It’s the Wil Wheaton dot Net Family Crest.
Kewl! I thought I’d seen it somewhere before.
so when Bernagette said thather ancestors and Howards ancestors were neighbors in Poland is the assumption that they were on opposite sides? Or that both were persecuted? Or something else I amcluless about?
That they were on opposite sides. Nazi/Jewish would be my assumption, but any Christian/Jewish conflict would also serve. There have been so many in Polish history.
It’s established that Bernadette’s father is extremely right wing and has some anti-semitic tendencies - presumably it’s an old family trait.
Persecution of Jews was endemic in Poland - Bernadette’s ancestors would have ignored the persecution or participated in it.
That’s what I assumed. An unspecified pogrom or two. It’s all the explanation the joke really needs.
There have been several lines about Stuart’s comic book shop being in dire straights. I wonder if Sheldon or another member of the gang is going to become a partner in it. (Sheldon, we know from past episodes, has a lot of cash.)
I don’t think Sheldon being a partner would be all that funny, we’ve seen that kind of thing before so we don’t need to see it again. I think we all know how it’ll turn out.
Besides, unless Stuart’s been doing a poor job managing the business, throwing more money at it without changing anything to get customers in the door is just a waste of money. If Wil Wheaton wanted to come on board, his shear presence would attract customers (doesn’t Keven Smith own a comic book store).
With how desperate Stuart was, I’m surprised he didn’t hit up Wil to come down to the store for something promotional. Sign some stuff, make an appearance, something.
Stuart asking people to buy his watch is immediately funny. asking Wil for help is sensible.
who knows where it could go.
You guys would write lousy sitcoms.
Hey now, at least I wasn’t one of the people suggesting they call the police instead of running away when the bully was in the apartment.
Alternatively: That’s why I don’t write sitcoms.
As to W.W. like everyone else I loathed him in his Wesley Crusher days, but this darkside character of his is brilliant.
I’ll bet he has a great deal of fun playing an evil version of himself .
He does. Follow him on Twitter or check out his blog for reports from the set. Evil Wil is his dream character.
I am actually hoping for a falling out between Sheldon and Wil, so that he can get back to his “Evil Wil Wheaton” persona.
Of course, I should probably give Brent Spiner a chance to be Sheldon’s “celebrity nemesis”. He might do pretty well in the role!
I feel bad. I like Wil Wheaton as a person and feel bad for how personal the hatred of Wesley Crusher got back in the day.
But he really is a horrible actor and I don’t like him coming on screen, often just as a gimmick for a show to wave its geek flag.
I like Wil too and feel the same. But now he’s got that neverending smirk, even though he’s supposed to be playing himself being happy.
He’s been on Eureka a few times, not as himself, but as the same kind of ass he was originally in BBT.
Hmm. These comments on Wheaton make me wonder how easy it really is to play yourself. It’s not like the Director is going to tell you you’re interpreting yourself incorrectly (though the Director should tell you if what you are doing is wrong for the particular scene).
Wil is a little less funny now than as Evil Wil, but I still like the character. It’s a little like “TV’s Tim Stack” from My Name is Earl, but I’d rather see a TV version of “Neil Patrick Harris” from Harold & Kumar.
Similar to a story about Ed Koch when he was mayor of NY: Allegedly walking with the Grand Marshall down the street in the Ukrainian Day parade - “Ah. Just like our grandparents in the old country! Only then my grandfather was up the street and yours was back a bit running after him with a pitchfork.”