Roberta Quest

"They say never meet your heroes, right? Ostensibly because meeting your heroes takes them off that glorious pedestal when you learn they're only human. Or, you know, complete jerks. As someone who's spent over a decade writing comedy for both television ( Mystery Science Theater 3000, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon) and video games (Kid Icarus: Uprising), I can assure you the latter isn't always the case, but it's definitely sometimes the case."

"I have absolutely met someone I spent years worshipping as a kid and left the conversation thinking, "Oh God, their only memory of me will be hate." As Troy said in Community, you can't disappoint a picture. And buddy, I did not want to disappoint the person in that metaphorical picture. I recently wrote a book called Good Game, No Rematch."

A Zoom meeting with Roberta Williams produced ecstatic disbelief when she revealed a shared creative love of theme parks. The visual change from a thumbnail to an idiotic, candy-bag-whacked smile marked one of the most memorable moments. The old warning to never meet your heroes is examined, noting that meeting heroes can remove pedestals and reveal human flaws. Over a decade of work in television and video-game comedy is recounted, with anecdotes ranging from a failed cardboard Mario costume to being shot in the groin at a Nintendo employee paintball match. A book titled Good Game, No Rematch collects these memories.

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