Big Bang Theory 12/15/08

[debtoine]

"I'm sorry it's a little dirty, he wiped his mouth with it."

"I now possess Leonard Nimoy's DNA? All I need is a healthy ovum and I can grow my own Leonard Nimoy."

"All I'm giving you is the napkin."

Hilarious stuff.

deb

[betts4]

This was hysterical!! I loved that they had a smart good looking guy...and that he had a bad side.

The final scene was the best couple of minutes of the whole season.

[IJustLikeTivo]

This was hysterical!! I loved that they had a smart good looking guy...and that he had a bad side.

The final scene was the best couple of minutes of the whole season.

I can't remember the last time I laughed that loud. Damn, that was funny!

[Graymalkin]

Really good episode tonight.

Perhaps Leslie Winkle could provide the ovum... :D

However, I think Kaley Cuoco broke character in that scene with Leonard in her apartment. But it was endearing.

[vikingguy]

That was so damn good especially the last few minutes. I was laughing so damn hard at the sheldon/penny hug. The gifts were just perfect and had me laughing. The Wii bowling bit was great Lenard is "team captain".

[WinBear]

This show just keeps racking up the laughs! I loved that all the gift baskets weren't enough and he had to resort to a hug.

[Robbie123]

I agree with most people here, the last scene with the gift giving was some of the best moments of the entire series. Great stuff. :D

[lambertman]

I loved that they had a smart good looking guy...


We exist.


...fine, I'm not smart.

[betts4]

We exist.


...fine, I'm not smart.

Whoops. I didn't mean that they don't exist....we in real life know that you do. Just that they had one on the show. :D

[Mars Rocket]

That was a great episode.

"What are you looking at - you've never seen a hypocrite before?"

[JYoung]

"I'm sorry it's a little dirty, he wiped his mouth with it."

"I now possess Leonard Nimoy's DNA? All I need is a healthy ovum and I can grow my own Leonard Nimoy."

"All I'm giving you is the napkin."

Hilarious stuff.

deb

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Best lines of the series!

[jebbbz]

However, I think Kaley Cuoco broke character in that scene with Leonard in her apartment. But it was endearing.

I thought she did that during the gift exchange, too. I got the impression she was really cracking up at the lines and deliveries of Galecki and Parsons as if they went beyond what had been rehearsed previously -- she didn't flib her lines out of surprise but she couldn't keep a straight face. (Or maybe it was real rum she was drinking on the sofa.)

[Todd]

The last scene was the funniest thing I've seen on TV all year! And touching too, I almost shed a tear... :D

[woolybugger]

The last few minutes was some of the funniest TV comedy I have seen in a long time!

I also learned that my hubby is not nearly as dorky as I am, he didn't think it was nearly as funny as I did! :D

[Rob Helmerichs]

Suck on that, Arrested Development. It's official--you're no longer the funniest sitcom in the history of the universe.

[TheDewAddict]

Suck on that, Arrested Development. It's official--you're no longer the funniest sitcom in the history of the universe.

Wow, I love me some BBT (and the last scene was comedy gold), but that's a bold statement right there.

[milo99]

this is now officially my favorite comedy on TV. Period. NO contest.

That was just comedy gold!

[Fish Man]

The final scene, with the napkin, the baskets, and the hug, will go down as one of the funniest scenes in television history. 50 years from now shows that compile all time classic scenes will be showing this clip.

Absolutely. Awesome. :up: :)

[TiVo'Brien]

I loved Sheldon's solution about gift value equality - just buy a bunch of differently priced gift baskets then excuse yourself with bowel troubles. :p I loved how he openly announced to Penny he would have to leave the room because he knew he was going to have problems.

[Robbie123]

The final scene, with the napkin, the baskets, and the hug, will go down as one of the funniest scenes in television history. 50 years from now shows that compile all time classic scenes will be showing this clip.

Absolutely. Awesome. :up: :)

The TV critic in USA Today said that last scene should be Jim Parsons Emmy submission this year. Jim Parsons better get an Emmy nomination this year or the Emmy voters have no idea what they are doing.

[Haps]

"you didn't give me a gift, you gave me an obligation"

When I first started watching this show I wasn't keen on Sheldon's character. But oh how I've grown to love it.

[milo99]

The TV critic in USA Today said that last scene should be Jim Parsons Emmy submission this year. Jim Parsons better get an Emmy nomination this year or the Emmy voters have no idea what they are doing.

while i agree that the actor nailed the scene, i give more credit to the writers for that one.

[Gunnyman]

This show constantly surprises me with how good it is.
Comedy genius.

[fmowry]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKZ8EJsv_68

Cool that CBS posts clips to youtube.

Frank

[pigonthewing]

This was hysterical!! I loved that they had a smart good looking guy...and that he had a bad side.

The final scene was the best couple of minutes of the whole season.

The final scene was the best couple of minutes of the whole series.

[Aniketos]

Suck on that, Arrested Development. It's official--you're no longer the funniest sitcom in the history of the universe.

This is an incorrect statement.

[Graymalkin]

"It's a Saturnalia miracle!"

One of TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Moments of the 21st Century (to be published Jan. 4, 2100). :D

[YCantAngieRead]

Hey! "The Raj" on twitter answered my query as to why there is only one L in canceled. Apparently, he can talk to women there. :D

[USAFSSO]

This is an incorrect statement.

Absolutely agree. BBT has a long way to go before it's at the same level as AD. Once they start offending multiple groups of people every week, then we can discuss it.

Great episode.

and My leg is still hurting if anyone is asking...

[JLucPicard]

So do you suppose that Nimoy will have to make a guest appearance on one of the future episodes?

That was GREAT TV! :D

[USAFSSO]

So do you suppose that Nimoy will have to make a guest appearance on one of the future episodes?

That was GREAT TV! :D

I would say so about May 09 when the new Star Trek movie comes out.

[Dssturbo1]

That was so damn good especially the last few minutes. I was laughing so damn hard at the sheldon/penny hug. The gifts were just perfect and had me laughing. The Wii bowling bit was great Lenard is "team captain".

Leonard is also the Lead Guitarist in their "Rock Band".

great episode, funny funny funny.

Suprised Penny would notice Leonard Nimoy even came in her restuarant.

[TiVo'Brien]

I wonder if the mention of Leonard Nimoy was deliberately tied in with the Star Trek store screen graphic near the end.

[Robbie123]

Just FYI, this show continues its amazing ratings roll hitting a new series high for the fifth time in six weeks for this episode. It got an amazing 11.22 million viewers.

[betts4]

I am not sure if this is correct but at the watercooler someone said next season it is House, Chuck and BBT all on at 8 on mondays.

[Graymalkin]

I am not sure if this is correct but at the watercooler someone said next season it is House, Chuck and BBT all on at 8 on mondays.

And Gossip Girls, too, I bet.

Thank God for multiple TiVos!

[sieglinde]

Good episode. I noticed the actress playing Penny did break character and the fact that the shot was not reshot just cracked me up. That is so rare.

[Steve_Martin]

Really good episode tonight.

Perhaps Leslie Winkle could provide the ovum... :D

However, I think Kaley Cuoco broke character in that scene with Leonard in her apartment. But it was endearing.

I thought so too.

I loved the Wii bowling scene with the talcum powder, and wrist brace. Somebody was even toweling off his Wiimote!

[TonyD79]

I wonder if the mention of Leonard Nimoy was deliberately tied in with the Star Trek store screen graphic near the end.

Nah, pure coincidence.

LOL!

[Tivohud]

Did I miss a BSG reference, or did they not utilize the opportunity?

[JLucPicard]

Did I miss a BSG reference, or did they not utilize the opportunity?
What opportunity? I'm obviously missing something here.

[Bettamojo5]

Great Episode! This show keeps getting better!

[Graymalkin]

What opportunity? I'm obviously missing something here.

David was played by Michael Trucco, who plays Anders on BSG.

Trucco was also a guest star on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit last week.

[Robbie123]

I am not sure if this is correct but at the watercooler someone said next season it is House, Chuck and BBT all on at 8 on mondays.

Yup, it will be a battle between House, BBT/HIMYM and Dancing With The Stars when it returns. Chuck and Gossip Girl are not much of a factor ratings wise. They receive lots of buzz, but very low ratings. BBT beat Chuck by almost 4 million viewers Monday night.

[JLucPicard]

David was played by Michael Trucco, who plays Anders on BSG.

Trucco was also a guest star on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit last week.
Thanks - you know, I knew I had seen him somewhere before, but I've been so BSG deprived it didn't even click with me. Do I need to turn in my BSG decoder ring????? :(:(:(

[busyba]

Jim Parsons better get an Emmy nomination this year or the Emmy voters have no idea what they are doing.

Well, I guess Jim Parsons isn't getting an Emmy nomination this year then. :)

[Robbie123]

Well, I guess Jim Parsons isn't getting an Emmy nomination this year then. :)

Yeah, something tells me he won't, because these Emmy people don't have a clue. I am sure they will nominate Tony Shaloub from Monk for the 80th time.

[ReenieS]

while i agree that the actor nailed the scene, i give more credit to the writers for that one.

Naw...I give credit to Jim Parson's pee pee dance when he was dancing from one foot to the other like he was going to lose it.

When Penny said for him to excuse the bit where Nimoy wiped his mouth, my husband and I both looked at each other and screamed, "DNA!!" about 2 seconds before Sheldon delivered his line.

Just priceless, a Saturnalia miracle!

[modnar]

However, I think Kaley Cuoco broke character in that scene with Leonard in her apartment. But it was endearing.
I don't want to see them break character usually, but one of the things I'm liking more and more about this show is that the actors really do seem to be enjoying themselves.

Last season, I was room temperature on liking this show. This season, it's seemed to get really good.

[hapdrastic]

Well, I guess Jim Parsons isn't getting an Emmy nomination this year then. :)

That's fault logic... "P -> Q" (read: if P, then Q) does not mean that "Q -> P". That is, the Emmy committee being dumb does not (necessarily) mean that he won't get an Emmy, even though I do agree with the fact that if he doesn't, then they are.

Although actually the original statement was "P or Q", which does not mean that if Q (which I think we all agree is true) then !P (not P). Or is not exclusive unless otherwise stated. So they can not know what they're doing and he can still get the Emmy.

I only feel comfortable with making logic observations because this is a BBT thread :)

I'll go back to my geek-cave now....

[YCantAngieRead]

I guess I have to disagree-I never say Caylee (or whatever her name is, I'm too lazy to actually look it up. :o) break character, at least not in a major way. And I know a thing or two about it...my college degree was in theatre directing.

[jebbbz]

Maybe I don't know what breaking character really means but I think Kaley was really cracking up at some of the lines and deliveries. I am guessing that Jim Parsons added something special to his delivery, rather beyond what was rehearsed, during his napkin routine because Kaley's reactions and laughter seemed utterly sincere, not acted. Not to come across as a fanatic but I kept this show and have looked at the Penny/Leonard sofa scene and the Penny/Leonard/Sheldon gift exchange and if Kaley is only acting she deserves a special Emmy (in addition to a regular one for her other acting).

Watch the hug shot. Penny/Kaley looks genuinely befuddled by Sheldon's awkward approach and fumbling embrace. Then she cracks up for a moment and then clamps her lips shut. Then, the camera cuts away for a moment and comes back with a tighter shot of the two and their embrace is different (hands are positioned a little differently). Only then does Penny/Kaley look over ayt Leonard and deliver the line "Leonard, look -- Sheldon is hugging me!" I think she just lost it and they had to re-shoot that line.

Hey, it happened often enough with Carol Burnette, Harvey Korman, and Tim Conway.

[Rob Helmerichs]

Maybe I don't know what breaking character really means but I think Kaley was really cracking up at some of the lines and deliveries. I am guessing that Jim Parsons added something special to his delivery, rather beyond what was rehearsed, during his napkin routine because Kaley's reactions and laughter seemed utterly sincere, not acted. Not to come across as a fanatic but I kept this show and have looked at the Penny/Leonard sofa scene and the Penny/Leonard/Sheldon gift exchange and if Kaley is only acting she deserves a special Emmy (in addition to a regular one for her other acting).
I felt the same way with the Knock Knock "Penny" scene a couple eps back where she opened the door on the second Knock Knock. I suspect she was supposed to wait for the third knock, that the whispered third "Penny" was ad-libbed, and that her stifled laugh was a genuine reaction to the ad-lib and not scripted.

[YCantAngieRead]

Maybe I'm not seeing it because I don't have HD. :D

[DeathRider]

Hopefully they will have a long extended blooper reel in the Season 2 DVD...

[rondotcom]

Yup, it will be a battle between House, BBT/HIMYM and Dancing With The Stars when it returns. Chuck and Gossip Girl are not much of a factor ratings wise. They receive lots of buzz, but very low ratings. BBT beat Chuck by almost 4 million viewers Monday night.

7 million viewers of any NBC show is a ratings juggernaut!

[DUDE_NJX]

Who's L. Nimoy?

[JLucPicard]

Who's L. Nimoy?
No offense if you're not, but I really hope you're kidding??? :eek:

[DUDE_NJX]

Honestly. Well, Google definitely helped.

Seriously, am I the only person here who had never watched a single ep of Star Trek (and/or BSG, etc.)?

[bigpuma]

Honestly. Well, Google definitely helped.

Seriously, am I the only person here who had never watched a single ep of Star Trek (and/or BSG, etc.)?

I am guessing you are part of a very small group of people who both watch BBT and have never seen a single episode of Star Trek.

[Trent Bates]

Who's L. Nimoy?

Get a rope! We'll string him up right here!

[DUDE_NJX]

I am guessing you are part of a very small group of people who both watch BBT and have never seen a single episode of Star Trek.

and are physicists...

[busyba]

I would think that even a person who hasn't seen any Star Trek would know who Lenaord Nimoy is, simply by virtue of ST being so much a part of pop culture.

Do you know who William Shatner is?

[DUDE_NJX]

Sure! He's the Priceline guy! :D

[DancnDude]

Denny Crane!

[YCantAngieRead]

I've not seen a single episode of Star Trek, and I knew who he was. But maybe Dude is younger than I am.

[DUDE_NJX]

I've not seen a single episode of Star Trek, and I knew who he was. But maybe Dude is younger than I am.

I knew who he was when I saw his picture, obviously.
Maybe the fact that I spent my first couple of decades living in other countries shielded me from this pop fact.

[busyba]

I can see not having seen Star Trek, but surely you must have seen "In Search Of..."!

:D :D :D

[DUDE_NJX]

I can see not having seen Star Trek, but surely you must have seen "In Search Of..."!

:D :D :D

:o

[Alfer]

I can see not having seen Star Trek, but surely you must have seen "In Search Of..."!

:D :D :D

:up:
Loved that show!! Especially when they went looking for Lochness or Bigfoot!

[YCantAngieRead]

I knew who he was when I saw his picture, obviously.
Maybe the fact that I spent my first couple of decades living in other countries shielded me from this pop fact.

That could easily be it, yeah.

[YCantAngieRead]

Oh man. I'd forgotten about "In Search Of". I LOOOOVED that show!

[ehusen]

:up:
Loved that show!! Especially when they went looking for Lochness or Bigfoot!

Hey, what about "Mission Impossible"? Not that thing with Tom Cruise...

L. Nimoy is also an author, photographer, and has the last pair of ears he wore on the series.

[pigonthewing]

Hey, what about "Mission Impossible"? Not that thing with Tom Cruise...

So the video game for the original NES? That was awesome. ;)

Actually, I kind of want to go play it right now.

[fmowry]

Honestly. Well, Google definitely helped.

Seriously, am I the only person here who had never watched a single ep of Star Trek (and/or BSG, etc.)?

I might have caught 2 or 3 of Star Trek growing up. No interest in the other, more current sci-fi stuff really. Except "V" when that series first came out and the first season of 4400.

Frank

[pdhenry]

Honestly. Well, Google definitely helped.

Seriously, am I the only person here who had never watched a single ep of Star Trek (and/or BSG, etc.)?Fascinating.

[Rob Helmerichs]

Fascinating.
Highly illogical.

[Steve_Martin]

I can see not having seen Star Trek, but surely you must have seen "In Search Of..."!

:D :D :D

Or maybe read the book on parenting...









:D

[jgerry]

I don't think I've ever watched an entire old Star Trek eipsode from beginning to end, but I do know what a tribble is. :) I also seem to remember Kirk gettin' busy with hot lady aliens.

[busyba]

I don't think I've ever watched an entire old Star Trek eipsode from beginning to end, but I do know what a tribble is. :) I also seem to remember Kirk gettin' busy with hot lady aliens.

he got a fine tan shirt with an emblem on the chest
the interstellar girls all like him the best
captain of the crew and he knows kung fu
and he did joan collins in 1932
really just an actor, and a genius to boot
he never gets to fire when the enemy shoots
so he ends each show looking neat and clean
after staring down the mouth of a doomsday machine
i really like the one where he reads the constitution
after ending all the fighting in a future revolution

WILLIAM SHATNER !!

[modnar]

Honestly. Well, Google definitely helped.

Seriously, am I the only person here who had never watched a single ep of Star Trek (and/or BSG, etc.)?
I'm with you. I've never sat down and watched an entire episode of any Star Trek show.

Still, I knew who L. Nimoy is.

[Robbie123]

I'm with you. I've never sat down and watched an entire episode of any Star Trek show.

Still, I knew who L. Nimoy is.

No disrespect to anyone, but you would have to be from another planet not to know who Leonard Nimoy is. Even if a person never watched Star Trek or was too young, you think everyone would know from the many repeats of Star Trek around.

[sieglinde]

That means that there are a number of jokes that pass you by on the Big Bang Theory if you haven't watched Star Trek.

[jebbbz]

No disrespect to anyone, but you would have to be from another planet not to know who Leonard Nimoy is. Even if a person never watched Star Trek or was too young, you think everyone would know from the many repeats of Star Trek around.

Even that would depend on what other planet you are talking about...

[DUDE_NJX]

That means that there are a number of jokes that pass you by on the Big Bang Theory if you haven't watched Star Trek.

LOL. I'm not THAT clueless. I'm familiar enough with the show to get the references. I just don't care enough to memorize some actors' names.

Even with this show, I just go by their character names.

[sieglinde]

Good point. I can never tell you who starred in a movie or a TV show even when that person wins an Oscar or an Emmy.

[mattack]

This show just keeps racking up the laughs! I loved that all the gift baskets weren't enough and he had to resort to a hug.

That was so predictable. I watched it (for the first time) at a weekly gathering (ostensibly "Trek night" since that's what it originally was for), and said "it's not enough" out loud right before he said that.

[mattack]

Hey! "The Raj" on twitter answered my query as to why there is only one L in canceled. Apparently, he can talk to women there. :D

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/canceled

(Apple spells it with one 'l' too. I think it looks much better with two 'l's.)

[mattack]

So the video game for the original NES? That was awesome. ;)

BUZZ. I think you're referring to Impossible Mission.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impossible_Mission

[NJChris]

That was so predictable. I watched it (for the first time) at a weekly gathering (ostensibly "Trek night" since that's what it originally was for), and said "it's not enough" out loud right before he said that.
I Love Lucy was also predictable, yet it was still very funny. It's in the delivery.

[pdhenry]

It wasn't cliche back when Lucy did it. It was fresh and new.

[NJChris]

It wasn't cliche back when Lucy did it. It was fresh and new. We were talking predictable, tho, not cliche.

I was just defending that predictable can still be funny. This isn't some mystery show, it's a sitcom.

[hanumang]

Go figure - the napkin really was signed by Leonard Nimoy, and it's being auctioned off for charity (http://trekmovie.com/2009/01/23/big-bang-theory-nimoy-napkin-auctioned-off-this-weekend/).

[Graymalkin]

Go figure - the napkin really was signed by Leonard Nimoy, and it's being auctioned off for charity (http://trekmovie.com/2009/01/23/big-bang-theory-nimoy-napkin-auctioned-off-this-weekend/).

Paging JustAllie....

[barbeedoll]

Go figure - the napkin really was signed by Leonard Nimoy, and it's being auctioned off for charity (http://trekmovie.com/2009/01/23/big-bang-theory-nimoy-napkin-auctioned-off-this-weekend/).

..but I hear it was signed after the fact. Leonard Nimoy agreed to sign it if they auctioned it off for HIS favorite charity.

Barbeedoll

[IJustLikeTivo]

But, Is there actual DNA?

[barbeedoll]

You make me giggle.

Barbeedoll