Wil Wheaton

Talk Is Jericho

Chris Jericho

Tv & Film, Sports, Wrestling

4.8 • 9.4K Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2017

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

Wil Wheaton has gone from child actor ("Stand By Me," "Star Trek: The Next Generation") to YouTube star ("Table Top") to being on one of the most popular sitcoms today, "The Big Bang Theory!" Hear how he made the transition from child actor to adult actor relatively unscathed, and managed to reinvent himself in adulthood and enjoy continued on-screen & internet success! He's an avid board-gamer, a Dungeons & Dragons fan, and has some great stories about the set of "Stand By Me," including his very close friendship with the late, great River Phoenix.

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0:00.0	TALKY'S Cherico Baby TALKY'S Cherico
0:13.5	Welcome to TALKY'S Cherico, it's the plot of Thunder and Rock n' Roll and today.
0:18.6	It's been a long time coming, but he's here at last.
0:21.4	The star of Stand By Me, star-trucked an S generation, the big bang theory, and one
0:27.0	of the coolest, craziest internet sensations, a pop culture hero, an icon will Wheaton.
0:34.0	That's right, you might know Will also from Tabletop on YouTube, if you love board games.
0:39.0	Yeah, that's his crazy show.
0:40.7	He and his celebrity friends get together and play all kinds of board games.
0:44.6	He's also a big Dungeons & Dragons guy like me.
0:47.1	He's also in the video games, especially old school Nintendo and Atari.
0:50.8	We got great conversations about all that great stories, and of course we talk about Stand
0:54.1	By Me, his relationship with the late great River Phoenix, how Rob Reiner took care
0:59.2	of him when he was just a kid, and his great stories of being on the wild and wacky, big
1:04.1	bang theory, also being a successful child actor and managing to reinvent himself as an
1:09.7	adult.
1:10.7	All of that is included here.
1:11.9	Will is a great guy.
1:12.9	He had me to his house, went into his game area, and I'll tell you what, he's got this
1:17.8	garage in the back and all of these board games, probably, I don't know, thousands of
1:21.9	board games.
1:22.9	He's a gamer, but not a video gamer.
1:25.5	He is a board gamer.
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