# Big Bang Theory 1/7/16: The Sales Call Sublimation **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 7, 2016, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-1-7-16-the-sales-call-sublimation/742436 "2016-01-07T20:43:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2016, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-1-7-16-the-sales-call-sublimation/742436/21 "2016-01-08T21:04:05Z")
> [@gytalf2000](#): > > I was a bit perplexed by that scene, myself. Leonard is not that coordinated. I’m not sure Johnny Galecki is that coordinated either. This has to have been his day dream. I was surprised the rest of the guys didn’t come along and see him jumping up and down on an empty sidewalk. They’re going over the top on Stuart’s creepiness now. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2016, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-1-7-16-the-sales-call-sublimation/742436/22 "2016-01-08T23:15:20Z")
I think the point of the end was that Leonard was actually Happy for the first time in his life. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2016, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-1-7-16-the-sales-call-sublimation/742436/23 "2016-01-09T00:38:45Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > In more news, they cast Sheldon’s [Meemaw](http://www.cinemablend.com/television/Big-Bang-Theory-Just-Cast-Sheldon-Meemaw-She-Perfect-109587.html)! So, is Meemaw Mary Cooper’s mother or mother in law? ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2016, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-1-7-16-the-sales-call-sublimation/742436/24 "2016-01-09T01:08:58Z")
According to the link, she’s Mary’s mother. ---
**Author:** ![Tinker\_Grey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tinker_grey/32/8136_2.png) [@Tinker\_Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tinker_Grey)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2016, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-1-7-16-the-sales-call-sublimation/742436/25 "2016-01-09T02:11:03Z")
Who’s betting that Stuart is living in his car? ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2016, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-1-7-16-the-sales-call-sublimation/742436/26 "2016-01-09T03:27:50Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > I did not need to see Simon Helberg in his underwear and socks. You’d have preferred to see him \*without \*his underwear and socks? And yes, Leonard finally discovered his childhood. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2016, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-1-7-16-the-sales-call-sublimation/742436/27 "2016-01-09T03:49:10Z")
> [@Tinker\_Grey](#): > > Who’s betting that Stuart is living in his car? Oh, good call! Strong possibility. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2016, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-1-7-16-the-sales-call-sublimation/742436/28 "2016-01-09T05:01:12Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > Sheldon has synesthesia. That makes sense in that it would add to his genius. He was able to spot the patterns so fast because of it. I really hope they explore this more. > [@silenus](#): > > Raj would be more likely to want to name the asteroid “Cinnamon” than “Emily.” Totally Raj. > [@Tinker\_Grey](#): > > Who’s betting that Stuart is living in his car? When I saw Stuart staring at them sleeping this is what I thought too. > [@panache45](#): > > And yes, Leonard finally discovered his childhood. That’s what I was thinking too. He finally got to feel like a carefree child instead of an experiment by his mom. I really hope they keep Jane around for the rest of the season, maybe even next season. Have her pop in every third or fourth episode so we can watch Leonard and Penny actually grow into a real world couple. I would like it if with Howard and Bernie missing Stuart they are going to have them end up having a baby but wait until the end of how ever many seasons are left. Like the last half of the last season Bernie gets preggers and then they can joke on that and have Howard realize he actually does have to grow up and stop being a man-child and then the last episode is the baby being born with the gang standing around making comments about the future. Also we need more of Bernies Dad, he’s awesome, and with Bernie getting pregnant we could have a bunch more of him. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2016, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-1-7-16-the-sales-call-sublimation/742436/29 "2016-01-09T09:31:04Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > They’re going over the top on Stuart’s creepiness now. I miss the original version of Stuart. ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2016, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-1-7-16-the-sales-call-sublimation/742436/30 "2016-01-09T12:57:19Z")
> [@dba\_Fred](#): > > It was the _best_ episode of the year, it was the _worst_ episode of the year, it was an episode of _wisdom_, it was an episode of _foolishness_, it was an episode of _belief_, it was an episode of _incredulity_, it was an episode of _Light_, it was an episode of _Darkness_, it was an episode of _hope_, it was an episode of _despair_, in the episode we had _everything_ before us, in the episode we had _nothing_ before us, it was an episode going direct to _Heaven_, it was an episode going direct the _other_ way – in short, an episode so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on the episode being received, for good or for evil, in the _ **superlative** _ degree of comparison only. That is almost exactly what I was going to post, but then I settled on… It was funny… I liked it. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2016, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-1-7-16-the-sales-call-sublimation/742436/31 "2016-01-09T14:06:14Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > I would like it if with Howard and Bernie missing Stuart they are going to have them end up having a baby but wait until the end of how ever many seasons are left. That is totally where I thought they were going with this, with the whole “what are we going to do with this room” and finding the teddy bear. I immediately thought “baby room!” but they veered away from hinting any more at that, so I thought perhaps I was reading into the scene something that wasn’t intended. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2016, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-1-7-16-the-sales-call-sublimation/742436/32 "2016-01-09T15:54:42Z")
We know Howard wants kids but Bernie isn’t too keen on the idea. The fact she already has to clean up after one child at home probably isn’t helping the matter. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2016, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-1-7-16-the-sales-call-sublimation/742436/33 "2016-01-09T18:11:14Z")
I willing to bet that if anyone has a baby on this show, it won’t be Howard and Bernadette. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2016, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-1-7-16-the-sales-call-sublimation/742436/34 "2016-01-09T23:20:15Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > Somehow Jane Kaczmarek looks younger now than she did 15 years ago in Malcolm in the Middle. I remember her wearing a police uniform in _ **Frasier** _. \*\*Grrrrrrrrraowr! \*\* 🆒 :o ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2016, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-1-7-16-the-sales-call-sublimation/742436/35 "2016-01-10T02:21:12Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > I remember her wearing a police uniform in _ **Frasier** _. \*\*Grrrrrrrrraowr! \*\* 🆒 :o Frasier? How about when she was in[Hill Street Blues](http://cache4.asset-cache.net/gc/149129283-grace-under-pressure-episode-414-pictured-gettyimages.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=GkZZ8bf5zL1ZiijUmxa7QdYO3O3K3fetboc40SGWsklN8HSClY0dmHg0VAH87Jwi)! ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2016, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-1-7-16-the-sales-call-sublimation/742436/36 "2016-01-10T05:10:47Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > Frasier? How about when she was in[Hill Street Blues](http://cache4.asset-cache.net/gc/149129283-grace-under-pressure-episode-414-pictured-gettyimages.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=GkZZ8bf5zL1ZiijUmxa7QdYO3O3K3fetboc40SGWsklN8HSClY0dmHg0VAH87Jwi)! I probably should remember that, but I unfortunately don’t. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Prize](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d2c977/32.png) [@Sir\_Prize](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Prize)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2016, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-1-7-16-the-sales-call-sublimation/742436/37 "2016-01-10T15:46:27Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > That is totally where I thought they were going with this, with the whole “what are we going to do with this room” and finding the teddy bear. I immediately thought “baby room!” but they veered away from hinting any more at that, so I thought perhaps I was reading into the scene something that wasn’t intended. I think the writers know that viewers are anticipating/dreading babies and wrote the scene as a tease/fakeout. ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2016, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-1-7-16-the-sales-call-sublimation/742436/38 "2016-01-10T22:12:14Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > Frasier? How about when she was in[Hill Street Blues](http://cache4.asset-cache.net/gc/149129283-grace-under-pressure-episode-414-pictured-gettyimages.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=GkZZ8bf5zL1ZiijUmxa7QdYO3O3K3fetboc40SGWsklN8HSClY0dmHg0VAH87Jwi)! I fell in love with her when she played “Connie” on Paper Chase, the TV series. ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2016, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-1-7-16-the-sales-call-sublimation/742436/39 "2016-01-11T13:50:42Z")
> [@Accidental\_Martyr](#): > > I miss the original version of Stuart. Yeah, I can see that. He actually had the confidence to hit on Penny. That was fun! ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2016, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-1-7-16-the-sales-call-sublimation/742436/40 "2016-01-11T19:28:51Z")
A good episode at times, a bad one at times. Jane Kaczmarek really lifted it up. Better than most recent ones which isn’t that big of a complement. Any speculation on the name Dr. Gallo? Wine, Italian roosters??? They almost had the good Stuart but they seemed to setting up more loser Stuart stuff. I wonder how many other amazing skills Sheldon and the others have that haven’t been mentioned yet (Raj didn’t even know) which will be brought out for comedic purposes. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-1-7-16-the-sales-call-sublimation/742436.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-1-7-16-the-sales-call-sublimation/742436.md?page=3)