# Pitch your idea for a "Big Bang Theory" spinoff **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 25, 2019, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitch-your-idea-for-a-big-bang-theory-spinoff/830181 "2019-02-25T16:46:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2019, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitch-your-idea-for-a-big-bang-theory-spinoff/830181/21 "2019-02-26T00:17:22Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Not my idea, but in the thread for “The D&D Vortex,” someone suggested that an actual Professor Proton show, starring Wil Wheaton, could be fun. That’s the one I like. Can I get credit for writing this in the other thread? There I said how at first I felt sympathy then kudos for Wil Wheaton in that episode. I could see the show with occasional cameos by the BBT cast, but not focusing on them. Instead it could be how Professor Proton deals with “gifted” children - and their parents. He could also provide some scientific training so badly needed in this country. I like the “next generation” ideas, but near-future settings can be tricky; look at how poorly films from the 1980’s predicted technology a mere twenty years in the future. I also love the “Young Penny” idea. If we can get a non-California and non-New York show, like Young Sheldon being set in Texas, then maybe they can depict what it was like to grow up in Nebraska. It’d be a hoot if they could get Amy Davidson as a sister or perhaps a cousin. They already had Katy Sagal as her mother. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2019, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitch-your-idea-for-a-big-bang-theory-spinoff/830181/22 "2019-02-26T00:22:19Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > 11 kids? Bernie would never stand for that. Howard would be gelded after #3, willingly or unwillingly. > . . . [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/fHx91OdagTY/hqdefault.jpg "Howard getting a Vasectomy Season 11") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHx91OdagTY) ---
**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 26, 2019, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitch-your-idea-for-a-big-bang-theory-spinoff/830181/23 "2019-02-26T00:29:25Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > My pitch: Stuart and Denise and the comic book store. Follow the growing relationship between these two. Have Stuart grow a pair (thanks to Denise) and start drawing his own book. Plenty of opportunities for drop-in cameos, and they can use some of the secondary BBT characters as well, like Bert and Wil Wheaton. I had an almost exactly similar idea. I would only add it should be a single-camera sitcom without a laugh track, and be absolutely less of a laugh-at-the-nerd jokes and just be a decent character-based relationship storyline. Something more like _New Girl_. Also I would call it _Drawn Together_. ---
**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 26, 2019, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitch-your-idea-for-a-big-bang-theory-spinoff/830181/24 "2019-02-26T03:10:01Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > Exactly. I just want to see _Serial Apeist_. I’ve said it before; _Serial Apeist 3: Gorilla My Dreams_. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2019, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitch-your-idea-for-a-big-bang-theory-spinoff/830181/25 "2019-02-26T05:40:02Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > First there must be a backdoor pilot where Will Wheaton and James Earl Jones meet through Sheldon. Then, a buddy comedy. Surely they would have already met more than once at one of the zillions of comicons that they’ve probably been to. So you can skip that step. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2019, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitch-your-idea-for-a-big-bang-theory-spinoff/830181/26 "2019-02-26T07:15:34Z")
> [@JohnGalt](#): > > Can I get credit for writing this in the other thread? There I said how at first I felt sympathy then kudos for Wil Wheaton in that episode. I could see the show with occasional cameos by the BBT cast, but not focusing on them. Instead it could be how Professor Proton deals with “gifted” children - and their parents. He could also provide some scientific training so badly needed in this country. Oh, that would be _priceless_. I like that idea! So many possibilities: Professor Proton visits schools for gifted children (whose science experiments outshine anything he does on his show), he could hold contests for kids to be co-host, he hears from Sheldon occasionally as to how “you’re doing the Professor Proton role wrong,” and so on. Great idea! ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2019, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitch-your-idea-for-a-big-bang-theory-spinoff/830181/27 "2019-02-26T10:13:53Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Oh, that would be _priceless_. I like that idea! > > So many possibilities: Professor Proton visits schools for gifted children (whose science experiments outshine anything he does on his show), he could hold contests for kids to be co-host, he hears from Sheldon occasionally as to how “you’re doing the Professor Proton role wrong,” and so on. Great idea! …he blows up the occasional child (“We’re gonna need another Timmy!”). Sorry - I got distracted. Another suggestion: “The Amazing Adventures of Zach”, a man who succeeds despite idiocy. ---
**Author:** ![Wrenching\_Spanners](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecb155/32.png) [@Wrenching\_Spanners](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wrenching_Spanners)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2019, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitch-your-idea-for-a-big-bang-theory-spinoff/830181/28 "2019-02-26T12:40:56Z")
On YouTube as brief episodes, Fun With Flags starring the eccentric minor characters such as Bert, Kripke, Zach, Lucy, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2019, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitch-your-idea-for-a-big-bang-theory-spinoff/830181/29 "2019-02-26T14:07:04Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > Vernee Watson stars as a nurse who rotates through every department in the hospital (and several stand-alone clinics) and encounters every weird patient and problem imaginable. Any show starring Vernee Watson is one I’d watch. And hopefully Chuck Loree can pair her with Montana Jordan. ---
**Author:** ![ZPG\_Zealot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e47c2d/32.png) [@ZPG\_Zealot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZPG_Zealot)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2019, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitch-your-idea-for-a-big-bang-theory-spinoff/830181/30 "2019-02-26T16:34:33Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > …he blows up the occasional child (“We’re gonna need another Timmy!”). Sorry - I got distracted. > > Another suggestion: “The Amazing Adventures of Zach”, a man who succeeds despite idiocy. You know, if Zach hasn’t lost his looks, he might be a great way to do reverse gender spin-off, with him as the hunk living next door to two nerdy female characters. Sheldon could stop by as guest and observe how similar whatever it is they are doing at the time was to Leonard’s behavior with Penny five or ten years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2019, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitch-your-idea-for-a-big-bang-theory-spinoff/830181/31 "2019-02-26T17:50:35Z")
What about Jim Parson and Brian Thomas Smith in a remake of The Incredible Hulk? ---
**Author:** ![Sauron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Sauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sauron)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2019, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitch-your-idea-for-a-big-bang-theory-spinoff/830181/32 "2019-02-26T21:13:42Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Or maybe Raj and Anu once they’re married, starting a family and dealing with their funny but demanding in-laws? About time we had a sitcom with Indian-Americans in the leads. I’m of the firm and unyielding belief that if Anu is ever the star of a network television show, the Earth will be destroyed by God or aliens (you pick). There’s something about her that, to me, is like nails on a chalkboard. As the chalkboard, the edges of which have been sharpened, is being forcibly shoved into my left nostril. While it (the chalkboard) is on fire. And being shot by a bazooka. ---
**Author:** ![Balthisar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/balthisar/32/2825_2.png) [@Balthisar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balthisar)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2019, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitch-your-idea-for-a-big-bang-theory-spinoff/830181/33 "2019-02-27T12:56:24Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Or maybe Raj and Anu once they’re married, starting a family and dealing with their funny but demanding in-laws? About time we had a sitcom with Indian-Americans in the leads. [Outsourced](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outsourced_(TV_series)) already did it. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2019, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitch-your-idea-for-a-big-bang-theory-spinoff/830181/34 "2019-02-27T13:20:18Z")
Outsourced was a terrible unfunny sitcom based on a much better feature film. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2026, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitch-your-idea-for-a-big-bang-theory-spinoff/830181/35 "2026-04-27T13:06:01Z")
I just thought of one: Comic book store owner Stuart Bloom is tasked with restoring reality after he breaks a device built by Sheldon and Leonard, accidentally bringing about a multiverse Armageddon. Stuart is aided in this quest by his girlfriend Denise, geologist friend Bert, and quantum physicist/all-around pain in the ass Barry Kripke. Along the way, they meet alternate-universe versions of characters we’ve come to know and love from ‘The Big Bang Theory.’ Oh, wait… > **[‘The Big Bang Theory’ Spinoff ‘Stuart Fails to Save the Universe’ Sets July...](https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/stuart-fails-to-save-the-universe-release-date-hbo-max-1236730935/)** > > 'The Big Bang Theory' spinoff series, 'Stuart Fails to Save the Universe' has set its HBO Max release date. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2026, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitch-your-idea-for-a-big-bang-theory-spinoff/830181/36 "2026-04-27T13:43:25Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > Surely they would have already met more than once at one of the zillions of comicons that they’ve probably been to. I know this is a zombie, but just for reference Carrie Fisher and James Earl Jones met for the first time on the set of Big Bang Theory in 2014. They had never met before, nearly 40 years after the first Star Wars. ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2026, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitch-your-idea-for-a-big-bang-theory-spinoff/830181/37 "2026-04-27T14:00:26Z")
I’m interested to see the new show, which will be on HBO, I believe. A couple of promo photos here: > **[‘Big Bang Theory’ Spinoff ‘Stuart Fails to Save the Universe’ Reveals First Look](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/stuart-fails-to-save-the-universe-big-bang-theory-images-1236577626/)** > > Kevin Sussman, Lauren Lapkus, Brian Posehn and John Ross Bowie hit CCXP Mexico City to unveil surprises from the HBO Max series that launches this summer. I listen to Penn Jillette’s podcast, and he’s talked about Penn & Teller being on this show. Apparently in a future dystopia they are reduced to performing magic for cans of food and dirty containers of water. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2026, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitch-your-idea-for-a-big-bang-theory-spinoff/830181/38 "2026-04-27T14:40:39Z")
There are a couple of scenes in _The Big Bang Theory_ where it’s implied that Missy Cooper and Rajesh Koothrappali are attracted to each other, although nothing ever comes of it. In _Young Sheldon_, Sheldon’s narrative voice says that, although she says that she now says that she never wants to have children, she eventually has four of them. Toward the end of _The Big Bang Theory_, she has a second child, but it’s also mentioned that she’s just separated from her husband. So there will be a show on regular television that’s the fourth one after _The Big Bang Theory_, _Young Sheldon_, and _Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage_. Incidentally, I think that _Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage_ is the worst of them. The new show has a vague title that doesn’t make it clear which characters this is about. The plot of the first episode is kept secret before its premiere. It starts with a scene where Missy and Raj wake up in a bed together. They look at each other and say something like “What did we do last night?”. Missy says “I was never that drunk before.” Raj says something like “I know that I used to have to get really drunk to even talk to a woman.” Missy says something like “Well, at least I know that I’m too old to get pregnant anymore.” (Missy is now 46 years old, since she and Sheldon were born on February 26, 1980.) They both get dressed and walk away from each other. In the next scene, Missy confronts Raj. She says something like, “I’ve been feeling sick for weeks. I went to a doctor. He says that I’m pregnant. In fact, he says that I’m pregnant with two children.” They talk about it and eventually decide to get married.. ---
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I don’t know about all that, but having Bert, Barry, and Stuart together is a great idea. ---
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