The Basement: Nerdrotic | From Folsom Prison to Millions of Subscribers
5/4/20263 hr 31 min
Before YouTube. Before millions of subscribers. Before Friday Night Tights — Gary Buechler had a story almost nobody knew. It starts at Folsom Prison, a neighbor's jar of pennies, and a double-murderer cellmate who wouldn't leave him alone. His memoir is called Waiting For. That title alone should tell you something. He sat down with AJ in The Basement and held nothing back. Watch to the end.
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 00:00
No one goes to Hank's for his spreadsheets. They go for a darn good pizza. Lately, though, the shop's been quiet, so Hank decides to bring back the $1 slice. He asks Copilot in Microsoft Excel to look at his sales and costs to help him see if he can afford it. Copilot shows Hank where the money's going and which little extras make the dollar slice work. Now Hank's has a line out the door. Hank makes the pizza, Copilot handles the spreadsheets. Learn more at M365Copilot.com/work.
Speaker 10:29
They call this one Bill.
Gary Buechler· Guest0:31
Whoa, aliens? Am I on a spaceship?
Speaker 10:34
Affirmative, Bill.
Gary Buechler· Guest0:35
Well, what's with the laser saw?
Speaker 10:36
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Gary Buechler· Guest0:41
Oh, your mobile bill, not me, Bill.
Speaker 30:42
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Speaker 41:00
Today, I'm talking with Gary Buechler. You probably know him as Nerdrotic. Gary has built a media empire around pop culture commentary, Friday Night Tights, Forbidden Frontier, and a YouTube channel that Hollywood studios now quietly track.
Speaker 11:13
Yeah, so Hollywood finally figured out how to read the room, and the room says, "We hate everything you make." Nice.
Speaker 41:20
But before any of this existed, Gary grew up in San Diego in the '80s. He spent years running from a trauma that he never shared with anyone.
Speaker 11:28
Ah, '80s San