# Any love for Big Bang Theory here? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 23, 2008, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-love-for-big-bang-theory-here/464832 "2008-09-23T14:06:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-love-for-big-bang-theory-here/464832/201 "2009-02-10T15:38:08Z")
> [@well\_he\_s\_back](#): > > Leonard licking the salt off her neck…that wasn’t kinda hot, that was f\*\*\*ing hot. Definitely. > Oh, Leonard, he had to talk. Hot? Maybe. But being an old romantic fart, I thought it was adorably sweet. Especially the bit with the lime. I’m not so old that I don’t remember little dating games with The Wife. ---
**Author:** ![Boggette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@Boggette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boggette)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-love-for-big-bang-theory-here/464832/202 "2009-02-10T16:23:05Z")
And now we all know how Leonard puts up with Sheldon. He’s had lots of practice! ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-love-for-big-bang-theory-here/464832/203 "2009-02-10T17:25:04Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > I missed the beginning because Butthead went long with his press conference…how did Leonard’s mom make Penny cry? Rush Limbaugh had a press conference? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-love-for-big-bang-theory-here/464832/204 "2009-02-10T18:18:09Z")
Okay, so Sheldon was thinking of playing Rock Band. What was Dr. Mom thinking? ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-love-for-big-bang-theory-here/464832/205 "2009-02-10T19:12:46Z")
> [@The\_Second\_Stone](#): > > Okay, so Sheldon was thinking of playing Rock Band. What was Dr. Mom thinking? Didn’t she say she only had sex for procreation and scientific curiosity? ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-love-for-big-bang-theory-here/464832/206 "2009-02-10T19:45:04Z")
Well I’m creeped out. Leonard is living with his mother figure. I’m surprised he hasn’t built another hug machine. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-love-for-big-bang-theory-here/464832/207 "2009-02-10T19:50:39Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > Well I’m creeped out. Leonard is living with his mother figure. I’m surprised he hasn’t built another hug machine. That hug machine story really worked with Penny though. ---
**Author:** ![well\_he\_s\_back](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-love-for-big-bang-theory-here/464832/208 "2009-02-10T19:52:05Z")
I still want to know what happened to Leonard’s girlfriend, Stephanie, the doctor. He was getting lots of hugs from her. Course I prefer him to be with Penny, eventually. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-love-for-big-bang-theory-here/464832/209 "2009-02-10T20:02:32Z")
We definitely need to meet Leonard’s father now. L is the most normal of the bunch, and we deserve to see where he got it from. I wonder who they would cast? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-love-for-big-bang-theory-here/464832/210 "2009-02-10T20:07:40Z")
Sean Connery, or someone like him. Somebody so über-manly that the idea of him only having sex with someone as hot as Baranski to procreate causes even Sheldon to vapor-lock. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-love-for-big-bang-theory-here/464832/211 "2009-02-10T20:08:09Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > We definitely need to meet Leonard’s father now. L is the most normal of the bunch, and we deserve to see where he got it from. I wonder who they would cast? They should get Booker (George Clooney.) He was Jackie’s boyfriend for a while on Roseanne. But no, I’m sure he’s too A-list for a relatively unknown sitcom. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-love-for-big-bang-theory-here/464832/212 "2009-02-10T20:16:39Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > We definitely need to meet Leonard’s father now. L is the most normal of the bunch, and we deserve to see where he got it from. I wonder who they would cast? Brent Spiner I just started with this show, don’t really know if that would work or not. Maybe they should save him for an episode where he plays himself and everyone explodes in the geeky bliss of his presence. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-love-for-big-bang-theory-here/464832/213 "2009-02-10T20:24:04Z")
How about John Noble, the guy who plays the eccentric genius father on _Fringe_? ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-love-for-big-bang-theory-here/464832/214 "2009-02-10T20:42:57Z")
How about Chevy Chase? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-love-for-big-bang-theory-here/464832/215 "2009-02-10T23:40:05Z")
His father’s an anthropologist, right? How about Jeff Goldblum? I find it hard to believe a man would stay in a marriage where the only sex is for procreation…Leonard’s dad must be getting some on the side. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-love-for-big-bang-theory-here/464832/216 "2009-02-11T03:18:21Z")
It should be a short guy, or else Leonard is truly an anomaly. I like Goldblum’s geekiness, though. I was thinking a younger Elliott Gould, although he’s also too tall. Danny DeVito might make a good counter point to the mom, if he can pull a very different sort of character off. Or even a Woody Allen type (without the perv overtones, of course). ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-love-for-big-bang-theory-here/464832/217 "2009-02-11T17:00:12Z")
William Daniels is probably a bit too old for Leonard’s father, huh? He’d be perfect. ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-love-for-big-bang-theory-here/464832/218 "2009-02-11T17:32:52Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > We definitely need to meet Leonard’s father now. L is the most normal of the bunch, and we deserve to see where he got it from. I wonder who they would cast? What about John Lithgow? ---
**Author:** ![tds1273](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df705f/32.png) [@tds1273](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tds1273)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-love-for-big-bang-theory-here/464832/219 "2009-02-11T17:58:11Z")
Bill Nye the Science Guy? ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-love-for-big-bang-theory-here/464832/220 "2009-02-11T18:00:22Z")
I think John Lithgow would be great, he’d do a sitcom and has great comedy instincts. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-love-for-big-bang-theory-here/464832.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-love-for-big-bang-theory-here/464832.md?page=12)