# The Big Bang Theory, Season 9, Episode 14 -- "The Meemaw Materialization" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 4, 2016, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-14-the-meemaw-materialization/745174 "2016-02-04T20:53:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2016, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-14-the-meemaw-materialization/745174/61 "2016-02-06T01:19:06Z")
> [@epbrown01](#): > > Strange? She’s married to Sheldon’s best friend and roommate. If anyone knew it would be Leonard, and if Leonard told anyone it would be Penny. What would be strange is neither of them knowing. In fact, you could posit that them not knowing _beforehand_ was a lame move by the writers to make the breakup believable. Sheldon not consulting them was out of character. My main point was that it was the 2nd question she asked after Meemaw told her she would not be getting it. To Sheldon: “you have an engagement ring?” “Penny, did you know about this?” is not odd that Amy asked this question, I think it was odd that it was the 2nd question she asked. According to IMDB, Estelle Parsons just turned 88, and her only credit in the last 10 yrs was a on “The Good Wife” in 2013. Her health may not be all that good. I think Holland Taylor might have made a good Meemaw. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2016, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-14-the-meemaw-materialization/745174/62 "2016-02-06T01:22:06Z")
A lot of in family nicknames like “Meemaw” just happen because a toddler mispronounces a word and it sticks. Edwin Aldrin was called “Buzz” because when his baby sister tried to call him “brother” it came out “buzzer” and “Buzz” stuck. Meemaw was on a mission to check out that tramp who hurt her Moon Pie. Sure, her Moon Pie had already taken off at least once abandoning Amy, but that didn’t matter; Amy isn’t her Moon Pie, Sheldon is. I’m reminded of a Mama bear looking out for her cub. And you can’t blame the actor in a sitcom for the writing or the direction. I caught what could be a bit of a continuity error. In Season 8 Episode 11 “The Clean Room Infiltration” Shamy had agreed with each other not to exchange Christmas presents. So of course, they surprise each other with gifts. Amy gave him a box of Christmas cookies made from Meemaw’s recipe. Amy must have gotten the recipe from Meemaw; if Mary had it, wouldn’t she have made those Christmas cookies for Sheldon? So, there’s a chance Amy and Meemaw were acquainted enough for a one way recipe swap via phone, perhaps. I don’t see Meemaw as an emailer type. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2016, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-14-the-meemaw-materialization/745174/63 "2016-02-06T01:38:12Z")
> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#): > > I caught what could be a bit of a continuity error. In Season 8 Episode 11 “The Clean Room Infiltration” Shamy had agreed with each other not to exchange Christmas presents. So of course, they surprise each other with gifts. Amy gave him a box of Christmas cookies made from Meemaw’s recipe. Amy must have gotten the recipe from Meemaw; if Mary had it, wouldn’t she have made those Christmas cookies for Sheldon? So, there’s a chance Amy and Meemaw were acquainted enough for a one way recipe swap via phone, perhaps. I don’t see Meemaw as an emailer type. I noticed that too. I just assumed they had by-snail-mail recipe swap, maybe proceeded by a brief phone call, and _before Amy hurt Sheldon_. ---
**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 6, 2016, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-14-the-meemaw-materialization/745174/64 "2016-02-06T02:55:57Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > If they want someone to play Penny’s mother, she should be a hot middle-aged blonde with big boobs, and probably not too bright. Do any Midwestern Germanic/Dutch/Scandinavian-type actresses come to mind? I’d think either Jennifer Coolidge or Caroline Rhea would be perfect to play Penny’s mother. ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2016, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-14-the-meemaw-materialization/745174/65 "2016-02-06T03:42:14Z")
Jennifer Coolidge gets my vote 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2016, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-14-the-meemaw-materialization/745174/66 "2016-02-06T03:48:09Z")
Caroline Rhea gets mine. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2016, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-14-the-meemaw-materialization/745174/67 "2016-02-06T03:48:42Z")
I love Jennifer Coolidge, but I can’t see her as Penny’s mother. ---
**Author:** ![Drum\_God](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drum_god/32/44_2.png) [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2016, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-14-the-meemaw-materialization/745174/68 "2016-02-06T03:50:52Z")
I was really disappointed at the possibility of getting rid of Emily, but then I saw Allessandra Torresani. She is, by far, my absolute favorite Cylon. Emily who? ---
**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 6, 2016, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-14-the-meemaw-materialization/745174/69 "2016-02-06T05:00:59Z")
Emily is the Aquaman of _ **Big Bang Theory** _. What would Penny’s mother be like, personality-wise? A tease? The outdoor type? Pioneer stock? A hopeless alcoholic? ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2016, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-14-the-meemaw-materialization/745174/70 "2016-02-06T05:27:28Z")
Well, she’s married to Keith Carradine. ---
**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 6, 2016, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-14-the-meemaw-materialization/745174/71 "2016-02-06T05:33:36Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > Well, she’s married to Keith Carradine. Go on… ---
**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 6, 2016, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-14-the-meemaw-materialization/745174/72 "2016-02-06T05:48:41Z")
Never mind, I was way off. ---
**Author:** ![Reluctant\_A](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@Reluctant\_A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reluctant_A)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2016, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-14-the-meemaw-materialization/745174/73 "2016-02-06T05:50:22Z")
The answer is obvious: Penny’s mother should be played by Katey Sagal. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2016, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-14-the-meemaw-materialization/745174/74 "2016-02-06T05:53:38Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Never mind, I was way off. She was in a 1995 remake of the Roger Corman film _A Bucket of Blood_, which I just discovered existed, billed as “Stupid Girl.” ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2016, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-14-the-meemaw-materialization/745174/75 "2016-02-06T05:54:58Z")
> [@Reluctant\_A](#): > > The answer is obvious: Penny’s mother should be played by Katey Sagal. Now her I can picture with Keith Carradine. Couldn’t picture Jennifer Coolidge. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2016, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-14-the-meemaw-materialization/745174/76 "2016-02-06T05:56:07Z")
Wait-- what about Jennifer Aniston? ---
**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 6, 2016, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-14-the-meemaw-materialization/745174/77 "2016-02-06T06:02:00Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > She was in a 1995 remake of the Roger Corman film _A Bucket of Blood_, which I just discovered existed, billed as “Stupid Girl.” I just got her mixed up with someone else, who I in turn got mixed up with someone else again, and in the end wasn’t even close to thinking of who you were talking about. I’ve seen Jennifer Coolidge in a couple of things. She is very weird. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2016, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-14-the-meemaw-materialization/745174/78 "2016-02-06T06:16:40Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > I just got her mixed up with someone else, who I in turn got mixed up with someone else again, and in the end wasn’t even close to thinking of who you were talking about. > > I’ve seen Jennifer Coolidge in a couple of things. She is very weird. She was that woman Amanda that Monica and Pheobe were trying to duck on an episode of _Friends_. She was also in _Best in Show_. She’s very funny. I’m liking the idea of Jennifer Aniston for Penny’s mother even better. Especially if she did it drunk-- I mean, acting drunk. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2016, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-14-the-meemaw-materialization/745174/79 "2016-02-06T06:34:04Z")
Maybe Bonnie Hunt as Penny’s mother? I’ve always liked her and would like to see her more. ---
**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:** [February 6, 2016, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-14-the-meemaw-materialization/745174/80 "2016-02-06T07:59:28Z")
Jennifer Aniston is less than 16 years older than Kaley Cuoco, and they look even closer in age than that. Are you going to explain this as Penny’s mother being 14 when she got married? Does Aniston look remotely like someone who’s lived on a farm all her life (unless you’re going to have her change the way she dresses and wears her hair completely). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-14-the-meemaw-materialization/745174.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-14-the-meemaw-materialization/745174.md?page=5)