# The Big Bang Theory, Season 9, Episode 3 (October 5, 2015) -- "The Bachelor Party Corrosion" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 5, 2015, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-3-october-5-2015-the-bachelor-party-corrosion/733627 "2015-10-05T18:16:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2015, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-3-october-5-2015-the-bachelor-party-corrosion/733627/61 "2015-10-07T15:37:34Z")
> [@crucible](#): > > howard’s lever would either have loosened the lugnut or twisted off the lug. Improbable as finding and excavating and attaching such a stop sign to the tool, had it been done, it would have worked. Then we could have had the wheel flying off into the brush because the van wasn’t jacked up, and then the scientific calculations whether it was safe to use the spare with low pressure and whether it was safe to use the spare with only four nuts attached. The decision to turn around and go home would have been an easy one, or, Penny and Amy could have come to pick them up. At least, then, they wouldn’t be responsible for the destruction of a national treasure, Feynman’s van. I’ll have to watch this episode more closely the next time I see it. The shots of the van on fire were static; just have the special effects guys superimpose some flames in the right spots and you’ve got it. But they actually showed Howard hanging from the signpost. If that really does have enough torque to twist a lug it makes me wonder how the props department managed to rig it to not work. ---
**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:** [October 7, 2015, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-3-october-5-2015-the-bachelor-party-corrosion/733627/62 "2015-10-07T15:40:37Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > The shots of the van on fire were static; just have the special effects guys superimpose some flames in the right spots and you’ve got it. Looked to me like a mockup with some gas burners placed behind it. Those flames were really shooting out the windows! ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2015, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-3-october-5-2015-the-bachelor-party-corrosion/733627/63 "2015-10-07T15:52:58Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > Too bad. I wanted to see Richard Feynman’s vacation villa. Me too. They could have had the guys get there this episode and then showed them having hijinks at the villa next episode. This is supposedly the real place. [http://www.vrbo.com/146878](http://www.vrbo.com/146878) They could have had all kinds of hijinks like trying to get Sheldon to go in the ocean or finding an old stash of Feynmans and sitting around the beach campfire getting enlightened. What a waste. ---
**Author:** ![What\_the](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2015, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-3-october-5-2015-the-bachelor-party-corrosion/733627/64 "2015-10-07T16:19:55Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > They could have had all kinds of hijinks like trying to get Sheldon to go in the ocean or finding an old stash of Feynmans and sitting around the beach campfire getting enlightened. > > What a waste. Also the obligatory mention of a donkey when Penny mentioned her dead pig. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2015, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-3-october-5-2015-the-bachelor-party-corrosion/733627/65 "2015-10-07T16:36:06Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > If that really does have enough torque to twist a lug it makes me wonder how the props department managed to rig it to not work. You never see a different angle on the lever. They probably attached the lever at several locations that we couldn’t see because of the static camera. From our angle the lever is- I - but a top view would look like- F -. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2015, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-3-october-5-2015-the-bachelor-party-corrosion/733627/66 "2015-10-07T18:18:56Z")
> [@Master\_Wang-Ka](#): > > Yeah… I have to admit the smash cut from the thermite to the burning van just seemed … predictable. So much so, that I expected them to throw us a curve and have more frantic “science” trying to figure out how to put out the incipient fire before it burns up Feynman’s van. Just seeing the van burn up was kind of a letdown. ---
**Author:** ![Master\_Wang-Ka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/master_wang-ka/32/3325_2.png) [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2015, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-3-october-5-2015-the-bachelor-party-corrosion/733627/67 "2015-10-07T19:28:38Z")
Hell, I would have much preferred seeing the wildness Sheldon could get up to in a Mexican bar. However, apparently this week’s budget all went up on Feynman’s van. Truth is, aside from the standard sets the show inhabits (several apartments, the laundry room, the hallway, the lobby, the faculty lounge at the university, and Stuart’s comic shop) how often do they ever go anywhere ELSE? Yes, yes, I know they do, but not often. And it’s cheaper to have them standing in a wilderness set, with or without Next Generation uniforms… ---
**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:** [October 7, 2015, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-3-october-5-2015-the-bachelor-party-corrosion/733627/68 "2015-10-07T22:12:04Z")
They just don’t do very well on road trips. Also, it might be worth noting they’re compressing time this season. As of this most recent episode, Leonard and Penny have been married a week. Last season’s finale and this season’s first 3 episodes happened in that week. And taking that into account, Sheldon still has some pining to do over Amy. Someone has to decide, “Lenny” or “Penard”? ---
**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:** [October 7, 2015, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-3-october-5-2015-the-bachelor-party-corrosion/733627/69 "2015-10-07T22:37:37Z")
> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#): > > They just don’t do very well on road trips. Also, it might be worth noting they’re compressing time this season. As of this most recent episode, Leonard and Penny have been married a week. Last season’s finale and this season’s first 3 episodes happened in that week. And taking that into account, Sheldon still has some pining to do over Amy. > > Someone has to decide, “Lenny” or “Penard”? Penard is funnier. Not as funny as Shamy, mind, but funnier than Lenny. ---
**Author:** ![Master\_Wang-Ka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/master_wang-ka/32/3325_2.png) [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2015, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-3-october-5-2015-the-bachelor-party-corrosion/733627/70 "2015-10-07T22:43:07Z")
Oh, man. It just occurred to me that Leonard’s mother is now Penny’s mother in law. Flee. Flee screaming. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2015, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-3-october-5-2015-the-bachelor-party-corrosion/733627/71 "2015-10-07T23:01:58Z")
Nah. They get along quite well. Penny introduced her to tequila shots, remember? “Leonard, why didn’t you tell me you were tapping my home girl?” ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2015, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-3-october-5-2015-the-bachelor-party-corrosion/733627/72 "2015-10-07T23:05:54Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Penny’s been in California how long—ten, twelve years? And she still has a pet pig alive on a farm in Nebraska? :dubious: Yeah, I thought that too. This epi actually had some funny moments, not like last weeks, which was cringe-worthy. ---
**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:** [October 7, 2015, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-3-october-5-2015-the-bachelor-party-corrosion/733627/73 "2015-10-07T23:34:29Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > I’m Miss Opposite, I guess. I liked this episode less than the previous two. > > I see they addressed the living arrangements by not addressing it at all. Leonard lives at Penny’s but Sheldon hasn’t realized it yet. Just had a thought about this. One of the reasons Leonard can’t officially move is because Sheldon is incapable of taking care of himself. He needs a chauffeur and constant supervision. Perhaps they’ll contrive a way for Amy to move in with Sheldon. ---
**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:** [October 7, 2015, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-3-october-5-2015-the-bachelor-party-corrosion/733627/74 "2015-10-07T23:36:18Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Yeah, I thought that too. > This epi actually had some funny moments, not like last weeks, which was cringe-worthy. I guess it’s just you and me against the world, **GuanoLad** ---
**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:** [October 7, 2015, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-3-october-5-2015-the-bachelor-party-corrosion/733627/75 "2015-10-07T23:41:08Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Just had a thought about this. One of the reasons Leonard can’t officially move is because Sheldon is incapable of taking care of himself. He needs a chauffeur and constant supervision. He also needs a place to store all of his collectables. I wonder how much of the stuff accumulated in that apartment over the last 10–12 years is his? 😕 ---
**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:** [October 8, 2015, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-3-october-5-2015-the-bachelor-party-corrosion/733627/76 "2015-10-08T12:15:47Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > I guess it’s just you and me against the world, **GuanoLad** We should start our own thread. With blackjack, and hookers. ---
**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:** [October 8, 2015, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-3-october-5-2015-the-bachelor-party-corrosion/733627/77 "2015-10-08T13:53:41Z")
It would have been nice if they’d gotten to Mexico, and Sheldon reference the trip he made to Tijuana with James Earl Jones. Ay-yi-yi. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2015, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-3-october-5-2015-the-bachelor-party-corrosion/733627/78 "2015-10-08T13:56:29Z")
That’s why they didn’t have an adventure at the border - Sheldon knew the drill. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2015, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-3-october-5-2015-the-bachelor-party-corrosion/733627/79 "2015-10-08T14:12:46Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > He also needs a place to store all of his collectables. I wonder how much of the stuff accumulated in that apartment over the last 10–12 years is his? 😕 Just sleep at Penny’s, store stuff at Sheldon’s. They all hang out at Sheldon’s anyway, Sheldon doesn’t need Leonard’s rent so he doesn’t need a roommate. Now if L&P move out of the building it might be tough for Shelly. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2015, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-3-october-5-2015-the-bachelor-party-corrosion/733627/80 "2015-10-08T16:57:37Z")
Raj could move in with Shelly. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-3-october-5-2015-the-bachelor-party-corrosion/733627.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-3-october-5-2015-the-bachelor-party-corrosion/733627.md?page=5)