April 18, 2008 3:07
It's Hard To Be The First Guy To Think Of Stuff
EDITOR'S NOTE: Today's Nerd World post, entitled "Wikipedia Brown And The Case Of The Unreliable Swear-filled Encyclopedia," will not be seen today. Before the author had a chance to write it, he mentioned the idea to someone at work, who told him B.J. Novak from The Office already did a much better version of the idea than the author ever could have done. So he wrote nothing. Please enjoy the work of B.J. Novak.
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Reader Comments (3)
That's pretty funny.
It'd be even funnier if I could hear Novak over the ringing in my ears caused by the donkey laugh of the girl who must have been facing directly into the mic of the camera.
(Sidebar: Wasn't someone making an Encyclopedia Brown movie? Whatever happened to that?)
Posted by Meredith | April 18, 2008 10:17 AM
That didn't stop this guy. But I wonder, is B.J. Novak the chicken or the egg?
http://adamcadre.ac/prose.html
Posted by Alfred | April 18, 2008 1:49 PM
It also seems to be hard to be the guy to think of new posts. I'm sorry, that was mean.
Posted by Comment: The Movie | April 21, 2008 12:20 PM