BIG BANG THEORY “The Grasshopper Effect”
Posted by: Ducky in Big Bang Theory, CBS, Ducky Does TV
BIG BANG THEORY has become one of my must see shows but this week I have to say that they had their first misstep. I’m not faulting the show for one just “okay” episode though because I still laughed quite hard at geeky goodness and loved having Raj the spotlight of the episode.
The general plotline had Raj’s parents basically decided upon an arranged marriage with a girl from back home that just moved to California. The gang discovers that Raj has zero inhibitions when he drinks thanks to Penny’s using the boys as testers for her bartending skills. Raj talks to Penny for the first time, talks throughout his Indian pre-arranged marriage date, and loses the girl to Sheldon.
One of my favorite moments had to be the gratuitous use of a Mac Book as the vehicle for Raj’s parents to torment the boys. We learned that Sheldon loves SCRUBS, that he’s not afraid to cancel a planetarium membership because the membership card won’t fit in his new wallet, and that he’s really not interested in girls at all. Sure he stole Raj’s date but he only did it because he thought she looked like a Princess from a childhood book he was fond of. When the night was over, he was done with Raj’s girl and didn’t think twice about it.
Other favorite moments:
- Wolowitz pretending to be Raj, accent and all, calling his Indian Bride To Be and setting up a date. Here’s what went down after.
Wolowitz: “Now you can thank me.”
Raj: “For what? Making me sound like a Simpson’s character?”
- Penny’s excitement when Raj finally spoke to her. It was like when the WB Frog would start singing and dancing “Hello my baby, hello my darling…” and people would just light up. Hysterical.
- Raj comparing his life to his Father’s saying that his Dad is a gynecologist but that would never be Raj. “How can I be a gynecologist when I can’t even look a woman in the eye?”
- The Samosas
And the best and final touch of this week’s episode was the Chuck Lorre Vanity Card that usually says so much it’s impossible to read without visiting his site, but this week simply said: UNITED WE STAND!
Go WGA!
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November 14th, 2007 at 2:34 pm
I am so on board with this show.
I thought I would hate it, and each week I look forward to it even more.
Something about the silly humor that makes me laugh-out-loud, maybe it is my inner geek coming out.
Sheldon is the best new character this season.
The Hall of Justice card has been in every wallet he has ever had, come on, it says to keep it on you at all time - heheheheeh.
And the drunk/singing Sheldon at the end - priceless!!
November 14th, 2007 at 4:11 pm
Oh man, I LOOOOOOOOOVED Sheldon’s singing at the end. Got such a kick out of that. HAAAAAA!
The dude is funny, smart, AND TALENTED! Who knew?
Sheldon really IS turning out to be the funniest dude on TV. His long lines of fact-filled dialog are always pant wetters!