game Mystic
Warlords of Ka’a. Bringing Parsons
onto TableTop – a show were Wil
almost always looses – would finally allow Sheldon to pull one over on his
mortal enemy. Or maybe he’ll just yell “Wheeeeatoooon!” Either way.
4. Liz Katz – or as my mom calls her: the
naughty aerobics instructor (look for Super-Hero Boot Camp on YouTube to make that
make more since). Liz is a hard to
classify girl. She’s smart and funny and
nerdy. But she’s hot and dingy and hot,
too. Some of her videos are a little
lame (I’m looking at you “I Don’t Wanna Be a Turtle”), but overall she’s pretty
entertaining, if a little ADHD at times (to check her out better, head over to
YouTube and take a look at her channel or watch my playlist “The Best of LizKatz.”
3. Katie Wilson – let’s let Katie speak
for herself:
A fan movement to get Katie onto TableTop is in the works and hopefully this one at least can come
true. On a side note: Chad and Angie from Screen
Team Show would be another similarly ideal group to appear on the show,
either in the same episode as Katie or in a separate one.
2. Nathan Fillion – ok, probably way out
of Geek and Sundry’s budget, but we can always hope. I mean, come on! The Geek God himself on the Geek show! Possibly in a themed episode with John
Barrowman and Anne Wheaton. And if you
don’t know why you should definitely google image search “Nathan Fillion Wil
Wheaton.” It was the first two pics when
I tried.
1. Me – I think that one is pretty self explanatory.
So that’s my list.
Who would you like to see on TableTop? Leave a comment or let me know on my twitter
@nerdisnewcool.
Until next time,
Nerd Is The New Cool, signing off.
