I won't be disappointed that you've never heard of and/or watched "Stargate: Atlantis." It's a spin-off of a little-known, yet long-running, sci-fi show called "Stargate: SG-1." Atlantis is proof that the nerd demographic is a strong and influential one. At least as far as television shows are concerned.

The other night Dave Foley, from "Kids in the Hall," played a know-it-all, narcissistic physicist in the episode "Brain Storm." He played it well with a little patented Foley comedy shining through with some lines he must have written himself.

"Of course the worst case scenarios are bad. That's why they're called 'Worst...Case...Scenarios.' They are the worst things that could possibly happen."


Bill Nye [the Science Guy] and Neil DeGrasse Tyson (astrophysist and TV personality) were also in the show playing themselves (or at least very amusing versions of themselves). The petty bickering was made me wish they were regulars on the show.


The crowning moment came when Bill Nye shook and slapped Dave Foley's character across the face and told him to get a hold of himself. Somewhere inside me my inner nerd high-fived itself seeing The Science Guy bitch-slap Hecubus on a made-for-Sci-Fi show.