However, Paul Graham stated in his essay, " Why Nerds are Unpopular ", that intellect is neutral, meaning that you are neither loved or despised for it.

* In the events depicted in the motion picture Revenge of the Nerds, nerds Lewis Skolnick and Gilbert Lowe are tarred and feathered by the Alpha Betas in response to their attempt to seek admittance to the fraternity.

* " Why Nerds are Unpopular ", by Paul Graham.

Nerds are essentially small irregularly-shaped bits of sugar crystal ( similar to rock candy ) which are covered in a thin variety of colored and flavored candy-coating.

Nerds are produced in a variety of flavors and are usually sold in a box that has two flavors separated into distinct compartments, each with its own opening mechanism.

Nerds are anthropomorphized on the cover of its distinctive box package.

Nerds are of varied flavors and color, ranging from extremely sweet to extremely sour ; often the two flavours in one box will contrast, and a single flavour may even exhibit both extremes.

Here are four of the regular flavors of Nerds sold today:

There are also several Nerds spin-off products by Willy Wonka:

* Sour Nerds are normal sized Nerds, usually come in Lightning Lemon and Amped Apple, and are in a regular box.

Nerds rope comes only one to a package but there are rumors that there may be two to a pack in the future.

* Jumbo Nerds is a box of Nerds of multiple flavors which are much larger than regular Nerds.

* Nerds Gum Balls are bubble gum balls filled with multiple flavors of Nerds on the inside.

* Theme Nerds are sometimes manufactured seasonally for holidays such as Halloween or Valentine's Day with names such as " Spooky Nerds ".

* Nerds Rope consists of a soft candy string with a variety of Nerds attached to the outside.

* Nerds Cereal, a now discontinued breakfast cereal that, like the candy, featured two separated flavors to a box.

* Nerds ( candy ), a candy

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Regular cars were offered with tampo printing of various food companies ' products pad printed on them, such as Willy Wonka " Gobstoppers ", " Nerds ", " Dweebs " and " Runtz " candy, " Swanson Kids Fun Feast " and " Swanson Kids Grilled Cheese Barnie Bear ", " Campbell's Dinosaur Vegetable Soup ", " Campbell's Teddy Bears ", " Cry Baby " candy, " Pepsi " and " Diet Pepsi ", " Cheetos Chester ", " Peter Pan Creamy ", and " Franco American Spaghetti Os " ( Johnson 1998, 126-138 ).

Nerds can either be described by their hobbies and interests, or by abstract qualities such as personality, status, social skills, and physical appearance.

The Dickies ' style is campy and humorous, influenced by The Ramones, for whom they sometimes opened in venues especially on the East coast, such as CBGB in the Bowery of NYC and across the river in the " The Showplace " Dover NJ ( 1978 ), along with the Nerds, Nozon and featuring the Ramones.

The producers brought Armstrong in based on his work in Revenge of the Nerds and Better Off Dead, hoping to expand the role of Agnes DiPesto by giving her a love interest, thereby taking some of the filming pressure off of Willis and Shepherd.

Inspired by movies like Revenge of the Nerds and National Lampoon's Animal House, it was established as a fraternity that is dedicated to the enjoyment and enrichment of pop culture and to the brotherhood of the members.

Others, like Marcie Ross from the episode Out of Mind, Out of Sight or the trio of Nerds gain their powers by other magical, non-magical, or " scientific " means.

Triumph of the Nerds: The Rise of Accidental Empires ( 1996 ) is a documentary film written and hosted by Robert X. Cringely ( Mark Stephens ) and produced for British television by Oregon Public Broadcasting.

Nerds were first launched in 1983 by Angelo Fraggos, who was Brand Manager, eventually becoming Vice President of Marketing and Technical Services until he left in 1992.

Nerds became the " Candy of the Year " in 1985 by NCWA.

They very closely resemble another brand of sweets, Nerds made by Willy Wonka Ltd.

A documentary based on the book, called Triumph of the Nerds: The Rise of Accidental Empires was produced by PBS in 1996, with Cringely as the presenter.

Starting his career as a session keyboardist and a member of the band Jules and the Polar Bears, he started his production career by producing 2 albums by the 1980s Sparks offshoot band Gleaming Spires, the first album recorded on his home 4 track spawning the L. A. radio hit " Are You Ready For The Sex Girls " on the Posh Boy label, a recording subsequently featured in Hollywood features The Last American Virgin, Revenge of the Nerds and Just Can't Get Enough: The Chippendales Story.

The movie is directed by Jeff Kanew, who also directed Anthony Edwards in Revenge of the Nerds in 1984.

Famous cover band The Nerds had their beginnings in Hudson County in the mid 1980s, and have since grown in popularity into a staple of the Jersey Shore music scene.

The A / V Nerds: A small club at Bluffington Elementary and then Beebe Bluff Middle that, as their name suggests, specializes in audio and video.

In the 1984 comedy film Revenge of the Nerds, when the nerds give their first party for seemingly African American fraternity, some member in " Nerds " put this song on and some other member quickly changes the song.

Along with Nerds and Wacky Wafers, Tart ' n ' Tinys were top sellers for the Wonka company in the 1980s.

In 2007, he starred as Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen in the Philadelphia Theatre Company premiere of Nerds :// A Musical Software Satire.

The success of the show made Downey a pop culture celebrity, leading to an appearance on Saturday Night Live in 1988, WrestleMania V in 1989 in which he traded insults with Roddy Piper and Brother Love on Piper's Pit, and later roles in movies such as Predator 2 and Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation.

However, after the Revenge of the Nerds movie franchise ( with multicultural nerds ), and the introduction of the Steve Urkel character on the television series Family Matters, nerds have been seen in all races and colors as well as more recently being a frequent young Asian or Indian male stereotype in North America.

This story is detailed from Microsoft and IBM's point of view in the PBS series Triumph of the Nerds and from Gary Kildall's friends and coworkers point of view on The Computer Chronicles.

Roles have included " Risky Business ," " Ray ," " Moonlighting ," " Revenge of the Nerds ," and " American Dad ," as well as roles in " Grey's Anatomy ," " Reaper ," and " That 70's Show.

* Triumph of the Nerds, 1996, Robert X. Cringely, Oregon Public Broadcasting.

The song utilized a melody from the 1984 film Revenge of the Nerds.

He is also known for his role as the Head Football Coach for Adams College in the movie Revenge of the Nerds.

Venues like The Osprey Hotel and Joe Pops have hosted The Nerds for decades.

Revenge of the Nerds is a 1984 comedy film satirizing social life on a college campus.

Revenge of the Nerds is # 91 on Bravo's " 100 Funniest Movies.

The original Nerds residence, from which they were ousted, was in fact Cochise Hall.

He has appeared in various movies and television shows, including Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Top Gun, Zodiac, Revenge of the Nerds, Northern Exposure and ER.

Burke wanted him for the role, however, and sent him a copy of the documentary, Triumph of the Nerds.

* Triumph of the Nerds ( 1996 ) is a documentary on the rise of the personal computer.

Despite a lengthy and successful movie career, working with directors like Martin Scorsese and John Carpenter, Carradine is probably best known for portraying fraternity president " Lewis Skolnick " in the Revenge of the Nerds series of comedy films and the father, " Sam McGuire ", on the Disney Channel sitcom Lizzie McGuire.

Carradine's biggest film success to date came in 1984 when he starred in Revenge of the Nerds as the lead nerd Lewis Skolnick.

He wrote several textbooks on developing Internet applications, including Philip and Alex's Guide to Web Publishing, SQL for Web Nerds, and Software Engineering for Internet Applications, the textbook for an MIT course.