LOL... I had Thands watch it, this weekend. She kept going on how dude was just an eccentric jewish intellectual, however had she just watched the ABC show, and saw his facial expressions, and demeanor, would've thought that guy was freakazoid.
Man, that series is so good.
If you are ever bored, watch the one with Chris Langhan, the worlds' smartest man. He's developed a larger following since, and he was in Gladwell's the Outliers, a book about genius and success.
I think that dude is a writer now for Kimmel Live now. He was a couple of years ago, anyway.