i’ll be on VH1 tonight

If you’ve got VH1, you can watch me tonight on My Coolest Years: The Geeks.
VH1 says:

“Nobody gets through high school without feeling like a total loser now and again. But God help you if you were unusually intelligent, gifted in something other than sports, or a little more shy than normal . . .”

. . . or the geeky kid on Star Trek who knew more about Car Wars vehicle design than talking to girls.
I did about three hours of interviews with VH1, and I have no idea what they’ll use . . . but I watched “The Metalheads” last night, and like most of the VH1 nostalgia shows, it was super cool. The show airs at 10/9c.

99 thoughts on “i’ll be on VH1 tonight”

  1. Ok, I finally get to see something recommended here, and it’s really funny to me, cuz it hits home!!
    I’m glad that they didn’t refer to Wil as “Wesley Crusher” but as Author: “Just a Geek.”
    Very cool!!! 🙂
    Oh, and a minor confession, I had some hotties on my wall, but I do remember having a Teen Beat page that had Wil on it on my wall. I guess I was just the geek type. (LOL!) Still am, cuz my sweetie is a geek – like me – too.

  2. So, I’m watching this and starting to understand that Wil has grown up and thus… so have I.
    Except I haven’t in a way, because I still have the shelves up with my collection of McFarlane hockey figures on it.
    I’m also starting to realize that I was a psuedo-geek. I was one in theory only. I had the bedroom, but wasn’t into the D&D, or had glasses, or braces.
    I did like Metal though and loved Star Trek & Star Wars ( but didn’t dress up as either or go to conventions )
    but I was very much and I’m still very much aloner.
    This VH1 program has gotten me in touch with my inner self… and he’s crying. 😛

  3. I am watching this RIGHT NOW and dude, I have to tell you, I completele agree with you about Pretty in Pink. F**K BLANE… Ducky is where it’s at.
    PS…your Enterprise is missing it’s warp nacells. HULLO
    ;D
    ~Liz

  7. Excellent! I just happened upon this while flipping through the channels and called my husband down to watch, too. Wil got the last word in the program…good deal.
    It was so nice to see you on screen again. You came across really well.

  8. Man.
    Geek Gods and Goddesses.
    You’re up there with Ben Stein, Bill Nye, The Donnas, Penn & Teller, and John Tesh!
    Holy Moley!
    I think it’s great that you got so much air time, started the show, and ended the show. Also cool that they captioned you as “Author of ‘Just a Geek'” instead of “The Ex-Child start who ruined Star Trek the Next Generation.”
    Geek ON!

  9. Wil,
    I just finished watching the VH1 special. You are such a cutie and I remember why I had posters of you on my walls in HS. I was such a geek too! 🙂
    Would you really kick your own ass if you want back in time? Man, they replayed that clip about 3 or 4 times.
    I couldn’t believe that you didn’t go to prom. Are you still afraid of dancing? Do you ever take a break from playing RPG and poker to take your beautiful wife dancing?
    I really enjoyed watching the special and it helped to put a face to the guy behind the blog. Still, you just seem to cool to have been picked on in high school.
    It seems that some of the most creative and great people that I know now suffered through their teen years…are all creative minds misunderstood?
    L.

  10. Just finished watching the show. Just have to say HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH thanks for the laughs, my geek Hubby and I are sharing our most geeky high school moments, its been fun! AUTHOR! AUTHOR!
    oh yeah….I have your nacells! If want them back send me two 20 sided dice. Dragon

  11. Wil,
    you’re hilarious, and, now, beyond cool…
    Please leave the jokes behind and start producing. Life is fun, I understand, but, for the love of whatever, get to work.

  12. Well, now who wants to make the shirt that says “I am Geekicus!” 😉
    Very cool show. I felt really bad after “My Coolest Years: Summer Vacation” because that totally wasn’t my life. “My Coolest Years: The Geeks” — totally my life. Hey, I *liked* Weezer, but I was a geek long before I knew of them. 😉 Great job, Wil!

  13. I was a total geek in High School. I got teased all the time. Never got stuffed into a locker, but only because there was no room. They were full sized lockers, but the big thing was to have these little shelves things in there that you would buy at Target or wherever…
    Anyway, I had my “Geekicus!” moment in eighth grade when I suddenly had the epihany that I was bigger than the kid that was teasing me. So, in my rage, I grabbed him, slammed him into a locker and the proceeded to drag him down the row of lockers in front of everyone. No one ever bothered me again. And amazingly, I never got into trouble for it either.
    True story.

  14. My comment at the end, right after the “I am Geekicus!” line: “Love it!”
    (Pamela asked me, “Was that line in his book?” I answered, “No, but it damn well should’ve been!”)
    Oh, and I’ve got your ship with its warp nacelles, somewhere in the computer room closet, if you’re interested… 🙂
    Great show, dude! Rock, rock on!

  15. Just wanted to let you know, I’ve been reading the blog for quite some time. I just watched the show and took the opprotunity afterwards to run out to Amazon and grab your books. Keep up the good work. And if you come St. Louis way, I’d love to sit across the table from you for some NLHE. -John

  19. I never used my locker in high school. I carried all my books around with me. People were always trying to trip me in the hallways, just to see how far they could scatter my books. I knew I was the poster child for dork-tripping when I looked up from the ground one day and realized that the jerk that just body slammed me was my little brother.
    My initials were BSB, and a guy I had a crush on decided that my first and middle names should be “Bull Shit”.
    “Hey, do you smell something?”
    “Yeah, I smell Bullshit.”
    “I thought I saw Brandi down the hall.”
    “Yeah, her little brother tripped her again, right?”
    “Yeah.”
    Some guy wrote me a note in class, asking me if I would like to go out with him. I responded in the affirmative and asked when. He replied, “Oh, either in a million years or when you get pretty. I would pick ‘when you get pretty’, because it will take WAY longer than a million years.” I think he was good friends with the “Bull Shit” guy.
    Ahh, the joys of being a dork. 🙂

  24. I know this is the wrong post but I just watched the Gnomedex thing and it was hilarious. I’ve been reading this since before most of the material in it but I’ve never heard the William Fucking Shatner story before. Wow. The world lost a good writer when you weren’t born twins.

  26. Thank goodness for the never ending VH1 repeats.
    Wed, Dec 8 12:30/11:30c AM
    Wed, Dec 8 9/8c PM
    Thu, Dec 9 8/7c PM
    Fri, Dec 10 2:30/1:30c AM
    Fri, Dec 10 12/11c PM
    Fri, Dec 10 7/6c PM
    Love your Spock photo, Mr. Author. I’m looking forward to hearing your comments.

  29. I was glad that they mentioned jerry o’connell. LOL. I watched it and was like. Wil was a geek? I should of taped it. Darn it. I loved how they showed you alot though. I wasn’t a geek in school, actually I wasn’t in a group. I was independent.LOL. Loved seeing you on the show though and you did such a great job. I loved how you said you’d kick your own **s. hahahahahahahha. Anyway I love that your wife has a shirt that says. I love my geek. That’s just so adorable.
    Morgan

  31. Watched it twice yesterday, missed the first ten minutes each time. I loved every segment, but the geeks having the “Last laugh” at the end was the greatest. Anecdotes like that are why I purchased your books as gifts this year for my geek friends.

  32. I will try to catch that show this week. I got Tivo. Did I ever mention I was a Geek? I’m thinkin probably not. Tormented for 4 years by the cheerleaders. I was shoved in lockers and the boys bathroom on a daily basis. Lost count of the times I had to pick up my books off the floor. One of the cheerleaders who shall remain nameless ended up pregnant our senior year. The day everyone in the school found out was a good day for me.

  36. I love the fact that they identified you as ” Wil Wheaton – Author “Just a Geek” ” as opposed to Wil Wheaton child actor or Wil Wheaton – Wesley Crusher or Wil Wheaton – Stand by Me
    They’re giving you props for something you did NOW not back Then….
    and yes, I sat at the same table, just not in your school.

  37. Um, if you’re a geek with that SAT score, does my 1460 qualify me for ubergeek status?
    Slightly regretting not owning a TV…

  39. Hi, Wil. I have always loved your work. Yesterday, when I saw you on VH1, I was pleasantly surprised. My boyfriend and I were watching it. He said, “You ought to check out his blog, its pretty cool.” Frankly, that concerned me a little. I was thinking maybe he has a crush on you too. However, he told me that he got your link from Fark, so I guess I wont feel threatened. Anyway, just wanted to let you know how great it was to see you and I am bookmarking this page! Keep up the great work!

  40. I am Geekikus!
    Dude you stole the show. My wife watched with me and when you came on she goes, “hey, that’s the writer you like so much…the one I liked in Stand by Me.”
    It is true, the Geeks shall inherit the earth.

  41. Wil,
    I am glad I stayed up to catch you on “The Coolest Years” last night. You were great and I enjoyed hearing what you went through in high school. I was also a geek in high school so I could very much relate to you and the others on the show. You are what makes being a geek totally hip and cool 🙂 You ROCK buddy!
    I love your site and enjoy your posts via the feed in LiveJournal. Please feel free to give mine a peek and say hello sometime. It would be great to hear from a fellow geekster 🙂
    Happy Holidays to you and your family 🙂
    April in Arizona…aka BullpenBrat22

  43. So glad I caught it last night. Really fun to watch! I especially laughed when you talked about your experience playing tennis. My best friend and I were tennis partners in our tennis unit during our junior year gym class. Neither of us were athletically gifted, especially in tennis. When the class was divided up into pairs to start playing matches, our teacher told my friend and I that we should just keep practicing on a different court. Ah, the memories!

  46. Adam-
    I am glad to hear you will be running Car Wars again next year at Kublacon ’05. I am one of the table top coordinators that helped you scramble for the right table dimensions this year. And I will be back next year. Julie & I tried to get Wil to come last year, but alas he is a busy boy.

  49. Yeah, I actually caught that show by accident. Very funny stuff! I loved it when Wil related the stories of not doing drugs but “rolling alot of dice” (i.e. playing AD&D….and apparently still does). Lol!!

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