This week we have a three-act superhero musical, shot on a borrowed studio lot during a labor strike, financed by one guy's personal credit card, in which approximately none of the songs are allowed to finish. Weird as it may be, it all clicks into place, and you understand why a generation of nerds has had this thing memorized for going on two decades.This week, returning guides Kyle Olson and Krissy Lenz walk our favorite mainstream mom through Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog. We’ve got all the hits: Neil Patrick Harris fan mail that borders on a restraining order, the deeply important economics of the Henchmen's Guild, why Felicia Day was building the internet before the internet knew it needed building, and a shiny new Australia offered up purely for the sake of a rhyme. There's a horse who is also a chairman. There's a tragedy you will not see coming. There's a meaningful high note. Press play.GUEST SPOTLIGHTKyle Olson is an award-winning writer, producer, and podcast host, and a recurring nerd-whisperer here on Make Me a Nerd. He's the co-host of Craft and Chaos on TruStory FM, creator of the steampunk queer radio drama The Swashbuckling Ladies Debate Society, host of The Story Well, and logged 300-plus episodes of The Marvel Movie Minute.

Craft and Chaos: trustory.fm/craft-and-chaos
Kyle's host page on TruStory FM: trustory.fm/host/kyle-olson

Krissy Lenz is Mandy's most frequent guest and partner in nerd crime. She co-hosts The Most Excellent 80s Movies Podcast and Gank That Drank on TruStory FM. Her Most Excellent episode on When Harry Met Sally — featuring a certain mainstream mom — is on the way.

Krissy’s host page on TruStory FM: https://trustory.fm/host/krissy-lenz/

REFERENCE LINKSThe Main Event

Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (2008 miniseries) — Wikipedia

People

Neil Patrick Harris — Wikipedia
Nathan Fillion — Wikipedia
Felicia Day — Wikipedia
Simon Helberg — Wikipedia
Joss Whedon — Wikipedia
Jed Whedon — Wikipedia
Zack Whedon — Wikipedia
Maurissa Tancharoen (co-writer; one of the three superfans) — Wikipedia
Ben Edlund (Bad Horse champion; creator of The Tick) — Wikipedia
David Fury (newscaster cameo) — Wikipedia
Marti Noxon (newscaster cameo) — Wikipedia
Lin-Manuel Miranda — Wikipedia
Bo Burnham — Wikipedia
Sarah Michelle Gellar — Wikipedia

Shows & Series

Firefly — Wikipedia
Buffy the Vampire Slayer — Wikipedia
"Once More, with Feeling" (Buffy musical episode) — Wikipedia
How I Met Your Mother — Wikipedia
The Big Bang Theory — Wikipedia
The Guild (Felicia Day's web series) — Wikipedia
Critical Role — Wikipedia
Game Changer (Dropout) — Wikipedia
Phineas and Ferb (home of Dr. Doofenshmirtz) — Wikipedia
Scrubs — Wikipedia
Supernatural — Wikipedia

Films

Serenity (2005) — Letterboxd

Stage & Adaptations

Hamilton — Wikipedia
Hadestown — Wikipedia
Six — Wikipedia

Things & Curiosities

Box ONE (Neil Patrick Harris's solo escape-room game) — theory11
The Magic Misfits (NPH's children's book series) — Amazon
Geek & Sundry — Wikipedia
"Brand New Day" / "A Man's Gotta Do" / "Everyone's a Hero" — YouTube Music search
The 2013 Tony Awards opening (NPH's "Bigger!" number, with the closing recap rap) — YouTube search

From the TruStory FM Vault

Game Changer with Kyle Olson (Make Me a Nerd) — trustory.fm
Make Me a Nerd show archive — trustory.fm/make-me-a-nerd

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