acad1228: Maybe we'll finally learn Penny's last name.

Flame.

I love Big Bang Theory, but I'm not sure this is a good idea.  Half the fun of their relationship is the awkwardness they have as a couple...and the tension that they're not altogether together (at least in Penny's mind).  Howard's marriage to Bernadette kinda killed how weird he is around women (though Melissa Rauch does a good job being like Howard's Mom)

IlGreven: //Better rack, too.
///It's scientifically proven.

Better rack or better push-up bra?

IlGreven: Oh, c'mon. More than 100 comments in and no pics of the real BBT hottie?

/And by that I mean Melissa Rauch.
//Better rack, too.
///It's scientifically proven.

Blues_X: dahmers love zombie: Blues_X: {laughtrack}

Actually, filmed before a live audience.  There has occasionally been a laugh when it wasn't intended.

From wiki:
"alongside multi-camera hits such as , , and , which employ live audiences with sweetening performed during post-production. "

I'm not sure how much "sweetening" is involved.

I don't know, pick any live album YOU'VE EVER farkING BOUGHT for a crash course in 'sweetening'.

Jeesh you guys are pricks sometimes.

jst3p: Wait, you can buy music now? Interesting.

SlagginOff: Satan's Bunny Slippers: SlagginOff: Is marrying two of the main characters finally going to make the show funny? Because I've been waiting for that.

You may want to change the batteries in your remote so that you can take advantage of watching other channels.


Seems to be on several channels in syndication after shows that I actually like and sometimes fall asleep to, so I can't help but wake up to a laughtrack (or seemingly retarded audience) after a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad joke. Changing my batteries won't change the fact that I have a tendency to fall asleep on the couch.

I don't like waking up to Cougartown or such crap when I fall asleep on the couch either, but it's not really a problem. I change the channel.

Thus, I recommend you keep your remote closer so that you can reach it without disturbing your position on the couch.

GRCooper: SlagginOff: Satan's Bunny Slippers: SlagginOff: Is marrying two of the main characters finally going to make the show funny? Because I've been waiting for that.

You may want to change the batteries in your remote so that you can take advantage of watching other channels.


Seems to be on several channels in syndication after shows that I actually like and sometimes fall asleep to, so I can't help but wake up to a laughtrack (or seemingly retarded audience) after a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad joke. Changing my batteries won't change the fact that I have a tendency to fall asleep on the couch.

You're right. You're screwed.

Suicide seems the only logical solution.

/especially since, around here anyway, syndicated BBT follows 2 1/2 Men


Heh, much bettter than my response. :)

I like that on tuesday nights (using several channels) I get BBT just before the 5pm local news, then right after local news, then at 7pm I get 4 back to back to take me to bedtime. Any other night I just get the before and after news.

And yes, I watch all of them. Worst part is if I do fall asleep, I wake up to Cougartown (my IQ dropped just typing that) sometime after 9, if I can stay awake I can watch BBT again at 9:30.

I liked that one episode where they did all that real nerdy stuff and it got them in trouble but then at the end everything was OK.

show me: I liked that one episode where they did all that real nerdy stuff and it got them in trouble but then at the end everything was OK.

that episode was great, but they got the one thing wrong about that show that has the guy from the thing in it.  and a real nerd would never act the way the one dude was acting in the second act.

ManateeGag: show me: I liked that one episode where they did all that real nerdy stuff and it got them in trouble but then at the end everything was OK.

that episode was great, but they got the one thing wrong about that show that has the guy from the thing in it.  and a real nerd would never act the way the one dude was acting in the second act.

Totally!!!!1111ELEVENTY

soporific: Same thing with BBT Once the show got away from just being about Leonard and Penny, but focused on all four guys and the three girls, it got a lot more interesting. This allows real relationship growth and you don't lost the dynamic of the show just because you pair up two of the leads. When you do it right, you can still get a lot of comedy out of it. I've loved watching both of them adjust to being in a relationship with each other, and having them together doesn't lesson any of their conflicts or comedy potential.

Honestly, it makes sense for them to get married, if that's the plan. If done right, the progression to marriage and their life as a married couple will be just as funny. Howard's schlep down the aisle was pretty awesome, so the show knows how to portray a relationship in a way that's funny, not grating. (Unless you hate Howard and/or Bernadette.)

I just hope they don't start having them make babies.  I know a lot of geek friends who don't do any of the social things that they used to now that they have a little bundle of joy.

Here is the really hottie on the show...

soporific: Some 'Splainin' To Do: SithLord: i wouldn't call it jumping the shark. That's the inevitable outcome of the pair. Or she finds out she's pregnant out of wedlock and it ain't Leonard's. But isn't that what this show is about? Enamored nerdy physicist falls for the hot blonde next door?

I'd call it a narrative challenge that could easily lead to a shark jump, but one that you can't avoid indefinitely.

See also: Daphne and Niles.

Daphne and Niles worked because they were tertiary characters, and the show was never solely about will they/won't they? That's why they could finally get together, because it didn't disrupt the overall dynamic of the show, it only added to it. After all, 11 seasons is way too long to go without some character progression. Frasier remained single the entire run, rarely having a girlfriend, so Niles could divorce Marris (and Mel) to wind up with Daphne.

Actually my point was that having D&N get together was a problem that couldn't be avoided and that it, ultimately, hurt the show. I guess if you think that the quality of the show didn't suffer, then you'll disagree with my overall point.

IMO, however, trying to permanently postpone these things doesn't work out. Cheers managed to avoid pairing up Sam but, when all was said and done, I think that the audience was disappointed that there was no closure.

Phil Moskowitz: Still trying to figure out what personality traits must have to enjoy this show.

I suppose it depends. Is not having an enormous stick up your ass a personality trait? How about not being a dick about things that other people enjoy? Would that qualify?

Digitalstrange: I remember someone on fark calling The Big Bang Theory and The IT Crowd "blackface for geeks." Apparently being a geek means you lack a sense of perspective.

While it lacks the backlash that blackface caused the comparison isn't entirely invalid. It is indeed the same kind of broad brush caricature of a group.

Which is, otherwise, known as a sitcom.

Sitcoms indulge in stereotypes. If there a surfer on a show? Then he's a stereotypical southern California surfer, circa 1985. Is there a gay guy on a show? Then he's either super gay or super not-at-all gay unless he says so. Is there a black character? Probably sassy. Is there an authority figure? Almost certainly an uptight jerkwad. And so forth and so on.

Look, if you just hate sitcoms, that's fine. I can understand and respect that and, on some basic level, I can even agree with you because sitcoms are low to middle-brow and aren't going to be everyone's pleasure. But if your problem is that this  particular sitcom is stereotyping a  particular group that you happen to be part of then I would respectfully suggest growing a thicker skin.

I would also point out that in spite of all the stereotypes and the low-hanging "nerds can't get dates" jokes, ultimately the audience is supposed to sympathize with and like the characters.  The last episode had the gang out in their Trek uniforms getting garbage thrown at them and being scorned to yokels, and much of the scorn they got was of the typical sort... but the way it was depicted was that the people tormenting them were being assholes and that the cast were being unfairly victimized for being a little different and having fun in ways that weren't mainstream. That's a decent message, IMO.

Yes, it would be nice if there were some kind of documentary or something that exposed people to the  actualreality of being a nerd, but I just don't think that the BBT is hurting us.  If the only thing that people take away from the show is that nerds are weird but also kind of fun and that we have feelings then, frankly, I'm perfectly fine with that.

Craptastic: It was good to see Captain Sweatpants.

I seriously question Captain Sweatpants' credentials. What branch of the military? Naval Captain? Army Captain? Marine Corps? Is he in the same Navy that won't promote Captain Crunch to Admiral? So many unanswered questions...

BBT is a terrible show.  It's a standard sitcom dressed up in stereotypes.  When I find people who like the show, I stop associating with them.  It's a character flaw, like being a racist.