Josh and Chuck of 'Stuff You Should Know' challenge Stephen Colbert to a Kiva Smackdown

[AsciiKid]

Chuck looks exactly like I pictured him, but I thought Josh would have more of a

Napoleon Dynamite look to him.

[dillinger9999]

stupid!

[SmoothCow7]

God i love these guys and their awsome podcast

[charizarddragons]

now that I know that who is who, the magic is ruined. DAMMIT!

[pizzahandsjohanson]

Josh sounds like Mike Birbiglia with more of an accent.

[therealgergory]

does chuck have a prosthetic leg? look at his right leg when he's playing squash in that new video on bodyfarms on I tunes!

[ShadowSparty]

@therealgergory No I think its a brace.

[Nearsification]

You should challenge the vlogbrothers. They are much more a competition.

[myxgiftxisxmyxsong]

@Nearsification ABSOLUTELY. They'd be hard-pressed to beat the Vlogbrothers, though, what with Project for Awesome and everything. ;)

[johnnypicosso]

The gauntlet has been cast!

[macroorchidism]

WOW! In my mind I had these guys backwards! Thumb up if you did too

[anneimosity1]

omg why did i try to find out what they look like!?!!! ahhh

[naurek]

Josh is still John Krasinski in my mind.

[hock3yguy]

MAN I LOVE tHESE GUYs i listen to them every week

[xcatglitter]

...Why was I picturing Chuck as more of a ginger type? Josh has an awesome voice, though--so jealous.

[ShadowSparty]

i pictured them the opposite Josh is Chuck and Chuck is Josh

[eviltwinize]

I totally thought Josh would be black and wear glasses. Mind blown.

[haimie1]

i love, LOVE josh's accent. it s so mellow and calm and i just love it. wish i could seem them record live. . . . .

[bradconx]

i wanna hang out with those two.. and quietly listen to their conversations. not in a creepy way though....

[WAKeele]

The people that dislike this must be on Colbert's team.

The ratio is on par.

[lindsayyy27]

The SYSK team's actually passed the half-million mark at this point =))

[ncjaco]

jay and silent bob hehe

[AdamMonsen]

So, who won?

[takovarra]

Josh looked absolutely different in my imagination

wow.

but I love his voice!!

[1991stacy]

Josh looks like an older Michael Cera.

[creigaunnalara]

They(we)'ve now raised $250,000 according to the last podcast. Take that Kolbert, whoever you are.

[cynlvraz]

So, which team won the challenge?

Watch out HowStuffWorks Team! The Friends of Bob are coming.

[zephyremogirl]

i love you guys! much love from blighty - a fan across the pond xx

[StrOcc]

Kiva is a great organization... but i'm pretty sure that competition is not really the idea behind it. I kinda feel like people ought to give regardless of what other people are giving. If you want to give, then give. Why should Colbert give just because these guys challenge him.

[alzahir]

Chuck and Josh OWNED Colbert!

[ryanh42]

So weird putting voices with faces...

[PumpkinEskobarr]

@ryanh42 YEAH! I've always envision Josh to have a full beard, a little chunky with curly brown hair and wears glasses. And Chuck to be clean shaven, short hair, slim and no cap! matter of fact, josh looks more like a chuck!

[Haftinator]

my two great loves: colbert report and SYSK. what do i choose?!?!

[therealgergory]

These two are so gen X!!!!

[fx4d]

No no, this is clearly Jay and Silent Bob, not Chuck and Josh.

[hoagsy69]

AGH!! so weird seeing their faces!!! :0

[AmokBR]

Man, I pictured Chuck as a very thin clean-clean shaven guy. Josh isn't that far from what I pictured, he's voice is great btw.

[PulinPegu]

But looks should matter less...I still like their job.

[GoofyJonesey]

Thanks for making my morning runs fun!

[nick45644564]

I always imagined chuck as some really tall guy wearing shorts and sandals and deffinetly glasses, this is just so weird o_o

[Wammoblammo]

I imagined each one looking exactly like the other. The fact that Josh doesn't resemble Comic Book Guy blows my mind.

[oldskoolsample]

Are these guys trying to mess with my head by switching their names around? Stuff You Should Know is still the nuts though!

[Jonathannovak1]

God, I love them so much! Greatest podcast ever!

[TheAlmightyAss]

One of two podcasts i listen two. Every friday and and thursday morning i hop into the shower and listen to them educate and humour me. And they looked how i imagined them, i always pictured chuck as a squat man with a full on cool beard and a baseball cap while i pictured josh as taller and slightly less portly and clean shaven. Dont know why though.

[PulinPegu]

@TheAlmightyAss

Same here.

[reconsiderlilith]

I imagined their looks would be opposite. Weird.

Love them.

[hahaha140]

@reconsiderlilith me too!

[Dave2713]

@reconsiderlilith that was the first thing I thought when I heard this video, Im a huge fan of the podcast and Ive seen their picture but I have never SEEN them speak. Im just glad i am not the only one who thought that. PS: CHUCK AND JOSH ARE AWESOME AND ARE THE SOLE REASON I HAVNT DIED OF BOREDOM AT MY JOB!!!! KEEP MAKIN GREAT PODCASTS!!!

[Orion9191]

OH yeah!

[vinnyc1000]

josh has booze in that cup, i know it. lol

[laudrup90]

holy shit.seeing their faces has just distorted my view about them,i cant explain why lol

[Origamimaster321]

wait that is chuck !?!?

[arohalove]

Wow. Josh is a lot more attractive than I thought he would be! Seeing them is so...surreal.

[laudrup90]

@arohalove .lol agreed.

[rosegirlz88]

Nice Jay and Silent Bob routine

[zaixhadouken]

silent bob!

<3 SYSK!

[NotADeadCat]

i love your podcast guys :D

[MrSawyer88]

is josh gay?

[latenightlunging]

@MrSawyer88

in one of the shows he mentions his half japanese girlfriend yumi

[opmike343]

Haha, these guys look NOTHING how I pictured them in my head.

[MrAlekz]

@opmike343 yea its so weird

[sandwraith13]

@opmike343 exactly what i thought!!!

[tardz13]

@opmike343 same here

[markxxx21]

Josh is fat in a weird way. It's like all his fat is in his stomach. He's actually a nice looking man if you could get the pounds off.

[pharaoh23]

@markxxx21

nice! how shallow of you!

[Cannibalzz]

It's strange Josh dresses nicer than Chuck seeing how Chuck is a lot more serious

[ihatemyKDR]

Josh looks how I expected but not chuck

[vgbjason]

@ihatemyKDR Weird. . .Chuck looks how i expected but not Josh :/

[PABPrankCalls]

you guys are the polite, less crass jay & silent bob. thanks for the podcasts

[RockLeeFan1064]

I actually wasn't surprised by their looks before. But then I figured out I switched them up! HA Now I just feel stupid

[jjcooljj]

Wow, not what I imagined you two to be, haha. It is weird to see you guys, while talking... seeing your faces.. I always had to imagine what you guys look like xD

This was a rather redundant post, sorry bout that haha

[nocturnezero]

If they didn't have such a huge podcast, this would've been arrogant, but since they're so incredibly popular, it was just badass.

[Pigypenguin]

Wow this shattered my view of you guys haha not in a bad way though :P

[AceEstwick]

i thought the one on the left would be josh...

[ALLEXXX321]

wow josh and chuck can display acute chicanery

[redice1024]

To bad they're not atheists

[nocturnezero]

@redice1024 We don't really know. Chuck has suggested he may be a deist.

[redice1024]

@nocturnezero I don't think so, but maybe explain the difference between an agnostic and a deist

[chrishavel]

@redice1024 An agnostic hasn't stated God is real. but feels it is possible and is simply awaiting proof. A deist believes there is a God, but that after creating the universe AND all its rules, withdrew from direct involvement in it and is simply a detached, unfathomable presence. Deism was popular in the 19th century because it accommodated both belief in the divine and expanded scientific understanding of the universe's rules. Many of the founding father's were deists (so was Lincoln).

[redice1024]

@chrishavel Wouldn't an atheist be someone who doesn't believe in a god or gods but if shown proof wouldn't be so stubborn as to deny it?

[chrishavel]

@redice1024 Oversimplifying, an agnostic accepts now that proof of God is possible in the future. An atheist has, for whatever reason, already made a decision. Guessing whether an atheist could be persuaded by some unknown proof in the future isn't part of the definition. It helps that such proof is rarely incontrovertible ... there is no such thing as "sure" proof of God's existence or nonexistence. That's why they call it "faith."

[mybelle18]

It IS weird seeing what they look like..they have great voices and they're better looking than I imagined.

[ChristianEvolution]

Josh looks like my bible teacher

[ChristianEvolution]

Josh looks better with his goatie and chuck always has a beard

[ballocoke]

josh is chubbier than i expected. Chuck looks exactly how i imagined.

[RuckusAmsel]

Josh looks EXACTLY the way I pictured him, mannerism and all. Freaky.

Why is Chuck being Silent Bob?

[druley09]

At a young age these two untoward gentlemen began to show signs of acute chicanery!

[Flames649]

no way. josh might look like that but i did NOT expect chuck to have that big black beard

[CGallProductions]

This is magical...

[gwarordeath]

dude chuck looks like silent bob!!!

[signevent]

It freaks me out. Chuck looks like silent bob.

[samsung16k]

cool

[DarksiDeMobster]

i agree they are awesome , but seeing them for the first time is kinda wierd , but am i the only one who thinks its not just awesome that they are chuck and josh, but in person their like J and silent bob, only groomed and grown up

[mjttb1]

Wow. They look so different than I imagined. lol

[mustang240]

Wow , No way.... Why is chuck acting like silent Bob? I want him to talk so I know it's real.

[Koyavi]

lol, I used to think Josh and Chuck were in there twenties. So weird seeing them in person.

[mrluxuryyacht]

I'd like to forward the idea that Josh is the most underrated funny guy on the planet and that chuck is THE affable straightman.

[Watcher3119]

Wow, they look *nothing* like I thought they would!!!! Lol, how weird to know what they look like after listening to them for so long!!

[mhussain1991]

They're the best!

[FirestarLeader1]

I've listened to about 120 of their podcasts and now looking at their faces and at them, i'll never listen the same again.

[racecarjp]

Wowowo.. who knew that Chuck was so hot!!!!

[ubergossen]

Weird to actually see Josh talking.

[luca5755]

hahaha this is kraisi

[baconhaven]

I hope they relized that there is an unussed green screen behind them.

[parkinggiraffe]

i LOVE chuck and josh!

[XBCShadow]

its not a boom mic, its a shotgun mic on a boom pole.

common misconception though.

[fuzzysok]

insanecain and skinnybennie. I remember Chuck calling Tom Shive (sp),one of the other howstuffworks writers i think, Josh's boyfriend, but it sounded sarcastic. Josh called him his bff a few other times, but again, I don't think he meant like THAT.

[harryrowntree]

I'd like to know what Stuff is Josh drinking?

[xaminaxabscissionx]

@harryrowntree

LOL i guess he must be always be drinking to have a voice like that ;)

(ie. its like always so sluuuuuuuuuuuuuryyyy) ;)

[lockealike84]

Chuck is SO Silent Bob.

[andrewb58]

I've always felt like the voices should be switched up... like, Josh's voice reminds me of what Chuck looks like, and Chuck's voice reminds me of what Josh looks like LOL!

[chaotiklord]

@andrewb58 That's exactly how I feel!

[Lysslie]

@andrewb58

I've always thought the same thing, too!

[levij4]

@andrewb58 I'm glad I'm not the only one. I was shocked as I watched this video.

[DragonX322]

Well I imagined how Chuck looked pretty close, although I didn't expect the Brad Pitt beard

As for Josh, in my mind his voice doesn't fit his body. He looks like my boss :O

[Hasotweb]

AHHH!! Josh and Chuckers are so danged awesome.

[CreeHabibi]

GO KIVA!!!!!!!!!!! =)

[annanna43]

In response to some being surprised about Josh and Chuck, they look awesome and fun as ever.

[IKSIRB68]

Josh and Chuck are better than Zoloft. Keep up the great work, etc.etc.

[ijustbluemyself]

for my vote, i think you guys are cuter that i imagined.

i hope i don't have to chose between being part of the colbert nation and a listener of stuff you should know.. that would be tough.

[Bdog1480]

So whats the update on this? Did Colbert respond? What are you both up to now?

[Benivey2]

But is it art?

[xxvenusdoom]

what the fuuuuuuuuuuck this isnt them oh man this is not what i pictured them to be. i thought theyd be cooler lookin. but owell i guess. now its gunna be weird listening to their podcasts, but theyre still josh and chuck. btw if this is really them chuck looks alot like silent bob and him not talking really enforces that

[WAKeele]

What are you people expecting, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck? Think about the topics HowStuffWorks covers. These are all dorky/geeky people, and I would imagine, most of the people that listen are to a degree.

I had a little different image of both of them myself when I first saw photos of them, but all it did was give me an actual image for my mind now. These guys are cooler than most people on this planet in my book...

Keep up the great work guys, and you've inspired me to join the cause!

[xaminaxabscissionx]

@WAKeele

totally agree :)

their dorky and geeky but in a way thats smart, cool and freaking adorable.

[furnutx]

gaahhh i will never be able to enjoy their podcasts the way i used to ever again

it's so weird finally seeing their faces

[mLemon27]

@furnutx  Haha, just thinking the same thing

[CooCurrent]

@furnutx haha, yeah xD

[daniloorbolato]

@furnutx

exactly!!!

horrible ...

[blackeyedmees]

Guys you two look the exact opposite of how I expected you to like you've swapped the voices with the bodies I had imagined!

But yay the challenge :)

[TheAlmightyAss]

lol ye haha that kinda does fit

[hclane]

How can we be sure that is really Chuck?

[stijnweegberg1983]

i ask myself one thing? WHERE is the flatcap? common guys :)

[thenapster22]

so that's what they look like....

hahaha

[danielbushman]

To tell people how to get to your Kiva team you can tell tell them to google "kiva stuff you should know".  The team is the first link. For me this is the easiest way to remember even though I've already been there before. Just a thought.

[Toffealand]

Great idea! And I love that Chuckers is basically Silent Bob :-D

[hubcap128]

i hope they kno that if colbert does use this they wont pass up the oportunity to take advanage of the blank greenscreen

[haipod123]

Awesome . It's cool seeing Josh and Chuck in a YouTube video , I'm really into your podcast ...

[geckofish52]

that was fantastic

[i2eality13]

haha awesome

[madplace1]

josh is hot!!!

[insanecaine]

Hes also gay. They seem to be very nice friends and they work well together. It's good to see people who are relaxed and comfortable with each other enough to work so well together. I think they should be on radio.

[madplace1]

that works, because I am equally as gay.

[Nooreazy]

Wrong :  they both mention they have girlfriends :\ in a podcast.

[insanecaine]

Josh has mentioned that he has a girlfriend as well as mentioning that he has a boyfriend. So apparently he's bisexual - which is cool.

[SKINNYBENNIE]

@insanecaine I must have missed when he said he had a boyfriend. When was this?

[aaandieee]

AHHH! It's so weird to put faces to your voices!

I love you guys!

[JimAndAJayne]

Love these guys. They are championing a great cause in a humorous way. What's not to love?

[Bondo455]

Nice! The signs are well executed and I think the coffee cup is a nice touch. It kind of says, "I can call you out while going about my business like a normal day. Boom"

[radfordjoe]

go Chuckers and Compass-Head!

[texecution]

I don't know who to vote for! Choosing between Josh & Chuckers and Colbert is like choosing my favorite child. I guess I'll have to pledge to both...

(ps- I don't actually have any children)

[kimberlywq1991]

If Stephen had mentioned this 4 whole weeks ago when you started this little project, Colbert Nation would've had WAY more than you.

Anyway, having been a Kiva lender for a lot longer than 4 weeks (yes, it does ring a bell) I just made my loan c/o Colbert Nation.

You fools are just trying to get Stephen to mention you on his big famous television show because you're trying to ride his coattails and get the Colbert Bump for your pathetic little pod-whatever show.

[LasPlagas54]

That little pod-whatever show happens to be owned by Discovery.

[househaila]

no im pretty sure that they aren't

[kimberlywq1991]

so?

[kimberlywq1991]

Comedy Central is owned by Viacom. What's the point?

[peacebruva]

hey kimberly, wheres the love? it's a bit of fun and for a good cause

[kimberlywq1991]

I've got love bruva ❤ and I've already made 2 loans. I'm just saying they could have gone about this in a better and more reasonable way.

[TheMasIncorporated]

Kim...your bashing a fundraiser...the point is not to who wins, but to make giving loans to them fun.

[kimberlywq1991]

I'm not "bashing a fundraiser." If these guys wanted to make a legitimate challenge to the Colbert Nation, they could have and should have done it in an appropriate way. But in any case, I've already had "fun" by making 2 Kiva loans on behalf of the Colbert Nation.

How many loans have you made?

[RetroRose]

Wow, it's kinda neat to see you guys real time. Blew my mind a bit. You were just voices, and now *gasp* you're REAL! lol

I joined kiva a month ago, and I'll keep supporting them too. Thanks for the plug to their site.

[krausshaus]

Go team SYSK!!!!!!!!

BTW - Josh & Chuckers, first time I've seen you guys. Josh, are you always moving?

[Wykey]

I think I'd be more comfortable with a fist fight.

Not that I'm not confident, obviously.

I've no idea who Steven Colbert is, but I spit in his general direction.

[fleetfooted]

Why's Chuck attempting to be Silent Bob?

[Wii0159]

Wow... You guy are daring

P.S. Tech Stuff RULES!

[jcannaday3]

cutest guys on the radio!

[JCsenshi]

i love your podcast, nice job!

[joejumps4fun]

Finally get to see what you look like WHILE talking (at least one of you)... now can you make a "behind the scenes" video of you guys making a podcast?

[pooczz]

Actually, they do a live video podcast every Wednesday at 1:00 ET :)

[ezplosion]

it's weird... I totally imagined these two differently through their voices.

[jonnymoon]

i somehow imagined them to be a little less......normal hahahaa

[xaqary]

BAM! What you got now Steve? Chuck and Josh just laid down the gauntlet! 

1 year supply of Milk Steak to the winners!

[househaila]

GO JOSHERS AND CHUCKERS!!!!

[passivepower]

Go chuck yourself!

[Dugboy3]

6th

[doomsday800]

lol so thats what they look like in real life