UBERGeek of the Week! highlights some of my favorite geeks of fact and fiction. While they all might not be considered typical nerds, each one has some common thread that makes them part of our rich nerd tapestry. Have a favorite geek? Nominate them for UBERGeek of the Week!
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Lisa Simpson, Student, Cartoon Character, Professional Nerd.
Like most geeks, Lisa has spent her formative years living in her brother's shadow She's an 8-year-old saxaphone whiz who's already in MENSA, has created a doll that's a positive female role model, and has her own brand of slurry. But unlike most geeks, she doesn't get to outgrow those years. She's spent the last nineteen seasons knowing that she's smarter than everyone
else, and not only does that not gain her friends, it doesn't get her a pony. (Well, not for long.) And that's why Lisa Simpson is this week's Geek of the Week!
He penned the famous phrase "I want my two dollars!" and created the Whammy, but this writer/director's Hollywood calling card was a student film he made about his 11th birthday party that nobody attended except "this really mean drunk clown that called me "Mr. Popular." And he got really, really drunk and he tried to pick up my mom. It was just a hateful thing. My sister would ring the doorbell and go "Mom, they're here." And, of course, nobody was there." (More here.) The sad film short cracked everyone up ad inadvertently began his career in comedy, and earned him our first "Geek of the Week!"
