# Sheldon + Blossom = Shark Jump **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 11, 2013, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheldon-blossom-shark-jump/649988 "2013-02-11T16:55:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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 11, 2013, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheldon-blossom-shark-jump/649988/1 "2013-02-11T16:55:01Z")
[Original thread here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=558151) Oh, how wrong we were. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2013, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheldon-blossom-shark-jump/649988/2 "2013-02-11T17:39:57Z")
The implicit assumption from the original thread title that an actress is **necessarily** incapable of playing anything besides her most famous role seems so wrong on its face that I’m surprised that so many people went with it. ---
**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 11, 2013, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheldon-blossom-shark-jump/649988/3 "2013-02-11T20:32:40Z")
I love Mayim Bialik’s “Amy”. She has added so much to the show. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2013, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheldon-blossom-shark-jump/649988/4 "2013-02-11T21:04:46Z")
Especially with the dynamic she has added to the Penny situation. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2013, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheldon-blossom-shark-jump/649988/5 "2013-02-11T21:26:46Z")
It took some character growth to get there, but I really like Amy and Mayim is hilarious. ---
**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:** [February 11, 2013, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheldon-blossom-shark-jump/649988/6 "2013-02-11T21:50:43Z")
Just wondering if anyone else ever noticed: In a very early episode of TBBT (maybe even the third or the fourth), there was a real-life reference to Mayim as “that girl who played Blossom; she’s really smart.” Indeed, she has a doctorate in neurosurgery, if I’m not mistaken. What other kind of woman would Sheldon hook up with? What’s so funny about it is that she’s finally experiencing sexual arousal after being just as stodgy as Sheldon. The question now is, what will it take to bring Sheldon around, if ever? ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2013, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheldon-blossom-shark-jump/649988/7 "2013-02-11T22:33:00Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Just wondering if anyone else ever noticed: In a very early episode of TBBT (maybe even the third or the fourth), there was a real-life reference to Mayim as “that girl who played Blossom; she’s really smart.” I think that is common knowledge amongst TBBT fans. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2013, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheldon-blossom-shark-jump/649988/8 "2013-02-11T22:38:40Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Indeed, she has a doctorate in neurosurgery, if I’m not mistaken. Neuroscience, FWIW. ---
**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, 2013, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheldon-blossom-shark-jump/649988/9 "2013-02-12T00:01:31Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Just wondering if anyone else ever noticed: In a very early episode of TBBT (maybe even the third or the fourth), there was a real-life reference to Mayim as “that girl who played Blossom; she’s really smart.” Indeed, she has a doctorate in neurosurgery, if I’m not mistaken. You mean [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8VZiGkYpGk)? Meanwhile [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8i_WpYc3YI4). ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheldon-blossom-shark-jump/649988/10 "2013-02-12T00:15:19Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Just wondering if anyone else ever noticed: In a very early episode of TBBT (maybe even the third or the fourth), there was a real-life reference to Mayim as “that girl who played Blossom; she’s really smart.” Indeed, she has a doctorate in neurosurgery, if I’m not mistaken. > … Raj also mentions ex-Winnie Cooper actress Danica McKellar in the same line (the guys, sans Sheldon, need a fourth physics quiz team member). McKellar would later guest star in an episode and [hooks up with Raj](http://bigbangtheory.wikia.com/wiki/Abby). I’d love to see more of her; the character works at the university, so it wouldn’t be unusual to occasionally see her. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheldon-blossom-shark-jump/649988/11 "2013-02-12T02:05:35Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Meanwhile [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8i_WpYc3YI4). An [Astrosmash](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrosmash) T-shirt! FINALLY he gets some taste in clothing. And she’s pretty funny. I might watch this show more. But first I must play Astrosmash. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheldon-blossom-shark-jump/649988/12 "2013-02-12T03:16:09Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Meanwhile [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8i_WpYc3YI4). Maybe the funniest moment ever on the show. “Put it on me put it on me put it on me put it on me put it on me!” Amy was pretty much a female Sheldon at first, but I’m in complete agreement with **garygnu** : > [@garygnu](#): > > It took some character growth to get there, but I really like Amy and Mayim is hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheldon-blossom-shark-jump/649988/13 "2013-02-12T03:48:39Z")
The show’s funny. It’s a pity Mayim Bialik is a living breathing caricature of a smug, obnoxious, over zealous, anti-vax santimommy. [http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2012/02/21/say-it-aint-so-amy-farrah-fowler/](http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2012/02/21/say-it-aint-so-amy-farrah-fowler/) > **[Mayim Bialik, You Disappoint Me](https://www.wired.com/2012/05/mayim-bialik-disappoints/)** > > Mayim Bialik is best known for her child acting career as the title character on Blossom. She currently plays the nerdy Amy Farrah Fowler on The Big Bang Theory and holds a real-life PhD in neuroscience. I really want to adore her, but then she had... [http://thecelebritycafe.com/feature/2013/02/mayim-bialik-announces-she-no-longer-nursing-4-12-year-old-son](http://thecelebritycafe.com/feature/2013/02/mayim-bialik-announces-she-no-longer-nursing-4-12-year-old-son) ---
**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:** [February 12, 2013, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheldon-blossom-shark-jump/649988/14 "2013-02-12T06:34:58Z")
> [@MadTheSwine](#): > > I think that is common knowledge amongst TBBT fans. I only started watching the show back in November. I spent the second half of January and first week in February going through the backlog of episodes on line, starting with the unaired pilot. At the time, I had no idea who “Blossom” was, never having watched that show either. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheldon-blossom-shark-jump/649988/15 "2013-02-12T07:42:37Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > … > At the time, I had no idea who “Blossom” was, never having watched that show either. Whoa… ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheldon-blossom-shark-jump/649988/16 "2013-02-12T08:18:33Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > Whoa… Without an exclamation point, and _especially_ because of the ellipsis, this looks like a Keanu Reeves “Whoa . . .”. For Joey Lawrence, you have to use an exclamation point- and, I think, the final “h” is necessary too. For real Joey Lawrence italics are almost always in order. _Whoah!_ ---
**Author:** ![Washoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecae2f/32.png) [@Washoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washoe)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheldon-blossom-shark-jump/649988/17 "2013-02-12T18:33:51Z")
> [@LavenderBlue](#): > > The show’s funny. It’s a pity Mayim Bialik is a living breathing caricature of a smug, obnoxious, over zealous, anti-vax santimommy. That’s seriously disappointing. I already knew she was giving attachment theory a bad name, but I had no idea until now that she’s an anti-vax nutter. Some of the hottest work in attachment neurobiology is coming out of UCLA right now. I wonder if they’re embarrassed to be associated with her or not. Anybody know what her dissertation was on? ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheldon-blossom-shark-jump/649988/18 "2013-02-13T01:04:39Z")
> [@bienville](#): > > Without an exclamation point, and _especially_ because of the ellipsis, this looks like a Keanu Reeves “Whoa . . .”. > > For Joey Lawrence, you have to use an exclamation point- and, I think, the final “h” is necessary too. For real Joey Lawrence italics are almost always in order. > > _Whoah!_ Did you just go full-Sheldon on me over spelling and punctuation for an interjection? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheldon-blossom-shark-jump/649988/19 "2013-02-13T01:32:24Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > Did you just go full-Sheldon on me over spelling and punctuation for an interjection? 🙂 i think it was more of going Cliff Clavin on you. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheldon-blossom-shark-jump/649988/20 "2013-02-13T01:41:18Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > Did you just go full-Sheldon on me over spelling and punctuation for an interjection? 🙂 > [@johnpost](#): > > i think it was more of going Cliff Clavin on you. I’ve heard it both ways. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheldon-blossom-shark-jump/649988.md?page=2)