# The internet loves XKCD musical! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 9, 2010, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-internet-loves-xkcd-musical/528270 "2010-02-09T13:14:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quercus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7ab992/32.png) [@Quercus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-internet-loves-xkcd-musical/528270/1 "2010-02-09T13:14:35Z")
Since I’m pretty sure the next edition of the dope board software will automatically add a post for “Obligatory XKCD link” to every thread, I thought ya’ll would appreciate this musical tribute to XKCD (and indirectly the Discovery Channel, too), with a truly stunning array of guest stars. It started with a great [commercial for the Discovery Channel.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EdaLfJjDuE) Which inspired XKCD to “[xkcd Loves the Discovery Channel.](http://xkcd.com/442/)” After came the [animated adaptation of that xkcd strip](http://www.vimeo.com/7151435). Finally this amazing video just came out: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQAk\_T9SBbw](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQAk_T9SBbw) See how many of the people you can identify! (full info [here](http://www.olganunes.com/xkcd)) Since a Superbowl commercial used the word “awesome”, I’m going to have to find a new word, but two days ago, I would have said this is awesome with awesome sauce and a tasty awesome filling. (Thanks to _Making Light_ for guest starring and publicizing [Making Light: Boomdeyada boomdeyada boomdeyada boomdeyada](http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/012175.html#012175)) ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-internet-loves-xkcd-musical/528270/2 "2010-02-09T13:22:05Z")
Neil Gaiman!! ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-internet-loves-xkcd-musical/528270/3 "2010-02-09T14:22:03Z")
It kinda breaks my brain when people who’ve damn near risen to legendary status participate in goofy homemade stuff. I mean, Neil Gaiman jumping on a trampoline. That’s just surreal. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-internet-loves-xkcd-musical/528270/4 "2010-02-09T14:34:00Z")
If ANY major league celebrity would do it, Neil would, though. Neil and Front…that is so awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-internet-loves-xkcd-musical/528270/5 "2010-02-09T14:45:58Z")
What a way to start the morning, thanks. Any chance there’s an annotated list of participants? The “full info here” has a list, but the hyperlinks are to home pages and the like. Not everyone comes out on their home page and says what they’re famous/well known for. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-internet-loves-xkcd-musical/528270/6 "2010-02-09T15:35:54Z")
I only recognized MC Frontalot (‘nerdcore’ rapper) - he does the Transistor line, and one a bit earlier - and Neil and Maddy Gaiman (he’s famous for being a writer, she’s famous mostly for being his daughter…and kind of awesome in her own right) - Maddy’s the one with him on the trampoline (so he’d _better_ love her sister). I was unable to find Wil Wheaton in there, although the credits say he is ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-internet-loves-xkcd-musical/528270/7 "2010-02-09T15:47:09Z")
He’s near the end, somewhat soft-spoken. See the OPs “full info here” link for a line-by-line credit ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-internet-loves-xkcd-musical/528270/8 "2010-02-09T15:51:25Z")
That’s the **Bad Astronomer** at :23 ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-internet-loves-xkcd-musical/528270/9 "2010-02-09T15:51:29Z")
There’s an ex-SDMB’er in there - Phil Plait, aka “The Bad Astronomer.” He posted here as **Bad Astronomer** for quite a while. ---
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-internet-loves-xkcd-musical/528270/10 "2010-02-09T16:10:48Z")
> [@Tengu](#): > > I was unable to find Wil Wheaton in there, although the credits say he is He does “the future’s pretty cool” line near the end ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-internet-loves-xkcd-musical/528270/11 "2010-02-09T16:53:13Z")
Wil Wheaton was the only one I recognized. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-internet-loves-xkcd-musical/528270/12 "2010-02-09T17:58:26Z")
1. Lame. 2. I don’t recognize any of those folks. 3 I sure as hell hope that the next version of the SDMB doesn’t automatically include XKCD links. ---
**Author:** ![GilaB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@GilaB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GilaB)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-internet-loves-xkcd-musical/528270/13 "2010-02-09T18:10:00Z")
Hank Green (who loves this bakery) is one of the [vlogbrothers](http://www.youtube.com/user/vlogbrothers?blend=1&ob=4&rclk=cti) and the founder of [ecogeek.com](http://www.ecogeek.org/about). ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-internet-loves-xkcd-musical/528270/14 "2010-02-09T19:55:37Z")
I didn’t recognize him by sight (though he looked familiar), but Bruce Schneier obviously loves cryptography. ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-internet-loves-xkcd-musical/528270/15 "2010-02-09T20:01:24Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > What a way to start the morning, thanks. > > Any chance there’s an annotated list of participants? The “full info here” has a list, but the hyperlinks are to home pages and the like. Not everyone comes out on their home page and says what they’re famous/well known for. I just noticed a full list [here](http://www.olganunes.com/xkcd) (scroll down). I also forgot to point out I did recognize Cory Doctorow (of the blogosphere). ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-internet-loves-xkcd-musical/528270/16 "2010-02-09T20:16:17Z")
> [@panamajack](#): > > I just noticed a full list [here](http://www.olganunes.com/xkcd) (scroll down). I also forgot to point out I did recognize Cory Doctorow (of the blogosphere). Is he wearing a cape? ---
**Author:** ![Zerc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/82dd89/32.png) [@Zerc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zerc)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-internet-loves-xkcd-musical/528270/17 "2010-02-09T20:34:11Z")
Thanks, you’ve made my day. ---
**Author:** ![HookerChemical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/278dde/32.png) [@HookerChemical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HookerChemical)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-internet-loves-xkcd-musical/528270/18 "2010-02-09T20:46:20Z")
> [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > Is he wearing a cape? For some reason, in the XKCD-verse, Cory Doctorow wears a red cape and goggles. In this case “Obligatory XKCD links” might help a little. > **[1337: Part 5](https://xkcd.com/345/)** > **[Blagofaire](https://xkcd.com/239/)** > **[Cory Doctorow, Part II](https://blog.xkcd.com/2007/03/28/cory-doctorow-part-ii/)** > > Cory Doctorow won the 2007 EFF Pioneer Award yesterday, and I’m happy to see the presenters found him some fitting attire: (Photo courtesy quinnums, full set here) > **[Cory Doctorow](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cory_Doctorow#In_popular_culture)** > > Cory Efram Doctorow (/ˈkɔːri ˈdɒktəroʊ/; born 17 July 1971) is a Canadian-British blogger, journalist, and science fiction author who served as co-editor of the blog Boing Boing. He is an activist in favour of liberalising copyright laws and a proponent of the Creative Commons organization, using some of its licences for his books. Some common themes of his work include digital rights management, file sharing, and post-scarcity economics. > Cory Efram Doctorow was born in Toronto, Ontario, on 17... ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-internet-loves-xkcd-musical/528270/19 "2010-02-09T21:00:33Z")
Frontalot! ---
**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-internet-loves-xkcd-musical/528270/20 "2010-02-09T21:39:42Z")
It made me wiggle in my seat. This, to me, is the mark of a fun video. 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-internet-loves-xkcd-musical/528270.md?page=2)