Season 1 2012

This week was a fierce battle between Team Machinima & Team Nerdist - 8 of the whitest people in existence.

Team Machinima:
Adam Kovic (Inside Gaming - Machinima)
Khail Anonymous (ETC - Machinima)
Bruce Greene (Wrecknology - Machinima)
Matt Dannevik (Inside Gaming - Machinima)

Team Nerdist:
Chris Hardwick (Founder)
Alex Albrecht (4Points)
Klye Clark (Nerdterns)
Steve Agee (Indoor Kids)

Team Machinima donated their $1,000 to the charity Child's Play. To learn more about Child's Play please visit http://www.childsplaycharity.org

This week Team Nerdist takes on Team Celebrity Chef and cooks up a storm of comedic proportions.

Team Nerdist:
Chris Hardwick (Founder)
Alison Haislip (4 Points / Course of the Force)
Jonah Ray (Nerdist Podcast)
Sandra Daugherty (Sex Nerd Sandra Podcast)

Team Celebrity Chef:
Harley Morenstein (Epic Meal Time)
Hannah Hart (My Drunk Kitchen)
Jennifer Behm (Winner Master Chef Season 2)
Michael Voltaggio (Chef/Owner of ink & ink sack -- Winner Top Chef Season 6)

Featured Charities:
Harley Morenstein: Make- A-Wish Foundation http://www.wish.org

Hannah Hart: Homeless Children's Network in San Francisco http://www.hcnkids.org/home.html

Jennifer Behm: American Freedom Foundation http://americanfreedomfoundation.org

Michael Voltaggio:St. Joseph's Center in Venice - Culinary Program / http://www.stjosephctr.org

This week Team Nerdist takes on Team G4, a gathering of the most athletic people on the planet...or not.

Team Nerdist:
Chris Hardwick (Founder)
Chloe Dykstra (Just Cos)
Matt Mira (Nerdist Podcast, Just Cos)
Jessica Chobot (Correspondent, Attack of the Show)

Team G4
Candace Bailey (Host, Attack of the Show)
Blair Herter (Host, X-Play)
Kevin Pereira (Host, Attack of the Show)
Morgan Webb (Host, X-Play)

G4's Charity: Child's Play http://www.childsplaycharity.org/

This week Jon Hamm and Team Mad Men take off their cufflinks and roll up their sleeves for a high-stakes game of bowling against Team Nerdist @ The Spare Room in the historic Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel

Team Mad Men:
Jon Hamm ("Don Draper" - Mad Men)
Vincent Kartheiser ("Pete Campbell" - Mad Men)
Rich Sommer ("Harry Crane " - Mad Men)
Matt Weiner (Creator and Executive Producer -- Mad Men)

Team Nerdist:
Chris Harwick (Founder)
"Weird Al" Yankovic (Face to Face with "Weird Al" Yankovic)
Jonah Ray (Nerdist Podcast)
Pete Holmes (You Made it Weird Podcast)

Mad Men's Charity: St. Jude's

This week the bowling gets funnier and more tuneful as these musical comedians face-off. Which team will do a victory dance on the lanes of The Spare Room in Hollywood and which team will sing a tearful ballad of defeat?

Musical Comedians
Reggie Watts
Nick Thune
Kate Micucci (Garfunkel & Oates)
Bo Burnham

Nerdist
Chris Hardwick
Mike Phirman (Hard 'N Phirm)
Riki Lindhome (Making It with Riki Lindhome, Garfunkel & Oates)
Eli Braden

What's tougher than fighting zombies? Bowling against Team Nerdist is! The cast and creator of AMC's The Walking Dead take on the undefeated Team Nerdist in Celebrity All Star Bowling. Only one team will survive, and the other will be slain on the lanes.

Team Walking Dead:
Robert Kirkman- Creator/Executive Prodcuer (Childs Play)
Steven Yeun -- Glenn (Big Brothers, Big Sisters)
Lauren Cohan -- Maggie (Ace of Hearts Dog Shelter)
Scott Wilson -- Hershel (MPTF Community Care Fund)

Team Nerdist:
Chris Hardwick - Founder
Dana Gould -- The Dana Gould Hour Podcast
Emily Gordon -- Indoor Kids
Kumail Nanjiani -- Indoor Kids

The cyber warriors of Geek & Sundry do battle with Team Nerdist. Will their virtual sword swinging bring them victory or will they get pwnd like n00bs in the wake of Team Nerdist?

TEAM NERDIST:
Chris Hardwick - Founder
Justin Willman - Magic Meltdown
Jenny Fine - Nerdterns
Mo Fathelbab - Nerdterns

TEAM GEEK & SUNDRY:
Felicia Day - Overlord, Geek and Sundry
Jeff Lewis - The Guild
Veronica Belmont - Sword and Laser
Kim Evey - Executive Producer, Geek and Sundry

Charity:
Best Friends Animal Society - http://www.bestfriends.org

This week the science mages from MythBusters try to debunk the voodoo bowling of Chris Hardwick and his Team Nerdist.

Will Team MythBusters find victory over Team Nerdist plausible?

Team Nerdist:
Chris Hardwick - Founder
Linda Le - Just Cos
Adam Rogers - Senior Editor, Wired Magazine
Holly Conrad - Crabcat

Team MythBusters:
Tory Belleci - Italian for "Li'l Wolverine"
Kari Byron - Dynamo
Grant Imahara - Possibly Cyborg
Adam Savage - Mad Genius

Charity:
Habitat for Humanity of Greater San Francisco

This week Team Nerdist challenges Marc Maron and a team of comedy podcasters. How will their scores compare to their iTunes download stats?

Team Podcasters:
Marc Maron - "WTF with Marc Maron"
Jimmy Pardo - "Never Not Funny"
Greg Behrendt - "Walking the Room"
Randy Sklar - "Sklarboro Country"

Team Nerdist :
Chris Hardwick - Founder, "Nerdist Podcast"
Todd Glass - "The Todd Glass Show"
Cole Stratton - "Pop My Culture"
Jason Sklar - "Sklarboro Country"

Charity:
Smile Train (http://www.smiletrain.org/)

This week Team Nerdist challenges Bryan Cranston and Team Breaking Bad on their home turf. Will Team Nerdist triumph in this rare Away game, or has Team Breaking Bad cooked up something too intense for them?

Team Nerdist:
Chris Hardwick - Founder
Matt Mira - Nerdist Podcast, Just Cos
Chloe Dykstra - Just Cos
Jonah Ray - Nerdist Podcast

Team Breaking Bad:
Bryan Cranston - "Walter White"
Betsy Brandt - "Marie Schrader"
RJ Mitte - "Walter White, Jr."
Aaron Paul - "Jesse Pinkman"

Charity:
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children