# We still haven't met...(Big Bang Theory). **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 20, 2012, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-still-havent-met-big-bang-theory/644631 "2012-12-20T15:05:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-still-havent-met-big-bang-theory/644631/21 "2012-12-22T15:50:46Z")
Has the landlord ever shown up? Evidently there were only minor repercussions from the elevator being disabled by an explosion. It should have been obvious which floor it was on when it was destroyed. ---
**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:** [December 22, 2012, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-still-havent-met-big-bang-theory/644631/22 "2012-12-22T16:02:46Z")
> [@well\_he\_s\_back](#): > > I don’t think a storyline about Howard’s father, who abandoned him would be funny. It would be easy to have him show now that Howard is an astronaut , but not funny. > > I think seeing Penny’s family’s reactions to her boyfriend & friends could be funny. But they have already done that a bit with her father. > > The storyline I want to see is Penny jealous because Sheldon’s assistant is making moves on Leonard. Or how about more background on Stewart & his art? “Abandoned”? … what exactly is the story? I’m sure they could come up with a symapthetic story-line explaining his absense. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-still-havent-met-big-bang-theory/644631/23 "2012-12-22T16:40:56Z")
> [@What\_the](#): > > “Abandoned”? … what exactly is the story? I’m sure they could come up with a symapthetic story-line explaining his absense. Howard has mentioned a few times that his father left the family when he was very young with no explanation (or at least, none he was ever given). In the most recent episode I think he even mentions sitting by the window as a boy hoping his father would finally come home. As the Fresh Prince example already mentioned shows, there is no way to make this kind of story a happy-fun-sitcom event. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-still-havent-met-big-bang-theory/644631/24 "2012-12-22T16:46:52Z")
> [@well\_he\_s\_back](#): > > I don’t think a storyline about Howard’s father, who abandoned him would be funny. The other night Mrs. Homie and I were talking about this. I envisioned a flashback to Howard at, say 12. A young actor (who looks like Simon Helberg) portrays Howard, sitting in his room playing with his _Star Wars_ [del]dolls[/del] action figures. Off-screen, you hear his father, in the same gravelly voice as Mrs. Wolowitz, yell something like “Howard! Let’s go! It’s time for Shabbas!” ---
**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:** [December 22, 2012, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-still-havent-met-big-bang-theory/644631/25 "2012-12-22T20:00:26Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > Howard has mentioned a few times that his father left the family when he was very young with no explanation (or at least, none he was ever given). In the most recent episode I think he even mentions sitting by the window as a boy hoping his father would finally come home. > > As the Fresh Prince example already mentioned shows, there is no way to make this kind of story a happy-fun-sitcom event. How about he went crazy from his wife’s yelling and wandered off by accident only to snap out of it 30 years later. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-still-havent-met-big-bang-theory/644631/26 "2012-12-22T20:04:14Z")
> [@What\_the](#): > > How about he went crazy from his wife’s yelling and wandered off by accident only to snap out of it 30 years later. Nope, still not funny. Because we’ve got multiple episodes of Howard mentioning how sad it made him. ---
**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:** [December 22, 2012, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-still-havent-met-big-bang-theory/644631/27 "2012-12-22T20:06:01Z")
It could be done. Some strotyline where Howard finally meets his dad, realizes that his life has moved on from needing either of his parents, and he settles down with Bernadette and lives happily ever after. I can see it as one of the last episodes before they hang it up. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-still-havent-met-big-bang-theory/644631/28 "2012-12-22T22:25:06Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > It could be done. Some strotyline where Howard finally meets his dad… I think “strotyline” should be a new element that Howard discovers, finally winning him some measure of approval from Sheldon. ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-still-havent-met-big-bang-theory/644631/29 "2012-12-22T23:03:19Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I think “strotyline” should be a new element that Howard discovers, finally winning him some measure of approval from Sheldon. I’d like to see Howard win a Nobel prize. Hilarity ensues. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-still-havent-met-big-bang-theory/644631/30 "2012-12-23T15:50:08Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > Sheldon’s family thinks he’s crazy. He’s not crazy. His mother had him tested. ---
**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:** [December 23, 2012, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-still-havent-met-big-bang-theory/644631/31 "2012-12-23T16:28:13Z")
“Oh, he’s not crazy, I had him tested when he was 6. Though I do wish I had followed up with that specialist in Houston” —Mrs. Cooper ---
**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:** [December 23, 2012, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-still-havent-met-big-bang-theory/644631/32 "2012-12-23T18:54:54Z")
I would love to see a flashback to Sheldon’s childhood, with his father George played by John Goodman. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-still-havent-met-big-bang-theory/644631.md?page=1)