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BLP?[edit]

Wait...a BLP disclaimer? Seriously? Isn't he a robot? Shrumster (talk) 09:21, 9 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Removed. :) DarkAudit (talk) 08:07, 19 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

name spelled incorrectly?[edit]

Geoff's Twitter account has his name as "Peterson", and Craig (CraigyFerg) follows him by this name. So I think his name is spelled wrong here.

http://twitter.com/GeoffTheRobot

Also, why is Geoff under "fictional robots"? He's not fictional, perhaps he isn't considered a robot?Bollinger (talk) 08:47, 10 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

As of May 2011 the show is finally spelling the name "correctly" (with an "o") on the credits: [1] Dcxf (talk) 05:06, 14 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Fictional categorization[edit]

Why is Geoff categorized as fictional? he's not a fictional robot, he's a real robot. wouldn't a fictional robot be one that doesn't exist? EraserGirl (talk) 12:23, 26 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Quotes[edit]

Why was the section on Geoffs Quotes removed for vandalism?? He has quotes and where better to put them than on his wikipedia page!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.192.141.75 (talk) 19:35, 10 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

A) New comments go on the bottom of pages. B) Random quotes without context aren't encyclopedic at all. Wikiquote may be a place for them, but even there they'd likely be trivia at best. oknazevad (talk) 20:09, 10 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Encyclopedias are tombs of information. Trivia comes from encyclopedias so everything in an encyclopedia is trivia. Also, if you watched the show, all the things geoff says are completely random and never in context. They are just random replies to random things craig asks him. If wikipedia is a place of information, then what geoff says everyday has equal right to be on this page as everything else. It doesnt harm anyone having it on the page, and its not infactual or incorrect, so no need to remove it! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.192.141.75 (talk) 20:37, 10 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Guest Interview on the show Tues/Wed May 17/18th[edit]

Geoff was the Primary guest last night and was not just using random one liners, but carried on dialogue with Craig all night. As I have not watched the show in a bit is this a new development for the character or a one time thing? darrennie (talk) 20:11, 18 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The past few shows have featured a very talkative Geoff Peterson. As mentioned in the article, they have on occasion actually brought in Josh Thompson, who voices Peterson, to do the voice work live. That seems to be the case for this run of shows. (Personally, he's frickin hilarious live; I hope they do it fairly often.) oknazevad (talk) 20:29, 18 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It certainly makes a nice change from him saying "balls" 26 times during the show ;) JonBroxton (talk) 20:47, 18 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Harmonica[edit]

Does anyone know when Geoff acquired the ability to sound a harmonica, was that part of his July 2010 upgrade? Paulbeeb (talk) 07:04, 28 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

May warrant a brief mention, but I'm not sure it's really needed. After all, it's just Josh Robert Thompson playing the harmonica through his microphone. oknazevad (talk) 16:16, 28 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Homes all over the world[edit]

A new section which collects together (consistent) back-story for Geoff? For instance the dialogue in the youtube video [12] is one of the few times that I have seen Craig totally lose it! Paulbeeb (talk) 07:04, 28 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

No, as Wikipedia is written from a real world perspective. While including a fictional character biography for a serialized character like Batman is okay, as it's a sort of overview plot summary, synthesizing one anew would violate policy. (I do agree that that is a hilarious clip, though.) oknazevad (talk) 16:16, 28 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Alternate voices[edit]

Nov 07, 2011 = Alfred Molina (Twitter) • Sbmeirow • Talk • 06:12, 8 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

References[edit]

Imahara interview NPR
Ferguson gets Imahara to build the robot Wired, Fox News, UPI, Monsters and Critics
"I think my favourite part of that is just the decision to give this mohawked skeleton robot a name as prosaically normal as Geoff Peterson." Maclean's
Ferguson interview Geoff Seattle Times
Geoff is brought to Paris NY Times, Entertainment Tonight
Geoff is completely unscripted Omaha
"Some nights he's [Ferguson's] ridiculous, verbally jousting with the robot he created and named, Geoff Peterson." Sun Sentinel
50 Most Wonderful Things in 2010 - "Ferguson continues to be wonderful at what he does, and this was a marvelous marriage of the sensibility of his show with the sensibility of Mythbusters — which, while we're at it, is also consistently a joy." NPR
Geoff Peterson made a guest appearance at the Mythbusters 2010 Comic-Con panel, with "typical, mechanical aplomb." Wired
"having watched four days of programs—three of which featured the voice of Tom Lennon as Khloe Banderas, Antonio Banderas’ brother who lives in the actor’s crawlspace and occasionally takes over the consciousness of Geoff Peterson, robot sidekick" AV Club

Thanks! Alex Douglas (talk) 01:52, 4 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Viewers hometown photos[edit]

What about a reference to this segment and Geoff's double entendre "I like it up there" when the locale is mentioned? I've never seen him not say it. 49.199.128.138 (talk) 22:16, 13 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]