# Big Bang Theory, February 6, 2014 -- "The Locomotion Manipulation" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 6, 2014, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-february-6-2014-the-locomotion-manipulation/680684 "2014-02-06T19:21:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2014, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-february-6-2014-the-locomotion-manipulation/680684/101 "2014-02-12T15:46:03Z")
> [@Washoe](#): > > How ‘bout [this one](http://hairstyles.thehairstyler.com/hairstyle_views/front_view_images/6752/original/Mayim-Bialik.jpg)? MB is certainly not “ugly”, but she’s less conventional than say… Kaley Cuoco, who’s the archetypical blonde, busty hot chick that seems to be the ideal in today’s society. If I had to pick from the BBT cast, it would be Melissa Rausch in a landslide, followed by Mayim Bialik, and then Kaley Cuoco. The first two seem smart, funny and interesting, while I haven’t seen anything about Kaley Cuoco that implies that she’s particularly interesting outside of her looks. ---
**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 12, 2014, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-february-6-2014-the-locomotion-manipulation/680684/102 "2014-02-12T15:51:02Z")
Did anyone else notice that she’s now credited as “Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting”? ---
**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 12, 2014, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-february-6-2014-the-locomotion-manipulation/680684/103 "2014-02-12T15:59:48Z")
Robot Arm - that is her married name. a little awkward but I guess she’s happy with it. ---
**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 12, 2014, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-february-6-2014-the-locomotion-manipulation/680684/104 "2014-02-12T16:37:56Z")
> [@well\_he\_s\_back](#): > > Robot Arm - that is her married name. Yeah, I got that, but… 1. Not every actress changes her name, especially if she has built up strong name recognition already. 2. This is the first time I noticed it. IMDb says she was credited that way on the previous episode (_The Convention Conundrum_) and that she was married on December 31st. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2014, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-february-6-2014-the-locomotion-manipulation/680684/105 "2014-02-12T16:54:00Z")
> [@Death\_of\_Rats](#): > > I liked AFF better when she was a female version of Sheldon with an unhealthy Sapphric obsession with Penny as opposed to the attention-starved drooling puppy she has become. Much better to have the two of them working in cahoots to use the rest of the group as unwitting test animals in various social engineering tests as Sheldon gains more apprciation for the biological sciences. > [@BobLibDem](#): > > They seemed to have dropped Amy’s lesbian lust for Penny. I wish they’d bring it back every now and then, I thought they were some of Amy’s best lines. if they let the Shamy (sp?) slip a bit they could go there to add complexity. Howard and Bernie could let her join them as a threesome and had been hinted back then. do it before the shark. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2014, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-february-6-2014-the-locomotion-manipulation/680684/106 "2014-02-12T17:03:51Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Depends on your type, but [this](http://www.kveller.com/mayim-bialik/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/mayim-surprising-big-bang.jpg) ain’t bad. Penny would turn heads anywhere, Amy (in that picture) is the cute girl in your Hebrew School class. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2014, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-february-6-2014-the-locomotion-manipulation/680684/107 "2014-02-12T17:06:32Z")
> [@bump](#): > > MB is certainly not “ugly”, but she’s less conventional than say… Kaley Cuoco, who’s the archetypical blonde, busty hot chick that seems to be the ideal in today’s society. > > If I had to pick from the BBT cast, it would be Melissa Rausch in a landslide, followed by Mayim Bialik, and then Kaley Cuoco. The first two seem smart, funny and interesting, while I haven’t seen anything about Kaley Cuoco that implies that she’s particularly interesting outside of her looks. I like Cuoco in that she is actually a very good comedic actor in my opinion. ---
**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 12, 2014, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-february-6-2014-the-locomotion-manipulation/680684/108 "2014-02-12T17:11:11Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > I like Cuoco in that she is actually a very good comedic actor in my opinion. Oddly, Cuoco (or Cuoco-Sweeting) probably has the most geek cred as well, doing those Priceline ads with William Shatner. ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2014, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-february-6-2014-the-locomotion-manipulation/680684/109 "2014-02-12T17:19:44Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Oddly, Cuoco (or Cuoco-Sweeting) probably has the most geek cred as well, doing those Priceline ads with William Shatner. As the kids say, “dat PhD tho…” ---
**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 12, 2014, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-february-6-2014-the-locomotion-manipulation/680684/110 "2014-02-12T18:19:30Z")
> [@pancakes3](#): > > As the kids say, “dat PhD tho…” Yeah, that’s pretty good, I guess. But c’mon, William freakin’ Shatner. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2014, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-february-6-2014-the-locomotion-manipulation/680684/111 "2014-02-12T19:28:50Z")
When are Penny and Bernadette going to take pity on their bestie and get her to lose the frumpy sweater? ---
**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:** [February 12, 2014, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-february-6-2014-the-locomotion-manipulation/680684/112 "2014-02-12T23:30:18Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > …and that she was married on December 31st. To someone she had only started dating six months earlier. I think changing her professional name may have been a bit premature. ---
**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:** [February 13, 2014, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-february-6-2014-the-locomotion-manipulation/680684/113 "2014-02-13T01:16:54Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > To someone she had only started dating six months earlier. I think changing her professional name may have been a bit premature. Yeah. She dated Galecki for 2 years. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-february-6-2014-the-locomotion-manipulation/680684/114 "2014-02-13T01:26:00Z")
Reminds me of Jamie-Lynn Sigler changing her credited name to Jamie-Lynn Discala during the Sopranos run. (She played Meadow.) That ended up lasting maybe a couple years, and I bet in hindsight she wishes she hadn’t taken that name for credits. ---
**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:** [February 13, 2014, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-february-6-2014-the-locomotion-manipulation/680684/115 "2014-02-13T14:31:59Z")
> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#): > > Yeah. She dated Galecki for 2 years. Update, Johnny Galecki now claims he secretly dated Morgan Fairchild for 20 years.😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-february-6-2014-the-locomotion-manipulation/680684.md?page=5)