Blurbs: John Rogers

John Rogers is my kind of writer. He got a degree in physics but gave up working in that field to become a stand-up comedian. From there, he moved into TV, where he became a producer of Cosby. (I grew up listening to Bill Cosby albums. He's the funniest man ever.) John also created the Jackie Chan Adventures cartoon and wrote the first draft of the Transformers movie. Today, he's the showrunner for Leverage, a fantastic Robin-Hood-crooks-heist-a-week show on TNT.

But John's an alpha geek at...