carricuture. >> and carleton is the first black nerd. >> i always love carlton, just the way he was true to himself. >> go carlton! >> a lot of these outside characters, geeks are becoming more and more part of the national conversation. ♪ >> geeks is a push back against the cookie cutter characters, typical teens sitcom of that era. >> i am sick of being called a geek. what's so geeky about us anyway?