If you had to name your first-born after an element in the periodic table, which would you choose and why?

Nicole: Neodymium. If my child becomes a break-dancer, this will be the perfect name.

Corbett: Nickel, so he/she would never over-estimate their self-worth.

Liisa: Rutherfordium. Because I think Rutherfordium Ingimundson sounds Icelandic Canadian.

Daniel: Ununbium (Uub), because I want my child to be popular.

Melanie: Indium, because I like the sound of it: Indium Case. Also, he or she would have a good nickname. "Indi, whassup?"

Nick: If it’s a boy Einsteinium, and if it’s a girl Xenon, the Warrior Princess, because with names like those everyone is sure to think he or she is really smart or super strong.

If you could have invented something that exists in the world today--what would it be and why?

Nicole: A "freak-be-gone" force field. It would be a ball of energy the would protect me by deflecting the cracked out-freakazoid street peeps that want to be my new best friend. Zap! Freak be gone!

Daniel: Binder clips. Cause I’d be RICH!

Corbett: Charmin...the quilting is just so immaculate and impressive.

Nick: The Showtime Rotisserie & BBQ thing is a wizard of an idea. Ron “Ronco” Popeil, you are a fucking genius, “Set and Forget it.” How have you sustained yourself for so long? God the genius.

What's the most recent scientific experiment you conducted in your own life?

Melanie: The Experiment: I tried to see what would happen after I drank 2 margaritas, 5 beers and was set loose in a roomful of sketch comics. The Result: Andrew Bancroft picked me up and played me like a singing guitar.

Nick: I recently bet my brother a quarter if he could drink the olive juice from the can of olives I had opened. He did, but I didn’t have the quarter on me at the time. I suppose that wasn’t a “scientific” experiment but it was enjoyable to watch him wretch in pain afterwards.

Corbett: Mixing tequila with everything.

Charles Darwin: Visionary Scientist or Batshit Egomaniac?

Liisa: Is that the kid with the really round face in the Peanuts cartoon? Cause if it is, Batshit Egomaniac.

Nicole: He had an awesome beard, which equals awesome man.

Daniel: Who cares, because he is going to hell, after all.

Finally, how is good sketch comedy scientific?

Nick: Science is all about variables and controlled substances. In order to create good comedy you have to use a lot of controlled substances to really reach that peak where funny shit happens.

Melanie: It has structure. For example: Setup setup joke. Setup setup joke. Setup setup quiet fart. (Note: the third one was funny because it was different. But also funny because it referred to gas.)

Liisa: Because really nerdy people do it.

Daniel: After a short period of time, it evaporates.

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