idiot savants

not too long ago at work, i found myself bringing up idiot savants with velouria and hot gig. i was the only one that really remembered it. and, sadly, there's not enough on the internet about it. well, there's this, and three videos on youtube that a former contestant put up. unfortunately, all of the clips are of the final round and don't show any of the fun categories, like where in the world is coolio?, harry s. truman capote, eli whitney, and my beloved hypochondriac boy.

anyway. the last round would feature the winner of the day in the "cylinder of shush" (think the cone of silence from get smart), where they had to answer 10 questions correctly within one minute in their savant category. i often used to wonder what my savant category would be. sadly, i still think about it. i know a lot of obscure crap, but i don't know if i know a lot of obscure crap about one thing in particular. sure, i know a lot about heathers and how ironic it was that the girl that played heather chandler (who said the line "did you eat a brain tumor for breakfast?") died of brain cancer, but anyone would know that if they saw the mini-featurette on the DVD.

and sure, i know a lot about general hospital, like how liz webber and jason morgan are kinda related because of who his mother's cousin is, but so would anyone that's seen it for about a decade and actually owns the book, general hospital: the complete scrapbook. and, yeah, i know a lot about comic books, but not all comic books. i would probably have to narrow it down to the x-men titles, and even then i couldn't tell which issue it was where psylocke ditched her gypsy outfit for her much better looking armor. and don't ask me how wonder woman is kinda related to the sandman unless you want your eyes to glaze over.

there's also my weird knowledge of early to mid-'90s bands and their incestuousness. like how tanya donelly was in throwing muses (with her stepsister kristen hersh) and the breeders (before kelly deal showed up) before forming belly, which bassist gail greenwood quit so she could replace jennifer finch in L7, who ended up in a band called other star people, which had alexis arquette as a sometime member. and there's how courtney love was replaced by mike patton before faith no more was even called faith no more.

and have i really just admitted all of my geekiness? yes, yes i have. let's call it a night, then.