When Stephen Hawking visits Caltech to give a lecture, Sheldon goes to great lengths for a chance to meet his hero in person.
The preview clips look hysterical.
A very short Stephen Hawking sighting but this one was funny enough to stay on the DVR for a rewatch.
he moves to grin at appropriate times. very cool.
What was the last joke? Sheldon fainted and Hawking said something like, “Great, another ________.”
Fainter
Why do I feel like I’m walking into a whoosh?
I thought it was pretty weak writing but that was damn cool of Mr. Hawking to appear on the show. I was sure they were going to do it off screen like Howard’s mom. It would have been funnier though if Hawking really insulted Sheldon like he does to Howard.
“Perhaps you’ll make a contribution to science one day, like dusting a Science Museum.”
Thanks
“Manties” would’ve been better than “Man panties.”
I think “manties” are a registered trademark. And i think that was probably the funniest episode of the season easy. It was hysterical!
when Bernie objected to Howard’s tormenting Sheldon but then set Sheldon up to shop with Howard’s mom to save herself was a good laugh.
I thought Howard went way over the top in tormenting Sheldon. The maid outfit was just too mean. Not to mention it probably means we won’t see Bernadette in that dress.
By the way, I doubt Howard’s mom would ever let anyone else do his laundry.
I normally hate the trite joke of: “Oh, look! Guy in a dress!! Ha ha ha” But Sheldon in that french maid outfit was both disturbing and hilarious.
Very much so! Ha!
Our idiot local CBS station preempted TBBT for some stupid telethon. Jerks!!
You probably already know this, but you can see the episode on cbs.com. (Although when I missed last week’s episode it took forever before I found the right page. I kept getting directed to a page with clips. I eventually ended up using a different computer to get to it and have been too lazy to figure out the differences in the browser settings.)
Good episode. I thought for sure we were going to get a “bazinga” in Hawking’s electronic voice.
And I agree on the disturbing+hilarious comment on Sheldon on the maid outfit.
just saw the episode on the CBS site - omg, hilarious. every time I thought they were being too mean to Sheldon, then he would be a horrible jerk & I thought, ‘bring it on.’ The dialog was just great this ep I thought.
Hawking visits Caltech quite frequently, or, at least, he did when I was there back in the '90s. I never actually spoke to him (I am not a physicist), but I saw him around the place a number of times. I would expect that somebody like Sheldon, and quite possibly Leonard too, would probably know him quite well. (Caltech is a very small campus; they would not be lost in the crowd.)
If the maid outfit fits Sheldon, it’s way too big for Bernadette. (Maybe that’s why she wouldn’t wear it? I can absolutely picture Howard going to buy it and telling the clerk, “She’s about your size” when she isn’t.)