Do we know that it’s not? He could be Howard Oedipus “Fruit Loops” Wolowitz.
I have used gas stoves my entire life, and have never needed an exhaust fan.
I believe it’s “Joel.” IIRC, it was revealed at his wedding.
She first called him a “putz” at the hospital, though.
Got around to watching this one … yes, just a sitcom, but you still don’t so much stupid that you cannot manage to suspend disbelief. Yes, just keep the damn freezer door closed putz. You are an engineer, you know that freezers filled to the brim with frozen food will keep it frozen for more than one day. Defrosting in 12 hours? Not. We’ve had power outages more than a day and the frozen food was still solid when the power came back on. Plenty of time to get ice packs, ice chsts and to transport to home freezers.
But the biggest fail is what Leonard is upset over. The problem was not that the SciAm writer didn’t mention him, or that Sheldon failed to talk him up, but that Sheldon did not tell him about the interview in advance and assume that both should be there for it.
Also fail when Wolowitz support exercution. Leonard was smart enough to respond harder than he did, with an “Okay, you were an engineer executing my insight. And nothing wrong with that. Pass the brisket please.”
Really? According to John McPhee, authors of scientific papers are listed in order of their importance to the paper, i.e., the lead author is the scientist whose research was most significant to the topic of the paper. Although McPhee was talking about a state geological map, so maybe it’s different in other disciplines.
Order of authors on papers is very tricky. Technically, order by who contributed most is best. But that leads to arguments. So people just assume alphabetical in order to avoid the fuss. Of course, when there’s a professor and some grad students, the prof almost always comes first. But usually the prof did the least.
And then other crap happens. E.g., I was a co-author of a 5 author paper. But we came from several different places and the journal asked the submitting author if they could re-arrange them by school and it was okayed. Without checking with others. Somehow I ended up last in a 5 author list. But 4 of the 5 main results were mine. Ones I actually developed before 3 of the “authors” even heard about the topic.
Grrrrr.
Anyway. Sub-so-so episode. A couple of good jokes, especially Stuart. But dumb premises, etc. Looks good only in comparison to last week’s.
What was particularly stupid was all the effort Penny put into explaining to Sheldon why Leonard would be upset. After all this time, she would have a much terser explanation at hand. Instead, she’s talking to him like she just met him.
Nice vanity card. (Which, of course, he has stopped doing.) I need to find me some of those lucky pants.
When Howard panicked from the power being off, I was afraid he was keeping parts of his mother in the freezer. For all I know he was, and passed it off as brisket (brisket can be somewhat fatty).
A serving of soup?!? Oy, were you never nursed by your mother? :eek: A whole pot of soup she’d pour down Howard’s throat, until he got better!
Nu? Even here on the Straight Dope, you run across a goyishe kop. :rolleyes:
Good question, I always wondered that, myself.
Right up there with “Why does Sheldon have a roommate if he’s got so many uncashed checks lying in a drawer?” Obviously, he doesn’t *need *a roomie. OK, except for having a live-in chauffeur. Plus there wouldn’t be a much of a show otherwise. But still…
Hilarious!
His mom was cremated. Which is odd given she was Jewish.
It was earlier than that. They mentioned it in the episode where Sheldon revealed too much to the FBI agent researching Howard’s background for the security clearance to go to space the first time.
So sue me! 
In the name of my Great-grandma Matkevich back in Austria-Hungary, mir ist weh!
Couldn’t find an oversized coffin? Couldn’t get one on the plane even if they did?