# No Big Bang Theory 1/11 thread? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 12, 2010, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-big-bang-theory-1-11-thread/524613 "2010-01-12T03:16:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-big-bang-theory-1-11-thread/524613/41 "2010-01-14T15:25:41Z")
Watching the commentary on S1, one of the creators commented that this is one of the only shows on TV where people show their smarts (paraphrasing). It’s true, not just about the geek stuff but also with the vocabularies of the characters. Where else on TV are you going to hear words like “ersatz” tossed about in casual conversation? ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-big-bang-theory-1-11-thread/524613/42 "2010-01-14T18:40:53Z")
I’m still not convinced by this Hulk/human thing. I think I’ll have a sulk over it. ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-big-bang-theory-1-11-thread/524613/43 "2010-01-14T21:53:30Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > There are enough of us out there to make a decent demographic. We are legion. Yeah, it would be nice if they recognize it and have more shows for us. 🆒 ---
**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:** [January 14, 2010, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-big-bang-theory-1-11-thread/524613/44 "2010-01-14T22:00:44Z")
> [@tr0psn4j](#): > > Yeah, it would be nice if they recognize it and have more shows for us. 🆒 Hell, I’d be happy if they’d just put this and _Mythbusters_ in _different freakin’ timeslots!_ ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-big-bang-theory-1-11-thread/524613/45 "2010-01-14T23:19:42Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > …There was an episode where he wasn’t in his usual outlandish outfit, his hair was mussed, he wasn’t trying to hit on someone and he was actually kinda cute. That’s the thing, none of the guys are really ugly. They took nice looking guys and “geeked them up,” which doesn’t make a true geek 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-big-bang-theory-1-11-thread/524613/46 "2010-01-14T23:56:55Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > ETA: I wish they’d occasionally have some different kinds of nerds. The math and science are way over my head (I’m dumber than Penny) and I’d like to see them interact with a book nerd, and a movie nerd who watches something other than SF/fantasy. I’d also like to see Sheldon interact with a kitten or a puppy. I’m a latecomer to this show, but one of the things I find \*least \*realistic about this show is how diverse the Leonard & company are in their interests. Most people I’ve met who are that smart and working in an academic environment are much more specialized in their nerdyness than any of the four. That, and the male characters wear too many layers to \*ever \*be comfortable in Pasadena, California. Does the wardrobe mistress think this show is set in MIT? ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2010, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-big-bang-theory-1-11-thread/524613/47 "2010-01-15T00:22:47Z")
> [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](#): > > That, and the male characters wear too many layers to \*ever \*be comfortable in Pasadena, California. Does the wardrobe mistress think this show is set in MIT? Why **do** they wear all those layers? I’ve never seen their arms bare unless one of them was in bed with someone, and maybe not even then, now that I think on it – they’re under sheets. And then there’s Penny, in shorts and a tank top. Some loose ends after watching S2 – as far as I know, we didn’t see how Leonard broke it off with the doctor he was seeing, and we didn’t see any more of the actress on the 5th floor who had the fight with Penny. I suppose their story lines were over, points made and all that, but it would have been nice to see what happened. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2010, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-big-bang-theory-1-11-thread/524613/48 "2010-01-15T00:32:08Z")
Speaking of clothes, how about Howard’s? Obviously his jeans are custom dyed to match his ridiculous (and sometimes cool) shirts, but we’re really supposed to believe his mom finds those off the rack or something? Did he build a time-machine for his mom so she could shop in 1965? ---
**Author:** ![AboutAsWeirdAsYouCanGet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@AboutAsWeirdAsYouCanGet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AboutAsWeirdAsYouCanGet)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2010, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-big-bang-theory-1-11-thread/524613/49 "2010-01-15T06:03:15Z")
> [@](#): > > Members of The Offspring and Bad Religion have advanced science degrees. They nerds could get dragged to a concert of (presumably a fictional) band, meet the band, and find out that they relate on science topics, letting them party with the band and feel cool. I have this picture in my head of the bit in Wayne’s World when Wayne and Garth go to the Aereosmith (?) concert and they do the " We’re not worthy" thing, and the ban members start geeking out . LOL ---
**Author:** ![Surbey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@Surbey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surbey)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2010, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-big-bang-theory-1-11-thread/524613/50 "2010-01-15T06:09:07Z")
can someone tell me what the Flatlands reference was? And, perhaps, then explain 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:** [January 15, 2010, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-big-bang-theory-1-11-thread/524613/51 "2010-01-15T07:43:28Z")
It’s a short novel, written in 1884. It tells the tale of a square living in a purely two-dimensional universe, until he visits one- and three-dimensional worlds. It’s popular among physicists as an allegory on our inability to perceive a universe beyond our own three dimensions. Wikipedia entry for [Flatland](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatland). ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2010, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-big-bang-theory-1-11-thread/524613/52 "2010-01-15T09:41:46Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > Speaking of clothes, how about Howard’s? Obviously his jeans are custom dyed to match his ridiculous (and sometimes cool) shirts, but we’re really supposed to believe his mom finds those off the rack or something? Did he build a time-machine for his mom so she could shop in 1965? Why do you assume his mom buys his clothes ? Did he say so on the show and I forgot about it ? I assumed he bought all his stuff on eBay or something like that. Because if his mom is buying him his shirts and belt buckles… man, is she a nerd :). ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2010, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-big-bang-theory-1-11-thread/524613/53 "2010-01-15T15:01:32Z")
I assume since he lives with his mom and she cooks for him and packs his lunches, she probably also buys his clothes. ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2010, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-big-bang-theory-1-11-thread/524613/54 "2010-01-15T18:41:44Z")
> [@AboutAsWeirdAsYouCanGet](#): > > I have this picture in my head of the bit in Wayne’s World when Wayne and Garth go to the Aereosmith (?) concert and they do the " We’re not worthy" thing, and the ban members start geeking out . LOL You’re thinking of Alice Cooper, explaining how Milwaukee is from the Indian word Mille Wa Kee, or “great alnd”. (Something like that anyway.) ---
**Author:** ![Petey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f1d935/32.png) [@Petey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Petey)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2010, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-big-bang-theory-1-11-thread/524613/55 "2010-01-16T20:12:45Z")
Wayne and Garth first did the “We’re not worthy” thing in a SNL episode when they had Aerosmith as a guest. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-big-bang-theory-1-11-thread/524613.md?page=2)