# Big Bang 9/30 "The Cruciferous Vegetable Amplification" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 30, 2010, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-9-30-the-cruciferous-vegetable-amplification/555597 "2010-09-30T14:09:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-9-30-the-cruciferous-vegetable-amplification/555597/41 "2010-10-02T21:48:50Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > 1. Anyone know who the woman was next to Woz? She looked like one of **Bad Astronomer** ’s skeptic friends, but all I could find Googling was a suggestion it was Woz’s daughter. I was wondering that too. I kind of assumed it was his date, but I thought he was seeing Kathy Griffin in real life. > [@JoelUpchurch](#): > > I’ll try to capture some later. You can get an explanation of the whiteboards here: Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-9-30-the-cruciferous-vegetable-amplification/555597/42 "2010-10-02T21:56:18Z")
> [@jackdavinci](#): > > I was wondering that too. I kind of assumed it was his date, but I thought he was seeing Kathy Griffin in real life. They broke up in 2008, and he’s currently married. To someone not Griffin. ---
**Author:** ![JoelUpchurch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@JoelUpchurch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoelUpchurch)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-9-30-the-cruciferous-vegetable-amplification/555597/43 "2010-10-03T03:17:05Z")
Here is a link to some screenshots from the show that I saved. [http://picasaweb.google.com/joelupchurch/TBBTSept302010?feat=directlink](http://picasaweb.google.com/joelupchurch/TBBTSept302010?feat=directlink) The family chart says Sheldon is 29 and his brother George is 32. I think I see his Green Lantern Lantern next to the Luke Skywalker in Imperial Stormtrooper costume action figure. You can also see Sheldon’s Kindle next to the refrigerator. ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-9-30-the-cruciferous-vegetable-amplification/555597/44 "2010-10-03T05:34:59Z")
> [@JoelUpchurch](#): > > Here is a link to some screenshots from the show that I saved. Thanks, love little easter eggs like that. I watched the episode again and this time I was wondering about all those posters in the hallway outside Sheldon’s office. There’s so much in the background! ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-9-30-the-cruciferous-vegetable-amplification/555597/45 "2010-10-03T05:46:27Z")
Hmmm Sheldon & Sis are 29, and bro is 32. Mom is 45. So Mom had her first child at 13 and then twins at 16!? ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-9-30-the-cruciferous-vegetable-amplification/555597/46 "2010-10-03T07:22:34Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I contend that the Roadrunner’s cartoon nemesis is correctly known as the Coyote. A similarly drawn character was identified as Wile E. Coyote, but only in cartoons featuring other characters, e.g. Bugs Bunny. Apart from an instance of breaking the fourth wall, the Coyote was mute, and he was referred to on-screen as “Coyote”, or by an amusing series on faux-Latin sobriquets. Uh, what about that one cartoon where he stops the action to address the kid watching his cartoon on TV to explain why roadrunners are so lip-smackingly good? In the same voice and syntax, BTW, as he’d use in the Bugs Bunny cartoons? ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-9-30-the-cruciferous-vegetable-amplification/555597/47 "2010-10-03T16:44:11Z")
> [@The\_Second\_Stone](#): > > Coyote got to occasionally play opposite the sheepdog and had a character name like Sam or Fred or George, I forget. The Road Runner toons were a tribute to silent films and miming. Actually the coyote has a brown nose and Sam Wolf has a red nose ---
**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:** [October 3, 2010, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-9-30-the-cruciferous-vegetable-amplification/555597/48 "2010-10-03T17:12:09Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > Uh, what about that one cartoon where he stops the action to address the kid watching his cartoon on TV to explain why roadrunners are so lip-smackingly good? In the same voice and syntax, BTW, as he’d use in the Bugs Bunny cartoons? That was the aforementioned breaking of the fourth wall. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-9-30-the-cruciferous-vegetable-amplification/555597/49 "2010-10-03T18:39:23Z")
> [@JoelUpchurch](#): > > Here is a link to some screenshots from the show that I saved. > > [http://picasaweb.google.com/joelupchurch/TBBTSept302010?feat=directlink](http://picasaweb.google.com/joelupchurch/TBBTSept302010?feat=directlink) > > The family chart says Sheldon is 29 and his brother George is 32. > > I think I see his Green Lantern Lantern next to the Luke Skywalker in Imperial Stormtrooper costume action figure. You can also see Sheldon’s Kindle next to the refrigerator. Do you have any screen shots of the pre-jogging stretching scene? You know, for science? ---
**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:** [October 3, 2010, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-9-30-the-cruciferous-vegetable-amplification/555597/50 "2010-10-03T19:39:38Z")
> [@jackdavinci](#): > > Hmmm Sheldon & Sis are 29, and bro is 32. Mom is 45. > > So Mom had her first child at 13 and then twins at 16!? Which might explain the whole Jesus thing. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-9-30-the-cruciferous-vegetable-amplification/555597/51 "2010-10-03T20:33:41Z")
Has he mentioned his brother much on the show? His sister gets mentioned one and a while. (and showed up) Brian ---
**Author:** ![JoelUpchurch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@JoelUpchurch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoelUpchurch)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-9-30-the-cruciferous-vegetable-amplification/555597/52 "2010-10-03T23:47:28Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > > [@JoelUpchurch](#): > > > > Here is a link to some screenshots from the show that I saved. > > > > [http://picasaweb.google.com/joelupchurch/TBBTSept302010?feat=directlink](http://picasaweb.google.com/joelupchurch/TBBTSept302010?feat=directlink) > > > > The family chart says Sheldon is 29 and his brother George is 32. > > > > I think I see his Green Lantern Lantern next to the Luke Skywalker in Imperial Stormtrooper costume action figure. You can also see Sheldon’s Kindle next to the refrigerator. > > Do you have any screen shots of the pre-jogging stretching scene? You know, for science? I took some more screenshots and added them to the same folder. I added some outside Sheldon’s office and a shot of Woz. I still haven’t figured out what the thing above the light switch in Sheldon’s room is. That USB-HDTV adapter I bought is really handy. I can record the shows directly on my laptop in HD using Windows Media Center. I then copy them to my desktop computer and edit out the commercials in Windows Movie Maker and save it in DVD quality in my Big Bang Theory folder. ---
**Author:** ![JoelUpchurch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@JoelUpchurch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoelUpchurch)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-9-30-the-cruciferous-vegetable-amplification/555597/53 "2010-10-03T23:56:17Z")
> [@N9IWP](#): > > Has he mentioned his brother much on the show? His sister gets mentioned one and a while. (and showed up) > > Brian Only once that I recall. Sheldon mentioned he acquired self-defense skills fighting his sister and an older brother growing up. Leonard also has a brother and sister we haven’t seen. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-9-30-the-cruciferous-vegetable-amplification/555597/54 "2010-10-04T00:20:15Z")
> [@JoelUpchurch](#): > > I added some outside Sheldon’s office and a shot of Woz. Looks like that’s his [real current wife](http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/ZyShpOlTblj/Cheryl+Burke+at+Boulevard+3/V3lNFUwRqOT/Steve+Wozniak), Janet. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-9-30-the-cruciferous-vegetable-amplification/555597/55 "2010-10-04T00:35:44Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > > [@Leaper](#): > > > > Uh, what about that one cartoon where he stops the action to address the kid watching his cartoon on TV to explain why roadrunners are so lip-smackingly good? In the same voice and syntax, BTW, as he’d use in the Bugs Bunny cartoons? > > That was the aforementioned breaking of the fourth wall. Oh, right, gotcha. Still, it seems disingenuous to just say “well, apart from that one significant time that was clearly the foundation for what went on after…” 🙂 Anyway. Moving on. Big Bang Theory. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DoperChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@DoperChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoperChic)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-9-30-the-cruciferous-vegetable-amplification/555597/56 "2010-10-04T01:25:22Z")
I accidentally deleted this week’s episode from my DVR without watching it all. Anyone know where I can view it online? ---
**Author:** ![zagloba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/977dab/32.png) [@zagloba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zagloba)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-9-30-the-cruciferous-vegetable-amplification/555597/57 "2010-10-04T02:01:12Z")
> [@JoelUpchurch](#): > > That USB-HDTV adapter I bought is really handy. Which one do you have? I’ve had a Hauppauge WinTV HVR 950 for a while now. It’s mostly adequate, but the software and/or the hardware is a little flakey sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![JoelUpchurch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@JoelUpchurch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoelUpchurch)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-9-30-the-cruciferous-vegetable-amplification/555597/58 "2010-10-04T03:52:19Z")
> [@zagloba](#): > > > [@JoelUpchurch](#): > > > > That USB-HDTV adapter I bought is really handy. > > Which one do you have? I’ve had a Hauppauge WinTV HVR 950 for a while now. It’s mostly adequate, but the software and/or the hardware is a little flakey sometimes. KWORLD ATSC TV Stick UB435-Q USB 2.0 Interface [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815260023](http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815260023) ---
**Author:** ![Washoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecae2f/32.png) [@Washoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washoe)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-9-30-the-cruciferous-vegetable-amplification/555597/59 "2010-10-04T05:37:01Z")
> [@DoperChic](#): > > I accidentally deleted this week’s episode from my DVR without watching it all. Anyone know where I can view it online? Don’t you know how to use BitTorrent? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-9-30-the-cruciferous-vegetable-amplification/555597.md?page=2)