“The Big Bang Theory” is CBS’s newest comedy showcasing just how inept two brilliant young physicists can be when it comes to women, street smarts and real life.
Johnny Galecki (made famous as David on “Roseanne”) plays Leonard, a genius in love with the way-out-of-his-league blonde bombshell neighbor Penny (Kaley Cuoco of “8 Simple Rules”). Leonard’s roommate, Sheldon (Jim Parsons) seems to have an even smaller grasp on the way the real world functions and doesn’t seem to understand Leonard’s hopeless crush, but both are genuinely nice guys. Penny, a waitress at the Cheesecake Factory, lives up to her blonde roots, yet seems to have a soft spot for her geeky neighbors.
Most of the sitcom takes place inside Leonard and Sheldon’s apartment, where the two guys usually have company in the form of their two nerdy friends, Raj and Howard. Raj physically cannot speak to women and Howard is quite the opposite, considering himself the ladies man, though his bowl cut and always skin-tight pants suggest otherwise. The guys are usually found sitting around the coffee table playing computer games on their laptops, playing “Dance Dance Revolution” (while hurling wordy insults at each other from their impressive vocabularies), or contemplating all things Penny.
Though the four physicists converse in “nerd speak,” using massive words and logic to explain the simplest things, it is surprisingly easy for the audience to follow along (and in turn, laugh hysterically at the thinking processes these guys go through). Last week’s episode had a perfect example of this when Leonard, crushed at the thought that Penny had a new boyfriend and trying to move on, asked one of the female physicists (played by Sara Gilbert- Darlene from “Roseanne”- an amusing casting choice) from work out on a date.
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Leonard: Leslie, I would like to propose an experiment.
Leslie: Hang on, I’m trying to see how long it takes a 500-kilowatt oxygen-iodine laser to heat up my Cup O’ Noodles.
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Leonard: Anyway, I was thinking more along the lines of a bio-social exploration with a neuro-chemical overlay.
Leslie: Wait, are you asking me out?
Leonard: I was going to characterize it as the modification of our colleague-slash-friendship paradigm, with the addition of a date-like component, but we don’t need to quibble over terminology.
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Penny makes a great addition to the foursome of nerds, as most of her facial expressions and reactions to their genius jargon are what an average person’s might be. She is sweet and charming: the perfect balance for her neighbors.
The show is hilarious and must be watched by all.
"The Big Bang Theory"
Monday nights 8:30 ET on CBS
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