Real Genius
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Sep 14, 2026
Zach SchaeferHOST
And I agree with you.
Zach SchaeferHOST
And I will say, Michelle Mayrink, who plays Judy in Revenge of the Nerds, well, you said she's not a computer nerd in Revenge of the Nerds, but she is a computer nerd in Real Genius as Jordan.
Zach SchaeferHOST
And that was a deep cut pick on my end.
Zach SchaeferHOST
Like, maybe I'll go with Jordan from Real Genius.
Zach SchaeferHOST
Who's that?
Michelle MeyrinkSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I'm Jordan.
Michelle MeyrinkSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Okay, I'll see you later.
Michelle MeyrinkSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Okay, bye.
JennyPANELIST
She's not necessarily my favorite favorite, but certainly the one who I'd pick because she also has a name.
Zak ShafferHOST
And I agree with you, and I will say Michelle Mayrink, who plays Judy in Revenge of the Nerds, well, you said she's not a computer nerd in Revenge of the Nerds, but she is a computer nerd in Real Genius as Jordan, and that was a deep-cut pick on my end.
Zak ShafferHOST
Like, maybe I'll go with Jordan from Real Genius.
Zak ShafferHOST
Who's that? That? Oh,
speaker_14SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
that one.
speaker_16SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Okay, bye.
speaker_16SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Bye.
Zak ShafferHOST
but shout out to her in general because you know in a few years prior she's in uh valley girl as one of the valley girls and one of the popular hot girls in that and to go from that to judy like a year later i believe because of revenge i think came out in 84 uh and then the following year in 85 to go to real genius where she's like a kind of a combination between the two characters because she's you know super attractive and then also like super genius too so I don't know.
Duckie DalePANELIST
She's not necessarily my favorite favorite, but certainly the one who I'd pick because she also has a name.
Zak ShafferHOST
And I agree with you, and I will say Michelle Mayrink, who plays Judy in Revenge of the Nerds, well, you said she's not a computer nerd in Revenge of the Nerds, but she is a computer nerd in Real Genius as Jordan, and that was a deep-cut pick on my end.
Zak ShafferHOST
Like, maybe I'll go with Jordan from Real Genius.
Zak ShafferHOST
Who's that? That? Oh,
speaker_17SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
that one.
speaker_14SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Bye.
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five
Zak ShafferHOST
but shout out to her in general because you know in a few years prior she's in uh valley girl as one of the valley girls and one of the popular hot girls in that and to go from that to judy like a year later i believe because of revenge i think came out in 84 uh and then the following year in 85 to go to real genius where she's like a kind of a combination between the two characters because she's you know super attractive and then also like super genius too so i don't know they played up both sides of those and you know uh she deflowered mitch in uh real genius
Erik WoodworthGUEST
And
JohnHOST
isn't Uncle, isn't one of them a dude from Real Genius and Napoleon Dynamite, the uncle? Oh, Uncle Rico.
JohnHOST
Uncle Rico.
JohnHOST
Isn't like the Wolfman Uncle Rico, maybe? Oh, it is.
Lauren GarroniHOST
This episode is written by Daddy MK.
Lauren GarroniHOST
It is directed by Martha Coolidge, director of Real Genius.
Lauren GarroniHOST
She directed two episodes for Sex and the City, the Vogue episode, a Vogue idea, and then this episode.
Lauren GarroniHOST
I did listen to the commentary track.
James Roday RodriguezGUEST
I will, I will read the first 10 to 15 pages of this pilot, um, dutifully because my agent wants me to, and then I will set it down and, uh, and plan to move back to New York will go into full effect.
James Roday RodriguezGUEST
So the timing of it was pretty wild because then of course I read the first 10 and then I had to keep reading and then it was 20 and then it was 30 and then I had read the whole pilot and My initial response was this reminds me a lot of a movie that was very near and dear to my heart called Real Genius, a character that Val Kilmer played named Chris Knight.
James Roday RodriguezGUEST
And I thought, wow, this sort of overgrown Peter Pan man boy reminds me so much of that character.
James Roday RodriguezGUEST
And that character was so pivotal in my sort of development for why I wanted to become an actor.
Hannah WaddinghamGUEST
I'm not even sure that people are even gonna remember it, 'cause I don't even think it was a hit.
Hannah WaddinghamGUEST
Do you remember a film with Val Kilmer in it called Real Genius?
Brett GoldsteinHOST
Oh, yeah.
Brett GoldsteinHOST
Old film.
Hannah WaddinghamGUEST
[laughs]
Brett GoldsteinHOST
Okay, good answer.
Hannah WaddinghamGUEST
People need to check it out, Real Genius.
Brett GoldsteinHOST
Real Genius.
JakeHOST
Rivera, you'll like this.
JakeHOST
I watched a film last night.
JakeHOST
This is a movie I forgot about, but I was going through the whole Hulu thing, And I found it.
JakeHOST
It stars Paul Walter Hauser, Walton Goggins, among others.
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JakeHOST
You know, people, this is a tale as old as time.
JakeHOST
You know, I mean, this is a movie trope, really.
JakeHOST
is you got the super genius guy who's really excited to work in a new field, like Laszlo Hallifeld in the film Real Genius.
JakeHOST
And he's working in lasers.
Matt AndersonHOST
'Cause...
Matt AndersonHOST
But yeah, this, this guy, um, he really, the, he really reminded me, and I don't know what the actor's name is, but in Real Genius, the kind of, like, doofy professor's assistant, the nerdy guy with the blonde hair.
Matt AndersonHOST
Um-
Eddie JeffersonHOST
Okay
BradPANELIST
And that only covers the '70s.
BradPANELIST
In the '80s, he did Real Genius, The Witches of Eastwick, and Fat Man and Little Boy.
JohnHOST
Uh, I like all three of those '80s movies, actually.
BradPANELIST
[laughs] And he was nominated for four Oscars and won for Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
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